I am writing in support of Mary Alice Heuschel as the best choice to fill the vacancy on the Public Hospital District No. 1-Valley Medical Center Board of Commissioners.
Mary Alice is highly experienced in the management of a large public institution in that she’s currently the Superintendent of the Renton School District — and was named as the No. 1 School District Superintendent in Washington in 2011 — and one of the top four in the nation.
I served with her on the President’s Advisory Committee at Valley in the fall of 2010 and have the highest respect for the work she has done in the interest of the citizens of this district.
Unlike her opponent, Dr. Paul Joos, she has extensive experience in public service — and also has absolutely no conflict of interest. Dr. Joos would have a clear conflict of interest as a member of the board, in that his clinic is actually a direct competitor of Valley Medical.
We already have one physician on the board who is conflicted — he’s employed by a competing hospital.
We certainly don’t need another one! Mary Alice will bring a perspective to the Board that will benefit all of us.
She’s by far the best choice.
Jim Sullivan
Renton
Talk to us
Please share your story tips by emailing editor@kentreporter.com.
To share your opinion for publication, submit a letter through our website https://www.kentreporter.com/submit-letter/. Include your name, address and daytime phone number. (We’ll only publish your name and hometown.) Please keep letters to 300 words or less.
