The Austin Hatcher Foundation for Pediatric Cancer, a non-profit entity based in Chattanooga, has announced its 2015 board of directors, a 17-person group featuring five newly ratified members.
At the Austin Hatcher Foundation’s quarterly meeting, Chairman James Osborn, President Amy Jo Osborn, Treasurer Bob McMahan and Legal Officer Gary Patrick welcomed the following five new board members:
Nina Coppinger: Member Board of Directors from Hixson
Dale Hetzler: Member Board of Directors from Daytona Beach, Fl.
Adriene Petmecky: a licensed clinical social worker from Chattanooga
Betsy Ranalli: EPB; Executive Director of Community Development.
David Tsurusaki: Strategic Global Alliance Manager at ExxonMobil, from Apple Valley, Minn.
Those five will join the following incumbent board members:
Doug Fehan: Program Manager, Corvette Racing, from Birmingham, Mi.
Dr. Felicito Fernando: Pediatrician at Cleveland Pediatrics from Cleveland
Joseph Heath: Managing Partner, Core Medical, from Chattanooga
Christi Hissong: Director of Marketing, The Hissong Group, from Kennebunk, Me.
Marnie Lincoln: Member Board of Directors, from Braselton, Ga.
R.T. (Bob) McMahan: Executive VP at Erwin Marine Sales, from Chattanooga
Amy Jo Osborn: President of Austin Hatcher Foundation, from Apison
Dr. James M. Osborn: Chairman of the Board for Austin Hatcher Foundation , from Apison
Gary Patrick: Partner at Patrick, Beard, Schulman, & Jacoway PC. , from Chattanooga
Dr. Delia Price: Asst. Professor of Education at Lee University, from Chattanooga
Robert Stewart: SVP Branch Manager, FSG Bank, Signal Mountain
Debbie Westbrook: Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Signal Mountain
Also at the quarterly meeting, the service and leadership provided by outgoing board members Robert Mayes and Steven McNally was acknowledged.
“We are so grateful for the time our board members put in for our organization,” said Austin Hatcher Foundation President Amy Jo Osborn. “It really makes a difference to have leadership that is ‘all in’ when it comes to our mission. Our 2015 board is committed to helping the Foundation advance its cause on an increasingly broader scale.”
The Austin Hatcher Foundation for Pediatric Cancer, founded in 2006, has established a mission to erase the effects of pediatric cancer and optimize each child’s quality of life through essential specialized intervention beginning at the time of diagnoses and continuing throughout survivorship.
For more information on the Austin Hatcher Foundation, visit www.hatcherfoundation.org or contact Director of Operations Ray Lallier at 243-3475.