Administrative Staff

T. Scott Brandon

T. Scott Brandon

Chief Executive Officer

Scott has been involved in various roles with OPCC since 2007, first as a donor, volunteer and advisor, then as an employee starting in 2015. He briefly stepped away in 2018 to start a charitable foundation in support of Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County. During that time, he remained involved with OPCC as a board member and the clinic’s treasurer. He returned to the clinic as Executive director in early 2020. Scott retired from the tech industry in 2003 to focus on family and community, and has nearly two decades of involvement in charitable and public organizations in Port Angeles and across Clallam County. Prior to his retirement he held international and global management positions at Intel, Trend Micro and Alpha Pro Tech. He has delivered international marketing and integrated technical security lectures at technical conferences, colleges and universities around the globe. He holds multiple technical and training certifications from Microsoft, IBM, Cisco and others. He did his undergraduate work at BYU (accounting/finance). In addition to his work at OPCC, he is the co-chair of the Society for American Baseball Research's (SABR) Pictorial History Committee.

Helen Kenoyer

Helen Kenoyer

Chief Operating Officer

Helen Kenoyer has been dedicated to the social service field since 2014, bringing a wealth of experience as a Substance Use Disorder Professional, Case Manager, and Program Manager. She has contributed her expertise to various nonprofit organizations throughout Clallam County, including a notable role managing the Clallam County Syringe Service Program for two years prior to joining OPCC in 2021. Helen is passionate about fostering supportive and person-centered work environments for professionals in social services, ensuring that both participants and staff thrive.

Kelly Hall

Kelly Hall

Director of Programs

Kelly Hall started her career at REdisCOVERY as an Outreach Specialist in 2020, advancing to Outreach Services Coordinator as the program expanded. Kelly worked to develop the Hope (Help, Opportunity, Prevention, and Education) program in March of 2022. As the Hope Program Manager, Kelly worked in partnership with the Clallam County Jail to provide medication for opiate use disorder (MOUD) and reintegration support to people who are in confinement. Kelly is a student of social work, and has future plans of pursuing a master's degree in social work (MSW). In addition to her work at OPCC, Kelly was the 2022 recipient of Soroptimist's Live Your Dream Award, and represents people with lived experience on Washington State’s Homelessness Assistance Unit (HAU) Lived Experience Advisory Committee. She is trained in motivational interviewing, is a crisis intervention specialist, and has her peer counselor certification.

Carolyn Hamilton

Carolyn Hamilton

Director of Operations

Carolyn Hamilton joined OPCC/REdisCOVERY in early 2021 to begin the expansion of the REdisCOVERY Mental Health Field Response outreach program. Since joining OPCC, she has worked with all of the outreach, case management and other outward-facing programs at the clinic, including street and shelter clinics. She supervised the outreach and co-response teams before agreeing to help launch the LEAD Fire program. She is a co-responder with Clallam County Sheriff’s Office and Port Angeles Fire Department, and is authorized to provide services in Clallam County Jail. Carolyn holds certifications as a Certified Peer Counselor (CPC) and Certified Crisis Intervention Specialist (CCIS II). She is also a specialist in trauma informed care (TIC) and motivational interviewing (MI).

Leticia “Leddie” Rubalcava

Leticia “Leddie” Rubalcava

Clinical Supervisor

Leticia “Leddie” Rubalcava joined the REdisCOVERY/OPCC team on April 11, 2022 to help develop the MOUD program in the Clallam County Corrections Facility. Leddie grew up in a small town Mattawa, WA where she graduated from Wahluke High School. In 2017 she set a goal to enter school to become an addictions counselor. She started in 2018 as a counselor at an outpatient facility with her SUDP-T license. She worked in an intensive outpatient, inpatient, and detox facility. Leddie received her Addiction Studies, Associate in Applied Science-Transfer(AAS-T) Degree at Peninsula College June 2020. She completed her NAADAC requirements and after state exam gained her Substance Use Disorder Professional License in November 2021. She loves outdoor, hiking, camping, sitting around a camp fire, and she continues to add to her bucket list of adventures (zip lining, skydiving). She is passionate about helping individuals struggling with substance use. She dedicates her time developing short and long term recovery goals. She treats people with respect, is genuine, loving, and does her best to understand another person’s experience. Her goal is to save lives and to show those in the grips of their addiction that there is another way.

Kayla La Fritz

Kayla La Fritz

Clinic Manager

She works with scheduling the many OPCC providers and helps patients with information about getting signed up for appointments and programs. Kayla is a certified healthcare navigator and can assist with signing up for Washington Medicaid. She also helps uninsured OPCC patients get medications through various Patient Assistance Programs when they do not qualify for insurance.

