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• Fixing American Healthcare: An Impossible Task?

  • When
    09/04/2025
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • Location
    Santa Rosa Country Club
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  Thursday, September 4, 2025 at Noon

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  Fixing American Healthcare:
  An Impossible Task?

  with Dr. Stephen M. Shortell
  Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Health Policy
  and Management, UC Berkeley and member of
  World Affairs Council of Sonoma County

  
  

  Stephen Shortell's sponsor is David Beckman,
  WACSC Board Member

  About the Program         

            More and more, the U.S. healthcare system is under fire as costly, wasteful, overly complex, and even harmful to patients.

            And now, alarm bells are sounding on vaccine policies, Medicaid cuts, pandemic preparedness, continued inequalities in care, and more.

            In his program, Fixing American Healthcare: An Impossible Task? Berkeley professor and long-time health care expert, Stephen Shortell, will hold a light up to our troubled system, and make comparisons with those of other countries, such as Canada, Britain, France, Germany, Israel, Russia, and more.

           Front and center will be a discussion of how the U.S. delivers health care, how we pay for it, systemic inefficiency, large variations in quality of care, and what change would look like.

  Date:	Thursday, Sept 4th, 2025
  Time:	Noon
  Venue:	Santa Rosa Country Club  333 Country Club Drive  Santa Rosa, CA  95401
  Menu:	Meat and Vegetarian Options Available on the Buffet Table.
  Cost:	$45 for Members  Bring up to 2 guests at the member price.  $60 for Non-Members
  Health Note:	We suggest that everyone  be vaccinated and wear a mask.

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  About Our Speaker         

         Dr. Stephen M. Shortell has long stood at the forefront of healthcare research and education. At UC Berkeley, where he is Dean Emeritus in the School of Public Health, Dr. Shortell has taught generations of students the intricacies of U.S. and global healthcare. His authorship in prestigious medical journals has zeroed in on health care delivery, patient safety, physician practices, hospital management, and more.

            Dr. Shortell holds degrees from Notre Dame, UCLA and the University of Chicago. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, has received the Welsh-Rose Award for outstanding contributions to Academic Public Health, and was most recently elected to the Health Care Hall of Fame.

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  • When
    11/12/2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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  A CIA Officer's Journey
  From War to Peacebuilding

  With Janessa Gans Wilder
  Ex-CIA Officer and Peacebuilder
  
  

  Janessa's sponsors are
  Anne and Russ Peterson, WACSC members.

  About the Program

  Peace seems elusive in our war-torn world and many wonder what anyone can do about it. Enter Janessa Gans Wilder with A CIA Officer’s Journey from War to Peacebuilding. A California native, Wilder joined the CIA before 9/11, and in 2003 volunteered to serve in Iraq, where a 90-day tour turned into 21 months as a counterinsurgency analyst and political liaison. After a major battle between US Marines and insurgents in western Iraq, she had a personal awakening along the Euphrates River, which ultimately led to her forging a very different path as peacebuilder.

  Wilder will take us through her extraordinary journey culminating in her founding of the Euphrates Institute -- a non-profit peace-building organization currently active in over 40 countries.  Along the way she’ll share some lessons learned, including how each of us can play a role in bridging divides in our communities.

  Date:	Thursday, October 3, 2024
  Time:	12 Noon
  Venue:	Santa Rosa Country Club   333 Country Club Drive,   Santa Rosa, CA 95401
  Menu:	Herb Roasted Chicken Breast    With Caesar Salad & Ciabatta Rolls    or    Cheese Ravioli    with Tomato Basil Sauce
  Cost:	Members: $45.    Want to bring a guest?    Do so paying member’s price     (limit of two per member)
  Otherwise:	$60 for Non-Members
  Health Note:	We suggest that everyone     be vaccinated and wear a mask.

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  The Deadline to Register is September 25
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  About Our Speaker

  Janessa Gans Wilder grew up in Redding, CA. and earned degrees from Principia College and Stanford University, from which she was recruited to the CIA as an analyst. In Iraq she logged time in far-flung military outposts, interviewing insurgents in Abu Ghraib and High-Value Target prisons.

  After Iraq, Jessica founded the Euphrates Institute in 2006 and served as its CEO for 14 years. She is a frequent speaker in interfaith, community, government, international, and educational settings, and has written dozens of articles and been interviewed by major news outlets, including CBS, CNN, Los Angeles Times, Christian Science Monitor, and Democracy Now.

  Janessa lives in Redding with her husband and three children where they enjoy spending time in nature (when they’re not evading wildfires).

  Sign up now – this is a rare opportunity to hear such an experienced speaker on this all-important subject.

  
  

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