Hatch Named Chairman of Direct Relief International Board of Directors
SANTA BARBARA, CA (March 16, 2007) Direct Relief International announced today that its board of directors has elected Stanley C. Hatch as its chairman.
Hatch, a board member since 2003 and vice chairman for the past two years, succeeds previous chairman Denis Sanan, who served in the office from 2005 to 2007 and reached his term limit as chair.
A founding member of Santa Barbara law firm Hatch & Parent, Hatch served as its managing partner from 1968 to 1991. Prior to founding Hatch and Parent, Hatch served with the United States Air Force as a JAG officer and the United States Department of Justice in Washington D.C., and was the legislative advocate for the Office of the County Counsel in Santa Barbara County. Hatch also served as general counsel for the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions and for a variety of large and small governmental entities.
An active member of the community, Hatch has served as president of the State Water Contractors Association, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Fielding Graduate University, where he was also honored as a Fielding Fellow, and as executive vice president of LawNet, Inc., a national organization dealing with the field of legal technology. In the Santa Barbara area, he was a member of the board of the Santa Barbara Regional Chamber of Commerce and the advisory board of the Breast Cancer Resource Center.
Hatch received his law degree from Harvard Law School and completed his undergraduate work at Utah State University. He and his wife Betty reside in Santa Barbara and have traveled to over 60 countries together.
About Direct Relief International
Founded in 1948, Direct Relief International is a Santa Barbara, California-based nonprofit organization focused on improving the quality of life by bringing critically needed medicines and supplies to local healthcare providers worldwide. In 2006, Direct Relief provided over $200 million in direct aid through medical material assistance and targeted cash grants to more than 300 healthcare facilities and organizations in 56 countries, providing 23.8 million courses of treatment. Direct Relief is one of two charities ranked by Forbes that has received a perfect fundraising efficiency score for five consecutive years.
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