Martin Memorial Auxiliary Executive Committee Members Recently Inducted

The Martin Memorial Auxiliary Executive Committee recently inducted five officers. They include:

• Shelley Guerard, president. Guerard, a former executive in the telecommunications industry, takes the reins as Auxiliary president, replacing Eva Kemp who served since April 2008. Guerard, who has been with the Auxiliary for five years, began volunteering in the pharmacy and served with the guest relations team as well. She has also served as the organization’s assistant treasurer, the recording secretary and the president-elect for the past two years.

• Nick Grubbs, president-elect. Grubbs is a former chief financial officer of several health systems in south Florida, and recently retired from Monongalia Health System in Morgantown, W.Va.. He also serves as a guest relations volunteer, meeting and greeting visitors to Martin Memorial Medical Center on Wednesday mornings.

• Susan Dyall, vice president. Along with her duties as vice president, Dyall will plan and coordinate the Auxiliary’s general membership meetings. She joined the Auxiliary in 1998 as an ombudsman in the Martin Memorial Medical Center Emergency Department before becoming a reception desk volunteer at the Medical Center. She currently serves as chairman of the Medical Center reception desk volunteers.

• Nancy Goldthwaite, treasurer. Goldthwaite will continue her role as treasurer, serving her fourth and final year in the position. Goldthwaite has been an Auxilian for more than eight years and has given more than 8,000 hours.

• Terry Kish-Skidmore, recording secretary. Kish-Skidmore is serving as recording secretary, along with her duties volunteering for pastoral care and personal response services. She is also involved with the Martin Memorial Foundation, having established an endowment in memory of her late husband, Dr. Robert Kish.

The Martin Memorial Auxiliary includes more than 800 volunteers who provide nearly 200,000 hours of volunteer service annually and contribute considerable philanthropic gifts to the health system. In 2009, the Auxiliary completed its $1 million pledge for the Frances Langford Heart Center. This year, members pledged to raise $150,000 to refurbish the conference center at Martin Memorial Medical Center. And since 1978, the Auxiliary has awarded approximately $1.1 million in scholarships to 824 residents of Martin and St. Lucie counties.

(Pictured below, from left to right: Nancy Goldthwaite, Susan Dyall, Shelley Guerard, Nick Grubbs, Terry Kish-Skidmore.)