Gretchen Morse Appointed to Fletcher Allen Board of Trustees

February 23, 2011

Michael Carrese
Marketing  and Communications
802-847-2886

BURLINGTON VT – Gretchen Morse, executive director of the United Way of Chittenden County, has been appointed to a four-year term on the board of Trustees of Fletcher Allen Health Care.

Prior to joining the United Way in 1991, she was a state legislator and enjoyed a distinguished career in state government, serving as Secretary of the Vermont Agency of Human Services and a as member of the Hospital Data Council.

Morse is also an emeritus member of the Wake Robin Board of Directors and serves on the board of the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce.

A graduate of the University of Vermont, Morse received an Honorary Doctor of Laws from the university in 2009 for her years of public and community service to improve the lives of all Vermonters.

About Fletcher Allen

Fletcher Allen Health Care, together with our partners at the University of Vermont College of Medicine and the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, is Vermont’s academic medical center.  Our mission is to improve the health of the people in the communities we serve by integrating patient care, education and research in a caring environment.  Fletcher Allen serves as a regional referral center -- providing advanced care to approximately one million people in Vermont and northern New York -- and as a community hospital for approximately 150,000 residents in Chittenden and Grand Isle counties.

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