Governing Board Members
| Lesley Hunt, Chairperson | Verla Jackson-Robbins |
| Angela Jarnaghan, Vice Chairperson | Marjorie Colegrove |
| Karen Kyle, Secretary/Treasurer | Elizabeth Turner |
| Dr. Eva Smith (ex-officio member) |
Administrative Staff
| Employee | Position | Extension |
|---|---|---|
| Vacant | CEO | 0200 |
| Dr. Stephen Stake | COO / Interim CEO | 0288 |
| Mary Benedict | CFO | 0287 |
| Jessica Mosier | Compliance Admin Officer | 0234 |
| Danielle Vigil-Masten | DV/SA Coordinator | 0353 |
| Jesse Armstrong | MMIWG Advocate | 0353 |
| Rhonda Tripp | Coalition Coordinator | 0206 |
| Judith Surber | Grant Writer | 0377 |
| Mary (Kay) Hudelson | HR Director | 0226 |
| Tara Matilton | Administrative Assistant | 0200 |
Stephen Stake DrPH, Chief Operations Officer
Dr. Stake is a specialist in health system administration, program development, monitoring and evaluation, analysis, teaching, and cross-cultural communication. He has over ten years of public health leadership focusing on social and behavioral interventions for indigenous populations including Apache, Mixtec, and Sylhetti.
As a Johnson & Johnson Community Health Care Scholar for his work in developing sustainability in poor areas, he comes to K’ima:w Medical Center from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health where he was an Associate Faculty member.
Jessica Mosier, Executive Secretary/CQI Coordinator/Joint Commission Liaison
Ms. Mosier has been with K’ima:w Medical Center for nearly twenty years. She has been the Executive Secretary since 2005 providing continuity to the medical center administration and orienting each new Governing Board member to organization policies. In addition, she acts as a continuous quality improvement monitor and a liaison for Joint Commission accreditation standards.
Judith Surber, Grant Writer, Acting HR Director
Ms. Surber has been with the Hoopa Valley Tribe for nearly 30 years. Her most recent post has been as a Grant Writer for K’ima:w. Her previous assignment at K’ima:w involved running Project Connect, a domestic violence prevention program, that spanned multiple grant funding sources.
Mary Benedict, CFO
Ms. Benedict is an experienced financial officer with more than twenty-five years of experience in billing, finance, trust fund accounting, and business financial management. She served as the Hoopa Valley Tribe’s Treasurer tracking and auditing the Tribe’s trust fund reserve and worked on national workgroups to develop modern systems for federal trust fund monitoring and protection. She has more than ten years of experience working as a lead finance person in combined tribal and private sectors in healthcare, business, and construction.