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YOUNG CAMERON, Harrison and Emily MacLean didn’t know it at the time,
but having Little Company of Mary Hospital as their birthplace was only
the beginning of their father’s connection to Little Company of Mary.
In 2003, Jeffrey MacLean joined the Little Company of Mary Community Health
Foundation Board of Trustees out of gratitude for the care his family
received here. “All of us have benefited from LCM’s outstanding
care. Given the difficult status of funding health care today and the
importance of having a first-class medical institution in the South Bay,
supporting LCM with my time and money just made sense,” commented
MacLean.
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LCMCHF trustee Jeff MacLean (second from left) enjoys the Golf
Classic and a beautiful day on the green with fellow golfers
Keith Kuhn, Richard Sawhill and Bob Fults.
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This spirit of philanthropy towards the medical community
had its roots early in MacLean’s life. His father was
the chief of neurology at the Mason Clinic in Seattle,
Washington. “Even though I didn’t pursue medicine
as a profession, I grew up in a medical family. My father
devoted his life to caregiving and was the ‘go-to’
person for friends and family, helping them to navigate medical
care in a changing environment,” said MacLean. Jim Sala,
a fellow trustee and MacLean’s neighbor, expressed confidence
in MacLean’s qualifications. “Jeff saw what his father
was doing and because of that upbringing, understands what
we are trying to accomplish at LCM.”
As President of Wurtz, Inc., MacLean brings to the board an
eleven-year history of advising endowments and foundations in
how to invest their financial resources. “My volunteer position
at LCM is the first time I have been able to put my professional
expertise to work as a trustee, instead of as a paid consultant,”
said MacLean, when asked about his strengths and hopes for contributing
to LCM’s advancement.
Melanie MacLean joins her husband in making a community
connection with her participation on the board of the
Peninsula Education Foundation and as a former Sandpipers
chairman of For Our Children. As a couple, they are part of
the Peninsula Committee Childrens Hospital. “Melanie
and Jeff are a wonderful couple, bringing good community
insights to the LCM family. It is an asset for us to have
them come on board,” said friend and fellow LCMCHF
trustee Mark Pfeil.
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