ADOPTED - APRIL 13, 2010

                                                                                                                                                   Agenda Item No. 29

Introduced by the Human Services Committee of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION HONORING LAURA PETERSON

RESOLUTION #10-114

WHEREAS, Laura Peterson began her career with Ingham County in August 1992, as a Program Coordinator in the Breast and Cervical Cancer Program; and

WHEREAS, in that role, she expanded BCCCP to serve eight counties in Michigan and also led the Medical Access Program arranging care for the uninsured; and

WHEREAS, in 1998, Laura was instrumental in the organization of the Ingham Health Plan, which ultimately served 52,000 people and was imitated by 73 counties in Michigan; and

WHEREAS, in 2000, she was reclassified as a Health Program Manager and in December 2002, she was reclassified as the Director, Bureau of Health Plan Management; and

WHEREAS, Health Plan Management Services grew into an organization providing services to County Health Plans and their 150,000 clients across Michigan; and

WHEREAS, in April 2007, she was promoted to Deputy Health Officer for Health Plan Management; and

WHEREAS, in that role she also supervised Environmental Health, Emergency Preparedness, Registration and Enrollment and the Office for Young Children; and

WHEREAS, as the Incident Command Planning Chief, she was a leader in the successful fight against H1N1 influenza; and

WHEREAS, for 18 years, she has been dedicated to serving the residents of Ingham County and the Ingham County Health Department, displaying outstanding leadership skills. 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners hereby honors Laura Peterson for her many years of dedicated service to the County of Ingham and for the contributions she has made to the Ingham County Health Department.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board wishes her continued success in all of her future endeavors.

HUMAN SERVICES:  Yeas:  McGrain, Davis, Nolan, Koenig

     Nays:  None     Absent:  Tennis, Vickers         Approved  4/05/10