Peter Martin, MAcOM, LAc, Board Chair
Peter Martin is a native of Clearwater, Florida. Martin is a licensed acupuncturist, in private practice in Portland, Oregon since May 1993. His work is informed by 28 years as a licensed massage therapist, with an interdisciplinary Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance/Movement Studies and Health and Healing from Naropa University.

His professional credentials include a Master of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine from the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine; diplomate status conferred by the National Commission for the Certification of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine; certificates of advanced study from the Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Harbin, China, and the World Health Organization International Acupuncture Training Center at the Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Nanjing, China.

Martin presently serves as Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine and on the Executive Committee of the Integrated Healthcare Policy Consortium. In 2004, he was named Deputy Executive Chair of the Nanjing International Forum on Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Second World Congress on Chinese Medicine.

Lisa Francolini, MAcOM, LAc, Board Secretary
Lisa Francolini began in the healthcare field in 1980 at Griffin Hospital, a Yale-affiliated hospital in Connecticut. She received her degree in Health Services Administration from Providence College. Francolini went on to manage two nonprofit organizations: the first, in North Carolina, serving the elderly; the second in Oregon, serving individuals with developmental disabilities. She received her advanced degree in acupuncture and Oriental medicine from the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine in 1995.

Francolini is a diplomate of the National Commission for the Certification of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) and licensed to practice in Oregon by the Oregon Board of Medical Examiners. Her practice, located in Southwest Portland, involves acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, and nutrition. She is an adjunct faculty member at the college, teaching practice management to both second- and third-year students. Her passion is to live life to the fullest. Francolini has been a Trustee of the OCOM Board since September, 1996.

Pamela Welch, MBA, Board Treasurer
Pamela Welch received her Bachelor of Science in Business from Oregon State University and her master’s in Business Administration from Washington State University. A seasoned senior financial officer with over 23 years of professional experience in varied business environments, Welch served as Controller and Vice President of Operations at Lucy Activewear from 1999 to 2005. Currently, she is Vice President of Finance and Operations at SPARQ, a marketing, media and events company in Portland, Oregon.

As an executive leader, Welch has successfully motivated and coordinated people with diverse cultural and technical backgrounds. Her professional accomplishments include new business/organization start-ups; complex business problem resolution; functional and cross-organizational team leadership; mergers and acquisitions; project management; business process reengineering; and assignments as an expert witness. Welch has been actively involved in community activities for many years, including leadership roles with the Portland YWCA and the Junior League of Portland. Welch became a trustee of OCOM's board in June 2006.

David Bleyle, MPA
David Bleyle is a native of western New York. He graduated from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry with a Bachelor of Science degree in Wood Polymer Chemistry, and received a Master of Public Administration degree from Brigham Young University. He served five and a half years in the US Army, leaving with the rank of Captain to enter the US Foreign Service. Bleyle served overseas in Germany, the Soviet Union, Australia, Sweden, Taiwan (two tours), and China (four tours). His China tours included three years (1997-2000) as Counselor for Environment, Science and Technology at the Embassy in Beijing, and a final tour (2001-2003) as Consul General of the US Consulate General in Chengdu, Sichuan.

In 2000, Bleyle was assigned to Portland, Oregon, as Senior Advisor to a newly created nonprofit organization, the China/US Center for Sustainable Development. In October 2003, he retired from the Foreign Service and moved back to Portland where he began his current career as a consultant on China and Tibet. He travels frequently throughout China and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese. Bleyle is a member of the Board of Directors of the Northwest China Council and also serves on the Board of Advisers of the Kham Aid Foundation, a US-based nonprofit working in ethnic Tibetan areas of China, and on the Board of Trustees of Oregon College of Oriental Medicine. Bleyle became a trustee of the OCOM Board in January 2004.

Dean D. DeChaine, JD
Dean DeChaine, a native Oregonian, graduated from Portland State University where, among other activities, he played varsity baseball, was a member of the university's Model United Nations delegation, was president of his class, as well as Student Body President. Between college and law school, he served in Washington, D.C., as a student intern and research assistant for Oregon U.S. Senators Richard L. Neuberger and Hall S. Lusk, and then completed six months active duty in the US Army. He earned his law degree at the University of Virginia, where he was a member of the law review and the Order of the Coif.

