GLOBEMED at PENN STATE UNIVERSITY State College, PA
students fighting for global health equity!
2010 – 2011 ANNUAL REPORT
Bucknell University! Columbia University! Cornell University! CU-Boulder! Depaul University! Duke University! Florida State University! GWU! Georgetown University! Indiana University! Lawrence University! Loyola University! Middlebury College! Northeastern University!
Pastoral !
San Salvador, El Salvador!
CCC-UNSCH !
Ayacucho, Peru !
KIHEFO!
Kabale, Uganda!
GWED-G!
Gulu, Uganda!
CEPAIPA!
Guayaquil, Ecuador!
Himalyan Healthcare!
Jawalakhel, Nepal!
ASOSAP! Salud San Limite! ARM!
to improve the health of people living in poverty.
Boston College!
partner with grassroots organizations around the world
GlobeMed is a network of university students that
Amherst College!
Alta Verapaz, Guatemala! Siuna, Nicaragua! Orissa, India!
Rwanda Village Concept Project!
Huye District, Rwanda!
Minga Peru!
Iquitos, Peru!
CEMOPLAF-Cajabamba! FUNPRONID! La Primavera! Africa 2000 Network!
Cajabamba, Ecuador! Riobamba, Ecuador! La Primavera, Guatemala! Tororo, Uganda!
Kitovu Mobile AIDS Organization!
Masaka, Uganda!
Northwestern University!
The HOPE Center!
Ho, Ghana!
Penn State University!
EAPSEC!
Princeton University! Rhodes College! Truman State University! University of Chicago! UCLA! University of Michigan! UMKC! UNC-Chapel Hill! University of Rochester! USC!
Jambi Hwasi! AMOS! Maison de Naissance! ASPAT! Amuru Youth Center!
Otavalo, Ecuador! Managua, Nicaragua! Torbeck, Haiti! Lima, Peru! Anaka, Uganda!
Tiyatien Health! Joy-Southfield Development Corp!
Zwedru, Liberia! Detroit, Michigan !
KCRC!
Bushenyi District, Uganda!
Health-Alert Uganda! Kallpa Iquitos! Care Net Ghana!
University of Texas-Austin!
Clinica Ana Manganaro!
Vanderbilt University!
Dios es Amor!
WashU in St. Louis!
Chiapas, Mexico!
UDHA!
Gulu, Uganda! Iquitos, Peru! Hohoe, Ghana! Guarjila, El Salvador! Lima, Peru! Iganga, Uganda!
GLOBEMED AT PENN STATE UNIVERSITY
TABLE OF CONTENTS ! 1
MISSION STATEMENT!
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2010 – 2011 AT A GLANCE!
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ABOUT US!
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OUR PARTNER!
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OUR PROJECT!
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CAMPAIGNS!
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GLOBALHEALTHU!
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COMMUNITY BUILDING! GRASSROOTS ON-SITE WORK INTERNSHIP!
10 WORLD DAY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE! 11 GLOBEMED GLOBAL HEALTH SUMMIT! 12 OUR FUTURE! 13 FINANCES! 14 STAY CONNECTED! 15 THANK YOU!
Hello from GlobeMed at Penn State!! ! As we come out of our 6th year and move into our 7th, we are all too excited about what we’ve accomplished and our potential for the following years. This past year, we raised the bar - we pushed to engage more community members in our movement, become closer with our partner, and raise more money for our projects. With a highly successful 4th annual Global Health Conference on campus, an enlightening second GROW internship, and a strong set of fundraising campaigns, we definitely reached if not exceeded our goals in the past year.! ! The majority of our executive board and dedicated members graduated this past spring, which presents us with new challenges but also new opportunities. We’ve recruited a crew of enthusiastic underclassmen this past year, and we’re looking forward to seeing our chapter’s dynamic change and grow with new perspectives, innovative strategies and fresh ideas. ! ! Our second GROW trip during the summer presented possibilities for new directions with our partner EAPSEC. In the upcoming year, we plan on solidifying our partnership by defining specific projects and increasing our financial support.! ! We’re absolutely buzzing with excitement as to what the upcoming year holds. Thanks to all of our members, both current and past - your involvement and contributions have made such an impact on our chapter and are truly helping us make strides in the movement for global health equity!! ! In Solidarity,! ! Tess Pendery! Savannah Lennertz! Sylvia Ranjeva! ! 2010-2011 Co-Presidents !
