Foundation Elects Board Officers, New and Returning Members
St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 29, 2010 -- Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH) has several announcements regarding newly elected board members, re-elected members, and new board officers for 2011.
Dr. Robert Massie and Darin Preis are the newest additions to MFH’s Board of Directors.
Massie, a dentist by training, resides in St. Louis. He is chief executive officer of Family Care Health Centers, a nonprofit operating two comprehensive medical and dental clinics in the City of St. Louis. Massie has held his current position since 1995. He received his doctorate in dental surgery from the University of Tennessee at Memphis.
Preis is executive director of Central Missouri Community Action, a Columbia-based nonprofit providing education, training, housing and assistance programs for people affected by poverty in an eight-county area. Preis resides in Columbia and has held his current position since 2005. He has a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
MFH’s Board re-elected three current members for 2011.
- Brenda Battle, RN, MBA, of Bridgeton
- George Gruendel, PhD, of Salem
- Dorothy Munch, DO, of Poplar Bluff
The Board also elected its officers for 2011.
- Board chair: K. Beth Johnson, CFA, CAIA, of University City
- Vice chair: Corinne Walentik, MD, MPH, of St. Louis
- Treasurer: Wayne Goode, of Normandy
- Secretary: Brenda Battle, RN, MBA, of Bridgeton
- Member-at-large: Michael Peters, of Springfield
MFH Board members govern the Foundation’s efforts to provide funding to nonprofit organizations that improve the health of the state’s underserved residents. The 15-member Board manages nearly $1 billion in assets, and distributes $40 million to $50 million in grants and contracts each year.
Established in 2000, MFH is the largest nongovernmental funder of community health activities in Missouri. MFH is in its eighth year of grantmaking, having issued more than $398 million in grants and awards to date. It is dedicated to improving the health of unserved and underserved residents in 84 Missouri counties and the City of St. Louis.
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