Board

Board Member Login

The Volunteers in Medicine Clinic is governed by a 13-person Board of Directors comprised of physicians, policy experts, and business and community leaders. This dedicated group of volunteers contribute over 1,000 hours collectively each year to see that our Mission and Vision are fully implemented.

Board Members

Chair - James Lussier James Lussier (Jim) is the founder of The Lussier Center/TLC which is focused on performance excellence through the development of optimum governance and leadership approaches that creates a preferred future for organizations. He has served at the executive level and as a CEO in healthcare organizations and provided counsel and training to hospitals and health systems in The Netherlands, Africa, Japan, Canada and the United States. Jim was CEO of Cascade Healthcare Community and St. Charles Medical Center for 15 years.	Ronald Carver, MD Dr. Ronald Carver is a founding Board Member of VIM and the Chair of our Development Committee. Prior to helping found VIM Dr. Carver was a member of the St. Charles Medical Center staff for 27 years. He is a graduate of UCLA and Baylor College of Medicine. While at St. Charles, he served as Chief of Obstetrics, President of the SCMC Medical Staff, and on the Board’s Planning & Development Committee. In 2004 Dr. Carver received the Doctor-Citizen Award from the Oregon Medical Association for his tireless dedication to the medical field.	Rev. Steven Koski Rev. Dr. Steven Koski has been the Senior Pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Bend since 2006. He has served on the Board of Volunteers in Medicine for the past two years. Steven is passionate about VIM's mission and excited to be part of an organization that offers such a comprehensive umbrella of compassion and quality care in these challenging times.
Vice Chair - Rod Ray, Ph.D.	Pam Steinke Pam Steinke is an Oregon native growing up in the city of Ukiah in the Blue Mountains and moving to Central Oregon in 1979 to begin a professional career in nursing. As a registered nurse, Pam Steinke holds responsibility for the delivery of clinical care as the Chief Nursing Officer of St. Charles Medical Center Bend and the Vice President of Quality Management at all Cascade Healthcare Community facilities.	Marvin Lein Marvin J. Lein is Bend Memorial Clinic’s Chief Executive Officer. He has over 15 years of combined administration and multi-specialty group practice management experience. Prior to joining BMC, he was the Administrator for Associates in Family Medicine P.C. in Fort Collins,  Colorado. Marvin holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas, a Master’s degree in Marketing from Colorado State University and a Master’s degree in Health Care Administration from the University of Colorado.
Judy Alford Judy Alford began her involvement with the VIM clinic while the idea was still in its infancy. She and her husband were very interested in a volunteer clinic designed to serve the medical needs of an underserved population. Judy has been an active volunteer in the Bend community for many years. In the 22 years they have lived in Bend, Judy and her family have enjoyed many of the outdoor activities that are offered in the beautiful Central Oregon area.	Judi Hofman Judi Hofman is the privacy and information security officer for Cascade Healthcare Community – St. Charles Bend, St. Charles Redmond and Pioneer Memorial Hospital in central Oregon.  Judi has been on the Board of directors for VIM from the beginning of the project in 2001. Her passion for the medically underserved grew from her own experiences of losing her family's health insurance for 9 months while in a job transition. Since that experience 15 years ago, Judi has been a strong proponent of the projects like VIM.	John MacMillan
Tammy Baney Deschutes County Commissioner Tammy Baney was born in Salem, Oregon and was raised in Deschutes County.  Commissioner Baney’s government experience includes serving as the Elected Chair, Deschutes County Commission on Children & Families; Appointed Member, Oregon Commission on Children & Families Budget Committee; Local Public Safety Coordinating Council and the Family Law Advisory Committee. In 2005 she was awarded the Central Oregon Volunteer of the Year, by the Network Of Volunteer Administrators (NOVA), as well as being recognized as a Public Health Hero by the Deschutes County Public Health Advisory Board.	Bob Hakala, MD Dr. Hakala practiced family medicine at Bend Memorial Clinic for nearly 26 years. He is a graduate of the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center, completed his internship at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and returned to OHSU to complete his residency in family practice. During his career he served as Medical Staff President of St. Charles Hospital and as Chairman of the Executive Committee at Bend Memorial Clinic. He is currently one of the two Co-Medical Directors of VIM.	James Petersen Jim is a founder and serves as immediate past Board Chair of VIM. Jim was selected by the Bend Chamber of Commerce as Bend’s Citizen of the year in 2004 for significant and lasting contributions to the Bend Community.  In addition to being an active Rotarian, he is a past Board Chair of Cascade Healthcare Community, the parent organization that owns St. Charles Medical Center - Bend and St. Charles Medical Center - Redmond. Jim is an attorney with Karnopp Petersen where he has practiced law since 1980.
Bob Barr

Emeritus Board Members

Valerie Bailie, MD	Reverend William Ellis	Neil Goldsmith, MD
Richard Ettinger, MD	Madelle Friess, RN	Marianne Lebre, RN