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August 18, 2008
Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) announces the appointment of Gerald W. Flannery and Terry S. Adams to The CHOC Foundation Board of Directors.
Flannery serves as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Hyundai Motor America, and is General Counsel and Secretary of Hyundai Motor Finance Company. Before his tenure began at Hyundai in 1987, he was a senior attorney for the Ford Motor Company, based in Dearborn, Michigan. A cancer survivor, Flannery resides in Laguna Beach with his wife Melinda and his two children.
Adams, a mechanical engineer, is the Executive Vice President of SA Recycling. SA is one of the largest recycler of metals in the western U.S. Adams has been active in all types of recycling in a career that spans more than 25 years. Adams lives in Villa Park with his wife Leslie and two children.
ABOUT THE CHOC FOUNDATION
The CHOC Foundation exists to generate community awareness and resources for Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) and CHOC at Mission, supporting specific strategies that underscore the hospitals' local and national leadership in prevention, treatment and research programs. CHOC Foundation's fundraising activities are guided by six philanthropic aspirations: to provide quality medical care for all children; to treat chronic and catastrophic illnesses; to emphasize illness and injury prevention; to support the well-being of children; to achieve medical breakthroughs; and to serve as a community leader and partner in the care of children.
About CHOC Children's: Named one of the best children’s hospitals by U.S. News & World Report (2012-2013), CHOC Children's is exclusively committed to the health and well-being of children through clinical expertise, advocacy, outreach and research that brings advanced treatment to pediatric patients. Affiliated with the University of California, Irvine, CHOC’s regional healthcare network includes two state-of-the-art hospitals in Orange and Mission Viejo, several primary and specialty care clinics, a pediatric residency program, and four centers of excellence - The CHOC Children’s Heart, Neuroscience, Orthopaedic and Hyundai Cancer Institutes. CHOC earned the Gold Level CAPE Award from the California Council of Excellence, the only children’s hospital in California to ever earn this distinction, and was awarded Magnet designation, the highest honor bestowed to hospitals for nursing excellence. Recognized for extraordinary commitment to high-quality critical care standards, CHOC’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) is the first in the United States to earn the Pediatric Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence.
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Media Contact:
Denise Almazan, Director of Public Relations
phone: (714) 509-8680
email: pr@chocchildrens.org
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