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Annual Report 2017




               BOARD OF


               DIRECTORS                                     LEADING THE WAY




               Officers                                      Nearly 75 cents of every U.S. healthcare dollar is spent
                                                             on the treatment of chronic disease – much of which is
                                                             preventable. In Georgia alone, hospital stays related to
               Helen S. Carlos  President                    chronic illnesses averaged five days and over $45,000
               Kent R. Lindner  Immediate Past President     per stay, costing the state an incredible $6.2 billion
               Todd A. Tautfest  Treasurer                   annually [Bayakly, 2017].
               Suzanne E. Mott Dansby  Secretary             Even with health insurance and government programs
               Varon A. Garcias, M.D.  Member at Large       that serve the most vulnerable individuals in our
               J. Stephen Eaton  Member at Large             community under attack, we must do more. And, we
                                                             will. The concept of value-based healthcare — where
                                                             payment is tied to improved patient outcomes — is
                                                             gaining traction and intersecting with the hard evidence
               Board Members                                 that nutrition is a key to overall health and wellness.
                                                             Open Hand is well positioned for success in that
               Louisa Basarrate                              regard, but we must continue to innovate and play to
               Kameron Besson, CPA                           our strengths as a preferred solutions provider. So in
                                                             the next three years, we will revolutionize the delivery
               Simon H. Bloom, Esq.                          of food and nutrition services in a community-based
               Debra G. Carlton, M.D.                        setting by:
               Esther Dabney                                   • Strengthening our organizational capabilities to
               Barbarella Diaz                                    manage complexity;
               Sally Dorsey                                    • Directing our resources where we can create the
               Rodrick Glass                                      greatest impact;
                                                               • Expanding our geographic reach;
               Alison Lukacsko, Ph.D.                          • Focusing on generating proprietary outcomes data.
               Charles E. Mendez, III                        In so doing, we will continue to be a part of something
               Shirley Powell                                truly transformative — a movement that is unifying our
               Kimberly Rask, M.D., Ph.D.                    community around nutrition and the value of food as
               Carmen Titelman                               medicine.
               Joseph Vella                                  We thank and honor those who have made our work
               Jay Williams                                  possible throughout this 30-year journey, and we
                                                             enthusiastically invite you to join us in investing your
                                                             energy, ideas and talent to help us continue to build
                                                             a healthier community.












                                                             Helen S. Carlos             Matt Pieper
                                                             President, Board of Directors         Executive Director


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