For more information: James M. Chandler
Executive Director
757 446-5179
For Immediate Release
Board Elects Directors, Officers and Executive Committee Members
(January 31, 2005 Norfolk, VA) The Tidewater Emergency Medical Services Council Board of Directors held elections on January 27, 2005 during its annual meeting. Directors, officers and executive committee members were elected for two year terms. Stewart W. Martin, MD of Virginia Beach was elected for his fifth term as the organization’s president. Retiring directors were recognized and thanked with engraved plaques.
New directors, representing:
Robert N. Sayles - Norfolk
Lorenz Sam Dahl - Norfolk
William R. Dennis, MD - Navy
Andrew Galvin – Tidewater Emergency Nurses Association
George M. Yacus, PhD - Chesapeake
Payton D. Cromwell - Virginia Beach
Rondall L. Early - Portsmouth
Terrance J. McAndrews - Special Operations
Re-elected directors:
Dan F. Fermil - Chesapeake
Francis E. Watson, MD - Chesapeake
Terry A. Bolton - Franklin
E. Loy Senter - Norfolk
Robert W. Hundley - Suffolk
Bruce W. Edwards - Virginia Beach
Stewart W. Martin, MD - Virginia Beach
Robert J. Robertson, MD - Virginia Beach
Kent J. Weber - Virginia Beach
Maryann B. Fitchett - Accomack
Richard O. Childress - Isle of Wight
Hollye B. Carpenter - Northampton
Robert S. Grizzard - Southampton
Sandra A. Deane, MD - EVMS
Genemarie W. McGee - Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association
Lewis H. Siegel, MD - Virginia College of Emergency Physicians
Officers:
Stewart W. Martin, MD - President
Robert W. Hundley - Vice President
Kent J. Weber - Treasurer
Executive Committee members in addition to officers:
Maryann B. Fitchett
Terry A. Bolton
E. Loy Senter
Bruce E. Edwards
Retiring directors:
Richard A. Craven, MD 1995 - 2005
June H. Robertson 1998 - 2005
Laura L. Walker 2001 - 2005
Lawrence M. Phillips 2001-2005
Joseph E. Pozzo 2003 - 2005
Eugene H. Eskey, III 2003 – 2005
The mission of the Tidewater EMS Council is to facilitate regional cooperation, planning and implementation of an integrated emergency medical services delivery system. The organization, headquartered in Norfolk, is currently celebrating its 30th anniversary. For more information, visit www.tidewaterems.org.
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