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
MISSION STATEMENT !
GLOBEMED AIMS TO STRENGTHEN THE MOVEMENT FOR GLOBAL HEALTH EQUITY BY EMPOWERING STUDENTS AND COMMUNITIES TO WORK TOGETHER TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THE IMPOVERISHED
AROUND THE WORLD.
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our vision! ONE BILLION PEOPLE ACROSS THE WORLD LACK ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS*. EACH DAY, MORE THAN 36,000 PEOPLE DIE PREVENTABLE DEATHS. WITHOUT ADDRESSING POVERTY AND POOR HEALTH, WE CANNOT BREAK THIS CYCLE OF SUFFERING. UNIVERSITY STUDENTS HAVE THE PASSION AND ENERGY TO HELP TACKLE THIS CHALLENGE. GLOBEMED AIMS TO MEET THIS CHALLENGE BY ENGAGING AND TRAINING STUDENTS TO WORK WITH GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE WORLD TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THE IMPOVERISHED.
BY PARTNERING
STUDENTS AND COMMUNITIES TO COMBAT POVERTY AND POOR HEALTH, WE IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF IMPOVERISHED PEOPLE ACROSS THE WORLD TODAY AND SHAPE TOMORROW’S LEADERS ACROSS ALL PROFESSIONS WHO WILL SHARE A DEEP COMMITMENT TO
HEALTH EQUITY AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE. *World Bank, World Development Report 2000/2001: A:acking Poverty (New York: Oxford University Press, 2001).
ABOUT US
GlobeMed at Penn State University In 2005, Liz Francis founded the GlobeMed at Penn State chapter to responsibly and effectively engage students in global health. From 2006-2008, GlobeMed at PSU was partnered with CURE International in Honduras and raised over $5,000 to improve access to care among pediatric orthopedic patients. ! In November 2008, we partnered with EAPSEC, (Equipo de Apoyo en Salud y Educación y Comunitaria) “Team for the Support of Community Health and Education,” a grassroots NGO based in Chiapas, Mexico. In May 2010, four dedicated members spent a week solidifying our amazing partnershipwith EAPSEC in Chiapas. The four learned about Chiapan healthcare from the community health workers and presented our monetary donation to fund the annual health worker workshops. ! We are currently working with EAPSEC to develop ideas for future sustainable projects. During our first year, we had fewer than 15 members and raised $3,400. Since then, we have raised nearly $15,000 for several different projects, engaged many more students, and graduated over 50 alumni.!
since our founding in September 2005 , our chapter has grown from to members.
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EAPSEC [WORKS IN CHIAPAS, MEXICO] POPULATION: 4,293,459
KEY FACT: Chiapas has the highest rate of tuberculosis in all of Mexico, and it is estimated that 14% of new cases are MDR (multi-drug resistant).!
The region of southern Mexico, especially the state of Chiapas have had continual political tension with the Mexican government. From Spanish colonization in the 16 century to the present, indigenous communities of southern Mexico have faced injustices ranging from forced serfdom to unequal access to social services. Still searching for a number of political changes, most notably land reform, many Chiapanecos are very dissatisfied. When asked when the violence ended after the Zapatista uprising in 1994, Dagmar Castillo Roblero quickly responded, “It has never ended, now it is a continual structural violence”.! !
