Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano is proud to announce Valerie Richardson as the newest member of the Baylor Plano Board of Trustees.
Valerie Richardson is the Vice President of Real Estate for The Container Store, Inc. She is responsible for site evaluation and lease negotiation, as well as store design coordination and construction for The Container Store's nationwide store expansion program. Prior to joining The Container Store in the fall of 2000, Ms. Richardson was Senior Vice President - Real Estate and Development for Ann Taylor, Inc., where she administered the company's store expansion strategy for Ann Taylor and Ann Taylor Loft. Ms. Richardson earned an M.B.A. in Real Estate from the University of North Texas and a B.S. in Education from Southwest Texas State University. Since 2004, she has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the International Council of Shopping Centers, the global trade organization of the shopping center industry. Ms. Richardson and her husband, Dan Ballenger, reside in Dallas. They have two children and one four-year-old granddaughter.
"I look forward to working with Valerie as a member of our Baylor Plano Board of Trustees. She has displayed leadership as a business leader in our community, and we will benef it from her experience and expertise as we seek to provide quality health care to our community," said Jerri Garison, president, Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano.
Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano is a 128-bed acute care hospital committed to serving North Texas residents with personalized care and advanced technology on a beautiful campus with hotel-like amenities and all private rooms. Services at the not-for-profit, fully-accredited facility include treatment for advanced spine deformities at the Baylor Scoliosis Center, neurosciences, orthopaedics, medical and radiation oncology, surgical weight loss, women's services, gynecology, urology, gastroenterology, pulmonary, sleep disorders, pain management, diabetes management and more. Baylor Plano offers patients access to digital imaging and is the first hospital in North Dallas and Collin County to offer minimally invasive robotic surgery for gynecology and prostate procedures through the FDA-approved da Vinci® S Surgical System. The hospital has won several quality awards including the Texas Health Care Quality Improvement Award of Excellence and the Pathway to Excellence™ designation of American Nurses Credentialing Center. Jerri Garison is president of Baylor Plano. For fiscal year 2008, Baylor Health Care System reported $429.5 million* in community benefit, which includes providing care for charity patients and patients enrolled in government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, as well as the unreimbursed costs of medical education, research and community programs.
*Represents preliminary information that will be reported to the Texas Department of State Health Services.
Physicians are members of the medical staff at one of Baylor Health Care System¹s subsidiary, community or affiliated medical centers and are neither employees nor agents of those medical centers, Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano or Baylor Health Care System.
CONTACT:
Susan Hall
214.820.1817
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Janeen Browning
469.814.2107
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As the largest not-for-profit health system in the state of Texas, Baylor Scott & White promotes the health and well-being of every individual, family and community it serves. It is committed to making quality care more accessible, convenient and affordable through its integrated delivery network, which includes the Baylor Scott & White Health Plan, Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, the Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance and its leading digital health platform – MyBSWHealth. Through 51 hospitals and more than 1,200 access points, including flagship academic medical centers in Dallas, Fort Worth and Temple, the system offers the full continuum of care, from primary to award-winning specialty care. Founded as a Christian ministry of healing more than a century ago, Baylor Scott & White today serves more than three million Texans. For more information, visit: BSWHealth.com