Members of the Oregon Health Fund

The Oregon Health Fund Board was created by Senate Bill 329, which passed in the most recent legislative session. The bill says board members should have experience and expertise in consumer advocacy, management, finance, labor and health care and represent the geographic and ethnic diversity of the state.

The Healthy Oregon Act, as SB 329 is called, seeks to develop a strategy for pooling resources to help finance health insurance for Oregonians who currently cannot afford it.

The new Health Fund Board will include:

• Jonathan Ater. An attorney at Ater Wynne of Portland, Ater is also the current vice chairman of the Oregon Health Policy Commission and served on the governor's Mental Health Task Force in 2004.
• Bill Thorndike. The owner of Medford Fabrication in Medford, Thorndike served as past trustee for the Rogue Valley Medical Center Foundation and treasurer of Asante Health System.
• Eileen Brady. Co-owner of New Seasons Market and board chairwoman of Celilo Group Media, Brady has been a leader in developing sustainable food and farming systems.
• Tom Chamberlain. The president of the Oregon AFL-CIO, Chamberlain is a former firefighter and served as a medic in the U.S. Air Force.
• Ray Miao. Miao is the president of the Oregon chapter of the American Association of Retired Persons and is a Deschutes County Public Library board member.
• Marcus Mundy. Mundy is president of the Urban League of Portland, a board member for the African American Health Coalition and former vice president at Kaiser Permanente.
• Charles Hoffman. A Baker City physician, Hoffman also serves as a clinical assistant professor of internal medicine at Oregon Health & Science University and is a former mayor of Baker City.

Oregon Academy of Family Physicians
809 N. Russel St. #204
Portland, Oregon 97227
Telephone: (503) 528-0961 Fax: (503) 528-0996
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