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OUR PARTNER
[About EAPSEC] FOUNDED IN 1985 EAPSEC was established in 1985 during the Guatemalan Civil War. Thousands of refugees fled into southern Mexico, and a fledgling network of health promoters provided humanitarian medical treatment and supplies to the refugees. Since then EAPSEC has expanded to 80 health promoters in 4 regions in Chiapas. The EAPSEC team in Chiapas employs a nimble, horizontal organizational structure in which each member serves as a Health Educator/Facilitator with a different area of focus and responsibilities. The team collaborates to create curricula, deliver workshops, provide logistical support and support community organizing for the health promoters of each community.!
Partner Contact: Daniel Palazuelos, dpalazuelos@gmail.com!
EAPSEC
&
GlobeMed at Penn State University
[Why Health ! Education &! Community! Health?]!
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OUR PROJECT
With limited access to formal healthcare, empowering communities to be responsible for their own well-being is vital in improving the poor health conditions that prevail in rural Chiapas.!
50 PROMOTERS WILL BE TRAINED TO EDUCATE ENTIRE COMMUNITIES.
$4,000 TO FUND TWO CONFERENCES, OR "TALLERES" FOR THE HEALTH PROMOTERS.
To raise $4,000 to fund two conferences for the education and training of health promoters.! ! Promoters will travel to one of EAPSEC’s four regions and learn about a particular them at each event. In 2011, the health promoters learned a great variety of knowledge and skills that they will share with their community, ranging from the growing concerns of global warming to how to use stitched in case of an emergency. Not only do the promoters learn important skills during the conferences, but they are ale to travel and meet with other community leaders. However common it is in the United States to travel and attend conferences, many health promoters did not leave their communities before they began attending conferences sponsored by EAPSEC.!
CAMPAIGNS Campaigns are on-campus events and initiatives that raise funds for! GlobeMed partner organizations' grassroots projects abroad.!
EVENTS TITLE!
EVENT DESCRIPTION!
$ MONEY RAISED!
Street Bazaar Booth!
We set up a booth at the annual downtown State College Street Bazaar. Local businesses donated small gifts as give-aways for a GlobeMed bean bag toss. Our resident art majors painted henna tattoos, and we sold scarves and wares that our world-traveling members brought back form around the globe.!
650
Pokey Stick Eating Contest!
Penn State's favorite pizza shop donated 30 boxes of "pokey sticks" delicious pizza-like breadsticks. Teams of 4 signed up for a fee and were challenged to finish the XL box. The winners won official GlobeMed Pokey Stick Challenge t-shirts.!
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Late Night Bake Sales!
Once a month, GlobeMedders would set up shop at 10pm in Penn State's busy downtown area and sell baked goods to the always-hungry patrons of local bars and hang out spots.!
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Profit-Sharing at Local Businesses!
Coldstone, 5 Guys Burgers, Rotelli and the Penn State Sub Shop gave a portion of their profit to anyone who came in and said they were with GlobeMed for a certain span of time. Coldstone even let the GlobeMedders scoop the ice cream for a night!!
200.20
Benefit Dinner & Pictures 4 Progress!
As part of our Annual Global Health Conference, we held a benefit dinner for the speakers that participated, supportive staff, the students that were involved, and their family and friends. Part of the dinner was an event called Pictures 4 Progress, a silent auction for high-quality blown-up photos that our GlobeMedders had taken while abroad.!
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State Patty's Sunglasses Sale!
For State Patty's Day, Penn State's most beloved holiday, GlobeMed sold green glow in the dark sunglasses with a catchy State's Patty's slogan written on the side.!
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TOTAL FUNDS RAISED FOR EAPSEC IN ! 2010 – 2011:!
$3650
Since 2008, GlobeMed at Penn State has raised approximately $12,000 for EAPSEC to support health promoter networks, improve health outcomes and access in rural areas, and empower individuals to be responsible for their health and the health of their communities.!
