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Maria DeVos Joins Spectrum Health Foundation Board

Local philanthropist Maria P. DeVos has been elected to a three-year term on the Spectrum Health Foundation Board of Trustees.

DeVos, a Grand Valley State University graduate, also serves as a board member for the RDV Corporation and plays a key role in the Douglas and Maria DeVos Foundation. In addition, she has served the Bethany Christian Services Board, the United Way Community Wide Care Committee and the Extend Leadership Team at Keystone Community Church.

The Spectrum Health Foundation is dedicated to meeting its donor’s wishes to make a difference, to touch lives, and to belong to an organization that provides care and comfort to thousands of patients and families each year.

Spectrum Health is a not-for-profit health system in West Michigan that offers a full continuum of care through the Spectrum Health Hospital Group, a collection of eight hospitals and more than 140 service sites; the Spectrum Health Medical Group, mmpc® and West Michigan Heart—physician groups totaling more than 400 providers; and Priority Health, a health plan with nearly 580,000 members. Spectrum Health’s 16,000 employees, 1,500 medical staff members and 2,000 volunteers are committed to delivering the highest quality care. The organization provided $79.4 million in community benefit during its 2009 fiscal year. In 2010, Spectrum Health was named a Top 10 Health System by Thomson Reuters.