Committee Objectives
Coordinating the attraction and retention of healthcare professional and facilitating community involvement in partnership with schools, physicians, local health related businesses, and AHS.
GRHARC Committee Representation
Healthcare and medical services are critical to a community to ensure ongoing services are provided in the Grimshaw region. For over 20 years, the Grimshaw Regional Healthcare Attraction and Retention Committee (GRHARC) has been keeping a pulse on that.
Committee Representation Includes
The committee consists of elected officials from the Town of Grimshaw, County of Northern Lights, Municipal District of Peace 135, the Village of Berwyn, a CAO from each municipality, a local physician, a physician resource planner from AHS, two members at large, and a consultant from RhPAP (Rural Health Professionals Action Plan).
- Stacey Messner, Chairperson
- Tanya Allen, Councillor
- Olive Toews, CAO
- Belinda Russell, Administrator
- Lori Kinnee, Councillor
- Theresa Johnson, Councillor
- Brian Allen, CAO
- Kayln Schug, Councillor
- Brenda Yasinski, Councillor
- Gerhard Stickling, CAO
- Tristan Vanderklok, Councillor
- Nicole Johnson, Mayor
- Jatin Saini, CAO
Members at Large
- Chance Gerk
- Kent Russell
- Ellen Davies
Physician
- Dr. Anka Coetzee
- Susan Smith, North Zone Physician Planner
- Lynn Gaydosh, Site Manager
Lac Cardinal Economic Development
- Misty Velichka, Economic Development Officer
Rural Health Professionals Action Plan (RhPAP)
- Bethany Rose, RhPAP Consultant
- Corina Hendrickson, Practise Liaison
Grimshaw/Berwyn & District Hospital Foundation
- Kacey Deveaux