Message from Nancy Chouinard, CRGS, CRVS, CRCS, our Board Chair
July 31, 2023I am thrilled to take on the role of Chair of the Board of Directors for Sonography Canada, effective at the end of our Annual General Meeting on June 24, 2023. We reported on some excellent activities, and our new Strategic Plan (2023-2025), so I hope you head over to the Video Library to catch up on what the association has done for you this past year.
As the Board Chair, I wanted to recognize your peers who have stepped up to help guide the organization this year. Your 2023-2024 Board of Directors are:
Executive Committee:
- Nancy Chouinard, Chair
- Carolyn Trottier, Past Chair
- Gail Boyer, Vice Chair
- Leanne Wurban, Treasurer
Specialty Directors:
- Leanne Wurban, Director-Cardiac
- Kelsey Brisebois, Director-Generalist
- Simon Greenwood, Director-Vascular
Regional Directors:
- Margaret MacDonald, Director, Western Region
- Susan Kinnear, Director, Central Region
- Carolyn Ayotte, Director, Eastern Region
Directors-At- Large
- Laura Prince
- Denny Morissette
- Lisa Burechailo
We are also supported by and our Board Advisors, and there are some changes to report:
- Dr. Andrew Dueck, Physician Advisor
- Victor Lee, Stakeholder Relations
- Lise Melanson enters her second year as Francophone Relations advisor this year.
- Becky Foster of Dalhousie University was appointed as the 2023-2024 Student Advisor
- Susan Clarke continues in the role Executive Director and Corporate Secretary.
I look forward to working with each of them as we continue to work for you, our members in helping change the landscape of our profession.
I am excited that SonoCon 2023 will be hybrid this year and I hope to see many new and familiar faces at the live event in Halifax, Nova Scotia from September 29-October1. Staff tells me that there will be numerous Hands-On Workshops, didactic presentations, and a fun social night at Alexander Keith’s Brewery. I hope you have reserved your spot, but if you haven’t you can register now.
Have a wonderful Summer and see you this Fall in Halifax!