GLOBALHEALTHU globalhealthU is a GlobeMed designed curriculum that enables students to develop a critical understanding of issues in global health and apply this knowledge! to their work with communities around the world!
by the numbers
28 DISCUSSIONS!
10 EVENTS! During the 2010-2011 year, GlobeMed at Penn State challenged our members and our campus to expand upon the lenses through which we analyze global health and social justice. From in-chapter debates about the validity of alternative medicine to an exploration of mental health in the developing world, we opened our eyes to the broad spectrum of issues facing global health equity. Controversy was often the key to success in our events: a distinguished panel debate regarding the legalization of prostitution during our exploration of sexual rights and global health pitted religious leaders against feminist intellectuals and representatives from the LGTB community. Such events challenged us to transcend our traditional moral paradigms and consider cultural relativism and the realities of structural violence that render realities like sexual slavery and prostitution inescapable.From an educational perspective, GlobalHealthU culminated in the Fourth Annual Penn State Global Health Conference, which brought 250 students and community members together for a two-day series of speaker workshops, keynote speeches, panel debates, and a benefit dinner themed "Change for Chiapas". The Keynote speaker, Dr. Alfredo Quinones, gave insight into the socio-economic barriers posed by global health through his journey from illegal immigrant and migrant worker to head of the Johns Hopkins Brain Tumor Center. Lindsay Palazuelos from EAPSEC offered a secondary keynote to connect us directly with our partner. From a "Lessons from Haiti" workshop on public and political infrastructure with Dr. Evan Lyon of PIH to a workshop detailing the shortcomings of Medicare and Medicaid in the United States with renown TEDx presenter Dr. Chris Calkins to a panel discussion surrounding the conference theme, "Possibilities and Limitations in Global Health", the conference truly engaged students in a diverse spectrum of global health issues.!
07 TOPICS! PHILOSOPHICAL FRAMEWORKS OF! GLOBAL HEALTH! ! INFECTIOUS DISEASES! ! CONFLICT AND GLOBAL HEALTH! ! FOOD AND NUTRITION! ! LGBTQ AND GLOBAL HEALTH! ! GLOBAL MENTAL HEALTH! ! RELIGION AND GLOBAL HEALTH!
ON – CAMPUS EVENTS
4th Annual Penn State Global Health Conference: Possibilities and Limitations in Global Health March 18th and 19th, 2011 250 attendees, cosponsored by various PSU academic departments, workshops as follows: ! ! WK1: Special Presentation by Chris Bashinelli of Bridge the Gap TV! WK 2: “Why in the world are women dying”, by Dr. Emily Harrison! WK 3: “Do workforce shortages in the US negatively impact health care globally?”, by Dr. Chris Calkins! WK 4: “Navigating- and Breaking- the Cycle of Poverty and Disease” , by Lindsay Palazuelos! WK 5: “Unnatural Disasters and Unnatural Suffering: lessons from a decade in Haiti” , by Dr. Evan Lyon!
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GLOBALHEALTHU
"Challenge the paradigm upon which you build your understanding of the injustices which plague our world. A thorough understanding of the possibilities and limitations facing movements towards global health equity will allow us individually and collectively to situate ourselves in the wider picture. We will change the world, and we start by changing ourselves. " - Sylvia Ranjeva, at 4th Annual PSU Global Health Conference
COMMUNITY BUILDING Through service and team-building events, community and camaraderie is fostered around global health and social justice within GlobeMed chapters, the GlobeMed network and surrounding communities. !
! TOTAL # OF CHAPTER MEMBERS:! ! # OF COMMUNITY BUILDING EVENTS:! ! !
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Our fall retreat was a fun and successful community bonding experience; hiking and other outdoor activities made for a perfect start to the year. Other GlobeMed gatherings throughout the year helped to strengthen out trust and friendships within our community. Community Building events allowed us to learn from all members and develop lasting friendships.!
[GRASSROOTS ON-SITE WORK]
Through Grassroots On-site Work (GROW) internships, students make a positive impact in the community by working alongside their partner organization to further ongoing and new projects.!
