Trustee of the Year - 2011

When Michael Voisin joined the board of commissioners at Terrebonne General Medical Center in 1997, board meetings averaged seven hours. That's because his tenure at the 305-bed public hospital in Houma, La., began amid turmoil.
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As the economy spiraled downward in 2007, the board of directors at Virginia Gay Hospital debated whether to go ahead with a multimillion-dollar fundraising campaign to renovate the 25-bed critical-access facility. It wasn't an easy decision.
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Judge Sarah Evans Barker's life is about faith and fairness. She has worked steadfastly to infuse those values into her roles as a hospital trustee and a judge for the U.S. District Court in Indianapolis, a position she has held since 1984.
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Patricia Costante is not one to shy away from difficult jobs. In fact, she's made a career out of it. She founded MDAdvantage Insurance Company of New Jersey in 2002 even as other malpractice insurers serving the state failed.
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With all due respect to Charles Dickens, it's the best of times—and the worst of times—to be sitting on the board of a hospital or health system.
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This year, 47 nominations were received for the Trustee of the Year awards program, co-sponsored by executive search firm Witt/Kieffer, based in Oak Brook, Ill. Nominations were accepted from Oct. 4-Dec. 17. The categories were expanded, and some of the criteria changed compared with previous years.
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