FDOA Board of Directors

Michael Altman
Michael Altman has been a volunteer since 1989 and has served on the Board of Directors of Flying Doctors of America since 1991 when he was first elected. He has been on several medical missions and currently serves as a team leader. A CPA for 26 years, Michael currently runs a Financial Advisory Practice with Ameriprise Financial. He was elected as Vice Chairman of the Cobb County Republican Party in 2005-2007 and Treasurer in 2004-2005. He was appointed by the Governor to serve as Chairman of the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust.

Ed Atwell, MD
Dr. Atwell, a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, completed his internship and residency in Orthopedic Surgery at the Medical College of Georgia, followed by a Sports Medicine fellowhip. Now in private practice in Cartersville, he is also an active pilot and has served several terms as the president of the Cartersville Pilots Association. Dr. Atwell has served on the Board of Directors since 2003 and has been Chairman of the Board since 2005. “The practice of Medicine has been extremely rewarding and fulfilling to me. Leading and participating in medical missions allows me to “give back” some of these blessings.”

Allan M. Gathercoal, DD, MTh, MA
Allan is the President/Founder of Flying Doctors of America, which he founded in 1990. He travels the globe, but his second home is in Latin America. He has been the team leader on more than 140 medical/dental missions. Allan is an ordained minister and holds a doctorate from Columbia Theological Seminary. He is a private pilot and an aficionado of adventure sports. He was born in England.

Allen Hord, MD
Allen is a physician at the Piedmont Hospital (Atlanta, GA) where he specializes in pain management. He maintains an adjunct appointment as Clinicial Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Hord is certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology and was awarded a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Pain Management. Dr. Hord is also certified by the American Board of Pain Medicine. In 2004, he was once again voted to the list of “Best Doctors” in America.

Kayreen Jeter, RN, BSN
Kayreen is a registered nurse with primary experience in adult health and has been an intensive care nurse for 19 years. During this time she has also worked for a cardiothoracic surgical group for 6 years and managed an ICU for 2 years. Her primary area of expertise is ICU bedside nursing with cardiothoracic surgery patients.

FDOA Board of Advisors

Dan Bailey
Dan owns a website design and marketing business, danbailey.com, and has been working with FDoA updating the website and marketing via email since 2005. A native of Atlanta, GA and former police officer, Dan has been in the computer/technology industry since 1990.

Héctor Guillermo Vilar Rey JD
Dr. Guillermo is the Director General for the Gobierno de la Provincia de Salta. He is an accomplished lawyer (Professor of Law) and fluent in Spanish and English. He represents his country and the Provincia de Salta throughout the world. He has recently traveled to: USA, Canada, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brasil, Uruguay, Spain, England, Turkey, Israel, and Eqypt. He was born in Salta, Argentina.

Sherman Wade
A graduate of Saint Norbert College in Green Bay and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Graduate School, Sherman served 4 years as a Captain in the US Army and the last 35 years in the trade show business. Since retiring in 2002, he has been a marketing consultant to trade show organizers and the managing partner of a real estate investment company. Very active in the community, Sherman has served on the Board of Directors of Atlanta Children's Shelter, the Atlanta Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and presently on the board of the Atlanta Track Club. He has been on Flying Doctors missions to Mongolia, Peru and Bolivia and joined the Board of Directors in 2002.

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