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Christina joins the Fourth Street Clinic Board of Directors having served on the boards of YWCA Utah, Voices for Utah Children, and Rowland Hall. She is the current Chair of the Advancement Committee. Her professional background is in marketing and brand strategy and she is an Account Director at the advertising agency, R&R Partners. Christina graduated from Wellesley College and earned an Ed.M. from Harvard in Human Development & Psychology. She lives in the Avenues with her family.
Hilaree is the Business Applications Director at Intermountain Healthcare. She has over 20 years of experience in Business Application Management with an emphasis on Payroll and Accounting. She is widely recognized for her ability to build and maintain strong relationships. She is able to effectively bring individuals and groups together and drive consensus to achieve common goals.
In addition to Hilaree’s role at Intermountain Healthcare, she also serves as the President of the Utah Healthcare Financial Management Association. Hilaree holds an MBA from the University of Utah.
Dave Jones is a co-founder of Pathway Associates and a veteran fundraising consultant. With over twenty years of fund-raising experience, and more than forty capital and major gift campaigns to his credit, Dave brings a wealth of experience to his clients and a sincere passion for their causes. “I’m in the business of helping people realize their dreams for their community,” he claims. “Whether I’m working to develop a new performing arts center, build a school for disadvantaged children, or restore a historic cathedral, there is nothing more rewarding than helping worthy organizations tap the resources they need to fulfill their missions.”
In addition to his development work, Dave served for twelve years as a member of the Utah House of Representatives. He holds a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Utah and is active with numerous boards and commissions in his home state of Utah, including the Utah Nonprofits Association, the Utah Society of Fundraisers (AFP).
is assistant dean for student affairs and an associate professor (clinical) at the University of Utah College of Pharmacy. He is also a faculty relations specialist in the Office of Academic Affairs for the Senior Vice President for Health Sciences.
Jim has adjunct appointments in the School of Medicine-Center for Health Ethics, Arts and Humanities, in the College of Law, and in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Pharmaceutics at the University of Utah. His teaching, scholarship and clinical activities focus on pharmacy and healthcare law, ethical dilemmas in healthcare, FDA law and regulation, health care policy, pharmacy compounding, community pharmacy practice, communication and conflict.
Jim is a member of the Utah Bar and the US Patent and Trademark Office Bar. Jim is trained in conflict resolution, and is a mediator. He received academic degrees in science (BS Biology), pharmacy (BS Pharmacy and PharmD), and law (JD) from the University of Utah.
is the General Manager and Principal Broker at the Miller Insurance Group in Salt Lake City. In his field, he holds a Certified Insurance Counselors Designation and is a member of the Society of CIC. Alex has worked with some of the oldest law firms, the largest independent auto dealerships, engineering firms, software technology and biotech companies in Utah. He works with businesses and individuals in most states west of the Rockies, in all areas of insurance and risk management, giving him a unique view for business.
Alex holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Finance from Linfield College in McMinneville, Oregon. His community involvement includes being a Young Leader with the United Way of Utah, and a member of Fourth Street Clinic’s Corporate Council helping to develop and start the Fourth Street Film Festival held annually in August.
is the former Executive Director of Odyssey House of Utah, a substance abuse and social service agency, a position he held for over 30 years. During his tenure, Odyssey House grew from one program with 27 clients to a multi-site agency that serves up to 400 clients daily and a staff of 160. Glen is widely respected as an expert in the substance abuse treatment community and has conducted hundreds of consultations, workshops, classes and speeches in 23 states and seven countries.
Glen holds a Master’s of Science in Social Work from the University of Utah. In addition, he has been an active community steward serving on the Community Nursing Services Board of Directors, the Governor’s Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, the State Advisory Sexual Abuse Committee and more. He has been honored with the Governor’s Award, Utah from the Substance Abuse & Anti Violence Council as well Clyde and Marie Gooderham Lecture Award from the University of Utah.
