News Room

In advance of the 2007 General Assembly, Bon Secours Hampton Roads conducted Legislative Breakfasts attended by state lawmakers on the South Side and Peninsula. 

These occasions provided board members and administrative staff with opportunities to discuss legislative priorities with elected officials prior to the start of the upcoming session. 

CHESAPEAKE CONNECTION – Bon Secours Hampton Roads Board Member Linwood Howard discussed legislative priorities with Delegate Lionel Spruill.

PENINSULA BREAKFAST – Delegate Mamye BaCote, Newport News, (second left) was among the legislators who attended the Legislative Breakfast at Kiln Creek Country Club.  Also seated at this table are (from left): Dr. Timothy Boddie- Mary Immaculate Hospital (MIH) Board of Directors; BaCote; Sr. David Ann Niski, Executive Director- Bernardine Franciscan Sisters Foundation; and Ann Hunnicutt, MIH Board of Directors. Lisa Foster of LeClair Ryan is seated in the foreground.

WARM GREETING – Liz McNamara, Bon Secours Hampton Roads vice president of Strategic Planning and Market Development, and Bob Williams, past president of the BSHR Board of Directors, welcomed Delegate Chris Jones, Suffolk, to the 2006 Southside Hampton Roads Legislative Breakfast.

MR. CHAIRMAN – Delegate Phil Hamilton, Newport News, discussed priorities for the upcoming session of the Virginia General Assembly with Kasia Grzelkowski, Mary Immaculate Hospital board member, and Sister Shaun Patrice Malone, Vice President of Mission for MIH. Delegate Hamilton chairs the House Health, Welfare & Institutions Committee as well as the Joint Commission on Health Care and the Health & Human Resources subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee.

DELEGATE Delegate Glenn Oder, Newport News, (left) and Bon Secours Hampton Roads CEO Richard Hanson listen to a presentation being made by John Stone, who is the Vice President of Advocacy.

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Bon Secours Hampton Roads Health System is a leading health care organization known for providing care for the whole person with grace and clinical distinction. Bon Secours brings together a network of hospitals, primary care practices, ambulatory care sites and continuing care facilities to provide quality health care services to the residents of Hampton Roads. Bon Secours, which employs more than 4,500, includes: Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center, Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center, Mary Immaculate Hospital, Bon Secours Health Center at Harbour View, Bon Secours Maryview Nursing Care Center and St. Francis Nursing Center.