Faces and places
New hospital administrator at Central State
Susan Trueblood has been selected as hospital administrator at the Payton B. Cook Building on the campus of Central State Hospital in Milledgeville, according the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities.
Trueblood has served as executive director of the Albany Advocacy Resource Center. She also worked in legal services at hospitals in Georgia and in the state offices. She served as director of hospital operations, director of regional operations and hospital administrator at Georgia Regional Hospital in Atlanta. She also worked for the Florida Department of Children and Families both in its legal department and as the coordinator of quality improvement in Florida’s mental health hospital system.
Woodfin honored for service to Averitt Express
Scott Woodfin of Knoxville was honored for 20 years of service at Averitt Express. Woodfin is now among more than 800 Averitt associates who are members of the company’s “Over 20 Team,” an exclusive group of associates who have served 20 or more years with Averitt.
Averitt’s Macon-area facility is located at 4750 Ivey Drive. It is a leading provider of freight transportation and supply chain management with international reach to more than 100 countries.
Soles joins River Edge
Local nonprofit communications professional Kristen Soles has joined River Edge Behavioral Health Center and the River Edge Foundation as director of communications, stewardship and foundation relations. She has 15 years of experience in marketing, public relations and philanthropy with organizations including the March of Dimes, Medcen Community Health Foundation, Navicent Health and most recently Goodwill Industries.
She is a native of Macon and holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from Georgia College & State University.
Cossart Design is Perry’s October business
Cossart Design is the Business of the Month for October selected by the Perry Area Chamber of Commerce. Cossart Design owner Trish Cossart opened the store in 2008 in the 700 block of Carroll Street offering design services, accessories and artwork. In 2012, the store relocated to its current location at 915 Carroll St.
Torbert named president of national coalition
Kena Torbert, family life specialist for Fort Valley State University’s Cooperative Extension Program, was elected president of the National Coalition for Black Development in Family and Consumer Sciences. Torbert is serving a two-year term ending in 2016. The family life specialist has worked at FVSU for more than a decade. The Bronx, New York native graduated from then Fort Valley State College in 1993.
Robins Federal Credit Union recognizes employees
Robins Federal Credit Union recognized 48 employees for their years of service during their annual Service Awards Banquet. The banquet is held each year to recognize staff who have reached a five-year milestone.
This year, Deanna Jones, Anita Boyett and Larry Mullis had 30 years of service. A special recognition was given to systems analyst Michael Chancellor for 35 years of service.
Macon hospital nurse wins award
VHA Georgia hosted its 2014 Leadership Expo in Atlanta. Medical Center, Navicent Health’s Nancy Osborn, RN, manager of infection prevention control and epidemiology, authored the first place award in the Greater than 350 Beds category for her research on embedded infection prevention in the operating room. The professional team responsible for the outcomes discussed in the report consisted of Medical Center’s infection preventionist, surgeons, perioperative nurses and operating room staff.
The Medical Center also received recognition for the sustained success and innovation of its palliative care program. It was selected as a national “Leading Performer in Palliative Care” in 2013.
AcuteCare Telemedicine and Coliseum Health System form partnership
AcuteCare Telemedicine expanded in the Southeastern region with the addition of two new client hospitals. Coliseum Medical Centers and Coliseum Northside Hospital have introduced ACT’s neurological specialists to its staff of medical professionals and patients.
Geico honors two associates with volunteer awards
Associates LaTasha Garvin of Locust Grove and Paige Garvin of Macon earned Geico’s John Thorne Volunteer of the Year award.
LaTasha Garvin, a member of the human resources team, was recognized for her dedicated service to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Georgia.
Paige Garvin, who works as a senior applications systems analyst, manages to juggle a family of five with giving back to multiple organizations, including Children’s Hospital, United in Pink, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Project Giving.
-- Angela Woolen
This story was originally published October 12, 2014 at 11:20 PM with the headline "Faces and places."