Reprinted from the Health District's quarterly publication mailed to district residents
(Summer 2008)

Birnbaum and Thorson, both of Fort Collins, were elected from a field of six candidates to fill vacancies created by outgoing board members Averil Strand and Laurie Strand, who were term-limited. They were sworn in last month.

The Health District is governed by a five-member board of directors. Members serve staggered, four-year terms and are elected at-large from the community.

Birnbaum, 35, is a family physician and faculty member at the Family Medicine Center, a Fort Collins clinic that provides general medical care as well as training for family practice resident physicians. He previously worked for the Indian Health Service in Arizona. He is married and has two children.

Thorson, 61, is a family physician with the Family Clinic in Fort Collins. He has been a practicing physician in Fort Collins since 1974 and has been a director and/or officer on the boards of the Colorado Academy of Family Physicians, Colorado Medical Society, Larimer Medical Society and COPIC Insurance Company. He served as founding Chief of Family Medicine at Poudre Valley Hospital and has been a member of the hospital’s Executive Committee of the Medical Staff. He is married and has two grown children.

More information on the board and board meetings can be found at www.healthdistrict.org/board.