SVU Board of Directors

SVU is governed by its volunteer Board of Directors.  There are four Officers and eleven Directors.  The four Officers  - President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer- comprise the Executive Committee, which convenes monthly.  The full Board of Directors meets quarterly to set policy and determine the strategic direction of the organization. For a list of past SVU Presidents, click here.

2020 OFFICERS

President				Kelly Byrnes, BS RVT FSVU Norton Healthcare Louisville, KY
Vice President				Karen Burns, RN RVT MBA Rush University  New Lenox, IL
Treasurer				Anita Harrington, MS RDMS RVT FSVU Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Concord, MA
Secretary				Joshua Lee, BS RVT Premier Surgical  Knoxville, TN

2020 Board of Directors

Technologist Director				Marguerite Marlowe, BS RN RVT Medical University of South Carolina Mount Pleasant, SC
Technologist Director				Agnes E. Lovell, RVT Pacific Vascular Incorporated Renton, WA
Technologist Director				Brian Fowler, BS RVT FASE Technical Director Columbus, OH
Technologist Director				Leni N. Karr, RVT Bellevue College North Bend, WA
Technologist Director				Jeff Stanley, RVT BS Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute Nashville, TN
Technologist Director				David M. Williams, MS RDCS RVT  MUSC Health - Cardiovascular Surgery - Florence Medical Pavilion Florence, SC
At-Large    Director				Joseph Polak, MD MPH Tufts University School of Medicine  Jamaica Plain, MA
At-Large    Director				David Murray, MHSc BA RVT Philips Healthcare Winston Salem, NC
Physician    Director				David L Dawson, MD RVT RPVI Scott & White Medical Center Temple, TX
Industry Partner   Director				Kyra Gray D.E. Hokanson, Inc. Bellevue, WA
Student    Director				Camille Arca Nova Southeastern University  Miami, FL

Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible for a Technologist Director position, a person must be a member in good standing for at least one year and have achieved and maintained a professional credential in vascular technology. In addition, only technologists whose primary employment activity is performance of noninvasive vascular testing, supervision of vascular personnel and/or the management of a noninvasive vascular testing or diagnostic facility, education and/or training in the field of vascular technology, and/or who are currently receiving full-time training as vascular technologists are eligible to serve. 
Officers serve two-year terms. Board Directors serve three-year terms.

Two (2) At-Large Directors are appointed to the Board to meet specific needs of the profession, the membership, and/or the Society.  At-Large Directors may come from backgrounds outside of noninvasive vascular testing, but should have an interest in representing the membership of the Society.  At-Large Directors may include, but are not limited to, administrators, business or community leaders.  At-Large Directors do not have to be members of the Society and need not have experience in the noninvasive vascular field.  At-Large Directors serve one year terms.

To be eligible to serve as Physician Director, a physician must be a member in good standing for at least one year, hold a current license to practice medicine, have achieved and maintained a professional credential in vascular technology, and must have current involvement in the noninvasive vascular field.  The Physician Director serves a three year term.

 The Industry Partner Director to the Board is appointed by the Board to a three-year term. This individual must have achieved and maintained a professional credential in vascular technology, and must be a member in good standing for at least one year. 

The Student Director is appointed by the Board to a one-year term and serves as a full voting Board member.  The Student Director must be enrolled full time in a vascular ultrasound degree- or certificate-bearing program, and must be a student member of SVU.