Spectrum Health Foundation Elects Board Members

The Spectrum Health Foundation and the Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital Foundation boards recently elected new officers and several new members in addition to re-electing many current members.

The Spectrum Health Foundation elected four members to serve two-year terms as officers: Davey Mehney, chair; Marge Potter, vice chair; Dick Antonini, treasurer and Maria DeVos, secretary.

Ron Alvesteffer and Ryan Cook are new members elected to the board for three-year terms. Tim Feagan was appointed as an at-large member to the executive committee for one year.

In addition, six current board members were re-elected to serve three year terms: Dick Antonini, Candace Matthews, Marge Potter, Joan Secchia, Aaron Wong and Ellie Frey Zagel.

The Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital Foundation elected Patricia Betz at board chair and Tom Kyros as vice chair. Re-elected to three-year board terms were: Shirley Balk, Janice Currie, Susan Jandernoa, Kimberly Moorhead, Glynn Ann Ruggeri and Laurie Wierda.

In addition to the elections, Ethelyn Haworth was named an honorary member of the Helen DeVos Children Hospital Foundation board. Bruce and Candace Matthews were named co-chairs of the 2015 annual giving campaign.

Spectrum Health is a not-for-profit health system, based in West Michigan, offering a full continuum of care through the Spectrum Health Hospital Group, which is comprised of 11 hospitals including Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital; 173 ambulatory and service sites; 1,200 physicians and advanced practice providers including members of Spectrum Health Medical Group; and Priority Health, a 626,000-member health plan. Spectrum Health is West Michigan’s largest employer with 21,800 employees. The organization provided $294.6 million in community benefit during its 2014 fiscal year. In 2014, Spectrum Health was named one of the nation’s 15 Top Health Systems® by Truven Health Analytics.