Gail Nickerson Director, Clinic Services Adventist Health nickergw@ah.org

Gail Nickerson has worked in the field of rural health care for over twenty-five years, as a health systems consultant and an outpatient clinic administrator.  She also has considerable experience working with a variety of nonprofit organizations.  Gail currently works as the Director of Clinic Services for Adventist Health in Roseville, CA, providing oversight for over thirty Rural Health Clinics in California, Oregon and Washington.  Gail is the Vice President of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Rural Health Clinics and the founder and President of the Board of the California Association of Rural Health Clinics.  She is also the President of the Board of the California State Rural Health Association, as well as Chair of the RHC Constituency Group and a Trustee of the National Rural Health Association.  She is the Past Chair of the California Mental Health Planning Council and Co-Chair of the California Hospital Association’s Hospital-Based Outpatient Clinics Committee.