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Kurt Hahn
11,179 votes
25.2%
- Occupation: Appointed Hospital District Director
- Retired Healdsburg City Finance/Redevelopment Director
- Graduated USC 1961 BS Public Administration
- Member of Hospital Board since retirement from City in 1998
- Appointed to Board of North Sonoma Counrt Hospital District by Sonoma County Board of Supervisors when District was created in 2001
- Member of the Governance Forum of the California Healthcare Association and volunteer Director of Health Benefits and Insurance for RPEA
- Chair of the Bankrupcy Creditors Committee of the Health Plan of the Redwoods
Priorities:
- Maintaining the availability of critical emergency medical services for the residents of Windsor, Healdsburg, Geyserville, and Cloverdale
- Retaining quality and affordable healthcare for North Sonoma County residents
- Recruitment of additional Family Practice Doctors to the North County
Herbert F. Polesky
10,572 votes
23.8%
- Occupation: Appointed Incumbent
- Grape grower/retired physician
- BA in biology and MD from Stanford University
- Appointed North Sonoma County Hospital District board 2001; Chairperson 2003 - present
- Member, Association of CA Healthcare Districts' Trustee Action Network committee
- 35 year career in clinical pathology including laboratory administration and teaching
- Owned and farmed vineyards in Dry Creek Valley since 1989
Priorities:
- Assuring Healdsburg District Hospital maintains quality, affordable services to meet needs of all district residents
- Achieving financial stability for the hospital
- Attracting and retaining healthcare personnel to meet hospital and community needs
Ruth M. Olson
8,798 votes
19.8%
- Occupation: Registered Professional Engineer
- B.S. Industrial & Management Engineering, Registered Professional Engineer in Industrial Engineering - California
- Member of Healdsburg District Hospital Strategic Planning Committee since August 2002
- CEO of The Olson Schultz Group, Inc.
- Over 20 years of engineering and management experience, 10 years with Hewlett Packard, 10 years consulting with companies nationally
- Over 17 years as Healdsburg resident
- Married, husband - Steve Schultz, 3 children - all born at the Healdsburg Hospital
Priorities:
- Fiscal stability of the hospital's existing service delivery processes
- Develop partnerships with other health care providers to form a comprehensive & viable health care delivery system for all district constituents
- Team based process improvements of existing processes to allow future expansion of services provided
Jack Air
8,790 votes
19.8%
- Occupation: Incumbent
- Treasurer: Hospital District Board
- Founding member Sonoma County Healthcare Foundation
- Co-founder Vines and Wines charity event
- Winery Owner: So. Co. Green Business Award
- Lehigh University B.S., Business Administration
Priorities:
- Delivery of appropriate healthcare to the district
- Achieve financial stability for hospital district
- Establish long-range hospital planning and staffing objectives
Floyd S. Coakley
5,108 votes
11.5%
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