(front row l-r) Commission Chair Virgil Synder, TOM HALLMAN, CEO Etorre Palazzo
(back row l-r) Commissioners Charles Pilcher, Nancy Stewart, Suzane Greathouse, Norman Seabrooks, Robin Campbell, Secretary Jeff Cashman
EvergreenHealth Commissioners Presents Mike Hallman with Community Service Award.
The Board’s resolution honors Mike Hallman for his partnership and contributions over several decades to advance the community’s health and wellness
KIRKLAND, WA — EvergreenHealth’s Board of Commissioners has recognized Mike Hallman with the 2025 Community Service Award in honor of his longstanding partnership, philanthropy and care for the health of our community.
For more than 30 years, Hallman and his late wife, Mary Kay Hallman, have shown immense dedication and championed the same values that guide EvergreenHealth. Their generosity and partnership have not only strengthened care across EvergreenHealth but has also supported long-term investments in clinical excellence, behavioral health access and advanced care.
Hallman’s support for the Clinical Excellence Fund helped EvergreenHealth establish a simulation lab and education center where nurses and clinicians can advance their skills and safely practice a variety of important clinical scenarios. They also helped EvergreenHealth purchase a 3T MRI machine, which is significantly more advanced than the standard 1.5T MRI machine.
“I am honored to receive this award,” said Hallman. “We have been very proud to support our community and EvergreenHealth, and I’m so grateful for the opportunity to support the health and wellness of the Puget Sound region.”
Hallman also helped establish EvergreenHealth’s first Behavioral Health clinic integrated into Primary Care, driven by his belief that the community deserves access to mental health services before a crisis occurs.
“Mike is an exceptional member of the Kirkland community as well as the entire Puget Sound region,” said EvergreenHealth Board of Commissioners Chair Virgil Snyder. “His generosity over the last three decades has helped EvergreenHealth advance our mission and our commitment to our community. This award is a token of our immense thanks to Mike for his thoughtful partnership and contributions to EvergreenHealth.”
The award was presented during the August 18 Board of Commissioners meeting and is the second of two 2025 Community Service Awards that have been presented by the Board this year. The first award was presented to Dr. Francis X. Riedo in July.
Since 1998, the Community Service Award has been presented to community members and groups who make a profound impact on enhancing the health of the Eastside and demonstrate an unwavering commitment to our most important values: compassion, respect, excellence, collaboration and accountability. See a list of past recipients here.
EvergreenHealth is a community-owned health care hospital system serving more than one million residents in King and Snohomish counties. Since 1972, EvergreenHealth has evolved alongside the Eastside community into a two-hospital health system with a network of primary care practices, urgent care centers, specialty clinics, extensive home care and hospice services, and 24/7 emergency care in Kirkland, Monroe and Redmond. As a public hospital district, the health system’s purpose is to enrich the health and wellness of everyone in the community by providing equal access to high-quality, high-value care, partnering with local organizations to perform outreach and offering health education to address our community’s needs now and for generations to come. The hospital system is named one of Healthgrades America’s 50 Best™ Hospitals and holds a 5-Star Overall Rating from the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS). Learn more at www.evergreenhealth.com.
