For Additional Information, Contact:
Ceela McElveny, ASRT, 800-444-2778, Ext. 1239
PROGRAM
PREPARES RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGISTS
FOR LEADERSHIP ROLES IN LOCAL, NATIONAL SOCIETIES
Who will lead the radiologic science profession in the next decade? Many of them might be among the graduates of this year’s ASRT Leadership Academy, an innovative educational program that trains radiologic technologists to become effective association leaders. Twenty-nine radiologic technologists from 20 states participated in the program, which took place Jan. 23-26 in Albuquerque, N.M., and was sponsored by the American Society of Radiologic Technologists.
Graduates of this year’s Academy learned basic leadership skills, including negotiation, decision-making, consensus building and conflict resolution. Participants also learned about fund raising, parliamentary procedure, association management and the responsibilities of serving on a board of directors.
Pamela Lee, M.Ed., R.T.(R)(QM)(CT), a participant from Tacoma, Wash., said she would use the skills she learned at the Leadership Academy to encourage more of her colleagues to participate in the effort to enact the Consumer Assurance of Radiologic Excellence bill, a proposed federal initiative that would regulate the education and credentialing of radiologic technologists.
Bart Pierce, B.S., R.T.(R)(MR), of Corvallis, Ore., said the Leadership Academy helped him grow in leadership knowledge and skills. “Our profession moves at such a fast pace,” he said. “To lead, one must not only have passion for the profession, but the knowledge and skills to make the correct choices.”
Participant Donna Thaler, B.S., R.T.(R)(M)(QM), FASRT, of Plainfield, Ind., noted that many of the skills she learned at the Leadership Academy could easily be applied on a daily basis to her work as director of the radiography program at Methodist Hospital/Ball State University in Indianapolis.
Now in its fifth year, the Leadership Academy has trained more than 200 radiologic technologists to assume leadership roles in the ASRT and its 54 state and local affiliate societies. The ASRT represents more than 93,000 medical imaging and radiation therapy professionals nationwide.
Participants in this year’s Leadership Academy were Gregory Bradley, M.Ed., R.T.(R), Lake Charles, La.; Toni E. Brady, R.T.(R), Eagle Nest, N.M.; Penny Brinkman, B.S., R.T.(R), Nashville, Ill.; Georgene Byrum, R.T.(R)(M)(CT)(QM), Old Bridge, N.J.; Peggi Drown, R.T.(R), Lafayette, Ind.; Pamela Dunster, R.T.(R)(CT), Campbellsville, Ky.; Lee Erickson, R.T.(R), Oconto Falls, Wis.; LeAnn Fisher, B.S., R.T.(R), Pickerington, Ohio; Julie Gill, M.Ed., R.T.(R)(QM), Zanesville, Ohio; Frances Gilman, M.S., R.T.(R)(CV)(CT)(MR), West Chester, Pa.; Wendy Gustafson, R.T.(R), RDMS, RVT, Rochester, Minn.; Kelly Hartigan, R.T.(R)(M), RDMS, Cheyenne, Wyo.; Linda K. Holden, M.S., R.T.(R)(QM), RDMS, Cheyenne, Wyo.; Peggy Jereb, R.T.(R)(M)(CT), Casper, Wyo.; Nancy Johnson, B.A., R.T.(R)(CV)(CT)(QM), Phoenix, Ariz.; Ruth C. Kusterer, R.T.(R), Richmond, Va.; Marco Lara, B.S., R.T.(R)(T), Scottsdale, Ariz.; Chief Master Sgt. Darryl Lee, A.S., R.T.(R), RDMS, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio; Pamela Lee, M.Ed., R.T.(R)(QM)(CT), Silverdale, Wash.; Dawn McNeil, R.T.(R)(M), RDMS, Forest, Miss.; Angel Medina, R.T.(R)(T)(N)(QM), CNMT, CMD, Baltimore, Md.; James Murrell, M.S.R.S., R.T.(R)(M)(QM)(CT), Shreveport, La.; Bart Pierce, B.S., R.T.(R)(MR), Corvallis, Ore.; Shirley Porter, B.S., R.T.(R), Mandan, N.D.; Donna Thaler, B.S., R.T.(R)(M)(QM), FASRT, Plainfield, Ind.; Kyle Thornton, B.A., R.T.(R), C.R.T., San Francisco; Pamela Tubbs, R.T.(R)(M), Boonville, Ind.; Joseph Whitton, B.S., R.T.(R)(CT)(MR), Mount Sinai, N.Y.; and Sharon Zigan, R.T.(R)(M)(MR), Browerville, Minn.
For information
about how to apply for the 2003 ASRT Leadership Academy, contact Peggy Green at
the ASRT, 800-444-2778, Ext. 1226.
Note to Editors of Affiliate Publications: If an R.T. from your state
attended the Leadership Academy, you also will receive a separate press
release featuring him or her.
Please contact me if you have any questions.
Ceela McElveny
ASRT Director of Public Relations
800-444-2778, Ext. 1239
cmcelveny@asrt.org
