Three individuals were recently elected to the Sherman College of Chiropractic Board of Trustees to serve four-year terms: Marilee Keim, BS, Med, Todd Picou, BS, MBA, and Mary Ellen Rada, DC.
Marilee Keim is the Social Studies Department chair, a teacher at Fairfield Junior Senior High School in Goshen, Ind., and the wife of alumnus and Regent Richard Keim, DC, '77. She brings to the board a wealth of experience in education and is devoted to her students and promoting lifelong learning. She earned a bachelor's degree in education at Goshen College and a master's degree in education at Indiana Wesleyan University.
Todd Picou is an entrepreneur within the health care industry, having co-founded Hospice Care of South Carolina, the Hospice and Palliative Care Foundation, Executive Management Consultants, Allcare Medical and most recently, Senior Care Consultants. A native of Louisiana, he earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Louisiana State University and a master's degree in business administration from Gardner-Webb University. He has worked as comptroller for an offshore platform construction company in the oil industry and as a nursing home operator. His business and management expertise will be an asset to the board.
In addition to her private practice, Mary-Ellen Rada, DC, of Jackson, N.J., has served the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards, National Board of Chiropractic Examiners, State of New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety/Division of Consumer Affairs, and New Jersey State Board of Chiropractic Examiners. In 2007, she was presented the Distinguished Service Award from Sherman College. She is a 1988 graduate of Sherman and earned a bachelor's degree in biology from Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. She brings a wealth of practice and education experience to the board.
Source: Sherman College of Chiropractic
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