The DeKalb County
Health Department

RE:             DeKalb County Board of Health Appointments

Four new members, E. Sue Thompson, R.N., Dennis Diemer, D.V.M., David Phillips, M.D. and Todd Latham were recently appointed by the DeKalb County Board to three-year terms as members of the DeKalb County Board of Health.  E. Sue Thompson of Malta serves as Director of Medical/Surgical/Pediatrics, Intensive Care and Hospital Supervision at Valley West Community Hospital, Sandwich.  Dennis Diemer, D.V.M., is a veterinarian at Prairie View Animal Hospital, DeKalb.  Dr. Phillips is a pediatrician at DeKalb Clinic, DeKalb.  Todd Latham of Sandwich is Assistant to the Chair of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations in the College of Education at Northern Illinois University.   

Scott Starkweather of Sycamore was recently elected president of the DeKalb County Board of Health.  Mr. Starkweather, a bank manager for Castle Bank in Sycamore, has been a member of the board for three years.   

Jean Gastiger, R.N., and N.P., was elected as vice president.  Gastiger has been a board member for four years, and is a nurse practitioner for Take Care Health System.  Linda K. Liston, M.D., of DeKalb, was elected secretary.   

Other board members include: Kevin Buick, J.D., a Sycamore attorney the Foster & Buick Law Group, LLC; John B. Olson, D.D.S. of Shabbona, a dentist practicing in DeKalb; and Jesus Romero of Sycamore, owner of Taxco Restaurant in Sycamore.  Julia Fauci of DeKalb was appointed as the County Board representative for a second one-year term.      

The DeKalb County Board of Health is the governing board of the DeKalb County Health Department.  Board of Health meetings is open to the public.  For meeting dates, call (815) 758-6673 or visit www.dekalbcounty.org.

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