Ray Patchett Elected HNC Board President

For Immediate Release

Ray Patchett Elected Board President of Hospice of the North Coast

Ray Patchett

Carlsbad, CA … Ray Patchett, a highly-regarded, public-sector regional leader, has been elected
President of the Board of Directors of Carlsbad-based Hospice of the North Coast (HNC). He joined
the Board in 2010. Prior to assuming this position, he served as Vice President. Patchett replaces
Board President Bobbie Hoder, who remains on the Board and is actively involved with the organization.

HNC Executive Director Sharon Lutz says, “We appreciate Ray’s visionary leadership, strategic thinking and innovative approaches to taking our community-based hospice to the next level of excellence.”

Holding a B.S. in Public Administration and an M.S. in Organization Development, Patchett has amassed a wealth of experience and knowledge over his distinguished career. He served for 20 years as the City of Carlsbad’s City Manager, making a major impact on the well-managed growth and development of this fiscally stable, much-emulated municipality. He has taught at San Diego State University, UC Berkeley and Cal Poly Pomona; focusing on leadership training, public policy and urban government.

Patchett currently operates Patchett & Associates, an organizational development company that offers a full spectrum of consulting, coaching and training services intended to foster community excellence, corporate effectiveness and personal growth. Clients include cities, non-profits, foundations and individual executive leaders.

Ray Patchett and his wife, Denise, are longtime Carlsbad residents. His leisure-time activities include golf and fitness.

Nonprofit Hospice of the North Coast was established in 1980 to fill the need for comprehensive, compassionate hospice care in North County San Diego. Since its inception, it has grown in services, staff and clients. It currently provides a full spectrum of programs to terminally ill patients and their families, including bereavement support, as well as inpatient care at Carlsbad-based Pacifica House, North County’s first and only hospice residence.