retention and expand programs and events offered to chamber members. Palmer has more than 10
years’ experience in the hospi- tality and tourism industries in sales and management in New York and Florida. She currently majors in management at Brevard Community College and she has been a Palm Bay resident since 2005. Sheehan has more than 20 years
in management, sales and customer service and most recently served as a volunteer for the chamber. She moved to Palm Bay from New Jersey in 2006.
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DUNN ASSUMES COMMAND OF 920TH RESCUE WING AT PATRICK AFB Rescue Wing after a change-of-command
olonel Robert Dunn has assumed command of the 920th
ceremony May 2 at Patrick Air Force Base. He replaced Col. Steven “Wall Street” Kirkpatrick, who served from March 2006, and now is senior Air Force Reserve advisor to the U.S. Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base near Tampa. Dunn is formerly commander of the 943rd
Rescue Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force
Base in Tucson, Arizona. He received his commis- sion in 1978 through the Reserve Officer Training Corps at Kent State University in Ohio, from which he received a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering Technology. He later spent 10 years on active duty as a pilot. He entered the Air Force Reserve in 1990 and has since seen duty in Air Force
Systems Command, Pacific Air Forces, Tactical Air Command, Air Combat Command, Air Force Special Operations Command and Headquarters Tenth Air Force as a unit training officer, instructor pilot, flight examiner, flight commander, operations officer and director of safety. Dunn is a command pilot with more than 5,500 hours in fixed-wing aircraft
and helicopters. u
DR. JAMES PALERMO NOW CMO OF NEW HEALTH FIRST SYSTEM
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ames V. Palermo, M.D., who has served as Health First’s vice president of quality management and chief quality
officer for the past eight years, has been named the first chief medical officer (CMO) for Health First’s integrated health care system. He will continue to direct a compre- hensive approach across Health First to clinical quality, patient safety and performance improvement and will work with physicians to identify and collaborate on health care redesign and care management models. Palermo previously practiced general and vascular surgery for 18 years at Cape Canaveral Hospital, where he served as
president of the medical staff as well as chairman of the board of directors. He earned his medical degree at the University of Missouri and his Master’s Degree in Medical Management from the University of Texas at Dallas. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgery and a Diplomat of the American Board of Surgery. Palermo also will serve as a desig- nated officer of Health First, Inc. u
CRAIG TECHNOLOGIES’ BUBBERS ACKNOWLEDGED BY USAF GROUP
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inda Bubbers, senior network administrator for Craig
Technologies, has been formally acknowledged as part of a team that placed first in outstanding medical information services in the Air Force Space Command. She was formally named at the 2009 Air Force Medical Service Awards in December. Bubbers recently was accredited as
a certified information systems secu- rity professional by the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium. Her respon- sibilities to the 45th
Medical Group’s
network and information systems involve serving about 400 users, 400 computers, more than 50 printers, and 17 servers in 10 buildings. u
STEWART, VAN ZANDT HONORED BY STATE ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
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ssistant State Attorney Susan Stewart was named Attorney
of the Year and Palm Bay police offi- cer Chris VanZandt was named Law Enforcement Officer of the Year during National Crime Victims’ Rights Week in April. Glori Borges of the South Brevard
Women’s Center and Sheralyn Blake- Jenkins of the State Attorney’s Office were honored as top victim advocates. Outstanding Service Awards went to Denise Williams, secretary to the county’s Sexual Assault Victim Services Unit; and Jacqueline Ares, also of the South Brevard Women’s Center.
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Photo courtesy of Health First
Dr. James Palermo
Gladys Palmer
Tina Sheehan
Colonel Robert Dunn
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