Corporate Governance

Forrest Wayne Calico, MD, MPH, was elected to the Board of Directors in February 2008. His term ends in January 2011. Dr. Calico received his medical degree from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and his Master of Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health. During his 12-year tenure in the military, he served in various capacities both in the United States and abroad. Dr. Calico’s civilian experience ranges from various positions in senior management and includes serving as Senior Advisor on Quality, National Rural Health Association. Academically, he has been appointed Assistant and Associate Clinical Professorships. He is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, has published many papers, individually and as a coauthor, and is a popular lecturer in his area of expertise: rural health. To date, Dr. Calico has received no Board compensation.
 

Mr. Ray J. Gans was elected to the Board of Directors in September 2007. His term ends in October 2010. He is a Medicare Consumer representing the Medicare Advantage plans. Mr. Gans is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. He is currently a volunteer senior health insurance counselor for Indiana’s State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP). His expertise covers Medicare and Medicaid benefit needs and issues. He assists low-income individuals in obtaining free prescription drugs from pharmaceutical companies as well. During 2001, Mr. Gans retired as founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Great Lakes Technology Corporation, a computer manufacturing company in South Bend, Indiana. In prior years, Mr. Gans was chairman and chief executive officer of the Commodore Corporation, manufacturer of modular homes and recreational vehicles doing business in the United States and Canada. He served as president of the Fort Wayne, Indiana division of International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation. Mr. Gans received no Board compensation for Fiscal Year 2007.
 

Mr. Anthony Heyworth was elected to the Board of Directors in January 2000, and is currently in the transition period. He earned his Bachelor of Business Accounting Administration at Cleveland State University, where he also received his MBA, with a concentration in Finance. He completed his education at the Graduate School of Financial Management at Dartmouth College. After 36 years of banking service, Mr. Heyworth retired as chairman of KeyBank Central Indiana and vice chairman of KeyBank National Association. He is a distinguished advisor/trustee of The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, a member of the Advisory Board of the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, and emeritus member of the Board of Advisors, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). He is also a director of Celadon Group, Inc., and J.D. Byrider, Inc. Board compensation for Fiscal Year 2007 was $6,742.
 

Carol Ireson, RN, PhD, began her term on the Board of Directors in November 2007. Her term ends in October 2010. Dr. Ireson also is Chair of the Board of Directors of Health Care Excel of Kentucky. She received her bachelors, masters, and doctorate degrees in nursing from the University of Kentucky College of Nursing. Dr. Ireson is a research consultant for the Center for Health Services Management and Research of the University of Kentucky. She has served as an associate professor in the College of Public Health at the University of Kentucky, and is an active international speaker. Dr. Ireson received no Board compensation for Fiscal Year 2007.
 

Thomas E. Kaercher was elected to the Board of Directors in February 2008. His term ends in January 2011. He is a consumer representing Medicare Fee-for-Service. His early advanced education focused on mechanical and civil engineering; special education in later years covered executive and purchasing management, accounting and financial management and human resources. Mr. Kaercher was executive vice president and general manager of Quality Mill Supply Company from which he retired. He retains a seat on their board of directors. Mr. Kaercher has served as the general manager of Strong Tool Company based in Cleveland, Ohio; president and CEO of Vonnegut Industrial Products in Indianapolis (later W. W. Grainger); and Union/Butterfield Division of Litton Industries where he rose from sales representative to Midwest regional manager. To date, he has received no Board compensation.
 

