Feb. 2, 2004
MGHS Regional
Advisory Council elects members for 2004
Shannon elected chairperson of 13-member Board
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Mary
Anne Shannon
Chairperson |
Bob
Maki
Vice Chair |
The Regional Advisory Council (RAC) at Marquette
General Health System has named its members and elected its officers
for the 2004 calendar
year.
MaryAnne Shannon of Sault Ste. Marie has been elected chairperson and Bob Maki
of Crystal Falls elected vice chair.
Shannon, an associate professor of nursing at the College of Natural and Health
Sciences at Lake Superior State University, replaces outgoing president and
current RAC member Helen McGregor of Iron Mountain. Maki is a retired engineering
technician with the Michigan Department of Transportation.
Shannon said she looks forward to serving as Board president. She’s
confident the RAC will continue to play a leading role in tackling healthcare
issues
that are important to Upper Peninsula residents.
“I look forward to working closely with the Marquette General Board of
Trustees and MGH administration to improve health care for all residents of the
Upper Peninsula,” she said. “It’s my hope that our diverse
group of Board members will bring valuable ideas to the Board of Trustees.”
Bradley Cory of Marquette, Peter Getzen of Menominee, Gary LaPlant of Escanaba,
Jim Lorenson of Ironwood, McGregor and Dr. Dale Tahtinen of Houghton have each
been re-appointed to additional three-year terms by the MGHS Board of Trustees.
Cory is a retired administrator of the Marquette County Medical Care Facility
in Ishpeming; Getzen is the mayor of Stephenson and is a retired state police
officer; LaPlant is the executive director of the Community Foundation for
Delta County and director of fund development for the U.P.
Community Foundation
Alliance; Lorenson is the Dean of Instruction at Gogebic Community College
in Ironwood; McGregor is the editor of Mrs. McGregor’s Mature Citizen
and Upper Peninsula Woman in Iron Mountain; and Dr. Tahtinen is vice president
of government relations at Michigan Tech University.
Besides the aforementioned members, the RAC is comprised of Mary Beth Skupien,
Ph.D, of Sault Ste. Marie, Bob Zander of Calumet, Bill Coffey of L’Anse,
William Peltier of Newberry and Clyde Strasler of Manistique.
Skupien is the administrator of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians;
Zander is the owner of the LeVeque Insurance Agency in Calumet and Chairman
of the Board at Keweenaw Memorial Medical Center; Coffey is a retired friend
of the court referee and retired state police officer; Peltier is the superintendent
of Tahquamenon Area Schools; and Strasler is retired Chairman of the Board
of the State Savings Bank of Manistique.
Formed in 1994, the RAC consists of 13 members — recommended by area
providers — from across the Upper Peninsula. Appointed by the MGHS
Board of Trustees, the RAC meets three times a year to consider, discuss
and make
recommendations to the MGHS Board of Trustees that will further the hospital's
mission to improve healthcare in partnership with community hospitals and
other providers throughout Upper Michigan.
Area residents who have concerns or questions of the RAC are encouraged to
write the RAC at P.O. Box 200, Marquette, MI 49855,
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