A partner at Miller Nash LLP, DeChaine is a member of the Bars of Oregon, Virginia, and Washington. He has chaired both the Admiralty and Aviation sections of the Oregon State Bar. He is recognized as one of Oregon's "Super Lawyers," and for the past 18 years, he has been listed as one of the top lawyers in "The Best Lawyers in America," a directory that is based on an extensive nationwide survey of attorneys. Additionally, DeChaine is legal counsel to the World Forestry Center and serves on its Board of Directors. He has served as a scoutmaster for the Boy Scouts of America, and as president of both Portland State University's Alumni Association and its Alumni Board. DeChaine has been a trustee of OCOM's Board since April 2004.

Lea Anne Doolittle, MBA
Lea Anne Doolittle, MBA, is Senior Vice President of Human Resources for NW Natural, the Pacific Northwest’s oldest and largest natural gas distribution company. Prior to joining NW Natural in 2000, Doolittle worked in human resources management at PacifiCorp (including the positions of Director of Employment, Director of Human Resources Planning, and Director of Compensation) and was Director of Personnel and Compensation for NERCO, Inc., where she directed human resources functions for corporate headquarters.

Doolittle received her MBA from the Atkinson School of Business at Willamette University and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Redlands. She is a past president of the World of Work (formerly the American Compensation Association), Western Region, and was a member of the World of Work Board of Directors from 1992 to 1995. She has served as an instructor of World at Work certification courses and a teacher of graduate and undergraduate compensation courses at Marylhurst University.

In addition to OCOM's Board of Trustees, Doolittle currently serves as a Board member on two multi-employer Taft Hartley trusts and is currently a member of the Willamette University MBA program Advisory Board. She served on the Board and Executive Committee for the STARS Foundation from 2002 to 2006, as well as the United Way vision council focused on successful kids. She has been an active volunteer on the local YMCA Board of Directors.

Pete Eggspuehler, MS
Pete Eggspuehler, a native of Columbus Ohio, graduated from The Ohio State University with a degree in Marketing in 1979 and worked as a management consultant until he completed his master’s degree from the Thunderbird School of Global Management in 1990. From there, he served as a Senior Operations Manager directing franchise growth in the eastern hemisphere for Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream before moving to Portland, Oregon. He worked with the City of Portland’s redevelopment agency, the Portland Development Commission, as well as teaching courses at both Marylhurst University and Portland Community College.

In his current role as Director of Real Estate Development at Beam Development, Eggspuehler brings expertise in financial analysis, market research, forecasting, budgeting and new business development. With experience in tax credit syndication, public finance, design and construction, he has been able to bring multiple complex projects through financial structuring to completion. With more than 20 years of experience working with companies of all sizes, he continues to volunteer his knowledge to assist Oregon companies in their desire to grow.

Eggspuehler has two children: Jake, currently a completing his last year of high school, and Kaia, just starting college.

Charles Elder, MD, MPH, FACP
Dr. Charles Elder earned his BA, MD, and MPH degrees at Boston University, and completed his internship and residency training in internal medicine at the University of Michigan. He is a senior physician in the Department of Internal Medicine at Kaiser Permanente Northwest, where he has practiced primary care internal medicine since 1991. From 1998 to 2003, he served as the Physician Director for Quality Management at Kaiser Sunnsyside Medical Center.

In addition, Dr. Elder holds a Clinical Investigator Appointment at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research. He has been involved in a range of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) research projects, and has published several clinical trials focusing on mind-body interventions for obesity and diabetes management. Dr. Elder also has a clinical interest in Ayurvedic Medicine, serves as co-chair of Kaiser Permanente's Natural Products Advisory Committee, and is Director of Kaiser Permanente's Integrative Medicine program. Dr. Elder is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and became a trustee of the OCOM Board in September 2006.

Eileen D. Frack, MS
Eileen D. Frack is the Director, Executive Management Development for Daimler Trucks North America headquartered in Portland Oregon. She provides leadership in the areas of Talent Acquisition, Diversity, Employee and Management Development, Corporate Training, Career, and HR Compliance. She joined the company in 2005 as the Director of Tax Affairs and International Trade Complance. She took on her current challenge in September 2010. She earned her BS degree in Business Administration from Oregon State University and did her master’s studies at Portland State University.

Frack has been passionate about leadership at all levels of the organization. At Daimler, she is a founding member of the Executive Diversity Steering Committee and helped insure that Daimler has a state-of-the-art child development center at their Swan Island location. She is also an Executive Sponsor for the Daimler Women’s Interactive Network.

