Joseph D. Feaster, Jr. Elected Speaker of National Association of Community Health Centers
Posted on: Thursday, 20 October 2005, 18:00 CDT
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Joseph D. Feaster, Jr. has been unanimously elected Speaker of the National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc. at its 36th Annual Convention and Community Health Institute (CHI) in Miami, Florida.
Feaster is an attorney based in Boston, MA with a long record of community activism on health care issues. He is the President of Feaster Enterprises, a consultant firm engaged in strategic planning, organizational development, and community outreach. He is also counsel to the Boston law firm of McKenzie and Associates and serves on the Board of Directors of Dimock Community Health Center Foundation in Roxbury.
Feaster has served in various leadership posts at NACHC. Prior to his election, Feaster held the position of Speaker for one year, after being appointed to fill a vacancy in that office. He is the chair of the Legislative Committee and currently chairs a task force on the Reauthorization of the Consolidated Health Centers Program. He also served as Vice Chair of the Health Policy Committee.
"Joe Feaster is deeply committed to the growth of Community, Migrant, and Homeless Health Centers as a means of strengthening communities by bringing health care within the reach of uninsured, and high-risk and vulnerable populations," said President and CEO of NACHC. "He is an outspoken advocate whose voice from the community level is helping to mobilize the grassroots on important issues, such as Medicaid reform and preserving the health center safety net."
NACHC is the membership and health care advocacy association of the nation's Community, Migrant, and Homeless Health Centers. Health centers are nonprofit, community-owned and directed health systems. They serve nearly 16 million uninsured and medically underserved people at 5,000 delivery sites, spanning urban and rural communities in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam and the US Virgin Islands. America's health centers are recognized for a 40- year track record of expanding access and affordable heath care and promoting health and prevention through programs that coordinate the delivery of primary care with outreach, patient education, and social services.
For more information about NACHC or the mission and work of health centers visit http://www.nachc.com. A photo is available.
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Source: U.S. Newswire
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