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Business Brief: Spielman receives Rural Health Ambassador honor
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Ron Spielman received the Rural Health Ambassador Award from RWHC on April 22. Pictured from left are Mike Sanders, Monroe Clinic president and CEO; Spielman, Monroe Clinic special projects advisor; and Jeremy Levin, RWHC director of advocacy. (Photo supplied)
MONROE - The Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative awarded Ron Spielman the Rural Health Ambassador Award. Spielman is Monroe Clinic's special projects advisor and has a long history of community health activism.

Jeremy Levin, RWHC Director of Advocacy, presented Spielman with the award April 22 at Monroe Clinic's advisory council meeting in Monroe. As senior projects advisor, part of Spielman's role includes serving as a liaison between Monroe Clinic and the public: He engages community members face-to-face during advisory council meetings, where he shares Monroe Clinic news and invites their feedback to Monroe Clinic leadership.

RWHC established the Rural Health Ambassador Award in 2004 as a way to recognize member hospital employees who have gone above the call of duty in promoting their respective organizations and made significant contributions to rural health care in general. Candidates must demonstrate a history of fostering positive communication and relations within the hospital's respective service area and beyond.

Over the past 30 years, Spielman has volunteered countless hours while serving on the boards of St. Clare Hospital, Monroe Clinic and Monroe Clinic and Hospital Foundation. He officially joined Monroe Clinic in 2009, after retiring from his position as a vice president and trust officer of both Wisconsin Community Bank and Galena State Bank. He holds a law degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

In addition to his service with Monroe Clinic, Spielman's record of community involvement spans more than four decades and includes: The Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin, the Monroe Fund, Kiwanis, the Boy Scouts, the United Way, the Monroe Plan Commission, the Monroe Arts Center, the Green County YMCA Foundation and the Blackhawk Technical College Foundation.