THE COALITION
The Union County Safe Communities Coalition is funded through the Comprehensive Addiction Recovery (CARA) grant. It is directed by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy in partnership with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. We build capacity by engaging 12 distinct sectors to represent the community's whole because local problems need local solutions. We work together in finding solutions to support youth substance use prevention. These are our active sectors and members.
CIVIC
NIKI RISTEEN
Soroptimist Int'l of La Grande
SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION
CADE GORHAM
Center for Human Development
Emily Hurd
Northeast Oregon Network-Health
GOVERNMENT
KELSIE MCDANIEL
Union County District Attorney
DONNA BEVERAGE
Union County Commissioner
BILLIE-JO NICKENS
Oregon Department of Transportation
MAYOR JUSTIN ROCK
City of La Grande
Savannah Altenburg
Department of Human Services
MEDIA
TRACY CHRISTOPHER
Elkhorn Media Group
YOUTH SERVING ORGANIZATION
STU SPENCE
City of La Grande Parks and Recreation
ROBIN MAILLE
Oregon State University Extension Office
CELINE VANDERVLUGT
Cook Memorial Library
CARRIE BUSHMAN
Cook Memorial Library
DARCY DOLGE
Art Center East
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LENORE CASE
Union County C.A.R.E.
TOMI BOOLEN
Elgin Community Parks and Recreation
KITIA CHAMBERS
Youth 360
SCHOOLS
SCOTT CARPENTER
La Grande School District
JESSICA FRASIER
La Grande Middle School
TERESA DOWDY
Central Elementary School
PARENTS
ROBERT KLENG
Eastern Oregon Head Start
JEN GOODMAN
Eastern Oregon Head Start
JOHN BRINEY
University of Washington
MEG HAWKS
Single Speed Screen Printing
BUSINESS
JOEL MYER
WENDY ROBERTS
Valley Insurance
Grande Ronde Hospital
Karrine Brogoitti
Grande Ronde Hospital
LAW ENFORCEMENT
CHIEF GARY BELL
La Grande Police Department
DAVE AYDELOTTE
Oregon State Police Department
SHERIFF CODY BOWEN
Union County Sheriff's Office
LIEUTENANT JASON HAYES
La Grande Police Department Alternate
HEALTHCARE
CARRIE BROGOITTI
DIANA SILTANEN
Cade Gorham
Center for Human Development
OHSU School of Nursing
Center for Human Development
RELIGIOUS / FRATERNAL
CHRIS PANIKE
KEITH HUDSON
Church of Latter-Day Saints
First Presbyterian Church