Administrative
Michael Ashton – Executive Director
Michael is thrilled to be joining Meadowood Springs as the organization’s new Executive Director. Michael is a recent graduate of Marylhurst University, where he completed coursework for his Masters in Business Administration with a concentration in Nonprofit Management. He comes to Meadowoood Springs following four years as an administrative professional for Classic Pianos, a family owned piano retail store headquartered in Portland, OR. While piano retail provided great opportunities in a fun and enriching environment, Michael’s true passion has always been in nonprofit organizations. Prior to his role in the piano business, Michael was a Program and Artistic Director for the Pacific Heroic Artists, Musicians, and Entertainers (PHAME) Academy, a nonprofit organization based in Portland that provides artistic education and opportunities to adults with developmental disabilities. In his five years working with PHAME, Michael developed extensive skills in networking, fundraising, marketing, and process development. In his free time, Michael enjoys taking his dogs for walks, fine dining, disc golf, astronomy, movies, and an occasional game or two. We are thrilled to have Michael join us.
Kathy Hosek – Administrative Assistant
Kathy Hosek has a degree from Southern Oregon University. Kathy was raised in Portland and transplanted to Umatilla County in 1979. She first became involved with Meadowood when her husband Ron started playing in the Hermiston Elks golf tournament which was organized as a fundraiser for the camp. She and her husband Ron, who is on the Board of Directors for Meadowood, have been married since 1973. They have two children and four grandchildren. In 2007, the families bought the golf course that hosts the Hermiston Elks golf tournament which held each year during the first weekend of June.
Property
Cliff Story – Property Manager
Cliff grew up in the Elgin/Union area of eastern Oregon. He attended both Elgin and Union High Schools and graduated in 1983 from Union High School. After graduation, he went to Texas for one year pouring manholes. Texas was not home so he came back to Eastern Oregon and worked for a rancher, helping out at a large cattle ranch for two years in Boardman, Oregon. He then moved back to Elgin Oregon where he worked as a logger and met his wife of 25 years, Marie. Cliff started working for S & R industries in Baker City, Oregon and moved his family there in 1987. During his time in Baker City, Cliff worked as a metal fabricator on big construction jobs but was away from his family much of the time. Being home at night was important to him so he got a job doing construction and moved his family back to the La Grande, OR area. Cliff continued to learn all he could about the construction industry and eventually went to work for WC Construction which brought him and his family to the Weston, OR area. During his time in the construction trade, Cliff took an active role as a youth sports coach in order to spend time with and support his son as well as other kids from grade school through high school. He is known as “POPS” to a lot of the younger adults around the Weston area. Cliff came to Meadowood Springs in 2004 and couldn’t be happier or more fulfilled.
Programming
Missy Newcomb, MS, CCC-SLP – Clinical Director
Missy Newcom has been with Meadowood Springs since 2004. During her years as a Speech-Language Pathologist, Missy Newcom has served children ages birth to 21 and specializes in working with children Birth to 6 and their families. She earned her BS in Speech Pathology/Audiology from Idaho State University in 1975 and her MS in Speech Pathology from Idaho State University in 1977. In 1978, Missy presented her thesis on the “Intelligibility of Time Compressed Spastic Dysarthric Speech” at the ASHA National Convention in San Francisco, CA. Following this, she served as a Speech-Language Pathologist for the Madison School District (1979 to 1980) in Rexburg, Idaho, owned and ran Teton Speech and Hearing Center (1980-1981) in Driggs, Idaho, worked as an SLP for the Dickinson School District (1981-1988) in Dickinson, ND, served as Center Director for the Lincoln-Unita Child Development Center (1988-1995) in Afton, WY, worked for the Umatilla-Morrow ESD (1995 - 2007) in Pendleton, OR, and currently works for the Walla Walla School District in Walla Walla, WA as well Meadowood Springs Speech and Hearing Camp. Missy Newcom has also served as the President of Idaho Speech-Hearing Association 1980-1981, and boards of Wyoming Speech-Hearing Association as regional delegate, and Oregon Speech and Hearing Association as regional delegate. In 2008, she received the “Award of Clinicianship” from the Oregon Speech and Hearing Association. In addition to her work as a Speech-Language Pathologist, Missy has taught and coached Alpine skiing from 1970 to 2005 at various ski areas in Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, and Washington, acting as Race Director for Bluewood Ski Area, Dayton, WA from 2000 to 2005 and coached tennis in North Dakota from 1983 to 1988.
Audrey Black, MS, CCC-SLP – Program Director of Family ASD Camps
Audrey Black earned her Bachelors of Science degree from Oregon State University in Human Development Family Sciences with options in Child Development and Human Services. She earned her Master of Science degree from University of Oregon in Communication Disorders and received her certificate of clinical competence (CCC). She is a speech language pathologist who has worked with preschool and elementary children in Walla Walla Public Schools since 2006. She has also been involved at Meadowood Springs Camp as a “Clinician 1” in 2008 and as “Master Clinician” from 2009-2011.
Patti Hall – Camp Staff Manager
Biography Coming Soon