Corporator Executive Committee Update
Executive Committee Co-chairs Look Ahead to Corporator Annual Meeting
The annual cycle continues with the goal of maintaining an active, engaged group of Emerson corporators. “People are leaving, and new people are arriving,” says Charles Denault, co-chair of the Corporator Executive Committee. “We now have a full complement of corporators. The good news is that Emerson continues to be of interest to people. Our corporators want to become involved.”
Many corporators were involved in celebrating Emerson’s 100th anniversary at the Centennial Ball on November 12. The successful event broke a record for funds raised—more than $427,000—at the hospital’s many balls. Of the 477 attendees, corporators and their guests comprised approximately 24 percent. The three centennial ball co-chairs—Sandra Curran, Denise Haartz and Liza Snell—are all corporators.
At the Emerson Hospital and Health System Annual Meeting, held on January 24, 22 new corporators were elected, and 43 corporators were re-elected to three-year terms. The Corporator Annual Meeting, scheduled for April 10, from 5:45 to 8:15 pm, is the next important focus, says Betty Ann Killian co-chair. “People asked for an evening meeting, and we heard them,” she says, noting that the meeting will be held at the Nashawtuc Country Club in Concord.
The meeting will open with socializing—another request from corporators. “It’s the only time when the entire corporator community gets together, so we’re including a social component before moving into the actual meeting,” says Ms. Killian.
The meeting will include a presentation called “Old Age Ain’t for Sissies: Transitions in Elder Care.” The featured panel of experts include Joan Butler, executive director of Minuteman Senior Services; David Green, MD, an Emerson physician who has a clinical interest in geriatric care; and Cheryl DiPaolo, Emerson’s director of care management. The panel will be moderated by Ann Marie Rowse, a Harvard corporator who runs Senior Care Advisors. As always, Christine Schuster, president and CEO, will be on hand to present the state of the hospital and discuss new initiatives underway.
Susan Hunt, a corporator from Concord who served on the committee that planned the meeting, thinks that the decision to hold an Annual Meeting for corporators was a smart one. “It’s always so informative, which helps you advocate for the hospital,” says Ms. Hunt. “We kick around a lot of ideas, and I think that allows people to find their niche. Of course, it’s also nice to meet all the other corporators.”
As Emerson’s next century begins, Mr. Denault feels the hospital’s corporators will play an important role. “Whether they are newly elected or long-time corporators, we ask that, as hospital ambassadors, they talk up Emerson whenever they have the opportunity,” he says.