September 2007 | Vol. 25, No. 9

Chapter News

Paula Walsh, Chapters Subcommittee Chair

Best Wishes and Thank You to Shelly Burns

In early August Shelly Burns submitted her resignation from the SVU Board of Directors because of a conflict of interest as a result of her new job with the Intersocietal Accreditation Council in Columbia, MD, as the ICAVL Technical Director. She also stepped down as co-chair of the Chapters Subcommittee.

Shelly has been an active member of the Northern Ohio Vascular Association (NOVA) since 1993, having served in a number of administrative roles including Secretary, President-Elect, President, and NOVA Board member. She became a member of SVU in 1999. She has served as a Regional Chapters Advisor, before becoming co-chair of the Chapters Committee from 2002 to 2003, chair from 2004 to 2006 and co-chair again in 2007 along with me. In June 2006, Shelly was elected to a three year term (2007-2009) as a Board Director. The Executive Committee has appointed George Berdejo to fill Shelly’s open position on the Board

Shelly was instrumental in the development and implementation of the chapter website templates for the SVU website. She has also developed the SVU Chapter President’s Guidelines, got several new Chapter Regional Advisors, started work on the developing a Student Chapters Subcommittee, and was instrumental in getting chapter contributions for the former SVU Silent Auction at the Annual Conference, and chapter contributions for this year’s first Chapters Subcommittee Breakfast at the Baltimore Annual Conference that we hope will be an annual event.

Those of us who have had the pleasure of working with Shelly are grateful for her patient leadership. Thank you Shelly for the dedication and enthusiasm you have brought to the Chapters Subcommittee and the SVU Board of Directors. We wish you only the best in your new venture.

Central Virginia Vascular Technologists Chapter Makes Donation to Anne Jones Scholarship Fund

Recently the Central Virginia Vascular Technologists (CVVT) affiliated chapter made an $885 donation to the SVU Anne Jones Scholarship Fund for an educational scholarship in 2008 for a deserving vascular ultrasound student.

The money was donated to CVVT by the friends and family of a former patient at Virginia Surgical Associates, P.C., in Richmond, VA. Paul Snyder was a long term patient of Virginia Surgical Associates who developed a relationship with the technologists who performed his vascular studies. Upon his death, his family requested that in lieu of flowers that donations be made in his name to the Central Virginia Vascular Technologists because of the care and dedication that the technologists demonstrated to him over the years. CVVT donated the $885 in contributions received in Mr. Snyder’s name to the SVU Anne Jones Scholarship Fund so that the money can be used to help another technologist gain the education and support needed to provide quality vascular exams to their patients.

The SVU Board of Directors expresses sincere thanks to the family of Paul Snyder, the staff at Virginia Surgical Associates, and the members of the Central Virginia Vascular Technologists affiliated chapter for the generous contribution to the SVU Anne Jones Scholarship Fund.