Candidate for
Board Member; Sonoma Valley Health Care District

Healthcare in Sonoma Valley is at a crossroads. Timing is critical, if we are to preserve the services provided by our local hospital in a way that is sustainable. I am proud to have worked as a hospital pharmacist, both at a staff level and managerial capacity for 21 years. It's been a pleasure to work with many dedicated hospital employees and I have enjoyed a collegial relationship with all of our local physicians. It is through the energies of devoted healthcare providers and support staff as well as the creativity of many different administrators and managers that the hospital has been able to survive and even thrive.

My wife and I moved to Sonoma in 1985.We are proud to be Sonomans and plan to live here long into retirement. Continuation of a local hospital is an important part of our vision for Sonoma's future as it is for many longtime residents and recent arrivals. I hope to use my knowledge of hospital operations to help create a facility that is operationally efficient, capable of attracting quality physicians and other healthcare professionals, affordable and sustainable for years to come. If you share this vision, I would appreciate your vote.