VICC’s Dr. Dennis Hallahan and Laura Butler, a medical physicist, talk with Orville Kronk, Carolyn Aldige, Orrin Ingram, and Peggy Wood during a tour of the Radiation Oncology Department last week. (photo by Dana Johnson)
The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) announced several new members to its Board of Overseers, including country artist and cancer survivor Charlie Daniels. Other new members of the Board include Dr. Steven G. Gabbe, dean of the Vanderbilt School of Medicine; civic leaders Susan Simons and Yvette Boyd; Orville Kronk, senior vice president, Bank of America; and Thomas G. Burish, president of Washington & Lee University, president of the American Cancer Society and former Vanderbilt provost.
The Board of Overseers is chaired by Orrin H. Ingram, president and CEO of Ingram Industries, and includes nearly 30 volunteers who provide leadership and counsel to the VICC. “We are privileged to have the support of so many dedicated volunteers who bring such a wide range of expertise and talent,” said Dr. Harold L. Moses, Benjamin F. Byrd Professor of Oncology and VICC director.
Other members include Carolyn Aldige, president, Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation; Greg Burns, chair and CEO, O’Charley’s; Dr. Benjamin F. Byrd Jr., retired surgeon; Dr. Paul Calebresi, emeritus faculty, Brown University; Monroe J. Carell Jr., chair and CEO, Central Parking System; Mary Clement, director, Tennessee Division of Consumer Affairs; Neil Diehl, retired CEO, Ingram Barge Company; Ben Fletcher, Fletcher, Cotthoff & Willen; Rob Gordon, general manager, Nashville Public Radio; Ms. Waddell Hancock II, Claiborne Farm; Tony Martell, general manager, Epic Records; Dr. John E. Maupin, president, Meharry Medical College; Don Pierce, Pierce Ledyard; Michael Pollack, general counsel, Elektra Entertainment; Dale W. Polley, retired president, First American Bank; Frances W. Preston, president and CEO, BMI: Dr. Alan Rosenthal, bio-tech consultant; Nancy Saturn, owner, American Artisan; Addison B. Scoville III, senior vice president, Mastrapasqua & Associates; Thomas J. Sherrard, Sherrard & Roe; Marsha Tanner Wilson, public affairs director, Burson Marsteller; and Realtor Shirley Zeitlin.