SwedishAmerican’s Dawna Menke joins Growth Dimensions board

SwedishAmerican is pleased to announce that SwedishAmerican Medical Center Belvidere Administrator Dawna Menke has joined the Growth Dimensions Board of Directors.

Menke has served as the administrator in Belvidere for more than six years and has worked for SwedishAmerican for more than 25 years. She has invested over $30 million in the Belvidere facility and into the community.

Additionally, Menke serves as the past board president for the Belvidere Area Chamber of Commerce, is a board chair for YWCA Northwestern Illinois, and is on the American College of Healthcare Executives Central Illinois Chapter Board.

Located in Belvidere, Growth Dimensions provides a progressive and cooperative environment which improves the quality of life by fostering economic opportunity and personal growth. The organization advances coordinated economic development strategy to create jobs, promote community assets and stimulate capital investments through business retention and attraction efforts.

For more information on Growth Dimensions, visit growthdimensions.org or call (815) 547-4252.

About SwedishAmerican

A division of UW Health, SwedishAmerican is dedicated to providing excellence in healthcare and compassionate care to the community.

The organization serves residents of 12 counties in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin through a dedicated and caring staff, a major acute care hospital and a free-standing outpatient cancer center in Rockford, a medical center in Belvidere, a network of 30 primary care and multi-specialty clinics and the region’s largest home healthcare agency.

Additionally, SwedishAmerican has achieved Magnet® recognition as a reflection of its nursing professionalism, teamwork and superiority in patient care.