Cascade Medical Foundation names new chairman, board members for 2025

Rich Adamson

Wade Nash

Strode Weaver

Dana Wilson

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LEAVENWORTH — Rich Adamson will lead the Cascade Medical Foundation as chairman of its executive committee in 2025, part of leadership changes at the nonprofit healthcare organization.

Adamson, who has served as a board member since 2021 and previously chaired the Cascade Golf Classic committee, will oversee the foundation's efforts to support healthcare initiatives in the Leavenworth area. The foundation's largest annual fundraising event, the Cascade Golf Classic, is scheduled for June 16 at Kahler Mountain Resort.

The executive committee appointments include Wade Nash returning as vice chair, with both Nash and Adamson elected to two-year terms. Strode Weaver will continue as treasurer, Dana Wilson as secretary, and Bob Adamson as an at-large member, each serving one-year terms. Kathi Nash has been elected to fill the second at-large board member position.

The foundation also welcomed two new board members: Rex Lund, a retired insurance executive with a residence near Lake Wenatchee, and Karen Nodolf, a retired nurse and medical educator living near Eagle Creek. Both will begin three-year terms in January.

Three longtime board members are departing: Kathy and Ted Montgomery, who served six years organizing Benevolent Nights and wine donations, and Ann MacPherson, who served five years as volunteer coordinator and at-large executive committee member.

The foundation's current fundraising initiative focuses on an $80,000 "Clinic Bundle" to enhance Cascade Medical's Family Practice Clinic. The bundle includes medical equipment such as a bladder scanner and point-of-care ultrasound. In 2024, the foundation funded several major purchases, including a hematology analyzer, a vehicle for the Mobile Integrated Health program, and eight automated external defibrillators.

Since its establishment in 1992, the Cascade Medical Foundation has contributed $2 million worth of medical equipment and programming to Cascade Medical, including a mobile health clinic, 3D mammography equipment, and ambulance safety gear.

The board currently has 18 members, with capacity for up to 21 members under its bylaws. Members may serve two consecutive three-year terms before taking a mandatory one-year hiatus.