Deborah McElravy, R.Ph., Board President

El Cajon resident Dr. Michael T. Long, MD, is a retired neurologist who practiced for 40 years locally as an active member of the medical staff at Grossmont Hospital. He retired in 2006. He served as Chief of the Medical Staff in 1987, and served as a Medical Staff Executive in support of the Chiefs-of-Staff from 1988 to 2006. He also served as a member of the Medical Staff Executive Committee for 12 years. Since 1990, he has served as a hospital surveyor on behalf of state and national standards organizations. He was elected to a two-year term to fill a vacant seat in the November 2008 general election. He was reelected to a four-year term in November 2010. Dr. Long and his wife Belle have lived in the East County since 1967. He has been involved in the community supporting youth sports and as a singer/performer in community theater productions.

Robert “Bob” Ayres, a retired banking executive with extensive experience in construction financing and management, was appointed to the Board in December 2010 to fill a vacant seat. His term will run until November 2012. Prior to his appointment, Ayres served on the GHD Proposition “G” Independent Citizens’ Bond Oversight Committee (ICBOC) beginning in September 2008. During his 45-year career in banking, Ayres was involved in the financing of a number of major private- and public-sector construction projects. The resident of El Cajon is a graduate of San Diego State University and Southern Methodist University’s Graduate School of Banking. Bob and wife Elaine have been married for over 45 years, and have two daughters and two grandchildren.
 

Michael Emerson, FNAO, RDO, Board Member

As a Registered Ophthalmic Dispenser, Michael A. Emerson, FNAO, RDO is certified by the State Board of Medical Quality Assurance of the California Medical Board and has owned Hart Optical Company of La Mesa since 1987. He has served as a volunteer martial arts instructor at the YMCA Davis facility in La Mesa. Emerson has served in numerous offices on both the local and state levels as a member of the La Mesa Kiwanis Club and the La Mesa Optimist Club. He served as Lieutenant Governor of the California South District of Optimist International. Mr. Emerson was appointed to the GHD board in May 2008, and was elected to a four-year term in the November 2008 general election. Prior to his appointment to the GHD board, he served on the Grossmont Hospital Corporate Board beginning in March 2007. He has served as chair of the GHD Proposition G General Obligation Bond Committee and the Finance/Audit Committee, and as a member of the Government Relations Committee. A firm proponent of continuing education, Emerson recently completed Advanced Government Finance at the University of Wisconsin School of Business in Madison, Wisconsin and the Special District Leadership and Management Certification Program offered by the Special District and Local Government Institute.

A second generation San Diegan and resident of East County since 1964, Gloria Chadwick, R.N., has served on the Board since 1998. She was the first woman to be elected to the board in 22 years. In 2000, she was the first woman ever to serve as Board President. She was reelected in 2002, 2006 and 2010. She retired in 2008 as a retired psychiatric nurse after a 44-year career in the healthcare profession. She has served as a member of the Legislative Committee of the Association of California Healthcare Districts.

Barry Jantz Chief Executive Officer

Barry Jantz was appointed as Chief Executive Officer in September 2004, after having been a community relations consultant handling the District's annual grants program. Past experience includes financial services manager at Kaiser Permanente, and as district chief of staff to Assemblyman Jay LaSuer. Jantz was a member of the La Mesa City Council from 1990 to 2006, and is the current chairman of the East County Economic Development Council. His educational background includes journalism and political science at Grossmont College and San Diego State University.

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