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Michael J. Wallace
34,473 votes
27.5%
- Occupation: Incumbent
- Married for 32 years & Fremont resident for 33 years
- Employed at Fremont Bank for 33 years
- Past President & CEO of Fremont Bank. Currently Vice Chairman of the Bank's Board of Directors
- B.A. from Ohio State University & MBA from the University of Santa Clara
- 1st Lieutenant in U.S. Army from 1971 to 1973
- Member of the Board of Directors of the BETA Healthcare Group providing much needed Insurance Coverage to Hospitals & physicians throughout California
Priorities:
- Washington Hospital must remain a locally owned & controlled asset of our community.
- We must be diligent to ensure that our annual budget is not spent on anything that does not directly support the health care needs of our residents.
- Please see other Philosophy's
Bernard L. Stewart
31,920 votes
25.4%
- Occupation: Incumbent
- President Washington Hospital Board of Directors
- Graduated Northwestern University Dental School
- Born and raised in Washington Township area
- Married 37 years with 5 children, all live in Fremont
- Trustee of Washington Hospital Foundation
- Private Practice of Dentistry for 36 years
Priorities:
- Washington Hospital must be a premier, independent, state of the art facility
- The Hospital must be responsive and helpful to every citizen of our Township (Newark, Fremont, & Union City)
- We must actively prepare for the State 2030 Seismic Standards
Jacob Eapen
31,436 votes
25.0%
- Occupation: Incumbent
- Pediatrician, Alameda County Health Services, Newark, Hayward, Oakland, San Leandro
- Public Health Commissioner, Alameda County
- Advisor to "Every Child Counts" Commission, Alameda County
- Elected to the Board of Association of California Healthcare Districts, Sacramento
- Honored by Stanford Medical School for outstanding services
- California Medical Board's outstanding physician award
Priorities:
- IMPROVE ACCESS - Continue to work hard removing both logistic and insurance barriers, expand outreach services and reduce Emergency Room waiting time
- BETTER INVESTMENT IN PREVENTIVE CARE - Promote building a better school based health council to emphasize health education and prevention
- MINIMIZE DISPARITIES IN COMMUNITY HEALTH -Ensure that disparities in immunization rates, incidence in obesity, diabetes and hypertension are minimized
Gwen S. (Price) Todd
13,954 votes
11.1%
- Occupation: Office Manager
- Producer Toastmaster Time television program
- Former President of Toastmaster Internationals F.U.N. Club
- Former Leader of TOPS Chapter 1377 Fremont
- Editor of APCCE Newsletter for three years
Priorities:
- Put the PUBLIC back in our public hospital
- Increase the transparency of the board's actions
- Improve the hospitial's responsiveness to the needs of its most vulnerable constituent s.
Steve Strayer
13,270 votes
10.6%
- Occupation: Engineering Consultant
- Earned a BS degree in Engineering; completed coursework requirements for an MBA.
- Served 5 years in the USAF as an instructor for combat crew members.
- Lived in Fremont for the past 29 years.
- Daughter Monica, Son-in-law Noel and granddaughter Joylyn live in San Lorenzo. Daughter Kimiko is a Mission San Jose High School senior.
- Owned and operated my local real estate investment and improvement business for over 25 years.
- Serve as a one-on-one mentor to several individuals working towards various personal goals.
Priorities:
- Every proposal considered should place the interests of taxpayers in general and patients above those of the medical establishment.
- Problems experienced by individual patients are often glossed over. All issues need to be faced openly with feedback to affected individuals.
- The focus now is weighted towards building a more prestigious institution without much concern for the costs to taxpayers and patients.
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