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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Audrey Matherly, Chair
Rhonda Rousch, Vice Chair
Gail Abbott, Treasurer
Anne Hartman, Secretary
Kay Bristol
Stuart Feather
Eric Ferguson
Kitty Ferguson
Jeannie Garber
William Jacobsen
Lindsay Sherrard, MD
Beth Thornton
Jason Turner

PROVIDER STAFF
John Merten, MD, Medical Director
Tiffany Taylor Powell, MD
Ken Thelan, MD
Virginia Thelan, MD
Paul Strumph, MD
Daniel Riddick, MD
Sarika Patel, PA-C
Bud Stockton, DDS
Brian Alexander, DDS

CLINIC STAFF
Martha Holloway, LPN, Clinic Coordinator
Mary Wickstrum, RN
Lisa Mackenhimer, Ad. Asst.
Ellen Holland, Interim Director

PHARMACY STAFF
Tom Malishaucki, Pharmacist-in-Charge
Rodney Cundiff, Pharmacist
Kim Florio, Pharmacist
Wanda English, CPhT/ MAP Coordinator
Michelle Gibson, CPhT

About the Free Clinic of Franklin County

The Free Clinic of Franklin County, Inc. is a private501(c)(3), independent, non-profit organization governed by a community Board of Directors.

A County steering committee, led by Jeanne Bernard, RN, completed a needs assessment which recognized the need and, with the help of many concerned citizens, the clinic opened with a one (Monday) evening clinic/week on November 12, 1992.  The clinic was staffed solely by volunteers.  Quickly the clinic realized the need for chronic care was great and began a diabetes program which has grown over the years.  As years progressed, the clinic grew and needed ever increasing resources, man-power, and space.

Clinic Milestones
 

November 12, 1992	First Monday evening “walk-in” clinic in one room of the STEP building.
December 1992	Carilion provided a part-time nurse manager, who became full time in November 1993
March 1993	First clinic employee (part-time) Executive Director
January 1994	Diabetes Management Program began
July 1994	Pharmacy licensed
May 1998	Day-time clinic opened and was staffed by a nurse practitioner
September 2000	Began scheduling a Women’s Health Screening Clinic and Family Practice Physician with weekday clinics.
April  2004	Moved to larger renovated space in the STEP Building
March 2005	Began limited Mental Health Services with a psychologist seeing patents at the Clinic.  We also began the Hospital Discharge Medication Assistance program.
December 2008	Hired a Development Director
October 2009	The Clinic achieved VAFC accreditation
June 2010	Moved to new location at 490 South Main Street which allows additional space for clinics.
December 2010	Virginia HealthCare Foundation awarded a grant for the Clinic to hire a full-time, mid-level provider.  A waiver was granted by the Board of Medicine to allow a PA to work independently at the Free Clinic; and a PA was hired in February 2011.
July 2011	The Clinic partnered with the Franklin County Health Department.  Dental Services (extractions only) were initiated with a volunteer dentist one day a week.
February 2012	Hired an Assistant Executive Director
March 2012	Initiated health care services for the Franklin County Jail.