Halifax Health Board of Commissioners Elects New Officers
The Halifax Health Board of Commissioners recently elected its new slate of officers at its October meeting.
Daytona Beach Mayor Glenn Ritchey has been tabbed as the Chairman of the group. Ritchey, the President and CEO of John Hall Automotive Group, has been a member of the Board of Commissioners since 2000. This will be his second term as Chairman. He has also been a member of the Halifax Health Foundation Board of Directors since 1993.
Betty Holness, who has been a member of the Board since 2002, was selected as Vice Chairman. Holness is the Community Outreach Manager for Volusia County.
Newest member Tim Phillips, President of P&S Paving, will serve as Treasurer. Blaine Staed Lansberry, Vice President of Marketing and Sales for the Best Western Aku Tiki Inn and Bahama House, was named Secretary while Vivi Cloar, who has served on the Board since 2003, was chosen as Assistant Secretary.
Other Board of Commissioners members include Pam Carbiener, MD, and Art Giles.
About Halifax Health
Building on an 80-year history of exceptional medical diagnostic and treatment services in East Central Florida, Halifax Health is ranked among the top five percent of all hospitals in the nation for clinical outcomes. Within an expanding network of specialized healthcare services at Halifax Health is a tertiary hospital, community hospital, psychiatric services, a cancer treatment center with four outreach locations, the area's largest hospice, and Florida's largest Emergency Department at the newly opened France Tower at Halifax Medical Center. Halifax Health offers the area's only Level II Trauma Center, Comprehensive Stroke Center, Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Units, Pediatric Emergency Department, Child and Adolescent Behavioral Services, and Neurosurgical Services. Widely recognized for its outstanding medical staff and leading-edge technology, Halifax Health consistently receives top statewide and national ratings for its specialties, including orthopedics, spinal surgery, stroke services, vascular services, and cardiology. In 2009, the organization was also ranked #3 among the Orlando Sentinel's Top 100 Companies for Working Families. Halifax Health is a legislatively-chartered taxing organization, governed by a Board of Commissioners appointed by the Governor of Florida.
