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Three New Members Elected to National Board of Trustees of March of Dimes
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., JULY 19, 2000 – Betty Castor, Michael E. Mohnsen, and Bruce Vladeck have been elected to the national Board of Trustees of the March of Dimes, it was announced today.
March of Dimes trustees, who serve as volunteers, represent the public in governing the organization and helping it realize its mission to serve America’s mothers and babies.
Betty Castor
Ms. Castor is President and CEO of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. She has had a distinguished career as an educator and legislator in Florida. Previously, she served as President of the University of South Florida and as the state Commissioner of Education. She has received numerous awards for her leadership in education, good government, humanitarian efforts, mental health reform, and women's issues. Ms. Castor has been a volunteer for the March of Dimes since 1984. She and her husband, Samuel Bell III, reside in Tampa, Florida.
Michael E. Mohnsen
Mr. Mohnsen is Vice President of U.S. Oncology, Central Region. He is also an adjunct member of the faculty at the University of Iowa's Graduate Program in Health Care Administration. During his 17 years as a March of Dimes volunteer, Mr. Mohnsen has served as chairman of the Iowa chapter and as the chairman of WalkAmerica, the March of Dimes' top fundraising event. He also has been chairman of the National Office of Volunteers since 1998. He and his wife Ann have four children and live in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Bruce Vladeck, Ph.D.
Dr. Vladeck is Director of the Institute for Medicare Practice at the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York City and Senior Vice President for Policy at Mt. Sinai NYU Health. He has also been Professor of Health Policy and Geriatrics at Mt. Sinai Medical School since 1997. Previously, he served as Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. From 1997-1998 he was a presidential appointee to the National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicine. He and his wife Fredda Wilson have three children and live in Manhattan, New York.
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