Thank You Sponsors, Volunteers
Many thanks to the following companies and
individuals for their generous contributions of time and/or money to the 2007
Oley Conference.
Conference Co-Chairs:
Michael Medwar; Marion Winkler, MS, RD, LDN, CNSD
Medical Support:
Coram, Inc.
Conference Bags:
Nutrishare, Inc.
Conference Program Books:
Hospira Worldwide
Conference Videotaping:
Abbott Laboratories/Creative Networks; Stephanie
Pelham, RD
Travel Scholarships for Consumers:
Anonymous; Jarol Boan, MD; Bruce Groeber Memorial
Fund; Critical Care Systems; Melissa Chaney Memorial Fund; Nutrishare, Inc.
General Conference Support:
Patricia Brown, RN, CNSN, OCN; Kim Butler; Rick
Davis; Marilyn Dolan; Mary Friel; Linda & Colman Gulden; Stephanie
Harrison-Bishop; Jeff Hoelle; Portia & Wallace Hutton; Kate Letzelter; Joan
& Eli Medwar; Sheila Messina, RN; Andrea Quinn-Guidi; Marjorie Quinn;
Charlie & Carol Scoville; Robert & Karyn Thomas
Jammin’ Jammies:
Ross Products; Volunteers: Sheila DeKold, Rose
Hoelle, Patty Woods
Child Care:
Critical Care Systems; Option Care, Inc.; Volunteers:
Marjorie Quinn, Kim Butler, Stephanie Harrison-Bishop, Andrea Quinn-Guidi, Kate
Letzelter, Jennifer Koprucki
Youth Activity:
NutriThrive (both days); Volunteers: Kim Butler,
Stephanie Harrison-Bishop, Andrea Quinn-Guidi, Kate Letzelter
Transitioning to Independence:
Darlene Kelly, MD; Jayne Justice, RN
Lunch (Friday):
Coram, Inc.
Flowers for Award Winners:
EMD Serono
Annual Picnic:
Entertainment–Option Care, Inc.;
Transportation–Novartis Nutrition; General Picnic–Bobbie Groeber, in memory of
Bruce Groeber, Sheila DeKold, Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream
Silent Auction:
A big “Thank You!” to all who donated, brought and/or
purchased items!! Volunteers: Pat Brown, Nicole Daddona, Eli & Joan Medwar;
Sarah Wittmann
Oley Walk-A-Thon:
Apria; British Beer Company; Critical Care Systems;
Coram, Inc.; Kimberly-Clark; BoxLunch; Nutrishare, Inc.; NutriThrive; Spanky’s
Clams for their sponsorships. A warm note of gratitude to Holly Brockman
Johnson and her family and Anne Brettschneider from Apria for helping to
distribute water and to Blanche Hoffman for assisting with registration. A huge
thank you to everyone who walked or otherwise supported the effort (see page
8)!!
Oley Shirts/Sweatshirts:
A huge thanks to Patty & Darrell Woods for taking
on this great fundraiser again this year. Thanks also to the Nobles for helping
them.
Sunscreen:
Fruit of the Earth
Exhibitors:
Applied Medical Technologies (AMT); Apria HealthCare;
Association of Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders (AGMD); Bard Access Systems;
Calmoseptine, Inc; Coram, Inc; Critical Care Systems (CCS); Critical Homecare
Solutions / New England Home Therapies; Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation; EMD
Serono, Inc; Hospira Worldwide, Inc; InfuScience; Kimberly-Clark; Mito Action;
Nestlé Nutrition; Novartis Medical Nutrition; Nutrishare, Inc; NutriThrive;
Option Care, Inc; PromptCare Home Infusion; Ross Products Division, Abbott
Laboratories; Tyco Healthcare/Kendall; Zevex, Inc
Faculty:
Kimberly C. Aronhalt, RN, BSN; Penny Allen, RD, LD,
CNSD; Jane P. Balint, MD; Patricia A. Brown, RN, MSN, CNSN, OCN; Alan L.
Buchman, MD, MSPH; David Burns, MD, CNSE; Faye Clements, RN; Rick Davis; Ann
Hill DeBarbieri; Mark DeLegge, MD; Marianne Duda, MS, RD, LD, CNSD; Stanley
Dudrick, MD, FACS; Kathleen M. Gura, PharmD, BCNSP; Lyn Howard, MB, FRCP, FACP;
Yi Lisa Hwa, NP; Carol Ireton-Jones, PhD, RD, LD, CNSD, FACN; Kishore R. Iyer,
MBBS, FRCS, FACS; Jayne Justice, RN; Darlene G. Kelly, MD, PhD, FACP; Mark G.
Klang, RPh, BCNSP, PhD (Cand); Michael Medwar; Kevin G. Miller, Dc; Reid A.
Nishikawa, PharmD, BCNSP, FCSHP; Diane V. Owens; Mark Puder, MD, PhD; Leonel
Rodriguez, MD; Douglas L. Seidner, MD; Ezra Steiger, MD, FACS, CNSP; Jody
Strain; Marion F. Winkler, MS, RD, LDN, CNSD; Don Young
Support for Speakers:
Albany Medical Center; Children’s Hospital, Boston;
Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Columbus Children’s Hospital; Coram, Inc.;
Critical Care Systems; Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University;
InfuScience, Inc.; Lahey Clinic; Mayo Clinic, Rochester; Medical University of
South Carolina; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Mount Sinai Medical
Center; Nutrishare, Inc.; OptionCare, Inc.; Pediatric Motility Center,
Massachusetts General Hospital; Rhode Island Hospital; Sloan-Kettering
Institute; University of Kansas School of Nursing; Women and Infants Hospital