Annual Meeting - May 21, 2011
The annual meeting of the Catherine Washburn Memorial Association (CWMA) will be held Saturday May 21, 2011 at 10 AM at the Lopez Library meeting room. Reports will be provided and directors elected to three vacant positions as specified in the By-laws. The Board nominates Carol Avent, Joe Goodner, and Bob Myhr. Nominations will be taken from the membership; nominees must be members of CWMA, permanent residents of Lopez Island, and have the written endorsement of ten CWMA members. Nominations must be postmarked by March 31, 2011 and sent to CWMA PO Box 309, Lopez Island, WA 98261.
Candidate Statements:
Carol L. Avent
My advanced education and work experience has been in nursing. I spent 33 years teaching nursing at California State University, Fresno. While teaching I took a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner program and then worked part time as a nurse practitioner and taught in the nurse practitioner program. As a result of this I have been involved with a variety of health care settings including many rural clinics.
I am currently a member of the Board of Trustees of the San Juan Preservation Trust and served a term on the LCCA Board. I served several years as Vice Chair of the Academic Senate in Fresno
We bought our property on Lopez in 1977 and have lived here full time since 1999. I now receive all my primary health care through the clinic on Lopez and look forward to supporting the clinic as a member of the Board of Directors of the Catherine Washburn Memorial Association.
Charles (Joe) Goodner, MD
When Oakley and I moved to Lopez in 1991, I had known about the clinic through my acquaintance with Ted Phillips, as he had been first chairman of Family Medicine and Dean of the University of Washington Medical School where I worked. His willingness to help Dr. Dengler and the clinic confirmed for me that the clinic was a sound operation serving the community well. Early on we joined the Catherine Washburn Memorial Association, and if elected to the board, I will try to use my medical background to build on the work of past boards to help maintain a high quality medical facility on Lopez Island.
Throughout my career I have done biomedical research and teaching in an academic setting. I graduated from Reed College in 1951 and attended medical school at the University of Utah. After a medical internship I moved to Boston for residency and research fellowship in endocrinology on the Harvard Service at the Boston City Hospital.
Following two years in the Air Force in Germany, I joined the faculty of the University of Washington in the Department of Medicine starting in 1962. I built my laboratory at King County Hospital, now Harborview Medical Center and after 30 years as head of endocrinology retired to Lopez.
As with Bob Riggins my hands-on medical work now is apt to be with Oakley’s sheep or in the form of occasional cocktail party advice.
Bob Myhr
Soon after moving to Lopez in 1985, Joyce and I became members of the Catherine Washburn Memorial Association. We have a deep appreciation for the efforts of CWMA and its successful collaboration with Island Hospital to provide quality medical care on Lopez. We are fortunate to have an excellent facility and outstanding staff at the Lopez Island Medical Clinic.
As a candidate for the board, I bring a diversity of experience: an educational background in economics with research and teaching in academia; executive management, and international business consulting, in the forest products industry; non-profit leadership with The San Juan Preservation Trust; and public service on the San Juan County Council. I currently am a director of Orcas Power and Light Cooperative and have served on numerous state and local non-profit boards over the years. I believe my background and board experience can help contribute to the guidance of CWMA.
If elected to the CWMA Board, I will be an advocate to maintain the excellent quality of our facilities and staff. I will seek to assure that CWMA continues to have a strong financial foundation to support Clinic operations for both the current generation and those who follow. I would consider it an honor to serve our community on the board of the Clinic.