The Sarasota County Public Hospital Board, which governs Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, has elected its new officers for 2017-2018. Made up of nine citizens elected by Sarasota County voters to four-year terms, the hospital board oversees the hospital’s finances and quality improvement efforts and meets regularly to set the strategic direction for the system. Each November, the board appoints a new slate of officers from its members. The new chairman of the board is Joseph J. DeVirgilio, Jr., who has represented Seat 2 in the Central District since 2013. DeVirgilio is president of Suncoast Management Consultants and a senior consultant with River Consulting Group. The other new Sarasota County Public Hospital Board officers are First Vice Chairman William Noonan, Second Vice Chairman James Meister, Treasurer Sharon Wetzler DePeters, Secretary Tramm Hudson, Assistant Secretary Susan Tucker and Assistant Treasurer Darryl Henry.

Sarasota County Public Hospital Board