Manuel Campos

Manuel's vision and leadership are to thank for the many services and facilities we have in our community - the NICU, cardiac care services, and NorthBay Medical Center's new wing. Manuel had a particular interest in meeting the needs of the medically under-served, ensuring everyone in the community had access to health care when they needed it.

Manuel and his wife Dru, who also contributed a great deal to local health care, were memorialized by their children Susan and John with the creation of the Manuel and Dru Campos Memorial Endowment Fund to benefit NorthBay Hospice & Bereavement.

In 1964, Manuel and Dru Campos bought the Goosen Mansion. When Manuel Campos became mayor, the mansion picked up the nickname of "The Mayor's House." While Campos was still there the mansion entertained such visitors as Nancy Reagan, then first lady of California; Governor William Milliken of Michigan; California Attorney General Evelle Younger; and Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill.