[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 11224]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        HONORING LINDSAY FARRELL

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                           HON. NITA M. LOWEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 14, 2011

  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to Lindsay Farrell for 
her leadership and 25 years of committed service to Open Door Family 
Medical Centers.
  Ms. Farrell is a graduate of St. Lawrence University, where she 
received the Sol Feinstein Humanitarian Award. She earned her MBA from 
the Lubin School of Business at Pace University and is a Fellow in the 
American College of Medical Practice Executives. She has been involved 
with Open Door since she first volunteered for the organization as a 
member of Junior League in 1985 to support the organization's efforts 
to provide quality healthcare and human services to underserved 
communities in Westchester County, New York.
  Since joining Open Door 25 years ago, Ms. Farrell served as Open 
Door's Director of Operations and Director of Development before 
becoming President and CEO. As Director of Development, she skillfully 
managed capital drives for major facility expansions, and as the 
Director of Operations she led the center's first successful 
accreditation by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of 
Healthcare Organizations. Additionally, Ms. Farrell was a member of the 
expert panel initiating the patient visit redesign collaborative 
directed by the Federal Bureau of Primary Healthcare's Quality Center 
and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Community Health Care 
Association of New York State, the National Association of Community 
Health Centers, and the Taconic Health Information Network and 
Community. Remarkably, she is also Chair of the Westchester Women's 
Agenda.
  Since becoming President and CEO of Open Door in 1998, she has 
overseen Open Door's expansion from two sites to four centers in 
Westchester, five school-based health centers in Port Chester, and one 
mobile dental unit. Under her extraordinary direction, Open Door now 
serves over 40,000 low-income community residents, twice as many as in 
the mid-1990s.
  Ms. Farrell's commitment to providing affordable health services to 
underserved communities in Westchester is greatly appreciated and 
extolled. I urge you to join me today in honoring her outstanding 
dedication to improving the lives of others.

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