WSAHCR

Valerie Albano
President

Valerie Albano is currently Director of Human Resources for The Regional Hospital of Respiratory and Complex Care. Valerie has been in the human resource field for over 20 years, having spent many of them in the banking world. Happy to have made the change to healthcare, Valerie has been with The Regional Hospital for nearly 6 years. In her role as Director of Human Resources, Valerie is responsible all human resources functions, with an emphasis on employment and employee and labor relations. She is also in charge of employee recognition activities and is the editor of The Regional Hospital employee newsletter.

Valerie attained her Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) designation in 2005 and her Professional in Human Resource (PHR) designation in 1995. Valerie is currently working on her Masters in Healthcare Administration. She received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Washington, where she double majored in Communications and Sociology.

Valerie and her husband recently celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary. Valerie's hobbies include gardening, walking on the beach, reading decorating books, aerobics/cardio-kick boxing classes and talking with her friends.

Mary Davis
Treasurer

Mary Davis has been recruiting RNs at Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center for the past 7 years - and for 7 years in the 1990s at Group Health Cooperative. A BSN grad from Seattle U, her RN experience includes Special Care Nursery, Family Practice Ambulatory Care, Telephone Triage, and rural Community Hospital med-surg as a staff RN and nursing manager. The interview/hiring process was her favorite part of management – so recruitment quickly became the obvious career for her! An active member of WSAHCR, Mary has served as chapter president and treasurer in the past. WSAHCR has been an invaluable support for her career – and a great place to make friends as well!

Evelyn Maritvold
Secretary

Evelyn has been in Human Resources for the last 14 years. She is a Technical/Professional recruiter for Good Samaritan Hospital, a part of the Multicare Health Service. Evelyn attained her Professional in Human Resources (PHR) designation in 2002 and (CIR) Certified Internet Recruiter designation in 2007.