Navarre, Fla. — The National EMS Museum Foundation (NEMSMF) has recently seen the resignation of three trustees and the election of three new trustees to fill the unexpired terms of those resigning
For a variety of personal reasons, Katherine “Kat” Rickey, Jules Scadden, and Jennifer Frenette have resigned as trustees of the National EMS Museum Foundation over the past two months and in a recently concluded special election, three individuals have been elected to fill their unexpired terms of office. The three recent resignations bring to an end the active involvement of three individuals who were a part of the initial steering committee that brought the National EMS Museum to life and their very active involvement will be missed. Kat Rickey, in addition to serving as a trustee, has also served as curator of the Virtual Museum…the online museum maintained on the Museum Foundation’s web site. Tom Barlet, a NEMSMF trustee, has agreed to take over as the Director of the Virtual Museum with the assistance and involvement of Valerie DeFrance, the very capable webmaster for the NEMSMF.
Starting with a simple steering committee in 2006, the NEMSMF has grown to the point where it now has a board of fifteen individuals possessing a wide breadth and great depth of EMS experience. The newly elected trustees include Dr. Richard W. Judd, Paul W. Smith, and Richard Narad. These three will join the current trustees: Tom Barlet, Doc Clinchy, Scott Cravens, AJ Heightman, Lou Jordan, Bob Loftus, Bill Metcalf, Mark Peck, Dawn Poetter, Frank Poliafico, James Slattery, and John Todaro.
The NEMSMF is about to launch a major effort to secure funding to enable the Museum to have a secure financial future and the ability to establish a permanent repository for elements of our EMS background and history. Many of us still active in EMS today will be looked upon in the future as pioneers and we need your help to preserve the history of EMS…help both in the form of financial support as well as historical material, objects, and equipment that you or your service may have around that needs to be preserved.
To learn more about the National EMS Museum, please visit us on the web at www.nemsmf.org.