Our Team

Who We Are

RISE Partnership is a team of mission-driven people who believe workers’ hard-won benefits should be delivered with Respect, Integrity, Service, and Equity. Meet our Senior Staff.

Executive Leadership Team

Brian Rüdiger
Executive Director

Katie Coombes
Senior Director of Programs

Sarah Sacia Edwards
Senior Director of Operations

Senior Leadership Team

Operations Support Directors

Jill Bakken
Director of Communications

Nathan Beil
Director of Information Systems

Sara Duerr
Director of Finance

Kayla Lowrey
Director of Training Services

James Paulson
Director of Human Resources

Program Directors

Jenny Abeling
Director of the Essential Worker Healthcare Trust

Alice Cobb
Director of Carewell Benefits

Molly Malone
Director of Carewell Training

Patsy Richards
Director of Long-Term CareWorks

Kelley Weigel
Director of Uplift Oregon

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