Dana Point Councilman, Joel Bishop, Elected to Hospital Board of Directors

Joel Bishop, a Dana Point City Councilman, has been elected to the South Coast Medical Center Foundation’s Board of Directors.

Mr. Bishop brings a strong civic and business background to the Board.  As a co-owner of a software and services company established in 2000, Mr. Bishop’s company has grown from 23 employees in Orange County to over 150 across the country.

Prior to serving on the City Council, in 1996, Mr. Bishop joined the South Coast Water District (SCWD), an organization that provides water and sewer services to most of Dana Point, as well as South Laguna Beach and parts of San Juan Capistrano and San Clemente as a Board Director. Over the course of the next ten years, Mr. Bishop also served as three-time president of the SCWD Board. During his tenure at SCWD, he worked tirelessly to keep rates as low as possible. In addition to keeping the rates low, he also ensured that the aging infrastructure had been repaired and/or replaced.

“We are pleased to have a representative from Dana Point of Joel’s caliber,” said Elizabeth Pearson Schneider, Executive Director of the SCMC Foundation.  “He will help the hospital re-connect with the Dana Point community and aid us in establishing relationships that will help the hospital grow into the future.”

Mr. Bishop lives in Dana Point and is a father of two -- Melanie, 19, and Dylan, 16.

South Coast Medical Center recently announced its intention to remain in Laguna Beach and to address its State-mandated earthquake-retrofit issue by building a new patient care building, to be paid for – in large part – with senior housing on land it owns behind the hospital.  South Coast Medical Center serves South County, including the communities of Laguna Beach, Dana Point, San Juan Capistrano, San Clemente, Laguna Niguel and Aliso Viejo.

Posted 8/16/07