Staff

SGIM National Office Staff Structure

Executive Director		David Karlson
		Directs the Society's operations and acts as a liaison to other professional organizations as well as financial services providers. Works with the Society's leaders, staff, and others to implement the Society's policies and achieve its objectives.

Chief Operating Officer		Kay Ovington
		Coordinates and administers operations, including electronic communications; manages awards and grants. Coordinates membership record-keeping systems; provides information and assistance to members. Works with members, leaders, and staff, to insure that the Society meets members' needs. Works with staff, leaders, and vendors to provide and maintain systems and services to members, leaders, and national office staff.

Director of Education		Sarajane Garten
		Coordinates all aspects of the Society's continuing medical education program, accreditation by the Accreditation Council of Continuing Medical Education, and meeting planning for Annual Meeting. Staff liaison to the CME and Annual Meeting Program committees. Works with leaders, staff, and vendors to provide continuing educational opportunities for members and their colleagues.

Director of Finance and Project Management		Leslie Dunne
		Serves as Finance Manager for Society, which includes daily accounting, preparation of financial statements, and grants management. Administers funded projects for SGIM, including Evidence-Based Medicine, HIV Testing and Prevention, Up to Date and FIMDM reviewer programs, and the Patient Centered Medical Home symposia.

Director of Communications and Publications		Francine Jetton
		Plans, coordinates, and implements communications to facilitate multidirectional communications among members, leaders, staff, the public, decision-makers, and other professional organizations. Directs the SGIM website efforts and all publications. Acts as a liaison to outside organizations, works with Council to evaluate, answer, and fulfill requests for SGIM's support of, or participation in, non-Society projects

Regional Coordinator		Danielle Josef
		Works with regional leaders to strengthen SGIM at the all important grass-roots level, including helping regional leaders with meetings, web sites, finances, membership development, elections, and CME. Works closely with regional leaders and Council in regional program development.

Director of Information Technology		Smith Bullington
		Coordinates Web development and maintenance, network management, database administration, electronic member services and electronic publishing. Works with staff, leaders, and vendors to provide and maintain systems and services to members, leaders, and national office staff.

Administrative Support Specialist		Michael Killeen
		Assists with all aspects of member support; maintains member database, and acts as registrar for Annual Meeting. Works with members, staff, and committees to keep Society information up to date and make it and other benefits available to members; coordinates committee conference calls and coordinates classified advertising.

Committee Coordinator		Julie Machulsky
		Staff liaison to a number of committees and task forces. Works closely with committees and task forces to coordinate agendas, conference calls, minutes and day-to-day oversight of activities. Organizes retreats and other project planning including: preparation, management of speakers, post event support and working with volunteer leaders. Works with staff to implement committee action plans.


Director of Membership		Chris Wojcik
		Assists with all aspects of membership; writing and producing marketing materials; contacting prospective members in person, by mail/email or by phone; orchestrating membership campaigns; strengthening communication with members and increasing member involvement in the association; conducting surveys and orchestrating focus groups to determine member needs.

Development Coordinator		Amy Woodward
		Supports the identification, processing and implementation of federal, foundation and private grants for SGIM and ACGIM. Works with primary content writers and project management team to develop and submit applications for potential and recurring funding opportunities. Ensures regulatory compliance and appropriate reporting.

Meetings Coordinator		Quione Rice
		Works with regional leaders to strengthen SGIM at the all important grass-roots level, including helping regional leaders with meetings, web sites, finances, membership development, elections, and CME. Coordinates other meets for Council, projects and workgroups as necessary.

Text last updated on 07/13/2010 at 11:44 AM.

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