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Rural Health Advisory Board

ORH Advisory Board Members

Chairman, Kevin Taylor
Chief Operating Officer
Archbold Health System
106 Euclid Avenue
Thomasville, Georgia 31799
(Office)229-227-5503: (Fax)229-228-8395
E-Mail: kctaylor@archbold.org
Term End: 1/30/10
Maryanne Shepherd, FNP
Ellaville Primary Medicine Clinic
Post Office Box 65
Ellaville, Georgia 31806-9428
Ph: 229-937-5321
mshepherd@sumterregional.org
Term End: 1/30/09
Steve Barber, MBA CP
Chief Financial Officer
Ty Cobb Health System
461 Cook Street
Royston, Georgia 30662
Phone: 706-245-1850
Email: steve.barber@tycobbhealthcare.com
Term End: 1/30
Carlos Stapleton, Executive Director
Georgia Highlands Medical Services, Inc.
Post Office Box 307
Cumming, Georgia 30028
Ph: 770-887-1668 (x1102)
Fax: 770-887-3462
E-Mail: gahilands@aol.com
Term End: 1/30/08
William Bina, MD, MPH
Department of Community Medicine
Mercer University
1550 College Street
Macon, Georgia 31207
Ph: 478-301-2804
Fax: 478-301-2221
E-Mail: bina_wf@mercer.edu
Term End: 1/30/08

O.J. Booker III, CHE
Department of Community Medicine
Mercer University
1550 College Street
Macon, GA 31207
Ph: 478-301-2804
Fax: 478-301-2221
E-Mail: bina_wf@mercer.edu
Stuart Tedders, PhD/Advisory Board Secretary
Assistant Professor
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health
Center for Rural Health & Research
PO Box 8148
Statesboro, GA 30460
Ph: 912-871-1922
Email: stedders@georgiasouthern.edu 
Term End: 1/30/09
Jennie Wren Denmark, CEO
East Georgia Healthcare Center, Inc.
316 North Main Street
P.O. Box 807
Swainsboro, GA 30401
Ph: 478-237-6262 (x107)
Fax: 478-237-6221
E-Mail: jwdenmark@eghc.org
Term End: 1/30/10
Cindy Turner, CEO/Advisory Board Vice-Chair
Bacon County Hospital
Post Office Drawer 1987
Alma, Georgia 31510-0987
Ph: 912-632-8704
Fax: 912-632-5000
E-Mail: cturner@bchsi.org 
Term End: 1/30/08
Gregory J. Dent, President/CEO
Community Health Works
105 Patrol Road, Suite 2
Forsyth, Georgia 31029
Ph: 478-994-1914
Fax: 478-994-8302
E-Mail: gdent@chwg.org
Term End:
Ex-Officio
Charles F. Owens, Executive Director
Office of Rural Health
502 South 7th Street
Cordele, Georgia 31015
(Office)229-401-3093 (Fax) 229-401-3084
E-Mail: cowens@dch.state.ga.us
Grace Newsom, EdD, APRN, BC, FNP
North Georgia College and State University
Professor of Nursing and MS Coordinator
82 College Circle
HNF, Room 457
Dahlonega, Georgia 30597
Ph: (706) 864-1489
E-Mail: gnewsome@ngcsu.edu
Term End:
 

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