Tahoe Forest Hospital District

Robert Kennedy, O.D., President

Forthoming

Gary Finch, Vice President

Gary was born and raised in Christchurch, New Zealand. After extensive travel and an early career as a surfer, Gary moved to the United States. He spent 28 years in the medical products design, manufacturing and distribution business, 20 of which as President and CEO of Sentry Medical Products, a company of 150 people with manufacturing operations in Irvine, CA and Lombard IL. The primary product areas were skin surface electrodes and products for neonatal intensive care and were sold across the US and in over 40 countries.

Gary is active as a volunteer Ski Patroller at Diamond Peak and a Rotarian in Incline Village. Other interests include gardening, bike riding, kayaking, golf, travel, and sailing.

Margo Lalchandani, Secretary

Margo is a community volunteer for education, health and animal welfare, Margo Lalchandani did her education at Alma College, University of Colorado, and Stanford. Margo is a retired educator. She has taught at the middle school through college years, including setting up an elementary school in Mexico City.

Jeffrey A. Quinn, CPA, Treasurer

Jeffrey started his professional career in the San Francisco office of PriceWaterhouseCoopers (formerly Price Waterhouse) in 1970, upon graduation from the University of San Francisco with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting. After almost ten years of practice in the large firm environment, he relocated to Incline Village, where he has practiced ever since. He is a Certified Public Accountant in both Nevada and California, and also holds a Masters of Science in Taxation degree from Golden Gate University, in San Francisco

Jeff's professional affiliations include memberships in the California Society of Certified Public Accountants, and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He has served as President of the Incline Village/Crystal Bay Chamber of Commerce and the Incline Village Rotary Club, and is an Emeritus Trustee of Sierra Nevada College. In 1986, the Chamber of Commerce named him the Incline Village "Citizen of the Year".

Jeff's primary avocation is golf, and he holds memberships in the Montreux Country Club and the Incline Village Golf Club. Following the San Francisco 49ers, attending "traditional" jazz festivals, and playing the banjo are also favorite hobbies.

Mary Ansari

From 1969 - 1995, Mary Ansari held a variety of administrative positions at the University of Nevada, Reno Library. She retired in 1995 as Emerita Director of Administrative Services & Branch Libraries. Since her retirement, she has published books on Nevada county place names, served on several public boards and served as trustee and secretary-treasurer of the Nazir and Mary Ansari Foundation. In 2000, she received a Doctorate of Humane Letters from the University of Nevada, Reno. She and her husband, Nazir, have resided in Reno since 1967 and Incline Village since 1995

Shirley Dale

Forthcoming

Byron Gehring

As CEO and Chairman of ConvergenceHealth, Mr. Gehring is responsible for the entire operations and strategy of the company. Through his leadership and dedication ConvergenceHealth has become a leader in innovative Web-enabled Health, Wellness and Coaching Solutions for the employee benefit, hospital, insurance markets. Mr. Gehring co-founded ConvergenceHealth with Mr. Miller and Dr. Waltzer. Mr. Gehring is also President of Loan Eagle Strategies, Inc., which provides consulting services for mergers and acquisitions, seed capital venture investments and assists in developing luxury home properties in the Tahoe area. Mr. Gehring holds a BS in Chemical Engineering and a BA in German from Oregon State University and the University of Stuttgart with honors and has participated in executive management classes and training in organizational psychology, Solution Sales, Business and Financial Management. He participates in outdoor activities, such as biking, hiking, skiing and swimming and is involved in coaching children's sport teams.

Sue Henricksen

Is originally from the Chicago area. After receiving her Bachelors Degree in Political Science and a Masters in Education Administration from Western Illinois University, she taught high school social studies classes for six years. In 1982, she moved to the Bay Area with her family. While living in Novato, California, and working as a Mortgage Broker, she became involved with fund raising for the Novato Community Hospital and the Sutter Medical System. Eventually she joined the Board of Trustees of NCH, serving as Chairperson of the Fund Development Committee for eight years. After retiring in 1999, she moved to Incline Village and is actively involved in the Tahoe Incline Rotary Club and Lady Teesters Golf League.

Caesar J. Naples

Is Vice Chancellor Emeritus and Trustee Professor Emeritus of the California State University. He served as Vice Chancellor for Faculty and Staff Relations for ten years following which he practiced law in New York, Florida and California and represented a large number of public and private universities here and in the United Kingdom. Among these were the Nevada State University System and the state universities of New York, Florida and Alaska. He served as Chair of the Heart and Pulmonary Institute of the Long Beach Memorial Hospital and a member of its Foundation Board for twenty years. He served on the staff of former New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller and within the New York State Senate. He is a graduate of Yale University and the State University of New at Buffalo.

Bob Schapper

Bob is presently the Chief Executive Officer of Tahoe Forest Hospital District, a two-hospital system with facilities located in Truckee and Incline Village Nevada. The healthcare system also operates a home health agency, a hospice program, a rural health clinic, a wellness center and a retail pharmacy. Bob has over 30 years of experience in hospital and healthcare administration. Approximately half of his career has been spent in not-for-profit hospitals/health systems and half in investor owned operations.

Bob has served as a Regional Vice President of Operations for two investor owned hospital corporations, CEO of the former Mt. Sinai Healthcare System in Cleveland, Ohio, and most recently upon his return to California, Bob has served as the CEO of two public hospital Districts. He helped develop the first public hospital District in California in over 25 years for the Palm Drive Health Care District in 1998.

Bob has graduate degrees in both public health and hospital administration and also pursued postgraduate studies in community medicine and health education.

Jonathan Smith, O.D.

Jonathan was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada and graduated from Valley High School in Las Vegas in 1983. He attended the University of Nevada Reno and has a Bachelor's Degree in Visual Science. Jonathan received his Doctor of Optometry from the Southern California College of Optometry in 1990. After three years of private practice in Las Vegas, he moved to Incline Village in 1993 and has been in private practice here since then.

Jonathan and his wife Amy have been married since 1995 and have two sons, Dylan and Ian. Among the many outdoor activities they are involved in, they probably enjoy skiing and golfing the most. Jonathan has been a member of the Rotary Club of Incline Village since 1994 and served as club president in 1998-99. He coaches both little league and youth soccer. Jonathan has been on the board of the Incline Village Community Hospital Foundation since its inception in January 2005 and also serves as a trustee of the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation.

Bob has graduate degrees in both public health and hospital administration and also pursued postgraduate studies in community medicine and health education.

Manuel "Manny" Sylvester

Manny was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii and graduated with a BBA from the University of Hawaii. From 1952 to 1954 he served as an Army officer in Korea. Manny joined Baker & Gillette and passed his CPA exams; he became a partner in the firm in 1956. Through a merger, he became a partner in Coopers & Lybrand in 1965 and retired as Managing Partner in Hawaii in 1992.

Manny served on boards and as an officer on many professional and community organizations in Hawaii and nationally including the University of Hawaii Foundation, the Hawaii Community Foundation, and until recently he was a member of the Board of Trustees of Bishop Street Fund, a mutual fund group. He married Margaret Haughey in 1952; they have 3 sons and 2 daughters. Manny was an early investor in Incline Village and has been active in the community for many years.

Andrew Whyman, M.D.

A Stanford trained physician who has practiced medicine in California for the last 35 years. He has taught at UCSF and was the Vice Chair of the Dept. of Psychological and Social Medicine at Cal-Pacific Medical Center in SF. He has written for both professional and lay readers and now writes a weekly column for the North Lake Tahoe Bonanza.