This is an archive of a past election.
See http://www.smartvoter.org/ca/hm/ for current information.
Humboldt, Mendocino County, CA November 4, 2008 Election
Smart Voter Full Biography for Ed Smith

Candidate for
Board Member; Southern Humboldt Community Healthcare District

This information is provided by the candidate

1. Retired Federal Government Bureaucrat + U. S. Agency for International Development - project officer (design/management) primarily in areas of agriculture and rural development + grant officer + loan officer + contract administrator.
2. Training and experience in economics and accounting + two masters degrees in economics and long experience in both economics and accounting.
3. Attorney + Member of Connecticut Bar.
4. Banking adviser to Government of Uganda - helped Bank of Uganda personnel set banking and credit policy for Uganda - taught Uganda Commercial Bank and Nile Bank loan officers how to evaluate a borrower's ability to repay - helped both banks establish their first credit card programs - helped both banks establish their first collection programs - developed a simple accounting system for use by Ugandan farmers.
5. Small business adviser.
6. Extensive experience in human resource development area + written many scopes of work and evaluations + wrote personnel policy for Institute for Sustainable Forestry.
7. Have served on numerous boards + U.S. Agency for International Development ex-officio member of Board of Directors of Appropriate Technology International with about 50 employees + 6 years on Board of Institute for Sustainable Forestry + last 3 as Secretary + 10 years on Community Advisory Group of KHSU in Arcata.
8. Represent patient perspective at Clinic and Hospital + have been using for 13 years + since 2001 wife and I have accounted for between 35 and 75 admits a year, putting us among most frequent patients.
9. Excellent practical layman's knowledge of medicine + manage all of my and my wife's medications with supervision from Dr. Phelps + read five health newsletters regularly + maintain library of medical reference books so can decide correct response to unexpected health care problems + designed and managed primary health care project in Bolivia.
10. Knowledgeable about and use alternative medicine testing and treatment.

Next Page: Political Philosophy

Candidate Page || Feedback to Candidate || This Contest
November 2008 Home (Ballot Lookup) || About Smart Voter


The League of Women Voters does not support or oppose any candidate or political party.
Created from information supplied by the candidate: October 21, 2008 13:42
Smart Voter   <http://www.smartvoter.org/>
Copyright © League of Women Voters of California Education Fund   http://ca.lwv.org