“How can you trust the hand that once held the gun that shot you?”
JUNE 1 – 27, 2011!
-- Ricardo Ortiz, c/o 2012, quoting a health promoter in Chiapas.
! # OF GLOBEMED GROW INTERNS:! ! LENGTH OF STAY:! ! WORK DESCRIPTION:!
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4 weeks
For our grow trip GlobeMed at PSU traveled to Chiapas, Mexico to become better integrated with our partner EAPSEC as well as identify which of our partner's needs we could best work with. In Chiapas we traveled to many varied communities throughout the state where health promotors who work within our partner's network worked and lived. We saw diversity in the needs and limitations of the communities we visited. From communities that lacked access to good doctors, to others which from years of abuse and discrimination at the hands of the government didn't trust the health care that the government was provided and a few that lacked access to health care services due to the fact they lived in more isolated regions of Chiapas. But in no community was despair or helplessness present. In every community the health promotors were proud of the services they were providing no matter the level of help they could provide. No health promoter felt that they had complete knowledge and everyone, even those who were not health promoters, were willing to learn so that they could help their people.!
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GROW INTERNSHIP
WORLD DAY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
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GLOBEMED AT PENN STATE UNIVERSITY joined 31 other GlobeMed chapters across the nation in a networkwide commemoration of the 3rd Annual World Day of Social Justice on February 20, 2011, by asking students, professors, and community members on campus an openended, thought provoking question relating to social justice. ! ! OUR QUESTION: What do you see in our future?! ! BEHIND THE SCENES: [GlobeMed set up in the Penn State Student Union and asked students to finish the sentence, "in our future...." We hoped people would envision the world they would hope to see in 10, 20 or 30 years. Some people saw super-fast cars and space travel, but many students did describe that they hoped to live in a world with food for all, a cure for AIDS, without structural violence. While it's easy to get caught up in the day-to-day of college life, we hoped that those who stopped to talk with us took a few minutes to think about the future and the steps that they could take to move towards that future.! ! What do you see MORE WDSJ ACTION -----------------------------------! in our future?  ! What's a dollar to you? : We asked Penn State students - what does a dollar mean to you? A hot dog? A lottery ticket? A pack of gum? We then told them how far their dollar could go in a country like Mexico. It could pay for medicine, a nutritional packet, clean water. Students were then more than willing to donate a dollar, or two, or even ten, knowing that the impact of their dollar could go farther if given to such a cause.! ! ASKED OVER 30 PEOPLE !AT PENN STATE UNIVERSITY. ! HERE’S HOW THEY RESPONDED >>
PHOTO RESPONSES
GlobeMed at Penn State University asked 30 people to answer the question,
What do you see in our future?!
View more responses: www.imagine2030.org/wdsj
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WORLD DAY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
2011 GLOBAL HEALTH SUMMIT
2011 DELEGATES: Eva Amenta, Sarah Dorward, Brian Beachler, Rachael Kane, Chris Hohenberger, Sylvia Ranjeva, Courtney Curtin, Savannah Lennertz, Chelsey DuBois, Matt O'Donnell, Jake Simon!
“The summit is a breeding ground for fresh, innovative global health ideas that stem from the minds of passionate students all across the nation. The copious knowledge acquired and the long lasting friendships formed cultivate a feeling that makes significant change not only possible, but tangible.” ! !
-- Matt O'Donnell, c/o 2012!
April 7 – 10 in Evanston, IL! Featuring Honorary Keynote!
DR. JOIA MUKHERJEE! Chief Medical Officer, ! Partners in Health!
"Being involved in GlobeMed not only shaped my career path, it shaped me into a better person.“ ! – Hillary Darville, c/o 2011!
