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WRHA Board of Directors
2008-2009
Jeanette Weyrich, President
Omak
Carole Halsan, President-Elect
South Bend
David Olson, Past President
Moses Lake
Dick Goldsmith, Treasurer
Seattle
William Plummer, Secretary
Seattle
Vic Dirksen
Port Townsend
John Franco
Kennewick
John Hanson
Olympia
Harry Jasper
Pomeroy
Carrie McLachlan
Coupeville
John McLean
Spokane
Nancy Nash
Omak
Norm Passmore, DDS
Dayton
Evelyn Torkelson
Spokane
NRHA State Association
Council Representatives
John McLean
Spokane
Kristina Sparks
Olympia
NRHA State Office Council Representative
Kristina Sparks
Olympia |
Meet Your
New Board Members
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Norm Passmore, DDS, Dayton
Norm Passmore is a
practicing dentist in Dayton, WA. He is a board
member with Columbia County Health Systems, the
Dayton Chamber of Commerce, Dayton Economic
Development Steering Committee Touchet Valley
Arts Council, Columbia County Oral Health
Coalition, Community Council in Walla Walla, and
Main Street Dayton Charities.
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Nancy Nash, Omak
Nancy Nash currently
serves as Cultural Resource Manager at
Mid-Valley Hospital in Omak, Washington.
Previously, she served as Cultural Competency
Trainer for Washington State Public Hospitals
and Rural Health Care Workers, and she also
hosted a weekly radio program focused on Latino
health. She is also a co-founder of the Latino
Health and Wellness Coalition for Okanogan
County, and is a member of the Washington Health
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John Hanson, Olympia
John R. Hanson is the Rural Health Specialist
with the Office of Community and Rural Health,
Washington State Department of Health. John is a
veteran health care administrator with over 30
years of experience managing health care
facilities and programs in Washington State.
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Harry Jasper, Pomeroy
Harry S. Jasper is the founder of ‘Share Your
Health’, an online health challenge that
promotes public health through prevention
techniques. Share Your Health motivates without
dictating behavior and real improvement is
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...and SAC reps!
Continuing board member John McLean of Blue
Room (Spokane) accepted a two-year term as a State Association Council
(SAC) Representative from WRHA, joining Kris Sparks of the Department of
Health, Office of Community and Rural Health (Olympia), who is
continuing her term. SAC representatives participate in the National
Rural Health Association’s State Association Council, communicating and
collaborating frequently with other state associations and with the
national association.
Board member photos by Dick Goldsmith.
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