YPSILANTI, Mich., Jan. 26, 2023 – Jimena Loveluck, Washtenaw County Wellness Officer, has been appointed to the Trinity Wellness Ann Arbor and Livingston Board of Directors. Loveluck, whose nomination was formally authorized by the Board in November 2022, started serving her 3-year term earlier this month.
The Trinity Wellness Ann Arbor and Livingston Board involves representation from physicians, neighborhood and small business leaders all through Washtenaw and Livingston counties. Loveluck’s appointment, along with the Board’s existing membership, strengthens each and every hospital’s concentrate on advancing their neighborhood wellness and wellbeing techniques.
With neighborhood engagement at the forefront, the Board also functions with hospital executives to supply guidance and oversight of clinical excellent, patient security, patient encounter, and general organizational functionality.
“Jimena brings with her a deep understanding of the communities we serve and a familiarity with the requirements of neighborhood residents who use our healthcare solutions,” stated Alonzo Lewis, president of Trinity Wellness Ann Arbor and Trinity Wellness Livingston. “She is a wise and devoted public servant and we are fortunate to have her on our group. We will appear to her encounter and leadership in the coming years as we perform to advance our mission of becoming a transforming, healing presence for sufferers and their households.”
Loveluck has been functioning in public wellness for additional than 30 years and has experience in wellness equity, HIV prevention and care, harm reduction, neighborhood engagement and neighborhood-primarily based participatory analysis. As Wellness Officer, she leads the wellness department’s perform to market wellness and protect against illness and injury in the neighborhood. She leads on a wide variety of wellness-connected applications and solutions and serves as the wellness authority for Washtenaw County. Loveluck has spearheaded the wellness department’s COVID-19 response, overseeing all elements of pandemic perform, which includes equitably administering vaccines, monitoring neighborhood information, supporting COVID-constructive residents, sharing existing facts, and additional.
Prior to becoming Wellness Officer in September 2019, she served for two years as the wellness department’s 1st Deputy Wellness Officer, exactly where she led initiatives to combat the opioid crisis, integrate public wellness solutions, and market wellness equity. She was the President/CEO of the HIV/AIDS Resource Center in Ypsilanti and led the merger with AIDS Partnership Michigan in 2015.
“We have a extended history of productive partnership with Trinity Wellness,” says Loveluck. “I appear forward to continuing our collaborations with this additional formal part and strengthening the connection involving public wellness and the wellness method.”
Washtenaw County Wellness Division
The Washtenaw County Wellness Division promotes wellness and functions to protect against illness and injury in our neighborhood. Our mission is to assure, in partnership with the neighborhood, the situations required for individuals to reside healthful lives by means of prevention and protection applications.
Neighborhood public wellness facts and updates are generally offered at www.washtenaw.org/wellness. The Wellness Division also gives frequent social media updates (@wcpublichealth) and sends frequent e-mail updates, sign up at http://bit.ly/WCHD555.
Trinity Wellness Michigan
Trinity Wellness Michigan is a top wellness care provider and 1 of the state’s biggest employers. With additional than 24,000 complete-time personnel serving 29 counties, Trinity Wellness Michigan is composed of eight hospitals positioned in Ann Arbor, Chelsea, Grand Rapids, Howell, Livonia, Muskegon, Pontiac and Shelby. The wellness method has two,233 beds and five,290 physicians and sophisticated practice providers. With operating revenues of $four.1 billion, Trinity Wellness Michigan returns $175.six million back to their neighborhood communities each and every year. Collectively with various ambulatory care areas, 3 household wellness and hospice agencies and 22 senior living communities owned and/or operated by Trinity Wellness, Trinity Wellness Michigan gives the complete continuum of care for Michigan residents.