Corporator Nomination and Orientation Committee Update

Mission Accomplished, Say Nomination Committee Co-Chairs

At the close of the Emerson Hospital and Health System Annual Meeting on January 24, Karen Donoghue and Bill Ryan, co-chairs of the Nomination and Orientation Committee, could say “mission accomplished.”  Thanks to all who took the time to thoughtfully nominate people, 22 new corporators were voted in.  They will now offer their talent and energy on behalf of the hospital.

According to Ms. Donoghue, the new corporators (see list below), upon arriving at the meeting, checked in a different table.  “We wanted to give them a special meet and greet,” she explains.  “We encouraged all to attend, and 20 were able to do so.”

Many existing corporators returned for another three-year term, notes Mr. Ryan.  “We called everyone; some people who haven’t been active were willing to step down,” he says.  “In other cases, folks said they want to become more involved.  So we turned them over to the Corporator Involvement Committee.  It’s a good process.”

Emerson’s service area is well-represented by the new corporators, who reside in Acton, Bedford, Boxborough, Carlisle, Concord, Lincoln, Maynard, Sudbury and Westford.  The number of corporators for 2012 is 196.

Julie McCay Turner, a new corporator from Bedford, says she welcomes having a way to say “thank you” for the times when her family has depended on the hospital.  “That includes all the visits for childhood accidents,” she says, “but also the time my father was visiting from Chicago and had a heart attack.  Dr. [Thomas] LaMattina took care of him and kept checking back with us to make sure he was all right.  Every time we’ve needed Emerson, they’ve been there.”

Martha Stone echoes that sentiment.  “Emerson is our community hospital, and it’s very important to us,” says the Sudbury resident.  “My mother, who lives in Concord, just had her second knee replacement at Emerson, and it was great to be able to check in on her at the Transitional Care Unit as I went about the day’s activities in Concord and Sudbury.”  Ms. Stone was nominated by Sally Cross.  “Sally and I know one another through Trinity Episcopal Church in Concord.  I’m delighted to carry the Emerson banner.”

Next up for new corporators: attending one of the orientation sessions scheduled in March. 

Click here for a full list of Emerson Corporators