Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed new board members to Memorial Healthcare System, the big taxpayer-funded hospital system in South Broward County.
The seven-member board of the South Broward Hospital District has been working with solely 5 members since April. The 2 new board members are Violet Lowrey, the retired director of Pupil and Profession Companies at Keiser College, and Diana Taub, a guide who additionally serves on the State Retirement Fee.
Taub, a retired instructor and administrator with Miami-Dade County Public Colleges, describes herself on LinkedIn as a “promoter of conservative values.” She is at the moment a Broward Republican precinct committeewoman and president of the Southwest Broward Republican Group. Taub utilized to be a commissioner of the South Broward Hospital District when there was an open place in early 2020, however didn’t obtain the appointment at the moment.
Like Taub, Shane Strum, CEO of Broward Well being and interim CEO of Memorial Healthcare System, has Republican ties and beforehand served as chief of employees to DeSantis.
Lowrey retired two years in the past from Keiser College, the place Strum had served a few years in the past as vice chancellor. Broward Well being and Memorial work carefully with Keiser on scientific coaching alternatives for college students and the recruitment of healthcare professionals.
DeSantis additionally reappointed Elizabeth Justen, proprietor of the Justen Group and a Venture Supervisor of E-Commerce Advertising and marketing for BrandsMart USA. She additionally serves as the manager director of the Broward County Sheriff’s Basis. Justen is the chair of the Memorial Healthcare System’s board.
Important adjustments have been underway with Strum on the helm in latest months at Memorial Healthcare System in staffing, evaluations and packages.
Additionally, the North Broward Hospital District Board of Commissioners, the governing physique of Broward Well being, elected its officers final week and swore in its new DeSantis appointee, Jennifer Nicole. Nicole is an legal professional with Gunster regulation. New officers are Paul Tanner, who will function chair; Stacy Angier, elected vice chair; and Jonathan Hage who was reappointed as secretary/treasurer.
South Florida Solar Sentinel well being reporter Cindy Goodman could be reached at cgoodman@sunsentinel.com or 954-304-5908.
