ASCT Leadership

Headquarters Staff

Executive Director
Beth Denny: Contact for questions related to ASCT Conferences, marketing, website or other related items.

Membership Coordinator
Verena Rojas:  Contact for questions related to membership, publications, products, webinars, online courses and merchandise.

Officers, Regional Directors & Committee Chairs 

President
Vivian Pijuan Thompson

Past President
Sonya Griffin MS SCT(ASCP)CM IAC (term expires April 2013)
Montgomery, Alabama
 

President Elect
Keisha Brooks (term expires April 2014)
Cytotechnology/Histotechnology Program, Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences
University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC)
Memphis, TN

Treasurer
Ben Murray CT(ASCP) (term expires April 2013)
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis, Missouri
 

Legislative Consultant
Lynnette Savaloja CT(ASCP) (term expires April 2013)
Regions Hospital, Cytolpathology Department
St. Paul, MN 

Regional Directors
Region 1
(Alaska, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Western Canada)

Timannie Ames, CT(ASCP) (term expires April 2014)
Spokane, Washington

 
Region 2
(Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wisconsin, Wyoming)

Courtney Robinson CT(ASCP) (term expires April 2015)
University of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City, KS

Region 3
(Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas)

Hector Garcia MS, SCT(ASCP)CMIAC (term expires April 2014)
Clinical Pathology Laboratories
San Antonio, TX
 

Region 4
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia)

Allison Wrenn III, CT (ASCP)
Cytotechnologist
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama
 

 
Region 5
(Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Eastern Canada, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia)

Jennifer Gordon, CT(ASCP)
Fletcher Allen Health Care
Burlington, Vermont
 

Committee Chairs
Education 
Catherine Smith, CT(ASCP) (term expires April 2014)
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR

Membership
Sonya Griffin MS SCT(ASCP)CM IAC  (term expires April 2014)
Montgomery, AL

Long Range Planning
Brenda Schultz, SCT(ASCP) (term expires April 2014)
ASCT Services
Raleigh, North Carolina

Publications 
Eliza Enstine, BS, CT(ASCP) (term expires April 2014)
Catholic Medical Center
Manchester, NH

The Voice, Editor
Karen Chau CT(ASCP) (term expires April 2014)
North Shore- Long Island Jewish Health System
New York, NY

Professional Standards and Practices
Matt Riding, CT(ASCP) (term expires April 2013)
LabCorp of America
San Diego, CA

Public Relations
Sandra Giroux, SCT (CFIAC) (term expires April 2014)
Cytopathology Department
Fletcher Allen Health Care
Burlington, Vermont

Bylaws/ Historical 
Joan Rossi, CT (ASCP) (term expires April 2015)
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis, Missouri

Annual Scientific Program
Michele Smith (term expires April 2015)
Fletcher Allen Health Care
Burlington, VT 

Webinars
Sandra Giroux, SCT (CFIAC) (term expires April 2015)
Cytopathology Department
Fletcher Allen Health Care
Burlington, Vermont