Front row, left to right: Baker, Orsini, Ranicki, Tucker, Northam, Dalton, Bethea, Strattman; back row, from left to right: W. Fralin, H. Fralin, East.

Front row, left to right: Ranicki, Petrine, Gillespie, Sullivan, East, Strattman, Smith, Abraham; back row, left to right: H. Fralin, Dalton, Tucker

This week VHCA-VCAL members from across the Commonwealth met with gubernatorial candidates Democrat Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam and Republican Ed Gillespie to discuss issues facing long term care providers.

Special thanks to the following members who traveled to Richmond to attend these events:

• David Abraham, Beth Sholom Village
• Vernon Baker, Williamsburg Landing
• Lashuan Bethea, Genesis
• Robbie Dalton, American HealthCare
• Tommy East, American HealthCare
• Heywood Fralin, MFA
• William Fralin, MFA
• Tom Orsini, Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital
• Debbie Petrine, CCR
• Sandra Ranicki, Saber Healthcare
• Mary Smith, LifePoint
• Fred Strattman, CommuniCare
• Doris-Ellie Sullivan, RUI
• David Tucker, CCR

The contest between Northam and Gillespie will be determined on November 7, 2017.