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Congratulations To The New High Plains Board Members
The High Plains Division Announces Four New Board Members
08.27.2009 – The High Plains Division of the American Cancer Society, serving
Texas, Hawaii, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Guam, recently elected
four new members to their board of directors.
Patricia Clapp, a leader in community affairs in Dallas, Texas, Mary Coyne, a leader
in communications and marketing in Amarillo, Texas, James Hamilton, MD, a
Kansas surgeon , and Rick Q. Ngo, MD, FACS, a Texas surgeon, will help set
division-wide goals and provide insight and leadership to the High Plains Division.
Each member is serving a two-year term on the 30-member board.
Patricia Clapp has an impressive history as an active volunteer with the Society and
in the community. She has more than 40 years of community affairs experience and
a strong background in training and fiscal management. Clapp has worked for the
Dallas Regional Chamber of Commerce since 1987 and currently serves as the vice
president for talent, education and workforce development. She graduated with a
degree in English from the University of Oklahoma and completed postgraduate
work from the University of North Texas.
Mary Coyne has an impressive history as an active volunteer with the Society. In
1980, while working as a reporter at the Amarillo Globe, Coyne was recruited to
serve as the communications chair for the Society. She has since served as the
communications committee chair for the state of Texas and then became a board
member in Texas in 1992.
For the past two years, Coyne has worked to raise colon cancer awareness among
African Americans and Hispanic populations in Texas. The two groups share a
higher than average incidence and mortality burden from the disease. As the senior
vice president McCormick Advertising, Coyne also provided media buying guidance
to assist the Society in reaching millions of people with cancer screening
messages.
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