Press Release June 30, 2004

For Immediate Use

Contact: Laurie Kristiansen, FMC Community Empowerment

Phone: 641-435-4435

FMC Community Empowerment Board

Welcomes New Public Health Representative

When the FMC (Floyd-Mitchell-Chickasaw) Community Empowerment board holds its 2004 annual meeting Monday, July 19, Deb Freeman, RN, Mitchell County Public Health Director, will turn over her board position to Floyd County’s Public Health Director.

Pat Zwanziger, RN, Advanced Registered Nurse Practioner, will assume her role on the Empowerment board, replacing Freeman, who just completed a one-year term.

Public health directors from Floyd, Mitchell, and Chickasaw Counties rotate their board position every year. This is the second time Zwanziger will serve on the board. Her term will last until June 30, 2005, at which time Chickasaw County’s Public Health representative will serve on the board.

Freeman served on the Empowerment committee that successfully completed the state’s mandatory redesignation process for FMC Community Empowerment this past fall.

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Pat Zwanziger, (left) Public Health Director, Floyd County will assume her duties on the FMC Community Empowerment Board this July. She replaces her Mitchell County counterpart, Deb Freeman, of Osage.

Photo by: Laurie Kristiansen