Ann’s Place Appoints New Board Members
The Board of Directors of Ann’s Place is pleased to announce the appointment of Bethan Austin to its Board.
Bethan moved to Ridgefield three years ago from Richmond, Virginia. She graduated from the University of Delaware with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics. Bethan spent fourteen years as an employee of what is now Bank of America in the Corporate Finance division helping large corporate clients with corporate finance needs. Bethan also was a consultant for three years for Dominion Capital, a subsidiary of Dominion Resources in Richmond, Virginia.
She devoted much of her time to her son's school and other non-profit organizations including St. Christopher's School where she was President of Parent's Association and also chaired several major fundraisers for the school. Additionally, she served on the Junior Board of Children's Hospital Foundation for nine years. She became involved with Ann's Place in 2014 as a member of the Development Committee.
Bethan and her husband John have two sons, David (21) and Bobby (19).
“Ann’s Place is honored to have Bethan join our Board and I am looking forward to working with her as we are celebrating our 25th year of serving those in our community who are facing cancer, as well as their loved ones, with professional counseling, support groups, resources and wellness activities all at no cost to them.” states Anthony Zeolla, President & CEO.
The Board of Directors of Ann’s Place is pleased to announce the appointment of Jamie Eden to its Board.
Jamie Eden joined Boehringer Ingelheim in August, 2008 and is currently Senior Vice President of Human Resources for the U.S. He is a member of the BI US Corporate Management Committee, BIPI Operating Committee, and the Global Human Resources Committee. Prior to this role, he served as Vice President of Compensation and Benefits for BI’s U.S. operations. Jamie has over 20 years of Human Resources experience in progressively responsible positions including most recently with Swift Transportation, where he was Director of HR, responsible for leading the Human Resources function for all operations and corporate functions.
Jamie has experience in various HR generalist and specialist roles in the United Kingdom and United States, including work across multiple industries such as Financial Services (Barclays), Retail (Target Corporation), Aerospace (Honeywell) and Logistics (Swift Transportation). Jamie has a passion for making connections between changes in the external environment and associated opportunities with respect to HR and business strategy.
He is also a member of the BI Cares Foundation Steering Committee and the BI Political Action Committee Board. Jamie holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geography from Kings College London.
“Ann’s Place is honored to have Jamie join our Board and continue our long standing relationship with Boehringer Ingelheim, which began in 1987 as we honored the life of Ann Olsen, a BI employee. I am looking forward to working with Jamie as we are celebrating our 25th year of serving those in our community who are facing cancer, as well as their loved ones, with professional counseling, support groups, resources and wellness activities all at no cost to them.” states Anthony Zeolla, President & CEO.
About Ann’s Place: Ann’s Place provides comfort and support to people living with cancer and their loved ones. We help inspire people to create solutions which will strengthen and sustain them. Our clinical social workers, facilitators, and wellness experts provide professional counseling, wellness activities, support groups, and resources. It is only through the support of the philanthropic community that we are able to provide these services to over 1,000+ clients and their loved ones at no charge. Ann’s Place is located at 80 Saw Mill Road, Danbury, CT 06810 (Exit 1 off I-84). For more information, please visit www.annsplace.org or call 203-790-6568.