Chapter Affairs

CHAPTER AFFAIRS

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Shawn Parker Joins the NCAFP Executive Team as General Counsel and Chief of Staff

Shawn P. Parker, JD, MPA joined the NCAFP staff October 1st as part of the executive leadership team as General Counsel and Chief of Staff. In this combined role, Shawn will manage a wide range of responsibilities to support the legal, financial, and administrative operations of both the NCAFP and NCAFP Foundation, as well as provide governance, legal, and strategic guidance to the Executive Vice President/CEO and Governing Boards. Shawn will represent the NCAFP externally on legal, contractual, regulatory, and business development issues.

Shawn joins the NCAFP with senior level experience in many positions across the health care spectrum, most recently as a health care attorney at Smith Anderson where he advised physicians, and health care entities and related nonprofit organizations on legal, policy, legislative advocacy, executive strategy, regulatory, and practical guidParker ance concerning the business and politics of organized medicine. Prior to that, Shawn served as General Counsel and Senior Vice President at Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC). Additionally, he was employed as a Senior Legislative analyst and Staff Attorney with the North Carolina General Assembly serving as nonpartisan staff to standing and interim study health care committees. Shawn is in his sixth year as a public member of the North Carolina Medical Board and has been twice elected to serve nationally on the Board of the Federation of State Medical Boards

Shawn brings extensive practical experience in healthcare law, policy development and analysis and is well known and respected by our many partners in the house of medicine. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his wife Stephanie and two children, Abby and Roman. Shawn is an avid Carolina Panthers fan and loves most if not all sports. He also purports to be a bit of a foodie and enjoys cooking. Please join us in welcoming Shawn to the NCAFP family.

Hazelett Leaves NCAFP to Run Dermatological Foundation

After serving the members of the NC Academy of Family Physicians for the last 14 years, Brent Hazelett, MPA, CAE, will be departing the Academy at the end of December to serve as Executive Director of the HS (Hidradenitis Suppurativa) Foundation.

During his tenure as Vice President and COO, Hazelett has led the financial, operational, and educational components of the NCAFP. “We are sorry to see Brent go but know he will do great things at the HS Foundation,” said Greg Griggs, Executive Vice President and CEO of the NCAFP. “We have been lucky to have someone of Brent’s caliber and character for the last 14 years. It has truly been an honor to have him as part of the NCAFP team.”

Hazelett has numerous accomplishments during his tenure at the Academy, including:

• Selling the previous NCAFP building at a significant profit to add to the organization’s reserves and overseeing the transition to state-of-the-art leased space.

• Upgrading the NCAFP’s technology.

• Streamlining operational and financial procedures.

• Reorganizing our CME offerings, including leading us into the virtual education realm.

• Improving the member experience at NCAFP meetings.

• And strengthening the organization’s financial portfolio with an eye toward improving return on investment at minimal risk.

“I am eternally grateful for the opportunity given to me by Greg and the NCAFP. Working on behalf of family physicians is something I will always cherish, and the relationships I have developed are ones I know I will carry forward. Family Physicians are truly some of the most compassionate, kind, and welcoming people I have ever met, and I know having a Family Medicine perspective will serve me well as I move into a more specialized role. Thank you for the opportunity to serve you for these past fourteen years.”

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