As the operations manager of OWN, Lavinia has spent the last 5 years developing a network hub for health and wellness services provided by community-based organizations (CBO) in Oregon. These CBOs are inclusive of the 16 Area Agencies on Aging (AAA) & Disability Services that cover all 36 counties in the state. The programs are targeted towards people living with chronic conditions that impact or potentially could impact an individual?s ability to live independently and in their setting of choice. Self-Management education and supporting an individual?s self-determination has been Lavinia?s passion for more than decade. She is student of global health and has lived and worked on three different continents and in several nations around the world.

Katrina Seipp-Lewington is the Manager, Community Health at Comagine Health supporting cooperative agreements with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to scale the National DPP, the Administration for Community Living to Grow the Community Integrated Network of Oregon (CINO) to Deliver and Sustain Evidence Based Chronic Disease Self-Management and Support Programs, and multiple state public health interventions. Her work focuses on community engagement, quality improvement, and multi-stakeholder partnerships to support the system design and implementation of state and local sustainable infrastructure for evidence-based health education. Katrina holds a Master of Public Health degree in Health Promotion from Portland State University.