We are pleased to note that three faculty members of the University of Washington have key leadership positions in Health Leadership International(HLI), Seattle.  HLI Seattle is an all volunteer, Seattle-based NGO providing medical education and building health system capacity in the Lao PDR. HLI Seattle's faculty has been working in Lao since 2007 providing short-term training in primary care medicine, ultrasound training, hospital leadership and management, medical English and more recently midwifery education; and its next major trip will be in November.  Ms. Susan Reba McIntyre (Lecturer, Medex Program/FamilyMedicine) is the president, Dr. Rick Arnold (Clinical Professor of Medicine, Internal Medicine) is the Lead for Internal Medicine, and Cam McIntyre (Clinical Assistant Professor in Family Medicine and OBGyn) is on the Board of HLI.