July 2007 | Vol. 25, No. 7

2008-2009 officers: (l. to r.) Secretary Judy Fried, Vice President Debbie Pirt, President-Elect Michel Comeaux, and President Michael Schwebler. Missing is Treasurer J.P. Hughes.

SVU Members Elect New Officers and Board Directors for 2008

The Society for Vascular Ultrasound (SVU) recently elected four Officers for two-year terms (2008-2009) and three Board Directors for three-year terms (2008-2010). All of these positions will be effective January 1, 2008. SVU members voted both by absentee ballot and in-person during SVU's 30th Anniversary Annual Conference, June 7-9, 2007, in Baltimore, MD.

The following four Officers were elected by the SVU membership to a two-year term (2008-2009) on the SVU Board of Directors:

President-Elect: Michel E. Comeaux, RN BSN RVT RDMS FSVU
Technical Director
Noninvasive Vascular Laboratory, Inc.
New Iberia, LA

Vice President: Deborah A. Pirt, AS RVT FSVU
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - Shadyside Hospital
Program Director, Peripheral Vascular Lab
Pittsburgh, PA

Secretary: Judy A. Fried, RN RVT CVN FSVU
Director, Ancillary Services
Mid Dakota Clinic
Bismarck, ND

Treasurer: Joseph P. Hughes, RVT RCVT RVS FSVU
Assistant Vice President, Quality and Education
NAVIX Diagnostix, Inc.
Taunton, MA

Current President-Elect Michael Schwebler, MBA, RVT, FSVU, automatically becomes SVU President on January 1, 2008 for a two-year term. Current President Melissa Vickery, LPN-B, RVT, FSVU, will become Immediate Past President.

SVU Board of Directors

New 2008-2010 Board Directors Brian Hembling and LeAnn Maupin. Missing is Cliff Araki.

The following Board of Directors were elected by the SVU membership to a three-year term:

Cliff Araki, BS PhD RVT
Associate Professor, Medical Imaging Sciences
Director, Vascular Technology Program
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
School Health Related Professions
Scotch Plains, NJ

Brian P. Hembling, BS RVT
Lab Director
Peripheral Vascular Associates
San Antonio, TX

LeAnn Maupin, MEd RVT RTR FASA
Medical Imaging Department Chair
Vascular Technology Program Director, Assistant Professor
Oregon Institute of Technology
Klamath Falls, OR