Lifecenter Northwest

“John st. John served as interim cfo from june 2015 through november 2015. Lifecenter northwest paid aristeia consulting for the cfo services. John st. John's compensation for the calendar year 2015 was $38,216.”

“The bylaws were amended in september 2015 increasing the number of additional 3-year terms that a director may serve from two to three, and that an officer may serve from one to three. Also added a meeting attendance requirement that members of the governing board must be present for no less than four of the previous eight meetings.”

“The form 990 is prepared by our independent accounting firm. The finance and audit committee review the 990 with lifecenter northwest's ceo & cfo. Copies of the form 990 are distributed to the governing board of directors (gb) after the 990 is reviewed. Upon approval by the finance and audit committee, the final form 990 is distributed to the entire governing board and then filed with the irs.”

“Lifecenter northwest's corporate compliance policy (ccp) states and requires that all lifecenter employees sign the employee conflict of interest agreement at the time of hire. All lifecenter employees also receive training annually on the corporate compliance policy which includes the conflict of interest policy. Oversight and enforcement of the corporate compliance policy is the responsibility of the vice president of each division, the ccp committee and directors and managers of each department. The policy includes the use of an anonymous web form and an 800 telephone hotline. The director of human resources has an established process for review, reporting and addressing reported problems, including appropriate involvement of the governing board of directors and the organization's legal counsel. The boards of directors sign a conflict of interest agreement and complete a questionnaire on an annual basis.”

“Lifecenter northwest's governing board of directors uses comparable data to document and approve the ceo's compensation. Lifecenter northwest's governing board of directors approves other officer's and key employees' compensation via approval of the budget. The last compensation review was completed in december 2015.”

“Lifecenter northwest does not make governing documents or conflict of interest policy open to the public at this time. Financial statements are available on our website lcnw.org.”

“Lifecenter northwest's volunteers provided 258 hours of service. They receive training to share their personal donation story and present accurate donation information to aid in the understanding of the need for donation and transplantation. They assist lifecenter northwest by presenting in high schools, driver education schools, civic groups, churches, community donation events and multi-cultural outreach. They also work with our hospital development department by providing a personal donation story in hospital education to support our relationships for donation and transplantation within our hospitals.”