ASRT announces results of 2015 election
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Members of the American Society of Radiologic Technologists have elected three officers to serve on the 2015-2016 ASRT Board of Directors.
Michael Latimer, M.S.R.S., R.T.(R), of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, was elected to serve as ASRT’s 2015-2016 president-elect. He will serve one term as president-elect, one term as president and one term as chairman of the Board, in accordance with ASRT Bylaws.
Latimer is a professor in medical imaging at Palm Beach State College in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. He currently serves as the Board’s vice president.
“I am very excited,” Latimer said. “It’s something that I’ve been working toward for a long time. When I first came into the profession in 1987 I never imagined that I would be in the position that I find myself in today. Being a member of the ASRT has given me much more than I could ever imagine. I want to pay it forward and improve the ASRT and our profession.”
Amanda Garlock-Corbin, M.S., R.T.(R)(MR), of Everett, Washington, is the Board’s new vice president. She is a staff technologist at the Centers for Diagnostic Imaging in Everett. She currently serves as the speaker of the House of Delegates.
“I am truly honored to have been elected to the office of vice-president,” Garlock-Corbin said. “As a woman who is still rather young in her career, this being my eighth year as an R.T., I feel blessed that the membership has the faith and trust in me to be their leader. Everyone wants their chance to make a difference, to leave their mark. This is my opportunity to do so while helping to improve the profession as a whole.”
Melissa B. Jackowski, Ed.D., R.T.(R)(M), of Willow Springs, North Carolina, will serve as the 2015-2016 secretary-treasurer. She is an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and serves as the vice president of the Radiologic Technology Editorial Review Board.
“I am humbled and honored to be elected,” Jackowski said. “I am also excited to begin working hard for the members of the ASRT. My goal for the ASRT is to work with the Board to determine issues that matter to our membership and to work hard to promote our mission to advance and elevate the medical imaging and radiation therapy profession, and to enhance the quality and safety of patient care.”
The new officers will begin their one-year terms immediately following the conclusion of the 2015 ASRT Annual Governance and House of Delegates Meeting, June 26-28, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Immediately following the meeting, current President-elect Sandra Hayden, M.A., R.T.(T), will become the ASRT president for the 2015-2016 term, and current President William J. Brennan Jr., M.A., R.T.(R)(CT), CIIP, will be elevated to chairman of the Board.
Hayden is administrative director of radiation therapy services at the University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Brennan is the senior systems engineer of radiology at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City.
Voters also elected 31 members to serve in the ASRT House of Delegates with one tie to be decided in June. Terms for the newly elected chapter delegates will begin immediately following the conclusion of the 2015 House of Delegates meeting. The elected delegates are:
Bone Densitometry Chapter
Sharon Wartenbee, R.T.(R)(BD), CBDT, FASRT, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Lynn Howley, A.A.S., R.T.(R)(BD), CBDT, Boggstown, Indiana (tie: to be decided in June)
Karen Prouty, R.T.(R)(BD), Scottsbluff, Nebraska (tie: to be decided in June)
Cardiovascular-Interventional Chapter
Steven Miles, B.S., R.T.(R)(CV)(CT), RCIS, Poulsbo, Washington
Christopher Steelman, M.S., R.T.(R)(CI), RCIS, San Carlos, California
Computed Tomography Chapter
Emilee Palmer, B.S., R.T.(R)(CT), Sunbury, Ohio
Dawn Dickinson, B.S.R.S., R.T.(R)(M)(CT), Farmington Hills, Michigan
Education Chapter
Jeffrey Killion, Ph.D., R.T.(R)(QM), Henrietta, Texas
Heather Moore, M.Ed., R.T.(R), Loveland, Ohio
Magnetic Resonance Chapter
Cheryl Dubose, Ed.D., R.T.(R)(CT)(MR)(QM), Jonesboro, Arkansas
Jacqueline Turk, M.Ed., R.T.(R)(CT)(MR), Kirtland, Ohio
Mammography Chapter
Jacqueline Johnston, B.S.H.A., R.T.(R)(M)(QM), Wheeling, West Virginia
Cheryl Worden, A.A.S., R.T.(R)(M)(BS), Fountain Hills, Arizona
Management Chapter
Susan Cazaux, M.B.A., R.T.(R)(M), Glendale, Arizona
Andrew Gardner, M.B.A., R.T.(R)(CT), Atlanta, Georgia
Medical Dosimetry Chapter
Leigh Kestranek, B.S., R.T.(T), CMD, Bloomington, Indiana
Military Chapter
Christine Gomien, B.S., R.T.(R)(M)(CT), San Antonio, Texas
Danyell Gardner, M.Ed., R.T.(R), Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Nuclear Medicine Chapter
Mary St. Peter, B.S., R.T.(R)(N)(M), CNMT, FASRT, Milford, New Hampshire
Rodney Fisher Jr., M.S.R.S., R.T.(R)(N)(CT)(BD), CNMT, Wichita Falls, Texas
Quality Management Chapter
Daniel Gilbert, M.S., R.T.(R)(CV)(CT)(MR)(QM), FASRT, Scottsbluff, Nebraska
Linda Racki, B.S., R.T.(R)(M)(QM), East Peoria, Illinois
Radiation Therapy Chapter
Charles Washington, M.B.A., R.T.(T), FASRT, New York, New York
Robin Wegener, M.S., R.T.(R)(T), Mandeville, Louisiana
Radiography Chapter
Randy Prouty, B.S., R.T.(R), Scottsbluff, Nebraska
Kenneth Martinucci, M.S., R.T.(R), Williston Park, New York
Registered Radiologist Assistant Chapter
Travis Prowant, M.S.H.S., R.R.A., R.T.(R)(CV)(CT), Mechanicsville, Virginia
Shellie Pike, M.S.R.S., R.R.A., R.T.(R)(CT), Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Sonography Chapter
Amy Hofmann, M.B.A., R.T.(R)(CT), RDMS, CRA, Bismarck, North Dakota
Debra Myers, M.Ed., R.T.(R), RDMS, RVT, RDCS, Marion, Ohio
A total of 2,282 ASRT members, or 1.54 percent of eligible voters, participated in this year’s ASRT election.
For more information about the ASRT election, visit www.asrt.org/vote.
About ASRT
The ASRT represents more than 153,000 members who perform medical imaging procedures or plan and deliver radiation therapy. The Society is the largest radiologic science association in the world. Its mission is to advance and elevate the medical imaging and radiation therapy profession and to enhance the quality and safety of patient care.