EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
LESTONNAC FREE CLINIC
WHY: Started working as a part-time accountant in 1989 and eventually in 2008 became executive director of a clinic that recorded 30,000 visits by 10,000 patients in 2022 alone
IN THE NEWS: Leading renovation of clinic that will be the first in the U.S. to offer a dedicated free surgical center.
NOTABLE: When completed next spring, the center will offer two fully equipped operating rooms available for colonoscopies, hernia repairs, cataract surgeries and related procedures that are not life threatening.
QUOTABLE: “We cannot finish the healthcare we need to finish. With the surgery center, we can fix it.”