Mr. William Keeney was elected to the Board of Directors in September 2004. His term ends in August 2010. He graduated from Indiana University with a Bachelor of Science, Business Administration degree, and received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Louisville Law School. He has been employed by JPMorgan Chase & Co. for more than 34 years and is currently vice president/city executive for Southern Indiana Business Banking. Mr. Keeney is certified in Civil Mediation and is admitted to practice law in the State of Indiana, the Southern Federal District of Indiana, and the Northern Federal District of Indiana. Mr. Keeney devotes time to his community by serving as a disaster response volunteer for the Clark County Chapter for the American Red Cross; is a board member (chairman emeritus) of LifeSpring, Inc., provider of community mental health services for six Southern Indiana counties; and is a board member for One Southern Indiana, an economic development and business services group dedicated to Clark and Floyd Counties, Indiana. Mr. Keeney also is a member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity Board of Advisors at Indiana University Southeast. His Board compensation for Fiscal Year 2007 was $9,675.
 

Elizabeth McNamee, MPH, FACHE, began her term on the Board of Directors in November 2007. Her term ends in October 2010. Ms. McNamee was recently elected Chair of the Board of Directors for Health Care Excel’s nonprofit subsidiary, HCE QualityQuest. She graduated from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology and Chemistry. She received her Master of Public Health degree from the University of Texas. She is also a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. Ms. McNamee is the Associate Director, Community Innovation and Development, St. Luke’s Health Initiatives in Phoenix, Arizona. She has received no Board compensation for Fiscal Year 2007.

Wade Mountz, President Emeritus of Norton Healthcare was elected to the Board of Directors in May 2008. His current term ends in April 2010. With a master in Hospital Administration degree from the University of Minnesota, his extensive experience centered on the position of president of Norton Hospital, and its successor corporations. He retired in 1989 as President Emeritus. Other extensive activities included the Chairmanships of the Kentucky Hospital Association and American Hospital Association. He was the Kentucky Regent of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). He also served on the Boards of the Joint Commission, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kentucky, the Kentucky Board of Education (K-12), among many others. Mr. Mountz has received numerous awards including an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Kentucky Wesleyan College, the Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Hospital from ACHE, and was inducted into the 2008 Modern Healthcare—Health Care Hall of Fame. Mr. Mountz received no Board compensation for Fiscal Year 2007.

Dr. Isaac J. Myers, II, was elected to the Board of Directors in August 2000, and is currently in the transition period. He is the president and partner of DBMS Health Services, LLC. The company provides state-of-the-art technology and advanced health management services throughout the United States and internationally. Prior to this he served as chief operating officer at MindGent Healthcare Clinics, Indianapolis, Indiana, where he was responsible for the coordination of operating business units and providing direction and planning for MindGent’s clinics which led to the opening of 21 pharmacy retail clinics in eight states. Prior to MindGent, Dr. Myers served as the vice president of Medical Affairs for ADVANTAGE Health Solutions and Sagamore Health Network, an Indiana HMO and PPO health plan. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Hope College in Holland, Michigan, his doctorate from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, and completed his Family Practice Residency at Indiana University Hospitals in Indianapolis, Indiana. Dr. Myers also had a Family Physician practice in Springfield, Ohio. Board compensation for Fiscal Year 2007 was $7,442.
 

Ms. Shirley Burns Powers, was elected to the Board of Directors in August 2000, and is currently in the transition period. Ms. Powers is an honors graduate from the Norton Memorial Infirmary School of Nursing, received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Spalding College, and a Master of Science in Health Systems from the University of Louisville, Systems Science Institute. She has served on numerous civic committees. Ms. Powers has held various executive nursing positions including chief nursing officer for Norton Hospital. Additionally, she held the office of chief information officer for Norton Hospital and became the administrator/chief executive officer for Norton Hospital and the senior executive officer for Norton Healthcare. In 1999, she received the Kentucky Hospital Association award of Excellence, and in 2000 an Endowed Chair for Nursing Clinical Research at the University of Louisville School of Nursing was named in her honor. After retiring from Norton Healthcare following thirty-seven years of service, she founded Powers Consulting, Inc. In 2007 she received the Tower Award for Women Leaders for Business, Technology and Trade and the Excellence in Nursing award from the Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s Foundation. Board compensation for Fiscal Year 2007 was $8,425.
 

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