<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">The Telehealth Alliance of Oregon wishes Scott well on his new life adventure!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-templateContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;border:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium;background-color:rgb(250,250,250);max-width:600px;width:600px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" id="gmail-templateHeader" style="background:none 50% 50%/cover no-repeat rgb(255,255,255);border-top:0px;border-bottom:0px;padding-top:9px;padding-bottom:0px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-mcnImageBlockInner" style="padding:9px"><table align="left" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="gmail-mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-mcnImageContent" valign="top" style="padding:0px 9px;text-align:center"><img align="center" alt="" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/1de579fe12637bcc2c31de886/images/6ba45596-0ce6-4397-803e-4f0ff53aec80.png" width="168" class="gmail-mcnImage" style="border: 0px; height: auto; outline: none; vertical-align: bottom; max-width: 168px; padding-bottom: 0px; display: inline;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" id="gmail-templateBody" style="background:none 50% 50%/cover no-repeat rgb(255,255,255);border-top:0px;border-bottom:2px solid rgb(234,234,234);padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:9px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-mcnTextContent" style="word-break:break-word;color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;padding:0px 18px 9px"><h1 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:26px;font-weight:normal;line-height:32.5px;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:lato,"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif">ORH Director Departs</span></h1><p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px"><font face="lato, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-image: initial;"><img align="left" alt="Scott Ekblad" height="303" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/1de579fe12637bcc2c31de886/images/33f12ee4-896b-4ffe-b272-fd398749c995.jpg" width="250" style="border: 0px; height: 303px; outline: none; width: 250px; margin: 0px;"></span></font><font face="lato, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Scott Ekblad has announced that he will end a long career at the Oregon Office of Rural Health on April 30, 2019. He commented, “It was a weighty decision for me, but it’s time to do something new and different.”</font><br><br><font face="lato, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Scott began at the Oregon Office of Rural Health (ORH) in 1992 to develop the rural Oregon provider recruitment and retention program that the office still operates today. He held several positions within the office over the years, becoming director in 2005. Ekblad said “After 27 years in the office, 14 of them as director, I think new leadership is in order. Every departure is an opportunity and, thankfully, the organization is staffed with extremely talented people ready to make the most of that opportunity.”</font><br><br><font face="lato, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Asked about highlights of his time at the office, Scott said, “The events that come to mind do so because of the people involved. I’m continually amazed by the dedication and innovation shown by rural Oregonians and I am forever inspired by the people I’ve had the privilege of meeting throughout the state.” During his time at ORH he oversaw the implementation of the Critical Access Hospital program, established the HERO grant program for rural volunteer emergency medical services and, most recently, developed ORH’s annual Forum on Aging in Rural Oregon.</font><br><br><font face="lato, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Scott and his husband Michael will begin their new adventure by relocating to the Coachella Valley in southern California. “We grew up on the frigid plains and spent the last 35 years in the rainforest; we’ll try life in the desert next.”</font><br><br><font face="lato, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Robert Duehmig, currently Deputy Director, will serve as Interim Director beginning May 1</font><sup style="font-family:lato,"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif">st</sup><font face="lato, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">.</font></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" id="gmail-templateFooter" style="background-image:none;background-position:50% 50%;background-size:cover;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border-top:0px;border-bottom:0px;padding-top:9px;padding-bottom:9px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-mcnShareBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-mcnShareBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-mcnShareBlockInner" style="padding:9px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-mcnShareContentContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding:0px 9px"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-mcnShareContent" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" class="gmail-mcnShareContentItemContainer" style="padding-top:9px;padding-right:9px;padding-left:9px"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td align="left" valign="top" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-mcnShareContentItemContainer" style="padding-right:9px;padding-bottom:9px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="" class="gmail-mcnShareContentItem" style="border-radius:3px"><tbody><tr><td align="left" valign="middle" style="padding:5px 9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" width="24" class="gmail-mcnShareIconContent" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmailchi.mp%2Fohsu%2Forh-director-departs" target="_blank" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><img src="https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/outline-color-facebook-48.png" height="24" width="24" class="gmail-" style="border: 0px; 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Britain, Executive Director</div>
<div>Telehealth Alliance of Oregon</div><div><a href="mailto:csbritain@gmail.com" target="_blank">csbritain@gmail.com</a><br>541-910-7366</div>
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