Administration

Gary Bacock, Accreditation Director

Gary began working at Toiyabe on 9/28/17 as the Human Resource Manager and on 3/4/19 was appointed the new Accreditation Director. This new position is to perform all needed duties to have Toiyabe gain national accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, Inc. otherwise known as “AAAHC”. Becoming accredited is to provide health care to our patients following the best standards of care and to also allow for better compensation for services (from Medicare, Medicaid, and the health insurance industry).

Gary has education in a number of fields, with an AA Degree in Fire Science (Pasadena City College), a BS Degree in Business Administration with a specialty in Human Resource Management (from Cal State University, Long Beach (CSULB), and an MPA Degree in Public Policy and Administration (from CSULB). He also gained Credentialed Manager (CM) status from the International City/County Managers’ Association in 2009.

Gary’s experience is summarized by working in top management for over 30 years in City Government for the City of South Gate (CA), the City of Cypress (CA), and the Town/City of Fernley (NV) with his last position as Town Manager and then City Manager. He has worked in top management of Tribal Government for about 5¾ years (for the Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owen’s Valley, the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe, and the Bishop Paiute Tribe). And, finally he is working in Tribal Health at Toiyabe since September of 2017 (18 months+).

Gary is part Paiute, Shoshone, and Karuk, and a member of the Bishop Paiute Tribe. His father was raised in the Owens Valley at Laws, CA and his mother was raised at the mouth of the Salmon River and the Klamath River in Somes Bar, CA.