Jeanne DePaulis spent her entire career in healthcare, almost exclusively at Primary Children’s Hospital. She gained extensive clinical experience in the Outpatient Clinic, Behavioral Health Unit and as Nursing Director of the Infant Unit. She moved into administration and eventually retired as the Assistant Administrator responsible for Pharmacy, Respiratory Care, Family Support Services (social Work and Psychology, Child Life, Palliative Care, Chaplaincy, Language Services, Music Therapy, Patient Education), Staff Education, Safe and Healthy Families (Child Protection Team) and Primary Children’s Behavioral Health Programs (inpatient, outpatient, residential). She also held administrative positions in both the Research and Ethics Committees.
She holds a BA in Sociology from Wayne State University, a BS in Nursing from the University of Utah and a Healthcare MBA from Regis University as well as a Certificate in Conflict Resolution from the University of Utah.
In her professional life, Libby has raised funds for The Nature Conservancy around the globe, opened Salt Lake City’s first public recycling center, worked as an NPS Backcountry Ranger at the Grand Canyon, directed Patagonia’s environmental program, and more. She wholeheartedly believes in community engagement and giving back. When she’s not working or volunteering, she’s sharing time with family and friends and exploring all corners of the world. She and her husband Stuart Ruckman have one son, Ellis Ruckman.
Marilynn Paine served previously as the Assistant Vice President for Health Sciences Strategic Initiatives at the University of Utah. In this position, she was involved in or led several initiatives that span traditional academic units and employ tools around systems thinking. These include ambulatory care process redesign and improving the patient experiences in the clinical enterprise. In addition she worked on the governance process that led to the establishment of the University of Utah School of Dentistry, and helped shepherd through governance the new Population Health Sciences Department in the School of Medicine.
Before coming to Utah, she was at the University of Michigan for 19 years where she was an Assistant Vice President for Medical Affairs and Chief of Staff to the Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs. She has presented nationally on using process redesign and innovation as tools for organizational and culture change and engagement. She helped to establish and participate in leadership development initiatives for the Health System, and she is a certified leadership coach.
She served on the Voices for Utah Children Board of Trustees and served for 7 years on the YWCA Board of Directors, the last two years as chair.
Karen Shepherd is a Former Member of Congress and Utah Senator who now serves on several corporate and community boards. She has had a long and varied career that began when she taught Freshman English and literature at The American University in Cairo and at BYU. She then served as Assistant Director and later as the first women Director of Salt Lake County Social Services. She was then Director of Continuing Education at Westminster College.
The best job of her life was when she was the editor and publisher of Network magazine and the owner of Webster Publishing. The last job of her life was when President Clinton appointed her to be the U.S. Representative at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London. Her many years of community work have focused on organizations that promote the health and safety of women and children and on campaign finance reform.
Dr. Durham is an Adjunct Professor Emeritus in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Utah School of Medicine — having served on the Admissions Committee since 2014. He holds a BA in biochemical sciences from Harvard College and graduated from Duke University’s School of Medicine in 1973, completing his residency in pediatrics at the University of Utah in 1976.
He practiced with Bryner Pediatrics from 1976 – 2014 and is a past medical staff president, chair of Quality Improvement and former member of the Governing Board of Primary Children’s Hospital. He was a pediatric volunteer physician at the Fourth Street Clinic in the mid-90s and has served on Fourth Street Clinic’s board since 2012. In 2017, he was appointed to utah’s Juvenile Justice Services Board.
Kim is an accomplished healthcare and university executive leader turned entrepreneur. She is the President and CEO of GetReadyNow, a company built on a passion for fostering confidence, peace of mind, security, and resiliency in the face of emergencies and disasters. She is also the President of Wirthlin Strategies, a healthcare consulting company providing services to clients throughout the country and specializes in health care delivery systems and payer strategies in the health care reform environment.
Kim holds a BA and MPA from the University of Utah. She was the recipient of the University of Utah College of Humanities Distinguished Alumna Award and the American Heart Association Go Red for Women Award.