Dr. Bentley Bobrow

Awards
• Dr. Bentley J. Bobrow, was honored in the category of Physician/Medical Director by Arizona Emergency Medical Services for his excellence in the field of pre-hospital emergency medicine at the group’s annual conference awards luncheon June 23.

Dr. Bobrow serves as medical director for the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services. He is highly regarded in his field, especially for creating the SHARE program, which helps to improve Arizonans’ chance for survival from an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, which on average, claims the lives of more than 95 percent of its victims.

“He truly has the best interest of the public as his motivation,” says Glendale Fire Department EMS Division Captain Chuck Montgomery, the man who nominated Dr. Bobrow for the award.

Mr. Montgomery highlighted the specifics of the problem that Dr. Bobrow’s SHARE (Save Hearts in Arizona Registry and Education) program aims to improve. He says that there are too few AEDs (automatic external defibrillators) in too few places in the state. There are no standards for the placement of these devices, which can be used by anyone regardless of their medical training, to jump-start someone’s heart in the vital first few minutes directly after experiencing a sudden cardiac arrest.

“He works with everybody involved in getting AEDs more widely placed, including health care providers, AED manufacturers, and the public,” says Mr. Montgomery, “The use, education and funding for AEDs have been very sporadic, and Dr. Bobrow is trying to create a standard, for statewide registries for AEDs and cardiac arrest victims in an effort toward quality improvement.”

Mr. Montgomery, who is also a state certified paramedic, has worked with him since Dr. Bobrow started in his current position two years ago. “He was my first thought for a nomination for this award. He’s very deserving,” says Mr. Montgomery. “Not only is he the champion and father of this program, but he’s one of the most progressive and dynamic leaders of his department.”

Dr. Bobrow is also an active emergency room physician at the Mayo Hospital and chairman of the Emergency Medical Services Council.
Boards
The Herberger Theater Center Board of Directors welcomed the following seven new members at its annual meeting in May.
• Timothy J. Berg, treasurer. Mr. Berg practices law in the area of civil appeals and public utilities regulation for Fennemore Craig in Phoenix. He frequently appears before the Arizona Corporation Commission in regulatory proceedings relating to electricity, water and telecommunications corporations and has represented clients with respect to utility and water legislation.
• Frederic L. Beeson is responsible for all aspects of Salt River Project’s tort, natural resource, contract, environmental and water rights litigation. He is also responsible for the management of outside counsel in connection with water rights litigation and Indian water rights settlements, and tort, natural resource and environmental litigation matters. Mr. Beeson is a founding director and incorporator of the Arizona Museum of Mexican Art and a member of the Men’s Art Council.
• Jennifer Hadley Dioguardi is a partner in the Phoenix office of Snell & Wilmer, LLP. Her practice is concentrated in complex commercial litigation with an emphasis on banking and securities defense, NASD arbitration proceedings and class actions. She is a member of the Arizona Theatre Company’s Board of Trustees and Friends of the Phoenix Public Library Dinner in the Stacks Planning Committee.
• Dr. Mernoy E. Harrison Jr. is vice president and provost for ASU-Downtown Phoenix. He has served as the executive vice president for administration and finance as well as the university’s chief financial and administrative officer. He has been employed with ASU since September 1997. Mr. Harrison also serves as vice president of the board of the Phoenix Industrial Development Authority and as a member of the board of the Valley of the Sun United Way.
• Jack W. Jensen is a commercial banker at Arizona Business Bank with more than 30 years of experience encompassing commercial lending, trust administration and business development. He serves on the board of the Arizona Baseball Charity and the Phoenix and Scottsdale chambers of commerce.
• Stephen Miller serves as senior vice president and senior regional private banking manager for Wells Fargo Private Client Services in Scottsdale. He leads Wells Fargo’s private client services team of private bankers, who specialize in assessing and providing high net worth customers with their current and future banking and credit needs as well as coordinating the involvement of other Wells Fargo Private Client Services.
• Clay Wells, Jr. is the vice president of business development and officer of The Weitz Company, where he develops long-term business relationships. He also develops and manages a marketing and public relations program to support those efforts. Mr. Wells served as a member of the Board of Directors of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona, the Arts and Business Council of Arizona and Valley Forward.