SVU Board of Directors

SVU is governed by its Board of Directors, which consists of the Executive Committee comprised of the President, President-Elect, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Immediate Past President, and ten elected directors, including one physician, one appointed director to represent vendors, and one appointed voting student director.

2015 OFFICERS

President				Patricia (Tish) A. Poe, BA RVT RDCS FSVU  Director of Quality Assurance Navix Diagnostix, Inc. Philadelphia, PA
President-Elect				David P. Parlato, MBA RVT FSVU  Director Cardiovascular Testing and Intervention The Christ Hospital Cincinnati, OH
Vice President				Joseph P. Hughes, RVT RVS FSVU  Regional Operations Manager Navix Diagnostix, Inc. Souderton, PA
Treasurer				LeAnn Maupin, MEd RTR RVT FASA FSVU Dean, College of Health, Arts and Sciences Oregon Institute of Technology Klamath Falls, OR
Secretary				Patricia Marques, RN RVT FSVU Consultant Cardiovascular Ultrasound & Consulting Baton Rouge, LA

2015 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

				Kelly Byrnes, BS RVT Lead Sonographer Norton Healthcare Louisville, KY
				Jeanette R. Flannery, RVT RDMS FSVU Technical Director/Manager Newark Beth Israel Center Newark, NJ
				Anita Harrington, MS RDMS RVT Vascular Sonographer Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Concord, MA
				Paula Heggerick, BS RVT RPhS FSVU Vascular Consultant Sarasota, FL
				Steven Knight, BSc RVT RDCS Vascular Lab Supervisor Stanford Healthcare Half Moon Bay, CA
				Patrick Washko, BS RDMS RT RVT Coordinator and Technical Director REX Hospital (UNC Healthcare) Vascular Diagnostic Center Raleigh, NC
				Stephanie Wilson, RDMS RVT    Coordinator, Vascular Sonography South Hills School of Business & Technology State College, PA
				Sandra Yesenko, BS RVT RDMS Lead Technologist for Education Cleveland Clinic North Ridge, OH
				Kathy Ziegler, AS RVT Clinical Manager The Christ Hospital Cincinnati, OH
Physician Representative				Martin Fogle, MD MS FACS RPVI PrimaCare, P.C. Harwich, MA
Vendor Representative				Julia Dmitrieva, MPA RDMS RVT RDCS Product Manager, Ultrasound Philips Healthcare Bothell, WA
Student Representative				Agnes Lovell Bellevue College Bellevue, WA

 

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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.

To be eligible for the physician director position, a person 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.

Three of the nine elected technologist directors shall be elected annually by ballot and shall serve for a term of three years. The elected physician director shall be elected every three years by ballot and shall serve for a term of three years.

In addition, there is a vendor representative to the Board who is appointed by the Board to a three-year term. This individual also must have acheived and maintained a professional credential in vascular technology.

In addition, a student representative to the Board is appointed by the Board to a one-year term and serve as a full voting Board member.

Officers serve a two-year term. Board Directors serve a three-year term.