I began working in health care more than a decade ago and became familiar with the amazing work of federally qualified health centers, or community health centers. Ever since, I have devoted my business life to assuring that these critically important centers are on sound fiscal ground, so that they can continue to deliver care to everyone who seeks it from them. Their mission has become my mission, and it is shared by our employees, as well.

Volusia County is forecast to have the nation's sixth-highest percentage of employers adding jobs in the next three months, according to a new national report. A survey of area employers by staffing agency Manpower found that nearly one out of every three - 29 percent - said they expected to increase their payroll in the second quarter, while only 3 percent anticipated making job cuts. That 26 percent net gain for Volusia, identified in the report as the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach area, was tied with Portland, Oregon, and Toledo, Ohio, for No. 6 in the nation.