BOARD OF
Directors
Meet the Board Members
Board of Directors
San Bernardino Mountains Community Hospital District is a special health care district operating Mountains Community Hospital and is governed by a publicly elected board of directors. The board is comprised of dedicated community members with expertise and experience in a variety of areas beneficial to the hospital.
To contact board members, please send your message to boardmembers@mchcares.com
GERRY HINKLEY, PRESIDENT
Gerry has been a resident of Lake Arrowhead since 2021, having moved from downtown Los Angeles in anticipation of retirement at the end of 2022 from his 47 year health law practice with the international law firm of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman. As a lawyer, Gerry specialized in healthcare mergers and acquisitions, with clients including many California hospitals. Before joining the MCH Board, for two years Gerry served as a community member of MCH’s finance, quality and facilities committees. Gerry was a founder in 1978 of Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Bay Area and held numerous governance positions over the years, most recently completing a six-year term as a director in 2023. Gerry has a son Scott, who is a feature film re-recording sound mixer, and a daughter Annie, who is an IT cloud system facilities planner, and 5 grandsons who absolutely adore everything about the mountain.
CHERYL ROBINSON, VICE PRESIDENT
Cheryl graduated from Cal Poly Pomona with a degree in Foods and Nutrition and followed with her Masters’ at San Diego State. She was a Registered Dietitian and in charge of the Food Service Departments of Lakewood Regional Medical Center and Los Alamitos Medical Centers. Having a career in the hospital world has been an asset in her work on the MCH Board.
The Robinsons then retired to Lake Arrowhead in 2006 and promptly became involved in a number of local charities. Cheryl has been a member of Soroptimist International of Rim of the World since 2008, an honorary member of the Lake Arrowhead Mountain Sunrise Rotary Club and the board representative for the MCH Auxiliary. Cheryl enjoys traveling, golfing, cooking, baking, paper-crafting as well as spending time with her husband Barry and their dogs, Winston and Chelsea.
BARRICK SMART, TREASURER
Barrick has been a resident of Lake Arrowhead since 1962, and is a graduate of Rim of the World High School. He took a 4 year break from the mountain to earn a degree in Economics from Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. While attending ASU, Barry met his wife Susan.
Barry and Susan have two sons, Christopher and Daniel both of whom were born at Mountains Community Hospital. In the 1960’s, Barry’s mother Sherri was Director of Nursing at the hospital, recruiting Barry to work as a groundskeeper at Santa Anita Hospital – now known as Mountains Community Hospital.
In the securities business for more than 40 years, Barry is the owner and CEO of Smart Investments Advisory Incorporated, a Registered Investment Advisory based in Redlands, CA. Susan has been a Realtor in Lake Arrowhead for more than 30 years, and is with Coldwell Banker Skyridge Realty in Blue Jay. Always active in the community, Barry was an officer of the Mountain Sunrise Rotary, and an Elder in the Presbyterian Church.
JERI SIMPSON, SECRETARY
Jeri Simpson feels at home in a hospital, having worked in healthcare human resources management since 1983. First at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, then Torrance Memorial Medical Center, Coastal Communities Hospital, and finally at UCLA Health for 20 years. She managed compensation, self-funded benefits, staffing, and employee and labor relations. She’s participated in and led HR policy committees, sexual harassment committees, HIPAA compliance committees, and hospital facility move committees. She’s managed the HR section of Joint Commission audits and has been on the board of directors of the Human Resources Division of the Hospital Association of Southern California. In April 2024, she became a community member on the MCH Board of Directors, and in October 2024, she became a member of the board of directors. She enjoys the challenges of healthcare and enjoys being in service to the Hospital District.
Jeri has lived in Lake Arrowhead for over ten years and is a local leader in the community, currently serving as President of the Rotary Club of Lake Arrowhead and Lake Arrowhead Rotary Foundation is former President of the Women’s Club of Lake Arrowhead and former Treasurer of the San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust. Jeri received her BA from Mount Saint Mary’s College and a master’s degree in Negotiation, Conflict Resolution, and Peacebuilding from California State University Dominguez Hills.
