EUGENE, Ore -- This spring, we were both happy and sad to announce that Senior & Disability Services Director Emily Farrell has accepted a role with Trillium Community Health Plans as Senior Director of Operations.
Program Manager Stephanie Sheelar has stepped into the Division Director role in an Acting in Capacity AIC) role, at least through the end of the Fiscal Year (June 30).
Stephanie has been a Program Manager with LCOG for three years and has tackled the IE/ONE system changes and the PTC rollouts. Before being promoted to Program Manager, Stephanie was a Unit Manager for five years, first with the Support Unit and then focused on agency projects. She implemented written protocols and helped streamline our process for on/off-boarding staff, not to mention coordinated the numerous office and staff moves. She also implemented a system that transitioned from paper files to electronic files.
Before coming to SDS, Stephanie worked in the Office of Continuous Improvement at Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) for about five years as a Project Manager and Lean Leader. She also spent 16 years with the Oregon Self Sufficiency Program (SSP), with 12 of those years as a manager working in various offices in Lane County. She has extensive training and experience with project management, LEAN practices and has been in leadership and management for over 25 years. She has also created and maintained strong relationships with our state partners. Stephanie graduated from the Oregon Program Management program in January 2010. She has been an incredible asset to LCOG in the time she has been with our agency, and we are truly grateful that she is willing to step in to this role to help us as we transition.