| April
4, 2005
Shannon, Maki re-elected chair and vice chair of Regional Advisory
Council
Bruce Rukkila of Houghton joins 13-member council
The
Regional Advisory
Council (RAC) at Marquette General Health System
has named its members and elected its officers
for the 2005 calendar year.
MaryAnne Shannon of Sault Ste. Marie has been re-elected chairperson
and Bob Maki of Crystal Falls re-elected vice chair.
Shannon is an associate professor of nursing at the College of
Natural and Health Sciences at Lake Superior State University.
Maki is a retired engineering technician with the Michigan Department
of Transportation.
Shannon is confident that the RAC will continue to play a leading
role in tackling healthcare issues that are important to Upper
Peninsula residents.
“
It’s my hope that our diverse group of Board members will
bring valuable ideas to the Board of Trustees,” Shannon
said.
Bruce Rukkila of Houghton replaces outgoing RAC member Susie
Boxer of Houghton. Boxer chose not to run for re-election after
her term expired in January 2004.
Rukkila owns and operates Bruce A. Rukkila CPA, P.C., a full-service
CPA firm servicing clients throughout the western Upper Peninsula.
Rukkila has worked as a certified public accountant for more
than 20 years and has extensive experience in both private and
public sectors of auditing, tax accounting and small business
consulting.
The RAC is comprised of Bill Coffey of L’Anse, Bradley
Cory of Marquette, Peter Getzen of Menominee, Gary LaPlant of
Escanaba, Jim Lorenson of Ironwood, Helen McGregor of Iron Mountain,
William Peltier of Newberry, Clyde Strasler of Manistique, Dr.
Dale Tahtinen of Houghton and Bob Zander of Calumet.
Coffey is a retired friend of the court referee and retired state
police officer; 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 Foundations for the
Upper Peninsula and Delta County; Lorenson is the dean of instruction
at Gogebic Community College in Ironwood; McGregor is the editor
of Mrs. McGregor’s Fifty Plus Monthly Publication & Upper
Peninsula and Northeastern Wisconsin Woman; Peltier is the interim
superintendent of the Moran Township School District in St. Ignace;
Strasler is retired Chairman of the Board of the State Savings
Bank of Manistique; Dr. Tahtinen is vice president of government
relations and secretary for the Board of Control at Michigan
Tech University; and Zander is the owner of the LeVeque Insurance
Agency in Calumet.
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
health care 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,
or e-mail comments and/or suggestions to the RAC at regionaladvisory@mgh.org.
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