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Annual Report 2017

BOARD OF

DIRECTORS LEADING THE WAY

Offcers 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 fve days and over $45,000
Kent R. Lindner Immediate Past President per stay, costng the state an incredible $6.2 billion
Todd A. Tautest Treasurer annually [Bayakly, 2017].
Suzanne E. Mot 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 atack, we must do more. And, we
will. The concept of value-based healthcare — where
payment is ted to improved patent outcomes — is
gaining tracton and intersectng with the hard evidence
Board Members that nutriton is a key to overall health and wellness.
Open Hand is well positoned for success in that
Louisa Basarrate regard, but we must contnue to innovate and play to
Kameron Besson, CPA our strengths as a preferred solutons provider. So in
the next three years, we will revolutonize the delivery
Simon H. Bloom, Esq. of food and nutriton services in a community-based
Debra G. Carlton, M.D. setng by:
Esther Dabney • Strengthening our organizatonal capabilites to
Barbarella Diaz manage complexity;
Sally Dorsey • Directng our resources where we can create the
Rodrick Glass greatest impact;
• Expanding our geographic reach;
Alison Lukacsko, Ph.D. • Focusing on generatng proprietary outcomes data.
Charles E. Mendez, III In so doing, we will contnue to be a part of something
Shirley Powell truly transformatve — a movement that is unifying our
Kimberly Rask, M.D., Ph.D. community around nutriton 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
enthusiastcally invite you to join us in investng your
energy, ideas and talent to help us contnue to build
a healthier community.

Helen S. Carlos Mat Pieper
President, Board of Directors Executve Director

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