Center for Rural Health

Funding

Healthy Futures 

Mission - To create a healthy future for West Virginia by improving the health of our residents and the strength of West Virginia's health care delivery system, especially in rural and underserved communities.

The Center for Rural Health Development, Inc.
3465-B Teays Valley Road
Hurricane, WV 25526
Phone: (304) 397-4071
Fax: (304) 397-4076
 

 

The Center for Rural Health Development, Inc. (the Center) is a private, not-for-profit organization that provides leadership on rural health issues since 1994.  The Center is unique to West Virginia in that it is the only private organization in the state that works across the continuum of health care providers - from community health centers to hospitals to private physicians & dentists, as well as other health care providers.


A NEUTRAL FORUM FOR CHANGE

The Center provides a neutral forum in which consumers, health care providers, community and business leaders and policymakers can come together to share information and enhance understanding, leading to the best solutions to address the health needs of rural and underserved communities in West Virginia.

THE CENTER'S VALUE TO WEST VIRGINIA

  • Improved health of the state's future workforce.
  • Improved financial viability of rural health care organizations.
  • Reduced business costs associated with preventable diseases.
  • Improved overall health status of West Virginians.
  • Improved access to quality health care services.
  • Improved environment for recruitment and retention of physicians.
 

Board of Directors

Chair - Jill Hutchinson, Triton LLC
Vice Chair - James Thomas, Esq., Jackson Kelly
Secretary - Patricia Ruddick, West Virginia Medical Institute
Treasurer - Dora Douglas, CFO, Summersville Memorial Hospital
President/CEO - Sharon Lansdale, Center for Rural Health Development, Inc.
Immediate Past Chair - Bob Whitler, CAMC/Partners in Health Network

Patricia Crawford, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
Samme Gee, Esq., Jackson Kelly
Brian Helmick, Esq., Spilman, Thomas & Battle
Christina Matlick, Mylan Charitable Foundation
Lorenzo Pence, DO, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
Nancy O'Hara-Tompkins, PhD, Prevention Research Center, WVU
Alicia Tyler, Retired - WV Higher Education Policy Commission
David Warner, Executive Director, WV Economic Development Authority