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NEWS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: January 16, 2012

Contact: Nancy Johnson at njohnson@communitygiving.org
Phone: 877-253-4380


ACMC Administrator Joins WACF Board


Willmar, Minn. – The Willmar Area Community Foundation announced today that Terry Tone has been elected to its Board of Directors to serve Kandiyohi County.

Tone has served as administrator of Affiliated Community Medical Centers (ACMC) since 2000. He joined ACMC in 1994 as director of operations. Tone has served as the secretary and treasurer of Affiliated Community Health Foundation since 2001 and a board member of ACHN since 1999. ACMC, based in Willmar, is an 11-clinic system with more than 170 providers and 35 specialty departments serving six local hospitals and about 103,000 patients throughout the region.

He brings extensive administrative and statewide leadership experience to the board. He served as Clinic Administrator for clinics in Mankato and Owatonna prior to joining ACMC and has served on various state boards.

The WACF Board of Directors governs the Foundation, establishes policy, sets priorities and makes final grant decisions. All members are volunteers and serve three-year terms that can be renewed three times.

The Willmar Area Community Foundation (WACF) is a public charity that attracts and administers charitable funds for the benefit of the local community. Since 1998, WACF has grown to more than $6 million in assets and awarded $2 million in grants to local nonprofits. WACF is affiliated with the Central Minnesota Community Foundation, which administers more than 500 funds and has more than $65 million in assets. Learn more at CommunityGiving.org/Willmar.