Volunteer Healthcare Clinic's Staff

Meet the Team

Elizabeth Washington
R.N., Charge Nurse, Walk-In Clinic

Elizabeth graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Masters Degree in Public Health Nursing in 2012 and is a Registered Nurse. Following a desire to improve the lives for those living with Diabetes, she became a Certified Diabetes Educator in 2014 and is currently the Chronic Disease Manager at Peoples Community Clinic. Elizabeth has a passion to serve the community and promote healthier lives for individuals living in under-served areas. Elizabeth has lived in Austin nearly all of her life and has deep family roots to the city that extends over many generations. In her free time she enjoys spending time with family, reading, traveling, and serving in her church. Elizabeth joined the Volunteer Healthcare Clinic in February, 2017.

Luke Ringland
Patient Advocate

Luke is a native born Australian, and has lived in Texas with his American Phd student wife for three years. In 2007 he earned a Masters Degree in social development, and since that time has taken his passion for helping people all over the world, particularly Latin America. Luke is bilingual in Spanish, and has more 10 years experience in the non-profit profit sector in a variety of roles. This is his first job in community healthcare and he is excited to work so closely with people. Luke loves sports, food and wine, and Eastern spirituality. Luke joined the VHC staff in April, 2017.

Gaby Sedigh
Office Assistant

Gaby was born and raised in Ecuador and studied International Business at the local University in Quito. After sometime Gaby became interested in refining her English so she decided to come to Austin and has been here ever since! For the last 10 years she has been working as a Medical Interpreter for local hospitals, private medical offices and as a volunteer at VHC. In June 2016 Gaby was hired as our Part-time Office Assistant. She is an important part of our team and we are so happy to have here. Gaby enjoys traveling and going to the movies. In her free time she also enjoys spending time with her family and friends.

Silvia Nunez
Program Director

Silvia was born and raised in Austin, Texas and graduated with a Bachelor's Degree from the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at St. Edward's University. She is the first in her family to graduate from college and did so with high honors. She enjoys helping others and is bilingual in Spanish. She has volunteer work experience helping the community through St. Louis Catholic Church and the local police department. During her free time she enjoys photography, reading, attending local events and listening to live music.

Laura Hurst
Volunteer Director

Laura oversees the Clinic's volunteer program since 2012. She holds a Bachelor's degree from Indiana University, Bloomington with a double major in Art History and Religious Studies. She grew up in Cincinnati and has lived in New Jersey, Bloomington, Indiana and Chicago. She moved to Austin four years ago. Her professional background is in the restaurant and hospitality industry, but she has always enjoyed volunteering at museums and free medical clinics. She started volunteering at the Clinic in 2011 as a data entry volunteer, and was hired as a part-time Volunteer Coordinator in October 2012. In January 2015 Laura was promoted to a full-time position of the Volunteer Director In her spare time she enjoys travelling, seeing live music, visiting museums and spending time with her friends and family.

Kathy Kraft
R.N., F.N.P.-C, Charge Nurse, Walk-In Clinic

Kathy is a Family Nurse Practitioner with a Master's Degree in Nursing. Her nursing career spans over 26 years and includes work in critical care, post-anesthesia care and critical care transport in Texas, California and Mexico. She is also a certified lymphedema therapist, a massage therapist and certified legal nurse consultant. She has been with the Clinic since 1996, starting as a volunteer nurse and later becoming charge nurse. In her free time she enjoys kayaking, traveling, reading and napping.

Nancy Guillet
R.N., M.S.N., Medical Case Manager Nurse and Charge Nurse, Chronic Disease Management Clinic

Nancy was a practicing physician in general medicine and surgery in her home country of Nicaragua and brings a wealth of medical knowledge with her. Upon moving to the U.S. six years ago, she completed her nursing degree and went on to earn an Advanced Public Health Nursing degree from the University of Texas at Austin. She currently works as an instructor in clinical nursing at the UT's School of Nursing. Nancy volunteered as an interpreter and as a nurse at the Clinic while she completed her schooling. She recently joined the VHC staff in June, 2011. Nancy works with many community organizations for health promotion programs among Latinos in Austin. She enjoys listening classical music.

Dolores Flores
Monday Night Pharmacy Tech

Dolores has been working as a pharmacy tech for 20 years and works during the day at Medical Park Tower pharmacy. She has been with the Clinic since 2000 as our Monday night pharmacy tech. She enjoys bike riding, movies, shopping and spending time with her family..

Olivia Colunga
Tuesday Night Pharmacy Tech

Olivia has been a pharmacy technician since 1997 and received her training on the job at what was then known as Eckerd drugs. She always knew she wanted to be in the medical field and thought about pursuing nursing, but it was being pharmacy tech that won out! Olivia has been with VHC since 2000. She is a native Texan who was born in Brownsville and moved to Austin when she was eight. For fun, she enjoys listening to music and dancing.

Andrew H. Stone
RN, MSN, Charge Nurse, Walk-In Clinic

Mr. Stone served in the United States Air Force for 7 years as a combat medic and went on to earn a BS in Computer Science from Boise State University in 2002. He worked at various tech companies in Boise and Austin for 5 years before his acceptance into nursing school. Mr. Stone graduated from the UT School of Nursing in 2011 with an MSN with a concentration in Nursing Administration and Healthcare Systems. Since earning his nursing degree, he has done clinical work in the Emergency Room and hospice settings. Mr. Stone joined the Clinic in September, 2013 and has a dual role as our Specialty Clinic Charge Nurse and technical support for our Electronic Medical Records transition and reporting needs. In his spare time, he enjoys rock climbing, running and canoeing and home renovation projects.

Marci Roe
Executive Director

Ms. Roe has a bachelor's degree in business from the University of North Texas and over 20 years experience in business and non-profit management. After 13 years in the corporate world, she left her job as a Senior Project Manager and Vice President at First USA Bank to join the Peace Corps, where she did business development work for a women's development center in Nepal. Upon her return, she made a career change to the non-profit sector and has been working in various roles at the Clinic until her appointment as Executive Director in February, 2010. She has been with the Clinic since April, 2006.