WHIDBEY: Hospital board picks four finalists
Kira Erickson reports from the Island County Board of Health meeting of Tue., Jan. 20, 2026, for the Whidbey News-Times. Read the whole story.
Summary by Perplexity AI
WhidbeyHealth’s Board of Commissioners has narrowed a pool of six nominees to four finalists for appointment to Position 2 on the public hospital district board, filling one of two recent vacancies created when commissioners James Golder and James Canby resigned after unsuccessfully attempting to fire CEO Nathan Staggs. The finalists are retired health care insurance administrator Henry Veldman of Freeland, Coupeville attorney Katherine Nelson, nonprofit administrator Roxanne Kroon Shepherd of Coupeville, and Economic Development Council of Island County Director Kristina Hines. The board will interview them at a Monday special meeting, appoint one, then reopen nominations to fill the remaining vacant seat, with appointees serving until the 2027 election under state law.
