Trustees Re-Elected for St. Barnabas Nursing Home
Gibsonia, Pa. - March 14, 2007 - The board of trustees has been re-elected for St. Barnabas Nursing Home Inc., a 172-bed skilled nursing facility that operates as a subsidiary corporation of St. Barnabas Health System's St. Barnabas Clinical Services division. St. Barnabas Nursing Home traces its history back to 1900 when it was founded by a lay Episcopalian brother, Gouverneur P. Hance. The nursing home has been at its present location along Meridian Road, Richland Township, since 1919 and offers state-of-the-art nursing care, including rehabilitative therapy and extensive medical treatment. Because of the St. Barnabas Free Care Fund, patients unable to pay for their care are never denied treatment.
Serving as trustees for St. Barnabas Nursing Home Inc. are:
- Walter DeForest of Hampton Township, chairman. DeForest is a partner with the Pittsburgh-based law firm DeForest Koscelnik Yokitis & Kaplan, which counsels and represents businesses and nonprofit organizations, including St. Barnabas Health System. DeForest represents companies in litigation, technology, higher education, media law, nonprofit and labor and employment matters. DeForest obtained his undergraduate degree in 1966 from the University of Pittsburgh and his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1969. A long-time member of St. Barnabas Charities' Community Advisory Committee, DeForest recently served as chairman of St. Barnabas' Sweet Dreams campaign, which successfully raised $206,500 to purchase 100 electric beds for St. Barnabas Nursing Home and The Arbors at St. Barnabas.
- Karen Tabacchi of Jefferson Township, president. Tabacchi is responsible for overseeing the operations, personnel and administrative decisions of St. Barnabas Nursing Home, Valencia Woods at St. Barnabas and The Arbors at St. Barnabas. A registered nurse, she is a graduate of the Nursing School of Allegheny Community College and holds a degree in business administration from LaRoche College. She has been employed by St. Barnabas for 19 years.
- Kellie Kelly of Butler, secretary. A St. Barnabas employee for 16 years, Kelly is the Administrator of St. Barnabas Medical Center. Kelly earned her registered nurse degree from Regents College in Albany, N.Y., and her bachelor's in nursing from Waynesburg College.
- Kathryn Turnbull of Hampton Township, treasurer. Turnbull was a co-founder in 1982 of The HDH Group Inc., Western Pennsylvania's largest independent insurance brokerage firm. She retired in 2000 as the Vice President of Administration. A long-time supporter of St. Barnabas, she is a member of its Community Advisory Committee. She serves on St. Barnabas Charities' PRESENTS FOR PATIENTS® committee and volunteers many hours each season in the campaign headquarters, answering phone calls, wrapping gifts and packing orders. She also is an active volunteer for her church, Memorial Park Presbyterian.
About St. Barnabas, St. Barnabas Health System is the largest health care concern of its kind in Pennsylvania and offers service apart from the ordinary in a faith-based, non-denominational setting. Tracing its heritage back to 1900, the system serves approximately 900 inpatients and residents, plus 35,000 outpatients and home care clients. The health system is composed of the
St. Barnabas Communities, including The Village at St. Barnabas, The Washington Place at St. Barnabas and The Woodlands at St. Barnabas; St. Barnabas Clinical Services, including St. Barnabas Nursing Home, St. Barnabas Medical Center, Valencia Woods at St. Barnabas and The Arbors at St. Barnabas; the Kean Theatre; and St. Barnabas Charities, the fund-raising arm.
Contact:
Kathleen Brenneman
(724) 444-5530
kbrenneman@stbarnabashealthsystem.com
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