The Care Clinic
 

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Leadership

Josh Cogdill

Chief Executive Officer

Jesse Carrajat 

Chief Operations Officer

Amanda Craig, CPA

Chief Financial Officer
 

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Team Member Since 2024

Amanda joined the Care Clinic in 2024 and brings years of FQHC financial experience to SCCC.  She began her accounting career in 2007 working in tax preparation. In 2008, she joined her local FQHC and has worked in FQHC finance for over 16 years. She obtained her master’s degree in accounting in 2011 to further continue her education and to one day study and test for the CPA exam. During the COVID restrictions she decided to pursue the CPA license. She obtained her CPA license in 2022. In her free time, she enjoys watching her children in their extracurricular events, primarily baseball, softball, orchestra and drama productions. 

Dr. Kathleen Cowie, MD

Chief Medical Officer
 

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Additional Languages: Spanish

Dr. Kathleen Cowie is a family physician with a special interest in women and children’s health.  She is fluent in Spanish and has a passion for providing compassionate medical care at home and abroad, having volunteered on outreach trips in Honduras, Peru, Bolivia, and Guatemala. Dr. Cowie graduated from Loyola Chicago Stritch School of Medicine in 2006 but fell in love with the Colorado Rockies while completing her family medicine residency at St. Anthony Central/North Hospitals in Denver. Prior to joining the Care Clinic in 2012, she provided full-spectrum family medicine including obstetrics and newborn care at Salud Family Health Centers in Commerce City and Platte Valley Hospital in Brighton.  Dr. Cowie became Chief Medical Officer in 2017. In her free time, she loves doing all things outdoors and spending time with her family.
 

Directors and Managers


Alyssa Ring

Human Resources Director

Hannah Gallagher

Director of Quality, Risk and Compliance
 

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Team Member Since 2023

Hannah joined the Care Clinic in 2023, bringing with her eight years of experience in the FQHC and Quality Improvement realms. An Anthropologist by training, Hannah is passionate about designing programs that support vulnerable populations and provide the most safe, effective care possible for patients. In her free time, Hannah serves in leadership in search and rescue organizations and enjoys playing outside with her family all year long.

Karen Meza

Medical Service Line Director
 

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Karen started her career in 2012 as a Medical Assistant. Her experience working directly with patients gave her a deep understanding of what works and what doesn't work on the clinical floor and how leadership interaction affects all patient-facing staff members and patient outcomes. Karen's role as Clinical Manager has given her the opportunity to support all clinical staff members and to give the best quality of care to patients. 

Karen's motto is that to take care of people, we need to take care of ourselves, and the way she does this is by exploring the beautiful outdoors in her free time.  

Sarah Dayton

Director of Strategic Operations and Development

Josette Medina

Operations Director, SBHC

Megan Jackson, BA, RDH

Dental Service Line Director
 

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Team Member Since 2015

Megan joined the Care Clinic in 2015 as a Dental Hygienist and she helped to implement the SMILES and COMDI programs in the School Based Health Centers. Megan has a Bachelor’s Degree in Integrative Physiology from the University of Colorado and an Associates Degree in Dental Hygiene from Pueblo Community College. She is a Colorado native.

Blair Middleton

Donor Relations & Event Manager

Amanda Kochevar

Dental Clinic Manager
 

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Team Member since 2019

Amanda joined the Care Clinic in 2019 as a Dental Patient Access Representative. Before becoming the Dental Clinic Manager in 2021, she had worked as the School Based Health Dental Coordinator and Dental Schedule and Referral Coordinator. Amanda has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sustainability Studies from Colorado Mountain College. She is a fifth generation Colorado native and when not at the clinic she is busy spending time with family, caring for her chickens, gardening, fishing, camping, foraging, and baking.

Vanessa Baray

Medical Assistant Manager

Cheli Nguyen

Dental Clinical Operations Manager
 

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Team Member Since 2007

Araceli joined the Care Clinic in 2007 as a Dental Assistant. With almost twenty years in the dentistry field, her passion for taking care of patients has been her main focus. She enjoys taking care of people of all ages and loves seeing patients walking out with a smile on their face after a great dental experience. As the Lead Dental Assistant, she takes great pride in training the staff to be great dental assistants. Before Araceli’s career in the dentistry field she was a professional pastry chef making high end desserts and wedding cakes. When she isn’t working, she enjoys spending time with her family going on hikes with her dog, camping, cooking, and watching movies.

Marisa Soltis, LPC, LAC

Interim Behavioral Health Service Line Manager

President Emeritus

Don Parsons

In Remembrance

Board of Directors


Jim Beckmann

Board President

Retired Healthcare CEO

Debbie Welle-Powell

Board Vice President

Healthcare Executive

Richard A. Ziegner

Board Treasurer

Retired Healthcare Finance Executive

 

Dr. David Biggs

Board Secretary

Hematology/Oncology

Wilson Blake

Board Member

CEO, Blake Solutions, Inc.

Ismael Calle

Board Member

Vice President, FirstBank

Dana Cottrell

Board Member

Real Estate Broker, Summit Resort Group

Gaston Feuereisen

Board Member

Office Manager

Rose Pray

Board Member

Retired Public Health Nurse

Retired Technical Officer for the World Health Organization, Geneva Switzerland

 

Bruce Schroffel

Board Member

Retired Healthcare CEO

Dr. Symon Stanley

Board Member

Dentist at Pacific Dental Services

 

Graeme Bilenduke

Advisory Board Member

Director of Development, Copper Mountain

Deb Crook, RN

Advisory Board Member

Retired Director, Summit County Department of Public Health

 

Gordon Manin, MD

Advisory Board Member

David Nicoli, Esq.

Advisory Board Member

President of the Nicoli Consulting Group, LLC

Rick O'Brien, MD

Advisory Board Member

Retired Clinical Researcher & Physician, Centers for Disease Control

 

Nic Zador

Advisory Board Member

Food Service Professional

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