Erin Williams Hueter
Executive Director
Erin Williams Hueter joined Health Sciences and Services Authority of Spokane County in January 2023 as Executive Director. She discovered her passion for service at an early age and has been working in human services, public health, and violence prevention for thirty years. While completing an internship serving victims of domestic violence, she developed deep compassion for this population and...
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Francisco Velazquez, MD
Board Chair
Francisco Velázquez, M.D., S.M., F.C.A.P. serves as Spokane County Health Officer at the Spokane Regional Health District. Dr. Velázquez is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories (PAML) and PAML Ventures, a healthcare solutions company with a focus in diagnostics, and one of the top ten reference laboratories in the country. Prior to his role...
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Allison Glasunow, Ph.D., J.D.
Vice-Chair
Allison Glasunow, Ph,D., J.D. and Attorney with Perkins Coie, was appointed by the Spokane Board of County Commissioners to also serve a four-year term. She focuses on life sciences and biotechnology patent counsel for large, mid and small-cap companies, start-ups, entrepreneurs, investors, universities, research institutes, and financiers (venture, angel, etc.); and provides strategic counseling and advising, due-diligence, invalidity, competitor analytics...
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Kevin Oldenburg, Ph.D.
Grants Committee Chair
Kevin Oldenburg is a serial entrepreneur. His latest venture is the start-up 2nd Sight Bioscience where is serves as CEO and is co-founder of this AgTech company that develops and engineers innovative devices to further automate the agricultural industry. Oldenburg was the co-founder of MatricCal Bioscience, a company he grew in Spokane that focused on designing and building scientific equipment...
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Darryl Potyk, MD
Secretary & Governance Committee Chair
Dr. Daryl Potyk is a medical doctor who received his undergraduate degree from the University of California (UCLA) at Los Angeles and his medical degree from the University of California (USC) medical school. He is a practicing physician with nearly 25 years of experience in graduate medical education (residencies) as well as other medical student education. He currently serves as...
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Jason Thackston
Board Member, Past Chair
Jason Thackston is the Senior Vice President of Energy Resources for Avista Corporation. As Avista’s senior vice president, Thackston is responsible for overseeing the utility's gas and electric transmission and distribution operations. He previously served as Avista's vice president of finance, overseeing financing and capital activities and being involved in corporate development, investor relations, risk management, and planning and analysis...
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Chandima Bandara
Board Member
Chandima Bandara is the CEO of Photon Biosciences and Precision Quantomics, and an Operations Manager at Amazon. At Photon Biosciences, he has been instrumental in developing a platform technology for biological imaging, securing substantial non-dilutive funding and integrating advanced technologies such as AI and machine learning. At Precision Quantomics, Chandima leads efforts to accelerate pharmaceutical drug development by incorporating quantitative...
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Alisha Benson
Board Member
Alisha Benson is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Greater Spokane Incorporated (GSI), bringing 16 years of dedicated service to the organization. With a Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington State University, Alisha has held various key roles within GSI, including Chief Strategy & Business Development Officer, Chief Operating Officer (COO), and VP of Education and Talent. As CEO, she...
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Daryll DeWald, Ph.D.
Board Member
Daryll DeWald, Ph.D. was appointed by Governor Jay Inslee to serve a four-year term. Dr. DeWald is the Vice President of Washington State University (WSU) Health Sciences Chancellor WSU Health Sciences Spokane. He leads development of WSU’s rapidly growing, world-class center for health sciences education and research. DeWald joined WSU Health Sciences Spokane in September 2017 as its fourth chancellor...
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Vange Ocasio Hochheimer, Ph.D.
Board Member
Dr. Hochheimer joined the faculty at Whitworth University’s School of Business in the fall of 2011 after a previous faculty appointment at the University of Denver. Before attending graduate school, she worked at OFFITBANK, a wealth management firm in New York City. She received an M.A. and a Ph.D. in economics from Colorado State University. Dr. Hochheimer’s doctoral training includes...
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Alex Jackson
Board Member
Alex Jackson is the Senior Vice President and Chief Executive, Inland Northwest Region for MultiCare. He joined MultiCare Rockwood Clinic in 2018 as its Chief Operating officer until transitioning to the President and COO role in 2020. Jackson brings more than 30 years of progressive health care leadership experience in a variety of roles and settings including COO and CEO...
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Patrick Jones, Ph.D.
Board Member
Bio Coming SoonBoard Appointee First Term: 6.21.24-6.21.27
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Julie Orchard, SHRM-CP
Board Member
Julie is currently the Chief Human Resource Officer for Providence - Inland Northwest Washington Service Area. Julie has been part of the HR Department at Providence since 2016. She has over 20 years’ experience in Human Resource functions. Julie has a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Eastern Washington University and received her Professional in Human Resources (PHR) certification in 200...
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Robin Pickering, Ph.D.
Board Member
Robin Pickering, PhD, is the Professor and Chair of Public Health at Gonzaga University. With a career spanning multiple academic institutions, she previously served as a Professor at Whitworth University, where she also directed the Women and Gender Studies program, and as an Associate Professor at Eastern Washington University. Dr. Pickering is an influential figure in community health, having actively...
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Leeanne Clegg
Program Assistant
Leeanne has lived, worked and raised her family in Spokane County since 1991. She holds a BA in Elementary and Special Education as well as graduate studies in education and counseling. Leeanne’s discovered her love of teaching underserved populations when attending undergraduate school at Carroll College in Helena Montana. She built her career in special education and while raising her...
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