SEQUIM — New Dungeness Valley Health & Wellness board officers will take over today.
Dick Hughes was elected Dec. 1 to the board president position and today will assume the leadership of the clinic for a one-year term, said Margaret Preston, outgoing president, in a statement.
Tom Montgomery will continue as vice president, and Audrey Gift will step into the position of board secretary.
The board added a new member, Tracy Russell, who will serve as treasurer and chair the finance committee.
Russell, a three-year Sequim resident from Jackson, Calif., holds a master’s degree in public administration from San Diego State and retired as director of the Department of Health & Human Services in Amador County, Calif.
Dorothea Hover-Kramer, whose term on the board ended at the end of the year, chaired the Wellness Committee and oversaw “WOW! Working on Wellness,” a community health education program.
Preston, who will step down after serving a three-year term as president, will remain on the board for another year and will chair the development committee.
“It has been an amazing few years, with many milestones reached, accolades earned and always much to be proud of as the clinic continues to provide high-quality health care to many of our Sequim neighbors in need,” Preston said.