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DELTA Advisory Committee

DELTA Advisory Committee 

Cohort members are selected by the DELTA Advisory Committee and the internal DELTA advisory and program teams based on their ability to effect systemic change.

Candidates selected into the program have demonstrated their:

  • commitment to eliminating health inequities in Oregon.
  • desire to participate in this transformational health equity leadership program.
  • readiness for participation based on curriculum of this program.
  • willingness to have authentic conversations that push growth and learning with people at different places along their own equity journey.
  • ability to implement or significantly influence meaningful changes in policies, programs and practices that reduce the barriers to health equity. 
The Advisory Committee is comprised of program alumni and health equity experts from Oregon community-based organizations, health systems, and Coordinated Care Organizations (CCOs). 

Meet the DELTA Advisory Committee

  • Quinn Arrington
    Equity Manager and Tribal Liaison
    AllCare Health
    DELTA Cohort: 2018-2019

  • JoAnn Miller
    Community Health Promotion Director
    Samaritan Health
    DETLA Cohort: 2016

  • Jayden Ruff
    Director
    South Coast Health Equity Coalition

  • Mica Contreras
    Executive Director
    Linn Benton Health Equity Alliance

  • Kat Phillips
    Senior Director for Health Equity
    Oregon Health & Science University

  • Steffannie Roaché
    Trauma Informed Trainer & Content Developer
    Portland State University - School of Social Work

Oregon Health Authority DELTA Advisory and Program Team

  • Shelley Das
    Equity and Policy Manager
    Oregon Health Authority, Equity & Inclusion Division
    DELTA Founder

  • Maria Castro
    Health Equity Innovation and Implementation Unit Manager
    Oregon Health Authority, Equity & Inclusion Division

  • Danielle Droppers
    Program Manager, Regional Health Equity Coalitions
    Oregon Health Authority, Equity & Inclusion Division
  • Mehera Christian
    DELTA Program Coordinator
    Oregon Health Authority, Equity & Inclusion Division

  • Brian Lothrop
    Health Equity and Community Engagement Analyst
    Oregon Health Authority, Equity & Inclusion Division



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Contact Us


Please contact Mehera Christian,
DELTA Coordinator:

Phone: 971-346-6602
(voice and text) – all relay calls accepted.