In addition to her work with Daimler, Frack is the Board Chair for Lake Oswego Community Rowing, an Oregon nonprofit providing personal growth through rowing experiences at all levels, from juniors to masters. She is also a board member for the Executive Female MBA program at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. Prior Board experience includes both local and national board participation in Tax Executives Institute, Inc., Washington D.C. Eileen and her husband Erick have a 13-year-old daughter (a very unique leadership challenge!) and reside in Portland.

William R. Haden, MA
William R. Haden retired on June 30, 2006, and returned to Portland. He had begun his last professional appointment as the 17th President of West Virginia Wesleyan College in February of 1995. Haden was the second-longest serving president in the college’s history. Born in Beckley, West Virginia in 1942, Haden grew up in Morgantown, graduating from West Virginia University in 1964 with a B.A. in Political Science. In 1965, he received his master’s degree in Government from George Washington University. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Law degree from the University of Charleston in December 1999.

Following graduate school, Haden served in the U.S. Army as a Military Intelligence officer; he served in Portland, and left the Army as a First Lieutenant. In 1967, Haden returned to West Virginia to begin his career in educational fund raising and higher education administration. His background includes positions in Development, Alumni Relations and Public Affairs at W.V.U., the University of Rochester, The University of Chicago and Reed College in Portland, Oregon. He was also acting president of Reed in the early 1990’s. Haden’s career included senior staff and leadership positions with nine major capital fund raising campaigns at the institutions listed above.

Gene Hong, MD, DABMA
Dr. Gene Hong attended Stanford University Medical School and the International Acupuncture Training Centre at the China Academy of Chinese Medicine. He is a member of the Oregon Medical Association and the Medical Society of Metropolitan Portland. In addition to the Board of Trustees of Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, Dr. Hong is currently on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture; the Oregon Academy of Medical Acupuncture; the Oregon Board of Medical Examiners Acupuncture Advisory Committee; Oregon Public Broadcasting; and the American Specialty Health Networks, Inc. Dr. Hong has taught for the Legacy Internal Medicine Residency Program and Oregon Health & Science University, in addition to having two acupuncture articles published in the journal, Laboratory Medicine. Dr. Hong first became a Trustee of the OCOM Board in February 1998. After a one-year hiatus, he re-joined the Board in July 2007.

Hong Jin, DAOM, LAc, Faculty Trustee
Dr. Hong Jin received her BMed degree from the Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (NUTCM) and was an intern and physician at the university’s affiliated hospital. In 1987, she studied medical education and English at the Ministry of Health English Training Center, Xian Medical University, Xian, Shanxi. She taught at the NUTCM for four years. Since 1992, she has been lecturing on TCM in the United States as a representative and ambassador of the Nanjing International Acupuncture Training Center, World Health Organization Center on Traditional Medicine, NUTCM. She received her DAOM degree from Oregon College of Oriental Medicine in 2007. In addition to teaching in the doctoral program, she is an instructor and supervisor in the master’s degree program.

Deborah Howe, PhD
Dr. Deborah Howe was appointed Professor and Chair of the Department of Community and Regional Planning at Temple University in 2006. She was previously a professor in the School of Urban Studies and Planning at Portland State University, where she taught both undergraduate and graduate courses in planning and community development. She received her PhD in Urban and Regional Planning and MS in Natural Resources from the University of Michigan, and a BS in Resources Management from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

Dr. Howe’s research and professional interests include land use systems, community planning for aging, affordable housing alternatives, and commercial land use patterns. She is currently Principal Investigator in a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Active Living grant examining the local adoption of land policy innovations that support a built environment enabling active, healthy lifestyles. Dr. Howe was the lead faculty member in the development of a training program on sustainable land use practices for the Ministry of Land and Resources of the People's Republic of China. She was formerly the lead co-editor of the Journal of the American Planning Association, the top academic journal in the field of planning. Dr. Howe is a site visitor for the Planning Accreditation Board and in that capacity has served on 10 site visit teams (seven as chair) for the reaccreditation of planning programs throughout the United States. In 2000, Dr. Howe was inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners, in recognition of her contributions to higher education. Dr. Howe has been a trustee of the OCOM Board since May 1998.

