Section Leaders

SECTION CHAIR
Deidre Miller, MSN, RN, RNC-NIC, C-ONQS, C-ELBW, C-NNIC

Deidre Miller is a neonatal clinical expert ad is a partner in the perinatal consulting group The Nurses Miller. She holds a Master’s degree in Nursing Education and brings more than 20 years of experience as a NICU Nurse, educator, and program developer.

Deidre began her career at UCSF Children’s Hospital, where she was a founding member of the pioneering Neuro-Intensive Care Nursery- a unit dedicated to neuroprotection and developmental support. She now leads neonatal nursing quality practice across Legacy Health System’s six birth centers and two NICU’s, advancing evidence-based care. Her clinical passing includes neonatal resuscitation, care of the ELBW population, and care of those with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy.

Certified in neonatal critical care, the care of extremely low-birth-weight infants, obstetric and neonatal quality and neonatal neurological care, Deidre also serves as the Oregon Section Chair for AWHONN and has provided expert testimony as a legal consultant.

Outside of her professional roles, Deidre is an avid runner and reader who enjoys time with her family.

SECTION SECRETARY / TREASURER
Randa Bates, MSN, RN

Randa Bates is an experienced nursing leader specializing in high-acuity maternal and neonatal care. She serves as Nursing Manager of a high-acuity LDRP at St. Charles Health System, overseeing comprehensive inpatient perinatal services for a rural region spanning more than 300,000 square miles.

Randa’s clinical foundation includes extensive experience in neonatal intensive care, neonatal and pediatric critical care transport, and perinatal critical care transport—partnering with referring facilities and EMS agencies to stabilize and safely transfer high-risk mothers and newborns. Over more than 20 years of progressive leadership, she has led large multidisciplinary teams, managed complex budgets, and driven measurable improvements in quality, safety, and operational performance.

A TeamSTEPPS® Master Trainer, NRP Instructor, and internal leadership coach, Randa is deeply committed to developing others. Her passion lies in helping individuals grow into the professionals—and people—they aspire to become, fostering both clinical excellence and personal development. She holds a Master of Science in Nursing from Western Governors University.

Outside of work and volunteer service, Randa enjoys snorkeling, golfing with her daughters—both members of their high school golf team—and taking every opportunity to soak up sunshine.

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Jen Atkisson and Kathryn Dailey-Deaton

Kathryn Dailey-Deaton, RN, BSN, is one of Oregon AWHONN’s Legislative Coordinators, advocating for women’s, reproductive, perinatal, and newborn health while amplifying the voices of nurses and health professionals in policy spaces. She holds bachelor’s degrees in Anthropology from the University of Oregon and Nursing from Oregon Health & Science University, bringing both cultural perspective and clinical insight to her work.
Kathryn began her career as a volunteer labor doula, advocating for birthing people at the bedside, and later became a perinatal nurse working in labor and delivery, antepartum, and postpartum care. She now finds joy in outpatient OB/GYN nursing while passionately advancing AWHONN’s mission and Legislative and Public Policy Agenda.
A lifelong learner, traveler, and devoted parent, she is driven to help build stronger systems of care for families and communities.

SECTION NEWSLETTER/COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR
Amanda Swinehart, MSN, RN, APRN, NNP-BC, C-ONQS

Amanda Swinehart is a board-certified Neonatal Nurse Practitioner dedicated to providing evidence based, compassionate, and family centered care to critically ill newborns at Salem Health. She received her MSN from The Ohio State University and has over 19 years’ experience in neonatal nursing as a registered nurse and an APRN, working in Georgia, Ohio, Washington, and Oregon. 

Amanda is a passionate advocate of continuous quality improvement and is certified in obstetric and neonatal quality and safety. Serving as the both the Quality and Safety Advisor for the women and children’s division, as well as the Vermont Oxford Network chair for Salem Health, Amanda has had the remarkable privilege of leading multidisciplinary teams in improving and sustaining quality at the bedside over the previous decade. 

Originally from Ohio, Amanda has lived in the PNW since 2015. In her free time, Amanda can be found reading more than one book at a time, breaking a sweat on her Peloton, planning her family’s next travel adventure, or snuggling her two adorable Havanese. 

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Rosemary Clark

Rosemary Clark is the current Oregon AWHONN social media and AV support team member. She has been a LDRP RN for 12 years, and has been a newborn resuscitation nurse for 4 years. Patient-centered advocacy for birthing persons is her reason to stay inspired and focused at work. In her free time, Rosemary enjoys spending time with her daughter, family and dogs, exploring the great outdoors, bowling and reading when she can. 

OREGON AWHONN FOUNDATION COORDINATOR
Deb Castile, MN, CNS, NE, RNC-OB, C-EFM

Deb Castile, is a Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist and Nurse Educator with more than 32 years of experience in the care of high-risk obstetric patients. Throughout her career, she has combined bedside clinical expertise with leadership in patient safety, education, and system-wide perinatal quality improvement.

Deb began her nursing career at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland, Oregon, after earning her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from OHSU in 1993. Early in her career, she also worked at the bedside in Spokane, Washington, where she continued to develop her expertise in caring for complex obstetric patients.

In 2005, Deb earned her Master’s in Nursing from the University of Washington and transitioned into advanced practice roles as a Clinical Nurse Specialist and Nurse Educator. She worked with PeaceHealth in Eugene/Springfield, Oregon, and later served in a system-wide role for the PeaceHealth organization, where she was responsible for initiatives related to perinatal and neonatal safety.

Today, Deb continues to apply her clinical nurse specialist and educator training as a perinatal nurse expert in medical-legal cases. She also teaches professional education courses, including the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) fetal monitoring program and the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP). In addition, Deb maintains her connection to direct patient care by continuing bedside nursing at OHSU, where she cares for some of the highest-risk pregnancies in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest.

Outside of her professional work, Deb enjoys gardening, raising chickens, and spending time with her family—especially her grandchildren.

SECTION EDUCATION COORDINATOR
Brenda Saling

SECTION STUDENT PRE-CON COORDINATOR
Shelley White, DNP, RN, WHNP

Shelley White has a Doctorate of Nursing Practice and is a board-certified Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner with over 33 years of experience as a bedside nurse, nurse practitioner, and nurse educator. 

Shelley’s clinical expertise is focused on women’s health and obstetrics, spending 16 years at the bedside of laboring and postpartum women. After ten years with Texas A&M teaching in their BSN program, Shelley moved to Hood River Oregon in 2022 with her beloved 15-year old pooch, Moshi. Currently, she serves as a clinical nursing instructor at Columbia Gorge Community College.

Outside of her professional life, Shelley enjoys staying active and creative. She loves swing dancing, yoga, hiking, biking, knitting/crocheting, and cooking. 

SECTION MENTOR CO-CHAIRS
Jen Atkisson and Kimber Stovesand

SECTION CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS
Randa Bates and Deidre Miller

Chapter Leaders

SECTION CHAPTER LIAISON COORDINATOR
Deb Castile

CENTRAL OREGON CHAPTER
Kimber Stovesand

MID-WILLAMETTE VALLEY CHAPTER
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NORTHEAST OREGON CHAPTER
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PORTLAND METRO CHAPTER
Brenda Saling

SOUTHERN OREGON CHAPTER
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SOUTHERN WILLAMETTE VALLEY CHAPTER
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SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CHAPTER COORDINATOR
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