The upcoming 2011-2012 year has great potential to further the GlobeMed movement for global health and social justice. Our mission this year is to work as a team to harness this potential by working toward our chapter’s goals.! ! ! GlobeMed at Penn State: goals for 2011-2012! ! -Expand our network by developing relationships within the Penn State community, recruiting students from all departments, and utilizing the opportunities that Penn State offers! ! - To strengthen our partner relationship by involving all members in communication and updates, as well as learning from the experiences of the members involved in the GROW trip! -Develop new and innovative ways of fundraising that spread the word about the GlobeMed movement and support our partner!
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OUR FUTURE
CHAPTER FINANCES In 2010 – 2011, GlobeMed at Penn State University raised $5,000 for EAPSEC to support projects in Chiapas, Mexico. CAMPAIGN DONATIONS!
OPERATIONS!
TOTAL REVENUE!
Revenue! Events !
$2,000!
$2,000!
Individual Giving!
$1,500!
$1,500!
University Funding!
$1,000!
GlobeMed National Office! Corporations!
$500!
Foundations!
$1,000!
Operations (i.e. member dues)! SUBTOTAL!
$6,000!
CAMPAIGN DONATIONS!
$600!
$1,600!
$300!
$300! $500!
$200!
$200!
$1,100!
$7,600!
OPERATIONS & GRANTS!
TOTAL!
Current Finances! Cash Reserves! 2011-2012 University Funding! EXISTING BALANCE!
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$522.48! TBD! $522.48!
Read more about our partner and project, and the GlobeMed network. http://www.globemed.org/penn/ !
“Like” us on Facebook to find out about upcoming events.! http://www.facebook.com/groups/53795712432?ref=ts !
Follow our blog and chime in on the discussion.! http://globemedatpsu.wordpress.com/ !
Check out our photos on find your gallery here: http://globemed.smugmug.com/ ! !
Find our chapter on http://www.razoo.com/story/Globemedatpsu ! and make a donation to support our partner and project today.! !
WANT TO REACH US IN 2011 2012?
CONTACT: Tess Pendery E-MAIL: tmp5143@gmail.com, lennertz.savannah@gmail.com, pennstate@globemed.org
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STAY CONNECTED
EXECUTIVE BOARD Co-Presidents!
Hillary Darville • hillarykdarville@gmail.com! Eva Amenta • ema5057@gmail.com!
Directors of globalhealthU!
Matt O'Donnell • mao5074@gmail.com! Rachael Kane • rak5085@psu.edu!
Campaign Coordinator!
Savannah Lennertz • lennertz.savannah@gmail.com!
Director of Community Building!
Brian Beachler • brian.beachler@gmail.com!
Director of Finances! Director of GROW! Director of Communications!
Chris Hohenberger • christopher.hohenberger@gmail.com! Patrick Kelley • pjk5046@gmail.com! Rachel Darville • radarville@gmail.com!
A sincere thanks to the following advocates, mentors, donors, and colleagues for making our 2010 – 2011 year a great success:! INDIVIDUALS! ! Professor Melina Gzymoniewicz-Klippel, Pennsylvania State University Dr. Chris Calkins, Pennsylvania State University Dr. Alfredo Quiñones, Johns Hopkins University Medical Center Dr. Evan Lyon, Partners in Health Dr. Emily Harrison, Brown University Daniel Palazuelos, Partners in Health Lindsay Palazuelos, Partners in Health
GlobeMed | National Office! ! ! MAIL! WEBSITE! www.globemed.org! P.O. Box 292! Evanston, IL 60204! ! ! PHONE! E-MAIL! 847.467.2143! info@globemed.org  ! ! GlobeMed 2010 – 2011 Board of Directors! ! Marjorie Craig Benton! Paurvi Bhatt! Jobi Cates! David W. Cromer, MD! Lee Greenhouse (Treasurer)! Brian T. Hanson (Chair)! Ken Lehman! Erin Linville! Peter Luckow! Jenny Merdinger! Victor Roy! Keith Sarpolis, MD (Secretary)! GlobeMed is a 501(c)(3) independent non-profit based in Evanston, Illinois,! with chapters at 32 universities across the United States. !