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News and Information

April 30, 2003

The HVA Board of Trustees announced the appointment of Kathleen Griffiths, President and CEO of Chelsea Community Hospital, and John Worden, the retired Chief of Jackson County's Summit Township Fire Department to the HVA Board of Trustees.  Both Griffiths and Worden have been appointed to 3-year terms on the Huron Valley Board.

Griffiths replaces Gary Faja, President and CEO of St. Joseph Mercy Hospital who served on the HVA Board for six years.  Since HVA was founded in 1981, at least one hospital CEO has always served on the Board of Trustees as a matter of tradition, and as a way for our hospitals to support the ambulance service and share in its governance.

Worden replaces Georgia Fojtasek, President and CEO of Foote Health System in Jackson who also served a six year term.  Worden served for 24 years as the chief of the Summit department, before retiring in 1997.  He continues to serve the Township as their zoning administrator.

These new Trustees join 10 other community leaders in the governance of our community-owned ambulance service:  William Barsan, Professor and Section Head of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan Health System serves as Chair of the HVA Board.  Richard Lundy, a Dexter community leader, serves as Vice Chair and George Cress, Chairman of United Bank and Trust - Washtenaw, serves as Secretary-Treasurer.  Other Trustees include Dale Berry, President of HVA; Joseph Dulin, Principal of Roberto Clemente High School in Ann Arbor; Jude Huetteman, a retired Ann Arbor health care advocate; Thomas Manchester, Ypsilanti attorney; Juanita Reid, Vice President for Government Affairs, Eastern Michigan University; Patrick Sharp, Plymouth Township resident and retired Assistant Treasurer of the Ford Motor Company; and William Wise, Program Coordinator for Criminal Justice Programs at Siena Heights University in Adrian.