[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 45 (Monday, March 9, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E275]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               RECOGNIZING MEGAN LYNCH ON HER RETIREMENT

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                           HON. ERIC SWALWELL

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 9, 2020

  Mr. SWALWELL of California. Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize Ms. 
Megan Lynch on her retirement from the Eden Township Healthcare 
District (District) Board of Directors on February 20, 2020.
   Megan has long held a passion for public health and welfare, from as 
early as her role as a kitchen aide at the Eden Medical Center during 
her college years. She earned a bachelor's degree in integrative 
biology at the University of California, Berkeley, and in 2015 earned a 
master's degree in health care administration from the California State 
University, East Bay.
   Much of Megan's fantastic work has been with healthcare provider 
Kaiser Permanente. As part of its Delivery System Strategy team, she 
has risen through the ranks over the past five years, serving as an 
associate planning manager since 2018. Megan also was selected to 
complete Kaiser Permanente's Northern California Region's Emerging 
Leaders Development Program that year, a testament to her strong 
leadership and dedication to the well-being of the community.
   Megan's work to promote the health of her neighbors has not been 
restricted to her roles with Kaiser Permanente. Since 2016, Megan has 
served on the board of directors for the Eden Township Healthcare 
District (ETHD), and as its vice chair in 2019. On that board, she was 
instrumental in helping steer ETHD away from possible dissolution by 
the Local Agency Formation Commission in Alameda County, and as chair 
of ETHD's Community Health Advisory Committee.
   Meanwhile, Megan has served as the third vice president at the Eden 
Medical Center Auxiliary, and in 2019 as a member of the Davis Street 
Family Resource Center's board of directors, helping its vision to 
provide integrated services to improve the quality of life in the Eden 
Area. In her spare time, Megan also volunteers at CityTeam Oakland to 
help those experiencing homelessness and poverty or suffering hunger 
and addiction.
   Stepping down from her position with ETHD, Megan is preparing to 
fulfill her dream to become an emergency medicine physician by entering 
medical school this summer. I wish her all the best as she prepares for 
her studies, and I know that she will continue to be a strong advocate 
for local healthcare.

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