William "Bill" J. Keppler, PhD
Dr. Keppler joined OCOM’s Board of Trustees in January 2011. He is former President Emeritus (2002-2007) of the National College of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon and was the inaugural Dean and Professor Emeritus of the College of Health Sciences for 15 years (1987-2002) at Florida International University, Miami’s urban public institution. Dr. Keppler holds a BS with honors in Zoology and Chemistry from the University of Miami-Coral Gables, as well as an MS in Biological Sciences and the PhD in Genetics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. On sabbatical leave, Dr. Keppler earned a Certificate in Biostatistics and Epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.

A life-long birder, with a life list of over 450 species, Keppler is currently Vice President of the Seattle Audubon Society, volunteering for the Puget Sound Seabird Survey. He and his wife, Ann, are retired in Edmonds, Washington. Keppler is the recipient of the Distinguished Civilian Service Medal from the Secretary of the Army.

Juliet Moran, BA
Juliet Moran is an effective leader, developing successful strategies for organizations and finding innovative solutions to problems. She brings a wealth of experience from her years of building global teams, reinventing businesses and bringing new products and ideas to fruition. She is a native Oregonian who has also lived in American Samoa, Hong Kong and Japan. Her personal experiences in Asia and with holistic health practices make her a passionate advocate for Oriental Medicine.

Moran received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Japanese from the University of Oregon in 1978, with a focus on international business. She has more than 30 years of experience in global brand marketing and international business. In 2000, she retired from her role at Nike as Vice President and Global Brand Director for Running. She has been an advisor for Nike’s Bowerman Track Renovation Program (1999-2009), board member/chair of advocacy for the YWCA (2000-2005), and board member/President of her local school foundation (2005-2008). She has spent countless hours giving back to her community, with a focus on health, education and the arts. A working artist and entrepreneur, she has co-founded Open Eye Art, a new business devoted to stimulating creativity and idea generation.

Dennis G. Mulvihill was born in Minot North Dakota and grew up in Klamath Falls, Oregon. After high school, he spent two years in the US Army, including a year in Vietnam with the U.S. Support Command - Cam Ranh Bay, and was honorably discharged with the rank of sergeant. Returning to Oregon, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Southern Oregon University. After 12 years of work in a variety of public-sector government relations and policy analyst positions he earned a Master of Public Administration degree from Portland State University.

During his career Mulvihill was a founding member and Director of the Oregon Student Lobby, held several senior staff and committee positions in the Oregon Legislature, was appointed Executive Secretary of the Oregon Indian Commission by tribal leaders, and managed Metro’s Waste Reduction/Recycling program. Mulvihill retired in 2011 after 24 years as the Government Relations Manager for Washington County, Oregon. In the past he has served on the Neighborhood House Board of Directors and the Oregon Student Association Foundation Board of Directors. He continues to work part-time for Washington County and currently serves on the Bicycle Transportation Alliance of Oregon Board of Directors.

Jacqueline M. Wilson, BA, Student Trustee (MAcOM Class of 2013)

A student at Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, Wilson also works at OCOM's Cherry Blossom and Hollywood clinics at the appointment desk. She has worked in clinic settings since she was 16 and has always enjoyed being able to help facilitate patient care. Wilson attended Marquette University. While there she worked with her adviser to get the curriculum and staff behind a new major, Health Care Ethics, as a way for students interested in medicine or health care law to get deep into the history and ethics of medicine. it combined disciplines of Philosophy, Theology, History and core nursing classes along with the ability to add on a pre-medical core. She graduated with a BA in Health Care Ethics and minor in Biology in 2007.

While in college, she held an internship at the Medical College of Wisconsin in the Bioethics Center. She saw first-hand the work she could be doing upon graduation should she continue on the Bioethicist path and take the next step of completing her Juris Doctoris. Ultimately, she felt a calling to work with patients over being a policymaker. She was soon offered a job as the wellness coordinator at The Rosenthal Clinic in Chicago, an integrated care clinic that saw 300 patients weekly. There she learned for the first time about how natural medicine could work. The clinic ultimately dissolved with the loss of its founder, Allyne Rosenthal. Wilson then went on a search to find what path of medicine to follow. The search culminated at Oregon College of Oriental Medicine.

In her free time, she teaches and practices yoga. An avid traveler, you will find her renting a car with her husband on long weekends to explore Oregon and California and our surrounding states to camp, hike and go sightseeing.