BARRY HOY, DIRECTOR
Barry and his wife, Jeanne Sue (Thornton) have been Lake Arrowhead residents since 2013. Barry graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University with a B.S. in Aerospace Management and continued with three masters degrees/certifications. He has held leadership positions within aerospace and manned vehicle space engineering and business/finance operations for 34.5 years. He retired from The Boeing Corporation at the Kennedy Space Center in 2013. Barry and Jeanne have three adult children, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren to date. He enjoys tennis, golf, family gatherings and following the Alabama Crimson Tide football. He is also a member of the Lake Arrowhead Rotary Club.
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Notice of Election
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a general district election will be held in the
SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL DISTRICT
in San Bernardino County, on Tuesday, the 3rd of November 2026, for the following offices:
Member of the Board of Directors, 4-year term, number to be elected – 3
The qualifications required to be a candidate for the above offices are:
At the time nomination documents are issued, a candidate must be a registered voter residing within the district (and division, if any).
Official candidate filing documents for eligible candidates desiring to file for the above elective offices may be obtained from the San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters, 777 E. Rialto Avenue, San Bernardino, California, starting on July 13, 2026, and filed not later than 5 p.m. on August 7, 2026, at the Registrar of Voters.
The San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters provides candidate filing documents and services by appointment. Visit Elections.SBCounty.gov or call (909) 387-8300 to schedule a video conference or in-person appointment. Walk-ins are welcome but may experience some wait time.
If by 5 p.m. on August 12, 2026, only one person has been nominated or an insufficient number of persons have been nominated for the above elective offices or no one has been nominated, and if no petition requesting that the election be held has been presented to the officer conducting the election, appointments will be made as prescribed by Section 10515 of the Elections Code.
Date: July 2, 2026
Joani Finwall, Registrar of Voters
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Notice of Intention to Amend the Conflict of Interest Code of the San Bernardino Mountains Community Hospital District
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Directors of the San Bernardino Mountains Community Hospital District (the “District”) intends to amend the District’s Conflict of Interest Code (the “Code”) pursuant to Government Code section 87306.
The Appendix of the Code designates those employees, members, officers, and consultants who are subject to the District’s Code. The District’s proposed amendment includes new positions that must be designated, revise disclosure categories, revises the titles of existing positions, deletes the titles of positions that have been abolished and/or positions that no longer make or participate in making governmental decisions, update the language to reflect newly passed SB 852 revising form 700 filing requirements for Public Officials who manage public investments and also makes other technical changes.
The proposed amended Code will be considered by the Board of Directors on July 30, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. at George M. Medak Conference Room, Suite 207, MCH Medical Office Building, 29099 Hospital Road, Lake Arrowhead, California. Any interested person may comment at the public meeting or may submit written comments. Member of the public may attend either in person or remotely via Microsoft Teams. To join the meeting remotely, please click the link below:
Meeting ID: 234 601 921 58 | Passcode: MWdfbE
Call In (audio only): +1 951-384-1117 | Phone Conference ID: 605 686 207#
Any comments or inquiries should be directed to the attention of Kristi McCasland, Executive Assistant, San Bernardino Mountains CHD, 29101 Hospital Road, Lake Arrowhead, CA 92352. Written comments must be submitted no later than July 30, 2026, at 3:00 p.m.
The proposed amended Code may be reviewed at, and copies obtained from, the office of the Executive Assistant.
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SBMCHD Regular Board of Directors Meetings
For Board of Directors meeting dates, please see the 2026 Board of Directors Calendar
Committee meetings start at 2:00 pm.
Days and times are subject to change, so please refer to the agendas for exact times.
The agendas will be posted 72 hours prior to the meeting date
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Previous Meeting Agendas
7/9/2026 – SBMCHD Special Board of Directors Meeting
6/26/2026 – Board Committees & SBMCHD Regular Board of Directors Meetings
5/28/2026 – Board Committees & SBMCHD Regular Board of Directors Meetings
4/30/2026 – Board Committees & SBMCHD Regular Board of Directors Meetings
4/16/2026 – SBMCHD Special Board of Directors Meeting
3/26/2026 – Board Committees & SBMCHD Regular Board of Directors Meetings
3/19/2026 – SBMCHD Special Board of Directors Meeting
2/26/2026 – Board Committees & SBMCHD Regular Board of Directors Meetings
1/28/2026 – Board Committees & SBMCHD Regular Board of Directors Meetings
1/7/2026 – SBMCHD Special Board of Directors Meeting
2025 – SBMCHD Board of Directors Meetings
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