Board of Public Health Bios
Get to know the Board of Public Health
Stephen Daniels received his Masters of Business Administration from the University of Denver and worked as a Certified Public Accountant. He worked as the Chief Financial Officer for several publicly traded companies during his career.
He is now an adjunct professor for Colorado Mountain College teaching economics, finance, and accounting courses. Daniels also brings board leadership experience from his service on the Harmony Acres Equestrian Center Board.
Mona Highline is known as a trailblazer in Mesa County. She is the founder and executive director of The Joseph Center. This organization provides wrap-around services for families experiencing homelessness. She also serves on several other boards that build community health.
- Community Services Block Grant, board member
- Bravestone Project, board member
- Hilltop Community Resources, former board member
Highline received Nexstar Media’s 2023 Remarkable Woman of the Year, a national award. She is also the recipient of the Harry Butler Community Service Award (2020) and the Kiwanis Citizen of the Year Award (2022).
Current BOPH Chair
Marguerite Tuthill received her Masters in Public Health, specializing in public health administration and policy, from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. She was also a Graduate Assistant in Ethics at the University of Minnesota. She has nearly a decade of experience working in population health management in western Colorado.
Tuthill currently leads Monument Health as their Executive Director.
Dr. Weber graduated medical school in 1986 from the University of Missouri. For two decades Dr. Weber worked at Community Hospital, serving as Chair of the Department of Medicine, Chair of the department of Radiology and a member of the Hospital Board.
Other community service includes volunteering with the Mesa County Medical Reserve Corps, Mesa County Public Health, and HopeWest. She currently serves on the Board of the Mesa County Medical Society.
Jeannine Frey brings a wealth of healthcare experience, having served as a senior analyst and health and welfare benefits management consultant for over 15 years, along with a clinical background as a Registered Nurse for over 10 years. She has provided strategic planning, economic analysis and forecasting, and market research for both private and public sector clients in the self-funded group health plan space. She was a volunteer with the California Medical Reserve Corps during the COVID-19 epidemic and is currently a volunteer nurse with the Rocky Mountain Medical Reserve Corps of Colorado. She was proud to serve as a volunteer nurse for Honor Flight Kern County in 2017, traveling to Washington, DC with veterans from World War II and the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
She earned a Master of Business Administration from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, a Bachelor of Science from the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business, a Group Benefits Associate designation from the Wharton School, and a Registered Nursing Degree from Cuesta College. She looks forward to being a contributing member of the Mesa County Board of Public Health, embracing the agency’s mission, vision, and core values in order to serve the community health needs of Mesa County.
Joe Giauque received his Master’s in Business Administration from West Texas A&M University. He has built a career in home health care, developing and managing numerous locations across the state. In addition to his work in home health, Joe has experience as a consultant, adjunct professor at CMU’s Davis School of Business, Home Care Advisory Committee member. He loves living on the Western Slope and is motivated to help make this area an even better place to live. He is a proud husband and father of four great kids.
Dr. Hulst has lived in Grand Junction since 2015 and is proud to call Western Colorado home. With a specialization in integrated behavioral health in healthcare settings, she has cared for patients and families in primary and specialty care settings, trained behavioral health students and interns, and led interdisciplinary teams in clinical and operational development. She currently serves as the Practice Manager for Family Health West Primary Care in Fruita. With her prior work at Rocky Mountain Health Plans, she has experience in implementing value-based payment models that support whole-person health.
Dr. Hulst is passionate about creating infrastructure and meaningful connections that support individuals, families, and communities in mental, physical, economic, and relational health. She is the mom of two young children and the wife of a family practice physician, and she believes that a multi-faceted view of community health holds incredible power in transforming lives. She’s honored to join the board for Mesa County Public Health and is committed to listening well and putting her training in systems thinking to good use.
Mesa County Public Health is governed by a seven-member volunteer board. They are appointed by the Mesa County Board of County Commissioners for five-year terms. For more information on the roles and responsibilities of a local board of health, please read the Colorado State Statutes and Rules.
Board of Public Health Bios
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