The board of trustees of Van Diest Medical Center will have their first meeting of 2026 this Tuesday evening,January 27th at 6:00 p.m. in the clinic board room. There will be a Service Excellence Conference Presentation by Amy McDonough, Christina Peterson, Chantal Sefcik and Alynn Hislop. The approval of Capital Requests for the hospital will be on the agenda. There will also be updates by Van Diest Medical Center CEO Lisa Ridge, Director of Marketing Lori Foster, Chief Nursing Officer Amy McDonough, Human Resource director Amy Porter, and Chief Financial Officer Ashley Allers. There will be a closed session of the board pursuant to Iowa Code at the conclusion of Tuesday’s meeting.