Suzanne Emery, FNP
Suzanne C. Emery has a Masters in Leadership of Nursing and is a Family Nurse Practitioner. She is certified as a facilitator of the FASCETS Neurobehavioral Model and is a FASCETS Program Director. Suzanne lived in Costa Rica for 20 years serving families and children at risk. She worked as resident nurse at a children’s home and then as supervisor of health for a large child care organization for 15 years helping care for children and families. She is bilingual English/Spanish. Apart from her work as an FNP at the Good News Community Health Center for the past 1 1/2 years, she is a full-time missionary with the United World Mission. Suzanne is the founder and lead facilitator for a project started in 2013 – “Created to be Free: hope for families affected by alcohol.” She leads workshops, provides consulting services, and facilitates family support groups, all in the area of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, using a brain-based approach. She is a single mother of two wonderful young men; the younger has FASD. She is originally from the Portland area and is now residing here.
Teresa Hare, HealthCare Operations / Practice Manager
Teresa has been a part of our team longer than any other employee of Good News. She started volunteering in 2010 and became a part of our staff in 2012. She is our HealthCare Operations/Practice Manager by title, but in reality, she does a little bit of everything. You might find her at the front desk, answering calls, supporting our providers, billing and coding for insurance claims. When she’s not working hard at the clinic you can find her kayaking or camping with her husband or gardening in her yard.
Rachelle Rupp, RN
Rachelle Rupp is our registered nurse. You can find her skillfully drawing a patients blood for testing, helping our clinic run smoothly by updating safety policies and EHR procedures or happily sharing self-care/advice with patients on the phone. Like many of our staff members she came to Good News as a volunteer; but our patients and staff ended up appreciating her support so much that she is now working for us part-time. Rachelle started her healthcare career in the U.S. Air Force during Desert Storm, as a Medical Laboratory Technician and graduated from OHSU in 2018 with her BSN. Her strong work ethic and attention to detail is only surpassed by her desire to support and improve the quality of life for each of our patients.
Maxine Lawrence, Executive Director
Maxine Lawrence is our Executive Director as of October 2020. She came to us from Salvation Army where she had been the Family Services Director for 6 years. Her experience in leadership and as a pastoral counselor has blessed us mightily and we look forward to her continued leadership and vision.