FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DATE: June 29, 2009

CONTACT: Lisa Huddleston, (513) 531-0200

HEALTH COUNCIL ELECTS 2010 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

At its annual meeting on Thursday, June 11, the Greater Cincinnati Health Council elected its 2010 Board of Directors, which will be led for a second year by Dee Ellingwood, senior vice president, Planning and Business Development, at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Ellingwood is currently mid-way through his first term as chair of the Health Council’s Board of Directors.

The 2010 Board includes:

Chairperson: Dee Ellingwood, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Chairperson-Elect: Will Groneman, TriHealth

Secretary/Treasurer: Karen Bankston, Drake Center

Governance Committee Chair: Douglas McNeill, Atrium Medical Center

GCHC President: Colleen O’Toole, Greater Cincinnati Health Council

Members-at-Large:

Chris Carle, St. Elizabeth Florence

Jim May, Mercy Health Partners

Pete Resnick, Dearborn County Hospital

Linda Smith, VA Medical Center

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