NAEMT members elected four new directors to the NAEMT Board during an online special election in April. The open board seats were created by the bylaws change in August 2007.
Representing Region III is Sue Jacobus, an EMT/firefighter in Nebraska. Jacobus serves as president of the Schuyler, Nebraska, fire department, as well as being a member of the city council. She has served as an EMS squad director and as an NAEMT governor. Jacobus will serve until October 2009.
Representing Region IV are KC Jones and Charlene Donahue. Jones will serve until October 2009, while Donahue will serve until October 2008.
Jones is the director of EMS programs for North Arkansas College in Harrison, Arkansas. He currently represents EMS on the Arkansas Governor’s Trauma Advisory Council. Jones has been named Arkansas EMT Instructor of the Year and the Arkansas Teacher of the Year by the Arkansas Vocational Association. Jones is a past president and board member of the Arkansas EMT Association.
Donahue is a field paramedic, clinical training leader and EMS advocate. She is a former president and former vice president of the San Francisco Paramedic Association. Donahue has been a state and national Stars of Life recipient for her clinical excellence and professional advocacy. She is a former NAEMT governor and currently serves on the NAEMT Membership Committee.
Serving as director at-large is C.T. “Chuck” Kearns. He is the executive director of Pinellas County Emergency Medical Services Authority, a position he has held for the past 10 years. He is a past board member of the American Ambulance Association and is a member of the Florida EMS Advisory Council. He will serve until October 2009.
“I would like to congratulate the new directors,” said NAEMT President Jerry Johnston. “I look forward to working with them and the current board to serve and represent our members.”
These new directors join the following NAEMT board members:
President: Jerry Johnston, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, whose term expires in October 2008;
President-Elect: Patrick Moore, Conway, Arkansas, who will assume the duties of association president for a two-year term beginning in October 2008;
Secretary: Robert Loftus, Virden, Illinois, whose term expires in October 2008;
Treasurer: Edward J. Sawicki, Sausalito, California, whose term expires in October 2008;
Immediate Past President: Ken Bouvier, New Orleans, Louisiana, whose term expires in October 2008 when Johnston will assume the duties of Immediate Past President;
Director At-Large: Connie Meyer, Greeley, Kansas, who will serve until October 2008;
Director, Region III: Will Chapleau, Chicago Heights, Illinois, will serve until October 2008;
Director, Region II: Richard Ellis, Warner-Robins, Georgia, will serve until October 2008;
Director, Region I: Jennifer Frenette, Lancaster, New Hampshire, will serve until October 2009;
Director, Region I: Jim Slattery, Norton, Massachusetts, will serve until October 2009; and
Director, Region II: Don Lundy, Charleston, South Carolina, will serve until October 2009.