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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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