6 June 2010

New director plans to build WPH Foundation awareness, endowment

Cody, Wyo. — New foundation director Rebecca Rych brings 10 years’ experience in health care and higher education fundraising to West Park Hospital.

Rych recently moved to Cody from Las Vegas, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology and a master’s degree in public administration and nonprofit management.

Her goals as director are to increase public awareness of the WPH Foundation and to ensure its long-term financial sustainability in order to fund programs and equipment that benefit WPH patients, families and visitors.

Rych is a past member of AAUW, Rotary, Shriners, various chambers of commerce and the St. Jude Ranch for Children, and she plans to continue her community involvement in Cody.

“I’m excited to meet all the great people in Cody and get involved in this vibrant community,” she said. “The people of West Park Hospital and Cody are the main reason I chose to come here.”

Rych can be reached at 578-2338 or rrych@wphcody.org.