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John Zoglin
31659 votes
24.94%
Official Ballot Statement
- Occupation: Director, El Camino Hospital District
- eCommerce and Digital Marketing Executive
- Increased El Camino Hospital (ECH) transparency by adding 24 community members to 6 new oversight committees
- Doubled ECH community benefit dollars reinvested ($5.5M) in community healthcare providers (e.g. paying for school nurses)
- Expanded the Women's Hospital, Stroke Center, Heart and Vascular Institute, South Asian Heart Center and Chinese Health Initiative
- Graduated from local public grade, junior and high schools
- Harvard College, BA 1978; Stanford University, MBA, 1984
Priorities:
- Continuum of Care: Focus on quality of care not just within the confines of the hospital campuses, but throughout the District.
- Affordability: With healthcare costs continuing to escalate, El Camino Hospital must also do whatever we can to make health care affordable.
- Independent --accountable to all stakeholders, not any special interest group while maintaining ECH as an, award-winning, independent hospital
Julia E. (Fox) Miller
27919 votes
21.99%
Official Ballot Statement
- Occupation: Small Business Owner
- Mayor and Council Member Sunnyvale
- Lockheed Martin employee
- Staff Assistant, Congressman Norman Y Mineta
Priorities:
- Transparent of decisions available to the public
- Accountability to the community
- Equitable health services to the community
Dennis W. Chiu
24908 votes
19.62%
Official Ballot Statement
- Occupation: Business Attorney
- Former Vice President & General Counsel, AACI (nonprofit healthcare corporation)
- Former Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel, UIS Technology Partners (IT services corporation)
- Owner, Prodigy Law (acts as outside general counsel to businesses)
- Vice Chair, Santa Clara County Planning Commission
- Commissioner, Sunnyvale Housing & Human Services Commission
- BA, UCLA (1993); JD, Santa Clara University School of Law (1996)
Priorities:
- Maintain excellent patient care & increase preventative care.
- Increase hospital funding to district health related nonprofits.
- Ensure accountability to district taxpayers by resolving conflicts of interests between taxpayers and the hospital corporation.
Wesley F. "Wes" Alles
21764 votes
17.15%
- Occupation: Incumbent
- Senior Research Scholar, Stanford University School of Medicine
- Served on Hospital and District Board for ten years
- Former Chair of the Hospital and District Board
- Service as Committee Chair: Governance, Compliance, Finance
- Advisory Committee: California Department of Public Health
- Founding member, South Bay Business Group on Health
Priorities:
- Maintain El Camino Hospital as a not-for-profit, locally governed public asset
- Sustain financial viability of hospital while maintaining highest quality of care
- Follow the strategic plan especially employee wellness and population health
Bill James
20684 votes
16.30%
Official Ballot Statement
- Occupation: Attorney
- Patent attorney - built, together with partners, a thriving local patent firm based in Cupertino
- J.D. Stanford Law School (1994)
- B.S. United States Naval Academy (1986)
- Married father of three young children, active parent volunteer in the schools and as an AYSO soccer coach
- Fulbright Scholar (Mexico 2000-2001)
- Board Member and past Secretary, Community Services Agency of Mountain View, Los Altos, and Los Altos Hills (2006-present)
Priorities:
- Provide comprehensive care to all District residents at affordable prices
- Maintain the financial health of El Camino Hospital
- Keep El Camino Hospital under local, District control
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Events
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- El Camino Hospital District Board Candidate Forum
10/9/2012, 7:45 PM - 8:45 PM
Mountain View Library, Community Room
585 Franklin ST
Mountain View CA 94041
Presented by the League of Women Voters of Los Altos-Mountain View Area and co-sponsored by the Mountain View Library
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