Foundation Celebrates 2007
The annual meeting of the Lima Memorial Foundation was held in March 2008 in the Auxiliary Conference Center of the main Hospital. Board members and guests, newly elected board members and senior administration and staff were present to hear of the positive news of 2007. The Honorable David Berger, Mayor, City of Lima, was the guest speaker.
Honored for their service to the Lima Memorial Foundation Board were William Back, Shirley Parrish and Jean Wright. Will Wolf was honored for his 16 years of service as the Foundation's founding and only Treasurer. Elected as new directors fo the Foundation were: Phillip Buell, Linda Cooper, Dr. Willfred Ellis, Sharon Moening, Mike Mullen and Steve Romey. New officers elected to one year terms of the Board were: Jim Meredith, reelected as Chairman; Eric Wiechart, Vice Chairman and Barry Rydell, Secretary-Treasurer.
The Lima Memorial Foundatoin was organized to generate major voluntary private support from patients, friends, foundations, corporations, staff, physicians, volunteers and others.

2008 Lima Memorial Foundation
Board of Directors
First row: Mike Swick, Lima Memorial Health System President and CEO; Barry Rydell, Secretary-Treasurer; Jim Meredith, Chairman; Eric Wiechart, Vice Chairman and Bill Robinson
Second row: Linda Cooper, Bill Timmermeister, Bonnie Shook, Dave Huckeriede, Will Wolf and Wilfred Ellis, M.D.
Third row: Bob Thompson, Phillip Buell, Mike Mullen, Kermit Stroh and Steve Romey
Not pictured: Todd Hoffman, Sharon Moening, Eric Pohjala and John Whittaker

Lima Memorial Foundation Staff
(Left to right)
Penny Scarrett, Executive Assistant;
David Sheets, CFRE, Executive Director;
and Cindy Brunswick, Annual Fund and Events Coordinator