2008 WSHHRA Board Members

President: Hydee Shrader, Central Washington Hospital
President-Elect: Kristen Fox, Kadlec Medical Center
Past President: Jack Powers, Central Washington Hospital
V.P. - Membership: Kim Garza, Samaritan Healthcare
Treasurer: Mindy Portschy, Mark Reed Hospital
Secretary: Claudia Hawley, Mason General Hospital
Website Director: Joy Lockerby, United Claims Management
Legislative Liaison: Connie Ray, Washington State Hospital Association

Hydee Shrader, President
HR Coordinator
Central Washington Hospital
1201 S Miller St.
Wenatchee, WA 98801
phone: (509) 664-3456
e-mail: hshrader@cwhs.com
website: www.cwhs.com

• HR Coordinator for past three years; employee of hospital for over 10 years
• Graduated with honors from Northwest University with a B.A. in Behavioral Science
• Achieved national PHR certification in 2002
• WSHHRA member for more than five years
• Currently serving as Secretary for South Central WA Healthcare Human Resources Association & Co-Chair Legislative Board Member for the Apple Valley Human Resources Association

Kristen Fox, President-Elect
Director, Human Resources
Kadlec Medical Center
888 Swift Blvd.
Richland, WA 99352
phone: (509) 942-2207
email: foxk@kadlecmed.org
website: www.kadlecmed.org

• Promoted to current position after working as HR Manager for 18 months. Twelve years of prior HR Management experience
• Graduated with honors from Keller Graduate School in Colorado with an MBA; received BA from the University of Washington in Political Science
• Achieved national SPHR designation in 2006
• WSHHRA member for 2 years

Jack Powers, Past President
HR Director
Central Washington Hospital
1201 S Miller St.
Wenatchee, WA 98801
phone: (509) 665-6139
e-mail: jpowers@cwhs.com
website: www.cwhs.com

• HR Director for past five years
• Received an AA Liberal Arts, Salem College; a Human Resources Management Certification, UC Berkeley; HR Management, Kennedy-Western; and achieved SPHR
• Served as President of Apple Valley Human Resources Association in 2001; Board Member, 1998-2003
• WSHHRA member for more thans nine years
• Other positions held at WSHHRA include: Legislative Chair, VP for Membership, President-Elect, President and Past President; Currently serving as Past-President for the Washington State Healthcare Human Resources Association

Kim Garza, Vice President, Membership
Vice President, Human Resources
Samaritan Healthcare
801 E Wheeler Road
Moses Lake, WA 98837-1899
phone: (509) 766-1310, ext. 2129
e-mail: kgarza@samaritanhealthcare.com
website: www.samaritanhealthcare.com

• Employee of Samaritan for more than eight years
• More than twenty years of HR experience in healthcare, aerospace and food processing industries
• Bachelors degree in Business Administration from Eastern Washington University
• Achieved SPHR certification in 1995
• Previously served as President, Vice President, and Treasurer with the Grant County chapter of the NW Human Resources Association
• WSHHRA member for more than two years

Mindy Portschy, Treasurer
Human Resources/Payroll Manager
Mark Reed Hospital
322 South Birch Street
McCleary, WA 98557
phone: (360) 495-3244 X 400
e-mail: mindyp@markreed.org
website: www.markreed.org

• Human Resources/Payroll Manager for past seven years
• WSHHRA member for more than three years

Claudia Hawley, Secretary
Director, Human Resources
Mason General Hospital
P.O. Box 1668
Shelton, WA 98584
phone: (360) 427-3664
e-mail: chawley@masongeneral.com
website: www.masongeneral.com

• Director, Human Resources at the hospital for past 26 years
• University of Washington Certificate in Human Resources Management
• WSHHRA member for more than ten years
• Other positions held at WSHHRA include: Treasurer, President Elect, President, Past President

Joy Lockerby, Website Director
Claims Representative
United Claims Management
P.O. Box 19482
Seattle, WA 98109-1482
phone: (206) 282-8722 x2534
email: joyl@wsha.org
website: www.whs-seattle.com

• Held current position for nearly ten years
• First-year law student at Seattle University School of Law
• B.A. in Business Administration from Western Washington University
• Certificate in Database Administration from UW Extension Program, 2005
• WSHHRA member for more than nine years
  

• Human Resources Director for past five years; at WSHA for 19 years
• Certificates from University of Washington in Organizational Communication and Human Resources Management
• Achieved SPHR certification in 2007, and national PHR certification in 2005
• WSHHRA member for more than four years

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