Doms joins Radlink board

Radlink, Inc. has elected A. Redmond “Rusty” Doms, Jr. to its board of directors. Doms joins Thomas Hacking, chairman and chief executive officer, Richard Gerlach, president and chief scientist, Joe Davis and Dr. Ralph Hutchings on the board.

Doms is currently a member of the Project Advisory Committee for new Los Angeles County/USC Hospital and is the past president of the St. John’s Hospital Foundation. In addition, he is a trustee at both Pomona College and the Children’s Bureau, where he is a past chairman of the Board.

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