The Board of Directors meets the the third Thursday of every month. Please see the Event Calendar for meeting details.
Kathy Trautner, President
Kathy was raised in Fairbanks, but moved to Girdwood in 1980 and is a patient of the Girdwood Health Clinic. After working as a Registered Nurse at Providence Hospital for nearly 30 years, Kathy retired in 2008. During her tenure at Providence Kathy was involved with patient and staff education. Kathy was a nursing supervisor for 10 years and continues to be involved in nursing, volunteering at Alaska Health Fairs. She is also active in the International Association of Lions and the local “Turnagain Arm Lions Club.” Kathy also volunteers at annual fundraisers for many Girdwood non-profit organizations. (Expertise-health education & fundraising)
Cleary Donovan, Director
Cleary worked as an Intensive Care Nurse, a Primary Care Nurse Practitioner and finally as a doctoral level Clinical Psychologist. She worked in a group practice, specializing in work with child and adult survivors of trauma, and taught for over 10 years at Antioch New England Graduate School in Keene, NH. Since moving to Alaska, she has worked with various agencies providing therapy for adults and children with severe mental or developmental disabilities. At age 60, she joined the Peace Corps and served 2 years in Azerbaijan. Upon returning to Alaska, she worked at Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center providing mental health care and wellness service within a primary care setting. She eventually retired related to health issues. She has been a patient of The Girdwood Health Clinic for over 15 years and has appreciated the genuine caring and professionalism of the staff. (Expertise: integration of mental health services and primary care, providing quality health care for underserved populations)
Lou Theiss, Director and interim Treasurer
Lou has lived in Girdwood since 1979. He has a Bachelor of Science in Commerce and is retired from Local 879 H.E.R.E., after many years working for Doyon-Universal and Nana Management Services. Lou has held volunteer positions with the Anchorage School District, Municipality of Anchorage, Chugach Electric Association and School Bonds YES. Lou and family have had their healthcare managed by the Girdwood Health Clinic for many years and believe that locally available, quality healthcare is important to Girdwood and the Turnagain Arm area. (Expertise – grants & communications)
Camilla Seifert, Secretary
Camilla has lived in Girdwood since 1975. She recently retired from Anchorage Public Libraries, having worked at the local library for many years. Camilla also was office manager for Glacier Valley Construction, her husband’s business in Girdwood for 30 years. Her past volunteer efforts include the board of Four Valleys Community School, PTA, Summer Playground, and her children’s classrooms at Girdwood Elementary School. Currently she is a member of Girdwood Community Room and Library Boosters and a volunteer instructor for AARP’s driver safety program. She and her husband are patients at the Girdwood Health Clinic. Having raised their daughters in Girdwood when there was no local health care, they understand the value of the Clinic to the Turnagain Arm communities. (Expertise – business & fundraising)
Kalie Harrison, Vice-President
Kalie moved to Girdwood two years ago, having returned to Alaska via Boston, MA. With her educational background in microbiology, Kalie worked research on Altitude Mountain Sickness and High Altitude Pulmonary Edema while living in Breckenridge, Colorado and as a Surgical Center Director. While in Oregon, she began work with a medical software firm as a program trainer and professional service manager. Kalie’s volunteer efforts have included mentoring high school students participating in the STEM program FIRST Robotics (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), serving the community as a member of the Girdwood Rotary Club, working with the Turnagain Arm Mycological Society and recently piloting a children’s robotics program through Girdwood’s Four Valley’s Community School. (Expertise – technology, health care, fundraising)
Jerry Reichlin, Director
Born 1950 Brooklyn New York; BA 1972 Boston University; MAT 1974 Duke University; J.D. 1984 Franklin Pierce Law Center. School Teacher: Middle School and High School teacher Richmond Virginia; Principal Teacher and teacher Iditarod Area School District, Nikolai Alaska. Admitted to Alaska Bar 1984. Practice includes corporate, municipal and Native law. Long time Girdwood resident and user of the Girdwood Clinic. Volunteer activities include; Four Valleys Community Schools member and occasional instructor and Girdwood Land Use Committee. (Expertise – legal affairs)
Lesley De Jaray, Director
I visited Girdwood when I first came to Alaska several years ago. We recently relocated to Girdwood and consider ourselves lucky to have had this opportunity. I have worked in healthcare for most of my adult years, first as an intensive and emergency care nurse and, since moving to Alaska, as a family nurse practitioner. I have extensive experience working with health centers in areas such as accreditation, patient centered medical home, Health Resource and Services Administration (HRSA) program requirements, and Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA). I have experience with developing and operationalizing quality improvement, risk management, and infection control programs for health centers. I now work as locum tenens in health centers across the state. I am also consulting as a primary health care specialist with MSCG providing assistance to HRSA, Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC), in support of community-based primary care organizations. (Expertise – FQHC compliance, health care, rural health)
Valerie Foister, Director
Valerie is a life long Alaskan and has lived in Girdwood for the past six years. She has a bachelors degree in business management from Alaska Pacific University. She has worked for a family run wholesale distributor in Anchorage for the last 15 years. Valerie has also been a volunteer for Girdwood Lions Club on and off for 20 years. (Expertise – business, community service)
Kimberly Adams, Director
Kimberly Adams is a five-year resident of Girdwood and moved to Anchorage in 2011. She is a Chemistry/Premed major from the University of Maryland system and has an MBA from Troy University. Kimberly owns a healthcare consultant business working with many hospitals and clinics throughout Alaska and in the lower 48, including other Federally Qualified Health Care Centers. She was previously in Hospital Administration in Alaska and Delaware for eight years and prior to that 11 years in the pharmaceutical industry. She has three children and they are patients at the Girdwood clinic. Kimberly’s children attend the Girdwood School where she also assists as a “Noon Duty” and actively volunteers whenever possible. (Expertise – health care administration, project management, ethics, corporate compliance, grant writing, marketing, fundraising, appropriations, human resources, and physician management)
