Meet the Board Members

Larry Bedard, MD

Larry Bedard, MDDr. Bedard, elected in 2006, currently serves as the Chairman of the Marin Healthcare District Board. He received his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Michigan. He has practiced emergency medicine for more than 30 years and worked at Marin General Hospital's Emergency Department from 1979 to 2001. He is an active advocate on issues related to medicine at the local, state and national levels. Dr. Bedard was elected and served as President of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), President of the California Chapter of the ACEP, Trustee of the California Medical Association, and President of the Marin Medical Society. He is a father to two daughters and enjoys photography and travel with his family. His lifelong ambition is to be in the Oval Office when the Unites States president signs the bill bringing universal healthcare to the nation.


James Clever, MD

James Clever, MDDr. Clever has lived in Marin since 1968 when he came to be an Air Force physician at Hamilton AFB. He was elected to the Marin Healthcare District Board in 2006 and has served as Chair of the Management, Finance and Audit Committee since then. He received his undergraduate and medical degrees at Stanford University and did his residency there, finishing as Chief Resident in Medicine. He practiced internal medicine-primary care in San Francisco for 35 years, served for three years as Chief of Staff at what has become California Pacific Medical Center, and taught at UCSF School of Medicine for more than 30 years. His wife and daughter are also physicians. He ran in the Dipsea Race 31 consecutive years and finished "in the shirts" seven times.

 

Jennifer Rienks, PhD

Jennifer Rienks, PhDDr. Rienks was elected to the Marin Healthcare District Board in 2006, and currently serves as Chair of the Lease and Building Committee and as Board Secretary. She has her master's degree and her PhD in social psychology, and since 1996 has worked for the Family Health Outcomes Project at UCSF. Dr. Rienks has served as research director for projects to prevent HIV and to reduce black infant mortality disparities, evaluated  programs to prevent cancer and diabetes, and is currently conducting a needs assessment for California Department of Health Services' California Children's Services program. She also conducts training for staff from local public health departments throughout California on topics ranging from community needs assessments and intervention development to interpreting trends in health outcomes. Dr. Rienks has lived in Marin since 1986, and she and her husband have a 15 year old daughter. During what little free time she has, she likes to garden and hike the spectacular trails of Marin.