Helen Macleod Thomson

Helen MacLeod Thomson joined the Sutter Health Board of Directors in November 2019. She is past chair of the Yolo County Board of Supervisors and a former Democratic Assemblywoman from California’s 8th Assembly District. As a state legislator, Thomson chaired the Assembly Health Committee and the Select Committee on Mental Health. She authored mental health parity legislation ending discrimination in insurance benefits for adults and children with serious mental illness. She was a member of the steering committee of the California Coalition for Compassionate Care and chaired their POLST task force. She also served on the advisory committee of the California Health Care forum. In 2018 the district offices of Yolo County’s Health and Human Services Davis Center were named in her honor.

In addition to the Sutter Health Board of Directors, Thomson, a registered nurse, served as board chair of the Sutter Valley Hospitals and Sutter Valley Medical Foundation boards of directors, and served on its governance and compliance, and safety and quality committees.