ABOUT

Purpose:

Mission:

Goals:

1. Reduce injury incidence by building community awareness about injury prevention
2. Establish priorities for the Injury Prevention Coalition based on relevance, scientific soundness, and feasibility to reduce injury incidence
3. Secure resources needed to carry out the Injury Prevention Coalition's mission
4. Expand and strengthen the Injury Prevention Coalition

Board Members Lee County Injury Prevention Coalition:

Chairperson: Lowell Gerson, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology at the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine and Senior Scientist in the Emergency Medicine Research Center at Summa Health System Hospitals. Dr. Gerson is a pioneer and leader in geriatric emergency medicine with particular interests in injury prevention. He was a visiting senior scientist at the CDC National Center for Injury. He currently chairs the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Geriatric Task Force and represents that society on the American Geriatrics Society Council for the Section on Surgical and Related Medical Specialties. He is a member of a NCIPC scientific review panel and is Associate Editor of Academic Emergency Medicine. He authored over 150 papers and presentations.

Vice-Chairperson: Syndi Bultman, R.N.,

Injury Prevention/Resource Manager Emergency Services, LMHS

Syndi Bultman has been an R.N. for the past 23 years, the last 17 of which have been working in the Emergency Department at Lee Memorial Health System. This extensive Emergency Department experience allowed her to see first-hand the devastation of preventable injuries and led her to her current role of providing injury prevention education to all age groups in Lee County and the surrounding areas. Her responsibilities include coordinating her injury prevention efforts with those of the Lee County Health Department, Emergency Medical Services, and local Law Enforcement agencies.

Secretary: Diane Holm

Lee County Public Safety, Public Information Officer

Diane Holm is responsible for Public Information and Public Education for Lee County’s Division of Public Safety. Public Safety includes the departments of Emergency Medical Services, Emergency Management, E911, and Emergency Dispatch. She is certified to teach water safety, bike and pedestrian safety, child passenger safety, and CPR. She schedules all education events, activities and speakers for EMS. She is a member of the very active South West Florida Drowning Prevention Committee, formerly known as SWIM Lee, having just stepped down as chair after serving in that capacity for seven years. She is the immediate past president, and still serves on the executive board of the National Drowning Prevention Alliance (NDPA). Diane developed and promoted many successful drowning prevention campaigns in the county, state and US; and has an extensive media background as a television reporter and newspaper columnist. She is certified through the advanced level in FEMA’s Incident Command System.

Board members:

Jay Anderson

Executive Director, Stay Alive …. Just Drive!

Traffic safety advocate Jay Anderson is the Executive Director of Stay Alive …. Just Drive! A retired EMS Captain, he serves as a Fire Commissioner with the South Trail Fire District and sits on the Board of Directors of the Lee County Injury Prevention Coalition (IPC). He is also a member of the Community Traffic Safety Team (CTST) the Traffic Intervention Management Team (TIMS) the Hwy 27 Safety Task Force and the Behavioral Health Community Roundtable. Anderson writes articles regarding the dangers of distracted driving for numerous publications and is an instructor for the Lee Memorial Health Systems Trauma Services Young Drivers Program and the court ordered High Risk Drivers Course.

Dave Kainrad

Administrative Coordinator, Public Safety, EMS

David Kainrad has served Lee County Public Safety/EMS for 27 years. His experience includes being co-chair of the IPC with Glenda Wolnik for several years.David has been instrumental in the continued success of the IPC and his most recent endeavor has been extensive mission work in India. He has been married 26 years and has two daughters.

Glenda Wolnik

Honorary Chairpersons:

Judith Hartner, M.D.

– Director, Lee County Health Dept.

Bruce L. Scheiner

– Attorney, Associates of Bruce L. Scheiner Law Firm

Mike Scott

– Sheriff, Lee County Sheriff’s Office

Board Members for Safe Kids - Lee County:

Chairperson: Michele King
- Director, Child Advocacy Program
Michele is the director of the Child Advocacy Program at The Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida that includes three major areas of focus: Unintentional Injury Prevention, Child Abuse Prevention and Health Education. Also under her direction at the Child Advocacy Program are the Child Life Program, Music Therapy Program, and the Hospital School Program. She and the hospital are committed to achieving lasting improvements in lives of our community’s children and families.

Vice-Chairperson: Alise Flanjack
– Program Manager, Lee County Dept. Parks and Recreation
Alise Flanjack is one of the few people who was born and raised in Lee County. Needless to say she has a love for the area and for the past 21 years she has been employed with Lee County Parks & Recreationfocusing mostly inAquatics, but involved in all aspects of water safety.Since the Injury Prevention Coalition’s inception she has been a strong, consistent supporter of the issues and activities of the coalition.

Coordinator: Elizabeth Moreno

Board Members:

Kim Herrmann
Kim is a CPS Certification Specialist with Safe Kids Worldwide certification department. She is primarily responsible for assisting State Farm Course Grants and Reunions or technical updates. She has been a child passenger safety technician instructor since 2001 and a Certified Health Education Specialist since 1993.

Brad Pollins
Brad is the System Director of Organizational Effectiveness at Lee Memorial Health System and he has 22 years of experience in consulting, primarily focused on organizational development, change management, and business transformation. He has worked for and with several companies in providing change solutions including: Lee Memorial Health System, Ernst & Young, Accenture, Chick-fil-A, BellSouth, Milliken & Company, Ford, Northeast Utilities, Southern Company, MCI, Atlanta Gas Light Company, Aetna, London Life, Cigna, Home Depot, and Coca-Cola. Brad has also been a Chairperson and guest speaker at many national conferences and served as an adjunct faculty member of the University of St. Francis. Mr. Pollins has a Master’s degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the University of Central Florida. He earned a Bachelor’s of Arts Degree in Psychology from the Florida State University.

Dan Moser