I hope everyone is staying cool. When everyone told me that this city was built on a swamp, I thought it was a historical reference. Sadly, I now know my assumption was mistaken. Things are a bit quiet as people take their vacations, I sure have had no shortage of work to do! I’ll be taking a few weeks off to do some traveling in the second half of August so this will be my last blog post for a few weeks.
We have a Faculty Meeting scheduled for this coming Monday (July 26) at Noon in Warwick-Evans. We have a full agenda. As you know by now, Joe has agreed to take on the interim role as AVP of Development for the Medical Center as a search proceeds for Bill Bishop’s successor. While taking on these additional responsibilities, Joe will continue to oversee Lombardi’s fundraising efforts. He will provide a Development update at Monday’s meeting. We will welcome Lauren Wolcoff as our new Director of Communications; Lauren replaces Allison Whitney, who is now enjoying life in the City by the Bay. Lauren’s official start day will be August 18th. We look forward to welcoming her to Lombardi. John Deeken and John Marshall will provide updates on a new clinical care and clinical research initiative at Montgomery General Hospital that is being led by John Deeken. this is an exciting opportunity for us and I look forward to hearing about the progress that is being made.
Finally, I will give an update regarding the CCSG; I am sure many of you have questions. As I’ve mentioned earlier, we’ll have a Town Hall closer to the end of the summer to describe our plans to all interested parties for responding to the critique in more detail.
There will be lots to talk about, and I look forward seeing many of you there. In the meantime, have a great weekend.