ALLIANCE CORNER
A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Happy New Year! Thank you all for the honor of serving as President of the Capital Medical Society Alliance for 2022. Thank you to each member who has agreed to serve on the Executive Board or as a Committee Chairperson. Thank you all for your membership, encouragement, and support as we begin a new year. I am grateful for the friendships and connections that CMSA has brought me and my family over the past 5 ½ years, and I pray that each member feels like a valued part of this organization as we support the healthcare community together. While COVID-19 changed the way we communicated and gathered throughout 2020 and 2021, CMSA never lost sight of our commitment to serving the healthcare community in meaningful ways. Each month, we saw our members helping vulnerable populations in our region in many capacities, including volunteering with the COVID-19 vaccination clinic, working with the Panhandle Education Consortium to help underserved students, and finding new opportunities to honor our healthcare heroes. We ended the year celebrating the success of CMSA’s first Holiday Card Fundraiser, which enabled us to increase our charitable donations and even underwrite the cost of a Respite Room for nurses and doctors at TMH’s Northeast Emergency Room location. We look forward to announcing the dedication day for this room as soon as possible. We have started 2022 with the goal of staying focused on our mission statement—to remain committed to health, education, wellness, and community service. We began with a beautiful in-person/Zoom officer installation in January, where we honored our outgoing officers, heard updates from FMAA, CMS, and CMS
Foundation, and discussed our programming for the year. We plan to bring back some in-person favorites, including a visit to our 2022 community philanthropy, Lee’s Place, in February and our wine tasting event in the fall. We will also leave room to help meet other healthcare-related needs as they arise. Please feel free to contact our 2022 Executive Board and/or Committee Members with any ideas throughout the year.
2022 Executive Officers: (l-r) Andrea Stephens, Immediate Past President; Amy Pagano, Parliamentarian; Codie Bryant, President; Heather Redfield, President-Elect; Leanne Dickhute, Treasurer-Elect; and Ashlee Borom, Secretary. (Not pictured: Emily Farber, Treasurer; and Michelle Reyes, VP Membership.)
Thank you again for the privilege to serve as your CMSA President. Cheers to another wonderful year of supporting our community together!
Warmly, Codie Bryant CMS Alliance President
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