Lisa Ladendorff is the Founder and current Development and Training Director of Northeast Oregon Network, a health collaborative serving the state of Oregon.  She was instrumental in designing and implementing the NEON Pathways Community Hub, one of the only rural hubs in the nation.  She provides training throughout the region on mental health, addictions, workforce wellbeing, and other topics relevant to the health and social service sectors. 

Prior to working at NEON, she served as the local public health administrator in Union County, and a member of a team CEO model.  Lisa has completed the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice Leadership Institute and the UCLA Health Care Executive Training Program.  She is the 2016 National Health Network Leader, recognized by the National Cooperative of Health Networks.  She has a BA in Political Science from the University of Arizona, and a Masters in Social Work form Walla Walla University. 

Lisa is a member of the National Association of Social Workers, the American Public Health Association, the Society for Human Resource Management, and the American College of Healthcare Executives.  She serves on several local boards, and is a current board member of the Nonprofit Association of Oregon.

Susan Fischer-Maki is the Founder and Principal Consultant of Common Thread Consulting. She spent the first ten years of her career in direct service roles before stepping into system-level innovation. Her work as an educator and social care navigator prepared her to uniquely understand the complex challenges staff and leaders face each day working on the front line of care delivery.

For the past decade, Susan has served in leadership positions that empowered consumers, practitioners, and policy makers to collectively impact community health. Her most recent work focused on building connections between stakeholders seeking to improve conditions vital to health and wellbeing–bringing stakeholders to the table in meaningful ways as they set common visions and implement innovative models of collaboration.

Susan has served as the Director of Community Benefit Initiatives for AllCare Health; Early Childhood System Facilitator for Jackson and Josephine Counties; Owner of an Early Care and Education Center; and a teacher at the early childhood, elementary and community college levels.

Susan received a M.Ed. from the University of California, San Diego, and a BS from University of Oregon. She currently serves as the Vice Chair for both the 211info Board of Directors and the Three Rivers School District Board, as well as the Immediate Past Chair for the South Coast Early Learning Hub, the Oregon Infant Mental Health Association, and Healthy Families of Southern Oregon.

Susan lives in Grants Pass with her husband and two children where they spend time floating the river, playing board games, and any other activity that brings them together with family and friends.