Medical Case Management

Michael Salyer

Michael Salyer

Medical Case Management

Michael Salyer joined OPCC in September of 2016 as a practicum student from the Medical Assisting program at Peninsula College. After completing the externship, he was offered a position as Medical Clinic Manager when the previous manager was preparing to further her education. He has since been an integral part of the growing programs OPCC has to offer. He has had a hand in seeing patients at community events such as Veteran Stand Downs, Wednesday night Shelter Clinics, Medical Outreach, our Medical Respite, and now Medical Case Management. He is currently in the process of further his education to pursue a Registered Nursing License.

Prior to joining OPCC, Michael served as a U.S. Army specialist repairing missile systems out of Fort Campbell, KY and FOB Salerno Afghanistan. Upon leaving the military, he moved to Port Angeles and worked as a 911 dispatcher for a short time before returning to school and entering the medical field.

Kim Conley

Kim Conley

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Kim Conley spent most of her career in emergency services, having worked as a paramedic, ER nurse, ICU nurse, Critical Care Transport Nurse, and Flight nurse. She's worked with Critical Incident Stress Management Teams providing peer support since 1998 and currently volunteers with the Clallam County Critical Incident Stress Management Team. She's looking forward to using her background and skills to help promote mental health care in Clallam County and as a member of the OPCC team.

Janet Nickolaus

Janet Nickolaus

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Retired Volunteer

Janet Nickolaus has been a registered nurse since 1977. She completed her advanced practice degree in 1987 from Oregon Health Sciences University. Since then, she has developed three programs for advanced practice nurses within 3 county jails. She has experience in community mental health settings and has practiced in a remote bush village in Alaska. She is proud to have worked with veterans for no less than 14 years. She came to OPCC in 2019 and participates in Wednesday night clinics at the local homeless shelter.

Janet Retired from OPCC in January of 2025 but has stayed on as a volunteer to help fill in when needed.

Arrest and Jail Alternative

Candice Kolocheski

Candice Kolocheski

AJA Case Management

Candice Kolocheski joined OPCC/REdisCOVERY as an AJA Case Manager in Feb. 2022. She has been in social service for over 12 years with 10 of those years in the many facets of the housing sector, working with those experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Before coming to the REdisCOVERY team, she had worked as the Director of Coordinated Entry for Clallam County.

JoAnna Boston

JoAnna Boston

AJA Case Management - Forks

JoAnna Boston provides arrest and jail alternative case management to the West End. JoAnna has close ties to the Forks community and is passionate about serving rural areas. JoAnna started with OPCC in 2023 after working in social services for seven years. With an educational background in chemical dependency, her own values and lived experience, she is able to provide community-minded case management to the residents of Clallam County.

Robin Konopaski

Robin Konopaski

AJA Case Manager

Robin Konopaski has lived in Port Angeles all her life and is passionate about her community. As someone with lived experience, Robin provides a unique skillset to both outreach and the medical respite programs. Robin’s passion for her community started as a shelter worker where she began to ask herself “how can I help more?”. A valued asset to our medical respite team, Robin is selfless in her devotion to the OPCC family and the care we provide as an agency, devoting her weekends to OPCC's outreach team and provides meaningful, competent care to our medical respite patients. Robin often says to our team, our partners, and our participants, “Is a job really a job if you love what you do?”

Outreach Team

Kendall McComb

Kendall McComb

Outreach Specialist

Kendall McComb started with REdisCOVERY in 2022 after being approached by a member of OPCC staff at her old clean and sober house. Kendall has lived experience on the streets and knows the difficulties of not knowing where to begin when it comes to finding resources in the community. She is now a Re-Entry specialist, working under the MOUD program in the Clallam County Correctional facility, helping clients get through the first steps for their recovery started before they are released back into the community.

“When I first got clean I started on this huge journey not knowing how It was going to end. I was introduced to the idea of being an outreach specialist and knew it was the job for me. It’s been over a year now and I can’t see myself anywhere else doing anything but this.”

Kendall McComb, 2023

Medical Clinic Staff

Abigail Barnett

Abigail Barnett

Medical Clinic Reception

Abigail Barnett joined the OPCC REdisCOVERY team in February 2023. She was born and raised in Port Angeles and had worked in the social services field for 2 years before joining the team. Abigail has been able to use her lived experience involving substance use and behavioral health disorders to fiercely advocate for our participants. She moved positions from Outreach to Medical Clinic Reception in January 2026 after helping with some staff transitions in late 2025. She is currently on the Behavioral Health Advisory Board as an advocate for the unhoused.

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