Sanford announces new chair of Williston Community Board
Media contact:
Erin Horn
Sanford Health Media Relations
701-516-4903 / erin.horn@sanfordhealth.org
WILLISTON, N.D. (May 9, 2022) — Sanford Health is excited to announce Whitney Stephenson as the new Williston community board chair for enhancing health care in Williston. The community board, comprised of business professionals from a variety of disciplines in the Williston community, helps provide insight into key issues affecting Williston and the surrounding communities, which are crucial in the development of health care services in the region.
Stephenson, a Williston native, has been serving on the community board since is founding in April 2021. Stephenson has more than 10 years of experience in the oil and gas industry and currently works for Grayson Mill Energy as a Senior Landman in the Bakken.
“I am honored to Serve as Chair of the Sanford Community Board and to help shape the organization’s efforts to improve the lives of patients and residents with a community-centered approach to healthcare,” said Stephenson. “I have admired the way Sanford values the communities they work in, and I look forward to welcoming Sanford to Williston.”
“We are excited to welcome Whitney as the chair of our Williston community board and hear her ideas for what is being discussed in the community,” said Todd Schaffer, MD, president/CEO of the Bismarck region of Sanford. “Health care is best served at the local level, and we are excited to have a group committed to helping us provide a high level of care to patients in the region.”
A groundbreaking ceremony for a new Sanford Health multispecialty clinic in Williston will take place on May 12 at 3 p.m. The community is invited to attend. The
new multispecialty clinic will be located on 33rd Street and Second Avenue on site of Williston Square.
The Sanford Bismarck region provides health care to central and western North Dakota, eastern Montana and northern South Dakota. It includes 21 clinics in Bismarck, Mandan, Minot, Dickinson and Watford City, as well as a Level II trauma center located in Bismarck.
About Sanford Health
Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland. Headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the organization serves more than one million patients and 220,000 health plan members across 250,000 square miles. The integrated health system has 47 medical centers, 2,800 Sanford physicians and advanced practice providers, 170 clinical investigators and research scientists, more than 200 Good Samaritan Society senior care locations and world clinics in 8 countries around the globe. Learn more about Sanford Health’s commitment to shaping the future of rural health care across the lifespan at sanfordhealth.org or Sanford Health News.
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