ASCT Leadership

2009-2010 Executive Council Roster

Officers, Regional Directors, Committee Chairs & Headquarters Staff

Officers

President
Don Simpson, PhD, MPH, CT(ASCP)CM (term expires April 2010)
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
College of Health Related Professions
School of Cytotechnology
Little Rock, Arkansas

President Elect
Sandra Giroux, SCT (CFIAC) (term expires April 2010)
Cytopathology Department
Fletcher Allen Health Care
Burlington, Vermont

Treasurer
Joan Rossi, CT (ASCP) (term expires April 2010)
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis, Missouri

Past President
Lynnette Savaloja, CT (ASCP) (term expires April 2010)
Regions Hospital
Cytopathology Department
Saint Paul, Minnesota

Legislative Consultant
Donald Schnitzler, CT (ASCP) (term expires April 2011)
Marshfield Laboratories
Cytology Department
Marshfield, Wisconsin

Regional Directors
Region 1
(Alaska, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Western Canada)
Carol Brucick, CT (ASCP) (IAC) (term expires April 2010)
Cytology Department
InCyte Pathology
Veradale, Washington

Region 2
(Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wisconsin, Wyoming)
Tim Feit, CT (ASCP) (term expires April 2011)
Biomedical Sciences
Northcentral Technical College
Wausau, WI

Region 3
(Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas)
Michelle Cline, CT (ASCP) (term expires April 2010)
Mosiac Diagnostics
Dallas, TX

Region 4
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia)
Vivian Pijuan-Thompson, CT(ASCP), Ph.D (term expires April 2011)
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Region 5
(Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Eastern Canada, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia)
Susan Warren, SCT (ASCP) IAC (term expires April 2010)
Fletcher Allen Health Care
Burlington, Vermont

Committee Chairs
Education
Michele Smith, SCT(ASCP) (term expires April 2010)
Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene
Madison, Wisconsin

Membership
Catherine Murphy, CT(ASCP) (term expires April 2011)
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas

Long Range Planning
Brenda Schultz, SCT(ASCP) (term expires April 2010)
ASCT Services
Raleigh, North Carolina

Publications &The Voice Editor
Connie Erdman, MS, BS (term expires April 2010)
Mountain View Hospital
Springville, Utah

Professional Standards and Practices
Matt Riding, CT(ASCP) (term expires April 2011)
ARUP Laboratories
Salt Lake City, Utah

Public Relations
Karen Chau, CT(ASCP) (term expires April 2011)
Forest Hills, New York

Bylaws/ Historical
Brent Brewerton, CT(ASCP) (term expires April 2011)
Salt Lake City, Utah

Annual Scientific Program
Sonya Griffin, MS SCT(ASCP)CM IAC (term expires April 2011)
University of Alabama
Montgomery, Alabama

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

Membership Coordinator
Autumn Byrd  Contact for questions related to membership, publications, online courses and merchandise.