CHAPTER AFFAIRS By Kathryn Atkinson, CMP NCAFP Meetings & Events Manager
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Thank You to Mrs. Marietta (Ellis) Saunders for Her 20+ Years of Service to Family Medicine If you have ever attended an NCAFP CME meeting, there is no doubt that you have benefitted from Marietta Ellis Saunders’ work and dedication to Family Medicine. Marietta has worn many hats over the years at NCAFP, including two stints as an employee of the organization and serving as our CME Specialist contract consultant over the last few years.
exciting role in her life that is so well-deserved. These days you will find a “semi-retired” Marietta (she still does some consulting) enjoying beach-life-living in Oak Island, NC, with her husband and family physician, Dr. George Saunders. An avid traveler, Marietta plans to use some of her free time to visit Germany and Austria, along with a return visit to Hawaii, one of her favorite Marietta has been a vacation spots.
In her most recent role, Marietta tremendous asset to provided CME support through NCAFP over the years, educational grant submissions, helping make the and worked very closely with NCAFP’s educational many NCAFP program chairs to design and plan timely educational meetings and events opportunities for thousands of some of the most family doctors in North Carolina sought-after and highly and beyond. Marietta has been anticipated CME a tremendous asset to NCAFP conferences around. over the years, helping make the NCAFP’s educational meetings and events some of the most sought-after and highly anticipated CME conferences around. We sincerely appreciate her many talents and contributions to the NCAFP and Family Medicine.
It has been an honor and a privilege to have Marietta on our team all these years. Please join us in thanking her for her many contributions to the Academy and her remarkable dedication to its members. Happy Retirement, Marietta! Thank you again for your amazing service and dedication to Family Medicine.
As of December 31, 2021, Marietta began a new and
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