His name is Aaron Patnode and he is currently the Director of Business Development for Kaiser Permanente.

The search committee had 70 candidates for the position and interviewed 19 of them.

They recommended Patnode for the job.

The full board agreed with the recommendation.

"We have a motion and a second on the table to start taking action to begin negotiations with Aaron Patnode.  Barring any further discussion, all in favor -- yah.  Any opposed (silence)  Thank you and we will keep you udpated on the process as it moves forward."

Cover Oregon will begin negotiations to get Patnode on board.

They hope to have him in the position by early July.