Two incumbents, one newcomer and one returning former trustee will begin new terms on the Indian River County Hospital District board in January and a new chair will take the helm for the first time in eight years as Chairwoman Marybeth Cunningham steps down after five terms.
The independent taxing district owns the land and buildings underlying Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital and collects property taxes to support various medical, preventative health, mental health and human service programs for indigent adults and children, the under-served, the uninsured and those with barriers to accessing care.
Cunningham, who retired from General Motors Corporation at 55 years old, has led the district through its most tumultuous days including the transformation of Vero’s only hospital from a community-based facility to a branch of the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic in 2019 – just in time for a global pandemic…