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2 - The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, August 11, 2010
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY NEWS
Wiggins Promoted to Director of
Steward Center
Laura Wiggins
Laura N. Wiggins has
been named Director of The
Steward Center for Palliative
Care, a subsidiary of Hospice
Savannah, Inc.
In her new role she will
provide leadership to the
Center, manage the Nurse
Practitioners, and provide
clinical services to patients
dealing with incurable, pro
gressive illness who may not
be ready for hospice care.
She is also responsible
for developing and imple
menting programs, services
and education to meet the
changing needs of the patient
populations served.
The Steward Center's
physicians and Nurse
Practitioners focus on pro
viding expert pain and symp
tom management long before
the end of life.
They vigorously treat
pain and other symptoms
such as nausea, poor
appetite, depression or anxi
ety, and their goal is to keep
patients as comfortable and
active as possible through all
stages of illness.
Laura earned her BSN
from the Medical College of
Georgia and her MSN from
Armstrong Atlantic State
University.
She is a Board
Certified Adult Nurse
Practitioner with certification
as an Advance Hospice and
Palliative Care Nurse.
Laura has been
employed by Hospice
Savannah since 2001 and has
served as Nurse Practitioner
for The Steward Center since
2004.
To contact Laura, call
The Steward Center for
Palliative Care at
912.354.8014.
Memorial Service for
Anthony E. Ellison
A memorial service
will be held for Anthony E.
(Tony) Ellison, who passed
away on April 13, 2010, on
Saturday, August 14, 2010,
at the Williams & Williams
Funeral Home, 1012 E.
Gwinnett St. at 11 a.m.
Anthony is survived
by his daughter, Carman
Lynch, brothers Leroy M.
(Sara) and Ronald J.
(Celestine) Ellison, other
family members, and
friends.
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District Attorney’s Office
Announces Re-Organization
The Office of Eastern
Judicial Circuit/Chatham
County District Attorney
Larry Chisolm announces
the recent reorganization of
staff and new hires.
Foremost in this reor
ganization is the temporary
and interim plan aimed at
securing the leadership base
of the District Attorney’s
Office at large. The Office
continues to be led by the
District Attorney and the
Leadership Team, which he
designated upon taking
office. However, the Chief
Assistant District Attorney
role has been divided into
two new temporary posi
tions: Chief Assistant
District Attorney for
Administration and Chief
Assistant District Attorney
for Legal Support.
Effective immediately
the following interim
appointments have been
made:
Diane M. McLeod,
formerly Deputy Chief
Assistant for Juvenile Court,
has been appointed to the
Chief Assistant District
Attorney for Administration.
Diane will take on the
administrative functions of
the Chief. Assistant Role to
include the issues ranging
from expungements and
extraditions to assignment of
special investigations and
the supervision of Chief
David Sneed
Criminal Investigator, and
the personnel of the Violence
Intervention Program. She is
designated to lead the office
in the absence of the District
Attorney and make such
administrative decisions as
may be required during any
times that, he is unavailable
from the jurisdiction or
unavailable for service.
McLeod will serve in this
capacity until a permanent
candidate is identified and
hired. Diane brings 17 years
of experience as a lawyer to
the Chatham County District
Attorney's office. Prior to
joining the DA's office, she
operated her own private
practice. While in private
practice, she served as a
judge pro-tem for the
Chatham County Recorder's
Court for more than 12 years
and represented the Chatham
County Board of Assessors
for more than 10 years.
Diane earned a Bachelor of
Science degree in Criminal
Justice from Armstrong-
Atlantic State University and
her law degree from Georgia
State University. She also
has a certificate of Training
from the Georgia Municipal
Courts Training Council.
Margaret “Meg” Heap,
formerly Chief Assistant
District Attorney, has been
appointed Chief Assistant
District Attorney for Legal
Support. Meg will work to
Margaret Heap
close out or transition major
legal proceedings that have
been previously identified or
under her direct oversight
and she will supervise
Superior Court and Special
Victim’s Unit until her depar
ture from the office on
August 13 th.
Cheryl Rogers, former
ly Assistant Director of
Victim-Witness Assistance
Program (VWAP), has been
appointed as Interim Director
of the Victim-Witness
Assistance Program. Cheryl
has over 24 years of experi
ence in VWAP and has
served as the Assistant
Director of VWAP for over 3
years. She will assume lead
ership of VWAP until a per
manent candidate is hired
through the regular Chatham
County Human Resource
advertising process.
New Hires include: David
Sneed, who served formerly
an Assistant District Attorney
in the Juvenile Court
Division and as a floater in
the Special Victims Unit and
Superior Court of the DA’s
Office, has recently transi
tioned to State Court as an
Assistant District Attorney,
closing the vacancy left by
Allison Bailey. David does
not join the State Court team
as a novice, but rather has
extensive experience as a
See D.A., pg. 16
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