Mt. Hood president elected to hospice board

The Gresham Outlook, Feb 12, 2010, Updated Feb 12, 2010

Mt. Hood Community College President John J. “Ski” Sygielski was elected to the Oregon Hospice Association’s board of directors Friday, Jan. 29, at the association’s annual membership meeting.

Other members who were elected to the nine-member board during the meeting at the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland include health professionals from the Oregon Medical Association, Legacy Hospice, Providence Hospice, the Department of Veterans Affairs and other organizations.

Sygielski became president of Mt. Hood in 2008 after serving as president of Lord Fairfax Community College in Middletown, Va. His work experience encompassed health care, corporate training, elementary, secondary and post-secondary education, and consulting work.

Susan Tolle, a medical doctor with Oregon Health & Science University’s Center for Ethics in Health Care, received the Elizabeth Wessinger award, which honors people who have demonstrated excellence in furthering the hospice movement, at the meeting. Tolle was recognized for her work with the national POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) registry.

The hospice association is a statewide, nonprofit organization with a goal of making sure all Oregonians have excellent hospice care.

In 2009, 76 hospices provided a full array of supportive, palliative health-care services for terminally ill Oregonians and their families.

For information, visit ore

gonhospice.org or call 888-229-2104.

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