New Board Member Approved at Hospital Annual Meeting 6/28/24
Machias and Calais – Down East Community Hospital and Calais Community Hospital held its annual meeting of the Corporators on Wednesday, June 27. CEO, Steve Lail, reported the financial health of both hospitals as well as accomplishments, recruitment, and community outreach. Mr. Lail reported that Calais Community Hospital ended the year with a gain of $267,874 and that Down East Community Hospital ended with a loss of $763,416, which is mostly attributed to the necessary use of temporary personnel. You can find more information in the 2023 Annual Report which is available on the DECH and CCH websites.
The Board Chair, Jacqueline O’Clair, provided a message from the board and thanked the Administration, staff, and Trustees for their hard work. She also showed appreciation for the corporators and recognized the importance of their continued advocacy for both hospitals.
Dwight Perkins was approved as a board member at the meeting. Dwight and his wife, Jackie, retired to Washington County, in 2009 after successful careers in law and finance. His love for the area really started fifty years earlier on a fishing trip to Grand Lake Stream when, as a twelve-year-old, he decided where this was where he would retire. He is a property owner of lakefront property in Grand Lake Stream, Big Lake Township and Princeton. He is Maine resident by choice and not by default. His commitment and focus is Downeast Maine from the perspectives of life quality, business, public facilities, and recreation. He is the chair of a newly developing charitable foundation that will benefit Downeast Maine.
He attended Middlebury (VT) College, Northeastern (MA) University, University of Chicago, and Dartmouth (NH) University. He is a licensed insurance agent, financial planner, realtor, and NASD registered. His career was in finance and insurance both at a company level and as an owner of his own business. He served our country as an officer in the US Army and in state law enforcement. He is a certified firearms instructor, scuba diver, welder, and arson investigator. Board Chair Jacqueline O’Clair on Dwight joining the Board, “His qualities match what we are looking for in a board member and we are pleased to have another representative from the Calais area. He is a great addition to our board, and we look forward to working with him”.
Current members of the board are Jackie O’Clair, Chair, Judd Bragg, PharmD, Vice Chair, Nate Martell, Secretary, Ian Pratt, Treasurer, John Corrigan, Corey Schwinn, Betty Marshall, Tom Moholland, Julie Jordan, Jody Dennison, MD, and Rita Ten, MD, Raymond Howard, MD, and Dwight Perkins.
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