BRUNSWICK, Georgia: June 17, 2010 – The Glynn-Brunswick Memorial
Hospital Authority is pleased to announce the appointment of Shirley Wilson,
M.D., FACOG, and attorney Vance Hughes as the newest members of the Authority.
The two replace out-going members Eric Segerberg, M.D., and Robert E.
Griffin whose terms recently expired.
Wilson, a native of southern Arkansas, is a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist
who has been a member of the Southeast Georgia Health System-Brunswick
Campus medical staff since 1998. She completed her Bachelor’s degree
in nursing at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway and her Master’s
degree in nursing at the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences Campus
in Little Rock, Ark. Wilson worked as a staff nurse in Fayetteville, Ark.,
then as a surgical clinical nurse specialist in the Coronary Care Unit
at St. Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock, Ark., before going on to earn
her medical degree from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
in Little Rock. Wilson completed her internship and residency in obstetrics
and gynecology at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.,
as a captain in the U.S. Army.
She practiced at Martin Army Community Hospital at Fort Banning, Ga., and
was honorably discharged from the Army with the rank of Major. Before
relocating to the Golden Isles, Wilson practiced at Taylor Regional Hospital
in Hawkinsville, Ga. She is certified by the American Board of Obstetrics
and Gynecology, is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and
Gynecology and a member of the Medical Association of Georgia, Delta Sigma
Theta service sorority, and Links, Inc., one of the nation’s oldest
and largest volunteer service organizations. She is married to Charles
Wilson, a congressional aide for U. S. Rep. Jack Kingston (R, Ga.), and
they are the parents of one child, Charlie Wilson, 19, a student at Georgia
Southern University.
“I am honored to have been chosen to serve on the Authority,”
Wilson says. “As a physician, I hope to work with my fellow Authority
members to assure that the Health System adheres to and exceed all patient
care policy standards and that we continue to improve and expand our health
care services in order to meet the needs of our community.”
Hughes, a native of Calhoun, Ga. and a former captain in the U.S. Army
Reserve, founded Vance Hughes & Associates in Brunswick, a consulting
firm that provides assistance with environmental compliance, sustainable
development and infrastructure projects. He has been involved in the restoration
and management of the Jekyll Island Club Hotel since 1984, and also provided
an alternative energy and natural resource conservation plan for the new
Hampton Inn & Suites on Jekyll Island. Additionally, his firm has
worked with the Georgia Ports Authority and has assisted clients in managing
hazardous materials and waste.
Hughes completed his undergraduate degree in economics from Davidson College
in Davidson, N.C., before going on to earn his Juris Doctorate from the
University of Georgia School of Law. After beginning his career at the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in both Atlanta and Washington, D.C.,
Hughes served as the first Chief of Policy, Legislation and Special Litigation
in the Land and Natural Resources Division, then the in the U.S. Department
of Justice as Chief of the Wildlife and Marine Resources Section. He went
on to work as a private attorney before founding and managing Kilpatrick
Stockton LLP, an environmental practice group in Washington, D.C., Atlanta,
and North Carolina. Some of the highlights of his 18-year tenure with
Kilpatrick Stockton included serving as common counsel for multi-party
groups at 15 Superfund sites, representing the city of Atlanta in defense
of a comprehensive Clean Water Act enforcement action, advising clients
involved in controversies concerning destruction of shellfish beds and
wetlands, and leading a team of environmental organizations in a mediation
that convinced shrimp fishermen to use excluder devices in their nets
to reduce the mortality of endangered sea turtles.
Hughes is a member of the Georgia Bar Association, the District of Columbia
Bar Association, the Stetson Kennedy Foundation Board of Trustees, the
Center for International Environmental Law Board of Advisors, and the
Jekyll Island Advisory Forum.
“Having worked with national environmental legislation and regulations
for more than 30 years, I hope that experience prepared me to help the
Authority approach the new National Health Care Program as an opportunity
to improve our services in a cost effective manner and minimize any of
the negative aspects,” Hughes says. “And having lost my wife
to breast cancer, I also hope to work with fellow Authority members to
continue to improve information management, including the system that
provides patients and their families with the medical information they
need in a more understandable way.”
The Authority is made up of nine members—four are nominated by the
City Commission, four are nominated by the County Commission and one is
a city/county nominee. Authority members are then appointed by the sitting
members. Each of these members volunteers his or her time to oversee the
not-for-profit Health System.
In addition to Wilson and Hughes, Authority members are Chairperson Michael
D. Hodges, Vice Chair Carl Alexander, Secretary M.H. “Woody”
Woodside, Treasurer Laura McKinley, Mark Bedner, Walter C. McNeely, and
Carla L. Yarbrough.