[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 153 (Tuesday, October 20, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1484]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  RECOGNIZING THE DEDICATED SERVICE OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA'S MAXINE IVEY

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                            HON. JEFF MILLER

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 20, 2015

  Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize Ms. Maxine 
Ivey on the occasion of her retirement as Executive Director of 
Northwest Florida Rural Health Network. For twenty years, Ms. Ivey has 
dedicated her life to serving the Gulf Coast community, and I am 
pleased to honor her outstanding achievements.
   Northwest Florida Rural Health Network, which serves Escambia, Santa 
Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton Counties, is one of nine health networks in 
the State of Florida created to improve health care services and access 
in rural communities. Ms. Ivey has worked tirelessly with the Network 
since it was first established in 1995 and has held various leadership 
roles. While as Director of Purchasing and Volunteers for Jay Hospital 
prior to her husband's passing, Ms. Ivey, along with her husband, Don, 
who was the Jay Hospital Administrator at the time, worked together as 
a team to help keep the hospital open and to ensure that their 
community's health care needs were properly met. As a result of her 
leadership and continued dedication to service before self, Ms. Ivey 
eventually became Executive Director of the Northwest Florida Rural 
Health Network.
   Ms. Ivey's service to Northwest Florida, however, is not limited to 
her work with the Network. She sits on the Jay Town Council and is the 
President of the Northwest Florida Area Agency on Aging. In this 
capacity Maxine works closely with the Florida Department of Elder 
Affairs and other local, state and national agencies to facilitate the 
needs of the elderly so they can age safely and with dignity in their 
own homes. Ms. Ivey is also an active member of Jay First Baptist 
Church and is a loving mother of three.
   Mr. Speaker, on behalf the Gulf Coast community, I am pleased to 
congratulate Ms. Maxine Ivey on her well-earned retirement after 20 
years of dedicated service to Northwest Florida. My wife Vicki and I 
wish her and her three sons all the best for continued success.

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