503-6Leadership
Meet Hillsboro Medical Center’s Executive Leadership Team.
One of our leadership team members is on call every day. Call 503-936-7392 and we’ll help you connect with them.
Lori James-Nielsen, President & CEO
Lori James-Nielsen, RN, B.S.N., M.H.A., has over 25 years of clinical and leadership experience in a variety of hospital settings. Throughout her career, she has worked as a staff educator, manager, and director for nursing units and cardiac care. Lori has been involved in creating clinical integration models to support organizations and independent providers in developing clinical programs and improve value for patients. She was the Chief Strategy Officer at Salem Hospital and Vice President of Operations and Integrations at OHSU Partners. She and her husband have a blended family of six children. She enjoys watching her daughter play volleyball, hiking, and kayaking.
Joe Hardman, Chief Medical Officer
Joe Hardman, M.D., is a general internist who has been practicing at OHSU for nearly 10 years. His primary clinical focus is outpatient primary care internal medicine. He has also worked on the inpatient teaching service at OHSU. Dr. Hardman received his medical degree from UC San Diego School of Medicine and completed his residency and chief residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA. He enjoys hiking, cooking, music, photography, and spending time with his wife and two children.
Jen Packer, Chief Nursing Officer
Jen Packer, M.S.N., RN, CENP, CEN, was OHSU’s Division Director of Emergency Services before joining our team. She managed and led the OHSU adult and Doernbecher pediatric emergency department, observation unit, trauma program and transfer center. She and her family enjoy outdoor sports and like to ski, boat, hike, and CrossFit.
Lauri Bolton, Vice President, Human Resources
Lauri Bolton, M.B.A., SHPR, SHRM-SCP, brings more than 25 years of human resources experience and leadership in health care. In her previous role, Lauri served as the Chief Experience Officer at Summit Pacific Medical Center, leading strategies to foster positive employee, provider, and patient experiences. She provided operational leadership for human resources, patient experience, marketing/communications, facility services, and ancillary services. Lauri is passionate about community-based health care, especially all things “people” related. She enjoys reading, cooking, and is an avid gardener.
Steve Conklin, General Counsel
Steve Conklin, J.D., is a graduate of Oregon State University and University of San Diego School of Law. Before joining Hillsboro Medical Center, Steve served as legal counsel at OHSU for 17 years advising leadership on regulatory matters, complex transactions, and a wide variety of other issues facing the academic health system. Steve’s prior experience in health care regulatory, transactional and legal matters includes private practice with the law firm of Cooney & Crew, LLP in Portland and Lake Oswego, Portland Adventist Medical Center, and PacificCare of Oregon.