MHCA Annual Membership Meeting to Be Held on September 26th at 4 pm

• By: Angela Westhoff
• On: 09/19/2024 13:22:28
• In: Announcements/Reminders

Maine Health Care Association will hold its annual meeting to elect members of the Board of Directors and update members on association activities on Thursday, September 26th at 4:00 PM via Zoom. Please click here to register for the 2024 MHCA Annual Meeting. The MHCA Business Services Annual meeting will be held immediately following.
An electronic ballot will be sent via email at the start of the Annual Meeting to all administrators of record or designated voters. Letter of Designation/Authorization Form must be returned by 3:00 PM on September 26, 2024 (see below).
The MHCA Nominating Committee has recommended the following individuals for officer positions on the Board of Directors:

• Chair: Michael Tyler, Managing Partner, Sandy River Company / Related North Country-Joint Ventures
• Vice-Chair: Philip Jean, CEO, Piper Shores
• Secretary/ Treasurer: Courtney Freeman, Regional Director of Operations, Stroudwater Lodge

 
The Nominating Committee has also recommended the following four (4) individuals for election for three (3) positions on the MHCA Board of Directors:

• Sarah O'Sullivan, Director of Sales, Scarborough Terrace

• Ericka Saucier, Administrator, Mercy Home
• Megan Stevenson, Administrator, National Health Care Assoc.
• Meghan Welch, Market President, Genesis

MHCA Business Services Annual Meeting

Following the MHCA Annual Meeting, MHCA Business Services will hold its annual meeting.

• Peter Davison from Horizons Living and Rehab Center has been nominated for re-election to a two-year term.
• Andrea Otis-Higgins from First Atlantic Healthcare is running as an additional director for a two-year term.

Click here to Review MHCA/MHCABS the Candidate Bios
Important Announcement: Letters of Designation/Authorization for Voting:
Applicable to: Administrators who are unable to attend and would like to designate a member of their staff to vote on their behalf OR corporate officer/owner who is planning to vote on behalf of all owned/managed facilities. See Bylaws article III, section 7 below.
Letter of Designation/Authorization Form must be returned by 3:00 PM on September 26, 2024 (see Bylaws section below).
You may fax (207-623-4080) or email your Letter of Designation/Authorization to either me (awesthoff@mehca.org) or Lori Vigue (lvigue@mehca.org), our Administrative Support Specialist.
Letters must include the following:
•              Corporation Name
•              Designated Voter Name
•              Complete list of facilities
•              Authorized Signature

Article III - Member, Section 7. Meetings.
Every member entitled to vote must do so in person or through their designated representative. Proxy votes will not be accepted. For purposes of voting the designated owner or administrator may vote for more than one facility/agency, only if they are the designated owner or administrator of record for more than one facility/agency. The designated owner or administrator may authorize and designate in writing an alternative representative to the president/chief executive officer at least one (1) hour prior to the exercise of the voting privilege, in order for the credentials committee to properly certify the validity of the document presented. The alternative representative or designated representative must have a formal affiliation with the facility/agency, either by ownership or employment status. For the purposes of this section, formal affiliation may be interpreted as employed on a full¬-time basis directly by the individual member facility/agency or employed on a full-time basis by the corporate owner of the facility/agency, or as a director or a majority stockholder of the owner corporation. The decision of the credentials committee shall be binding. 

Staff contact: awesthoff@mehca.org