Nominations of Officers and Board Members

The nominating committee chaired by Dean Bramlet, MD recommends the following slate of candidates to serve in officer and available at-large board members. The slate presented will be considered by the membership for election at the annual business meeting to be held in Hilton Head, SC on August 23, 2008.

The following members were nominated to the positions indicated below and if elected take their respective offices immediately at the end of the annual meeting.

In accordance to with the bylaws, the office of President and Immediate Past-President are not elected therefore the following officers will assume their new post immediately at the conclusion of the meeting.

Those nominated to serve in the following officer positions include:

Those nominated to serve in at-large Director position include:

Nominated to serve a two year term ending in 2010

Peter Wilson, MD
Atlanta, GA

Nominated to serve a three year term ending in 2011

Thomas Barringer, MD
Charlotte, NC

William Cromwell, MD
Charlotte, NC

Charles Harper, MD
Atlanta, GA

Sandra Kreul, ARNP
Tampa, FL

The Board of Directors of the SELA would like to thank those Board members leaving the Board at the end of their term this year.

Dan Wise, MD
Charlotte, NC

Roger Blumenthal, MD
Baltimore, MD

Ronald Goldberg, MD
Miami, FL

Ross Simpson, MD
Chapel Hill, NC

Nominations can also be accepted from the general membership. The specific criteria for nomination are available in the bylaws, which can be found at www.lipid.org.

Submitted by:

Dean Bramlet, MD President and Chair of the Nominating Committee-St. Petersburg, FL Carol Mason, ARNP, President-Elect, Tampa, FL Terry Jacobson, MD, Secretary, Atlanta, GA Ralph La Forge, MSc, Durham, NC Paul Ziajka, MD, PhD, Winter Park, FL