Commission Members and Staff

COMMISSION MEMBERS :
Updated November 2011


Dennis W. Ashley, MD, FACS, FCCM
Chair, Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission
Professor of Surgery
Mercer University School of Medicine
Director of Trauma and Critical Care
Medical Center of Central Georgia
478.633.1199
ashley.dennis@mccg.org
Appointment: By Governor  as Chair to 2-year term in 2009, reappointed by Governor for 4-year term and as Chair expires 2013

Linda Cole, RN, MBA
Commission Secretary/Treasurer (by election in 2009)
Vice-President, Trauma and Emergency Services
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
404.785.6825
linda.cole@choa.org
Appointment: By House Speaker to 4-year term in 2011, reappointed by House Speaker to 4-year term expires in 2015

Robert Cowles, MD 
Founder and Chairman, Cowles Clinic at Lake Oconee
706.454.0111
drcowles@plantationcable.net
Appointment: By Governor to 4-year term expires 2015

Elaine Frantz, RN, BSN, MA
Director of Trauma Services
Memorial University Medical Center
912.350.4942
frantel1@memorialhealth.com
Appointment: By Lieutenant Governor to 4-year term expires June 2015

Leon L. Haley Jr., MD, MHSA, CPE, FACEP
Vice-Chair, Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission (by election in 2011)
Deputy Senior Vice-President, Medical Affairs
Chief Of Emergency Medicine
Grady Health System
Associate Professor and Vice-Chair of Clinical Affairs, GHS
Department of Emergency Medicine
Emory University
404.616.6426
lhaley@emory.edu
Appointment: By Lieutenant Governor to 2-year term in 2009, reappointed by Lieutenant Governor to 4-year term expires in 2013 

Ben Hinson, EMT-P
President, Mid Georgia Ambulance
478.741.8804
benhinson@midgeorgiaambulance.com
Appointment: By Governor as EMS Representative to 4-year term, reappointed by Governor to 4-year term expires in 2015

William T. Moore
President and CEO
Atlanta Medical Center
404.265.6155
william.moore@tenethealth.com
Appointment: By House Speaker to 2-year term, reappointed by House Speaker to 4-year term expires in 2013.

Fred Mullins, MD
President and CEO
Joseph M. Still Burn Centers, Inc.
706.364.2966
fred.mullins@jmburncenters.com
Appointment: By Governor to 4-year term expires 2015

Kurt Stuenkel, MBA, MHA, FACHE
President and CEO Floyd Medical Center
706.509.6900
kstuenkel@floyd.org
Appointment: By Governor to 2-year term, reappointed by Governor for 4-year term expires 2013

 

COMMISSION MEMBERS EMERITI:

Kelli Vaughn  2007 - 2011

Rich Bias  2009 - 2011

Joe Sam Robinson, MD  2007 - 2011

Rhonda Medows, MD  2007 - 2009

 

 

 


COMMISSION STAFF:

Jim Pettyjohn                                                       
Executive Director
jim@gtcnc.org                                                
706.398.0842


Lauren Noethen
Office Coordinator/Executive Assistant
lauren@gtcnc.org
706.398.0842


Judy Geiger
Business Operations Officer
judy@gtcnc.org
706.996.6082


John Cannady
Trauma Comunications Center Coordiantor
john@gtcnc.org
478.993.4459