If you’re looking for the profile of Dr. Ginsberg, it’s here. Apologies for the confusion.
Board member profile: Sia Lindstrom
If Project Access NOW were a plant, Sia Lindstrom would be the gardener.
As then-Executive Director of the Vision Action Network, a Washington County collaboration incubator, Sia launched a community planning group on healthcare. Access to care for the uninsured emerged as a top issue. Looking at the Project Access model, the group got a local program off the ground at the Essential Health Clinic.
Thanks to Sia’s seed planting, Project Access thrives in Washington County and regionally. She said, “Project Access NOW is a relatively young organization that’s come a long way quickly.”
When Sia started a new position with Washington County, it made sense for her to be connected with the regional organization, Project Access NOW. Her portfolio as Senior Deputy County Administrator is fairly broad: health and human services, assessment/taxation, elections, extension services, and sustainability programs. It is through Project Access NOW board service that Sia continues to manifest her passion for health care access as an issue.
On the board since the fall 2008, Sia now chairs the Organizational Capacity Committee, which manages board recruitment and development. The committee also oversees the organizational structure “to make sure we’re humming along”, as Sia put it.
Similar to other board members, Sia acknowledges that “what’s so fulfilling about Project Access is that I can put my skills [in medical anthropology and public health] together with the skills other board members bring. Together we’re able to build a strong organization that brings badly needed services to the community.”
Indeed, according to Sia, “with health care being such an important issue, more now than ever, local-level impact is hard to accomplish. We’re able to piece together a small part of the solution locally to help people here and now while the big picture is getting fixed.
“We’re always looking for good folk willing to lend time and expertise. It’s a wonderful organization, so you’d be joining a great group of people committed to making our mission a success. If you’re interested in volunteering on a board committee, contact me at Project Access NOW.”
(February 2010)
