FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: info@keepswimmingfoundation.org
Keep Swimming Foundation is pleased to announce that, effective January 1, 2020, Meghan Christopher, Karrie Driscoll and Mary Rolston will be joining the foundation’s Board of Directors.
Meghan Christopher is a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesiologist who has practiced and studied nursing throughout the country. After obtaining her degree from Rivier University in Nashua, New Hampshire, Meghan began her nursing career at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. In Nashville, Meghan served as a Staff Nurse on the Surgical ICU floor until 2013, when she began exclusively caring for Cardiovascular and Ventricular Assist Device patients post-surgery at the same facility. In 2015, Meghan moved to Sylvania, Ohio where she pursued her Masters in Nursing at Lourdes University. Upon obtaining her degree, Meghan moved to Chicago, where she now aids pediatric patients daily at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. Meghan’s core focus in 2020 will be to grow and spread Keep Swimming Foundation’s name to healthcare providers throughout the Midwest and the dozens of locations she has lived, studied and practiced throughout her extensive career.
Throughout Karrie Driscoll’s fifteen years of nursing experience, she has witnessed countless families struggle with the non-medical debt related to visiting their loved one in the hospital. In turn, Karrie has been an avid supporter of Keep Swimming Foundation since the nonprofit’s inception in 2017. Currently, Karrie is the Lead Nurse Practitioner for the Department of Surgery at University of California San Diego Health System. Prior to obtaining her position in San Diego, Karrie practiced nursing in various major cities, including Chicago, Illinois, where she served as a Medical Assistant at Northwestern Memorial Hospital for two years before becoming a Staff Nurse for eight years with a focus in critical care. As part of the Board of Directors, Karrie’s focus will be growing awareness for Keep Swimming Foundation throughout San Diego and the entire west coast.
Mary Rolston, an active philanthropist in both the Minneapolis and Palm Springs communities, has been a supporter of Keep Swimming Foundation since 2017. As a two-time cancer survivor, Mary was drawn to Keep Swimming Foundation’s mission due to her first-hand experience as a patient.
Prior to her retirement, Mary served as an Accountant for multiple companies throughout Minnesota, including Blue Moon Packaging. In her free time, Mary enjoys volunteering with Therapy Dogs International and Read with Me of Coachella Valley.
As a Board Member with Keep Swimming Foundation, Mary plans to grow awareness for the foundation in Minnesota and the Palm Springs community through various fundraisers and outreach efforts.
In addition, at a recent meeting, Keep Swimming Foundation’s Board of Directors voted unanimously to elevate Ann Coon to the foundation’s first Board Treasurer and Lauren Irwin as the foundation’s first Board Secretary.
In related news, Annie Ulchak (Board Member 2018-2019) has resigned from her role on the Board of Directors so that she may pursue her work promoting Congenital Heart Defect awareness. Keep Swimming Foundation thanks Annie for her service throughout the past two years.
The full 2020 Keep Swimming Foundation Board of Directors roster is as follows:
Bill Coon – Board President
Ann Coon – Board Treasurer
Lauren Irwin, CRNA, MSN, APN – Board Secretary
Meghan Christopher, ARPN-CRNA, MSN
Karrie Driscoll, MSN, ANP-BC
Mary Rolston
Peter G. Sparacio, MBA, ASQ
Jim Ventura