2010 Board of Trustees
Madeline Teague, President, Cherokee
Janice Edmiston, Vice President
Jim Cameron, Secretary, Cherokee
Herbert P. Haschke, Jr., Treasurer
Jay Anderson, DDS, Choctaw
Cindy Bear
Bob Bitting, At Large, Cherokee
Charles Knife Chief, At Large, Pawnee
Bobby Jones, Cherokee
David D. Moon, DO, Choctaw
Goldie Phillips, Comanche
Ed Pierce, Citizen Nation Potawatomi
Jimmy Reeder, Cherokee
Right: Carmelita Wamego Skeeter, IHCRC CEO, Citizen Nation Potawatomi
Board Composition Note:
The Board of Directors is required by federal guidelines to be consumer controlled (at least 51 percent American Indian). Additional Bylaw requirements stipulate that the three members of the Board are to be providers representing the medical/behavioral health fields. The Bylaws also provide for three At-Large members that represent the general community. Directors serve two year staggered terms. Directors may be appointed to fill vacancies, but all Directors are elected to serve two-year full terms. Elections are held annually in November in which any active patient is eligible to vote. The Board elects its own officers.
Four new Trustees welcomed to the Indian Health Care Resource Center Board
Please welcome and get to know the five newest members of the Board of Trustees of Indian Health Care Resource Center of Tulsa (IHCRC). At the IHCRC annual meeting in November 2008, Cindy Bear and Janice Edmiston were elected by the general membership. In early 2009, two additional members, Charles Knife Chief, MD and David D. Moon, DO were appointed to the Board to serve as provider representatives. As you read through each of the following short biographies of the new IHCRC Trustees, you will readily see that each of these individuals brings extensive experience and commitment to improving the health status of our local Indian people.
IHCRC is a comprehensive health care facility, governed by a local community-based Board of Trustees. Although IHCRC receives funding from the Indian Health Service, the organization operates fully independently of the federal government or any tribal government. IHCRC is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. As defined in its bylaws, IHCRC is an Indian-controlled, membership-based organization with a volunteer Board of Trustees. A minimum of 51 percent of the Trustees must be members of a federally recognized American Indian tribe.
A majority of the Board is elected by the general membership of the corporation. Five positions of the IHCRC Board are appointed by the Board. Members of the Board may include elected Tribal council members. The general membership of the IHCRC corporation is comprised of the intertribal membership of IHCRC's active patients, which includes members of approximately 150 different federally-recognized tribes. As an urban Indian health organization, IHCRC is accountable to its consumer patients and clients. Read more about our new board members.
Indian Health Care Resource Center of Tulsa held its annual meeting and board election of the membership in November. Dr. Michael Scott, IHCRC Medical Director, began the evening with the invocation. The 2009 Annual Report, which included the plans of the Board of Trustees to expand the IHCRC clinical facility, was distributed to the annual meeting attendees. Read the complete story in the IHCRC Annual Report 2009.
As is our tradition, Indian Health Care presented a number of special recognition awards to board members, supporters and staff members at the annual meeting.
2009 Indian Health Care Resource Center Annual Meeting and Awards
Organizational Overview
Indian Health Care Resource Center of Tulsa, Inc., (IHCRC), is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, comprehensive health care facility, governed by a local volunteer Board of Trustees. IHCRC provides medical, health education, dental, optometry, behavioral health, chemical dependency, HIV/AIDS prevention and pharmacy services directly to the Tulsa Indian community. Quality, health care is provided on a sliding scale fee, ability to pay, basis. Members of any federally recognized tribe and their children under the age of 18 are eligible to receive care. No one is refused services due to inability to pay.
Indian Health Care promotes quality health care by providing culturally sensitive access to comprehensive medical care. Comprehensive health care includes acute and preventive care, chronic disease management, health education, outreach and therapeutic services.
The organization is strongly committed to maintaining continuity of care and addressing individual health care needs. The family is recognized as the traditional and most important basic social unit in American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Our providers are sensitive to cultural beliefs and practices.
Mission
The mission of the Indian Health Care Resource Center of Tulsa, Inc. (IHCRC) is to provide quality, comprehensive health care to Tulsa area Indian people in a culturally sensitive manner that promotes good health, well being and harmony.
Vision
The vision of IHCRC is to eliminate health disparities, expand innovative family-focused practices and promote an embracing approach to care that strengthens physical, mental, emotional and spiritual wellness within the Indian community.
Health Prevention Goal
The long-term health prevention goal of IHCRC is to improve general health status and reduce the incidence and severity of chronic disease by engaging the Indian community in ongoing health promotion, prevention and disease management programs.