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July 2006 | Vol. 24, No. 7

SVU Elects Four New Board Directors for 2007-2009 Terms

The members of the Society for Vascular Ultrasound (SVU) recently elected four new Board Directors for three-year terms effective January 1, 2007 through Dec. 31, 2009. SVU members voted during the 2006 Annual Election both by absentee ballot and in-person during SVU’s 29th Annual Conference, June 1-3, 2006, in Philadelphia, PA.

The following three Technologist Directors were elected by the SVU membership to a three-year term (2007-2009) on the SVU Board of Directors:

Claudia A. Benge, RVT RDMS RDCS RVS
Owner/President
Benge & Associates, LLP
Carmel, IN

Shelly Burns, RVT
Manager, Vascular Services
Summa Health System
Akron, OH

Patricia (Tish) A. Poe, BA RDCS RVT (re-elected)
Senior Vascular Technologist
Vascular and Transplant Specialists
Hampton, VA

The following Physician Director also was elected by the SVU membership to a three-year term (2007-2009) on the SVU Board of Directors:

Richard J. DeMasi, MD FACS RVT
Vascular Surgeon
Vascular & Transplant Specialists
Norfolk, VA

The continuing Board Officers and Directors for 2007 are:

President
Melissa Vickery, LPN-B RVT

President-Elect
Michael Schwebler, MBA RVT FSVU

Vice President
Michel Comeaux, RN BSN RVT RDMS FSVU

Treasurer
Deborah Pirt, RVT FSVU

Secretary
Judy Fried, RN, RVT CVN FSVU

Directors:

Terry Case, MEd RVT

Kathleen M. Hannon, RN MSN BS RVT RDMS

Joseph Hughes, RVT RCVT RVS FSVU

LeAnn Maupin, MED RTR RVT FASA

Kari Olmsted, BS RVT

David Parlato, BA RVT

Bruce Mashburn (Student Representative)

Thanks to the more than 400 SVU members who cast votes in the 2006 SVU Annual Election, and congratulations to the four new Board Directors.