Committee

Meet our Team

Learn more about the Leadership & Grant Committee!

Leadership Board

Board Committee

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Kat Mastrangelo

Board Member

Under Kat’s leadership as the Executive Director of Volunteers in Medicine, the clinic has grown to involve more medical professionals, provide more medications to care for more patients, and to advocate for the uninsured and underserved members of the Central Oregon Community. She is active with the Central Oregon Health Council, serving as a member of the Operations Council and the Diversity Equity, Inclusion and Justice Committee. Her community involvement includes Board membership for CASA and City Club. She is a member of the Oregon Public Health Advisory Board’s Scoring and Metrics committee. She also sits on the board of the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics and the NAFC’s Roadmap to Health Equity project. Personal interests include spending time with her family, road trips, reading interesting books and walking her dog, Odie.

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Dr. Rebecca Ferguson

Board Member

Dr. Ferguson is a member of the American Osteopathic Association, American Academy of Family Physicians, Oregon Academy of Family Physicians, Indiana Academy of Family Physicians, and the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians. Prior to joining Summit Health, she practiced Family Medicine at Dale Family Medicine in Dale, IN, One Health Ford Urgent Care in Owensboro, KY, and most recently with the St. Charles Clinic in La Pine.

Rebecca Ferguson, DO is a member of Summit Health’s Family Medicine team. Dr. Ferguson is a Kansas State University alumnus with a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education and is ESL Certified. She worked as an Elementary School teacher for six years in the Seattle area before applying to medical school gaining her adoration for the Pacific Northwest. Dr. Ferguson strongly perceives that her teaching profession lent itself to educating her patients toward optimal health. She earned her Doctorate in Osteopathic Medicine from the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2009 and completed her residency at MacNeal Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program in Berwyn, IL in 2012. While in medical school, she participated in the Illinois Health Education Consortium, a medical Spanish immersion program that involved classroom, clinical, and home instruction with Spanish as the primary language.

Dr. Ferguson and her family enjoy the sunshine of Bend. Her interests include running, reading, gardening, and traveling.

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Penny Pritchard

Executive Director

As a Bend native, stepping into the Executive Director role for COHQA is a real homecoming for Penny. Over 20 years ago, she worked alongside healthcare providers in Bend who mentored and inspired her to pursue a health-related career to address health disparities.

As the first person in her family to earn a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in public health, Penny has used her education to become a change agent. She has worked alongside community partners in cross-sectors, obtaining resources to develop, implement and evaluate community-based programs. In September 2023, Penny received the Oregon Primary Care Association Health Equity and Social Justice Award for “leading the cause to improve health equity for Oregonians and being grounded in the roots and mission of community health centers.” Penny looks forward to continuing working to support the community and providers to think innovatively to advance health equity across Oregon.

Penny enjoys reading, gardening, cooking, connecting with her partner and friends through mountain biking, snowboarding, camping or hiking, and playing with her miniature Dachshund, “Otto Von Long Dog” or “Otto” for short.