Oregon Tech celebrates in-person commencement ceremonies with President and CEO of Asante Scott Kelly, HECC Chair Terry Cross, and Senator Elizabeth Steiner Hayward

Scott Kelly is the president and CEO of Asante, a healthcare provider based in Southern Oregon. Kelly has served in several leadership roles, including chief operational officer, executive vice president, chief strategy and business development officer, and chief executive officer of Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center.

Kelly is a member of the Oregon Health Leadership Council. He also chairs the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems Board, the Jackson Care Connect Board, and Jackson Care Connect Finance Committee. His prior experience includes strategic leadership positions at Saint Agnes Medical Center in Fresno, Calif., and Saint Paul Medical Center in Dallas, Texas.

Kelly holds a Master of Science in Business Administration from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.

Terry L. Cross is the founding executive director of the National Indian Child Welfare Association and chair of the Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission. He is an enrolled member of the Seneca Nation, and received a master’s degree in social work from Portland State University.

Cross is the author of Positive Indian Parenting and co-authored Towards a Culturally Competent System of Care, published by Georgetown University.

Cross has 49 years of experience in child welfare, including 10 years of direct practice.

Elizabeth Steiner Hayward is an adjunct associate professor of Family Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). She has served as the state senator for Northwest Portland and Beaverton since 2011. Steiner Hayward co-chairs the state Ways and Means Committee, which oversees Oregon's state budget. She is also a member of the Capital Construction Sub-Committee and the Legislative Audits Committee, both of which address portions of the budget. Sen. Steiner Hayward also serves as deputy majority leader on the Oregon Senate Democrats leadership team.

In her time in the Oregon Legislature, she has raised the legal age for purchasing tobacco products to 21, increased statewide vaccination rates, passed legislation establishing the nation’s first statewide universally-offered nurse home visiting program, and addressed the opioid epidemic head-on through behavioral health treatment programs and increasing access to medication-assisted treatment.

Steiner Hayward earned a Bachelor of Arts in Religion from the University of Chicago and a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Massachusetts.