•Andie Edmonds was recently voted in as the Board Chair of the Family Access Network Foundation. She is a real estate broker for ARIS Group and has served on the FAN board since 2010 serving as Secretary/Treasurer since June 2012. Andie joins Vice Chair, Mike Smith on the FAN leadership team. Mike Smith is a senior mortgage banker at Director’s Mortgage and has served on the FAN board since 2008. Rounding out the leadership team is Brooke Garcia. Brooke works on the professional banking team at the Bank of the Cascades and has been on the FAN board since 2006. FAN’s mission is to improve lives by ensuring all children in Deschutes County have access to basic-need services.

•Deborah Davies, professor of dental assisting, recently received Central Oregon Community College’s Faculty Achievement Award. The award recognizes excellence in teaching and the recipient is chosen by the faculty. A member of the COCC faculty since 2005, Davies created the curriculum for the dental assisting program. She also established a low-cost dental clinic on campus that gives dental students practical experience while providing basic dental care to Deschutes County’s low-income and uninsured employed adults.