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Deborah "Debby"  Nelson
 
19,005 votes
33.83%
- Occupation: Nurse Practitioner
 - Served six terms, SVMHS Board of Directors
 - Vice-President, SVMHS Board of Directors
 - CAPTAIN USN (Ret)
 - Former Nursing Educator Hartnell, MPC
  
Priorities:
- Expand access to care for all.
 - Continue to improve efficiency in all departments of the Hospital.
 - Continue to focus on reduction of environmental waste.
  
 
Harry D. Wardwell
 
14,930 votes
26.57%
- Occupation: Regional President, Rabobank
 - Executive Director, California International Airshow
 - Past President, SVMHS Foundation
 - Served 10 years on the SVMHS Board of Directors
 - Salinas Rotary
 - Former President, Salinas Valley Chamber of Commerce
 - Lifelong Resident of Salinas
  
Priorities:
- Affordable healthcare
 - Maintain the quality of care and stability during healthcare reform
 - Finish the mandated seismic retrovit project so that our hospital is safe for decades to come
  
 
Jim Gattis
 
14,796 votes
26.33%
- Occupation: Businessman, Real Estate Investments
 - Founding President, California International Airshow
 - Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital Foundation
 - Spirit of Community Award & Citizen of the Year Award, Salinas Valley Chamber of Commerce
 - Former President, Hartnell College Foundation
 - Former Board, National Steinbeck Center
 - President's Council at CSUMB
  
Priorities:
- Work with Hospital Management Team, and Physicians, to restructure our system to  become more efficient.
 - Through improved efficiency we will be able to Increase access to many who can't afford to use our Hospital during these challenging economic times
 - Provide careful financial oversight. This will allow SVMH to remain a regional leader in attracting and retaining top Physicians, obtaining the latest
  
Ken Scherpinski
7,454 votes
13.27%
- Occupation: Labor Organization Executive
  
  
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