Dr. Christine Koehn will serve as board chair. Koehn brings over 20 years of leadership and expertise in facilitating partnerships and community collaboratives, identifying service system issues, and creating and executing funding strategies. She has served as executive director of Achieve Palm Beach County, vice president of community impact for the United Way of Palm Beach County and executive director of The Celia Lipton Farris & Victor W. Farris Foundation. Her extensive experience in driving community impact aligns with the foundation’s vision for all residents to have the opportunity to thrive and reach their full health potential. Koehn and her husband hold philanthropy at the center of their lives, having established the Koehn Family Fund at Palm Health Foundation to support behavioral health and nursing scholarships. Koehn is a North Palm Beach resident and has served on the foundation’s board since 2018.
Palm Health Foundation Announces New Board Leadership
West Palm Beach, Fla.– Palm Health Foundation today announced the election of new officers to serve on its board of trustees. The new leadership brings decades of combined experience in health, community development, law, and philanthropy to guide the foundation's mission to inspire and fund solutions for better health in Palm Beach County through community collaboration.
"We are honored to have such distinguished leaders guiding Palm Health Foundation during this important time as we continue to build a culture of health for lifelong wellbeing, convene local and national partners to advance our vision for the Brain Coast , and strengthen health professionals and quality of care,” said Palm Health Foundation President and CEO Patrick McNamara. "Their collective expertise and deep commitment to our community are invaluable as we continue our work to co-create solutions with residents and invest in promising initiatives toward better health for Palm Beach County."
About Palm Health Foundation
Palm Health Foundation is Palm Beach County’s community foundation for health. With the support of donors and a focus on results, the foundation builds strong community partnerships, respects diverse opinions, advocates for its most vulnerable neighbors, and inspires innovative solutions to lead change for better health now and for generations to come. The foundation supports health equity for Palm Beach County residents of all backgrounds, heritage, education, incomes and states of well-being. Palm Health Foundation has invested more than $98 million in Palm Beach County health since 2001. For more information about Palm Health Foundation,
visit palmhealthfoundation.org or call (561) 833-6333.









