Franson to chair C-Path board
Dr. Timothy R. Franson has been named chair of the Critical Path Institute (C-Path) Board of Directors. He replaces Dr. Peter B. Corr, who will continue to serve as senior advisor to the board.
Franson brings extensive clinical and regulatory expertise in pre- and post-approval phases of pharmaceutical development. He is the chief medical officer at YourEncore, and previously was a principal at FaegreBD Consulting and vice president of global regulatory affairs and patient safety for Eli Lilly and Co.
He is the immediate past president of the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention and has served on the National Institutes of Health/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences Treatment of Rare Diseases review panel.
Franson earned his bachelorโs degree in pharmacy from Drake University and his medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine.
Jones is music director of Repertory Singers
Elliot Jones has been named music director of the Arizona Repertory Singers.
Jones holds degrees from New York University and Indiana University as well as a doctor of musical arts degree in choral conducting from the University of Arizona.
He has conducted performances of a wide variety of repertoire, including twice leading performances at the National Cathedral in Washington, most recently of Gregorio Allegriโs โMiserere.โ An advocate for new music, Jones conducted the East-Coast premiere of Jake Heggieโs Anna Madrigal Remembers (text by Armistead Maupin), scored for mezzo-soprano, menโs chorus, strings and piano.
Jones served on the music faculty at West Chester University of Pennsylvania, Wesley College, Culver-Stockton College, The Music School of Delaware, and Saint Andrewโs School. In 1996 he was selected for the National Association of Teachers of Singing Intern Program at Ohio State University; and he has held regional leadership positions in the American Choral Directors Association.
Hutchinson joins UA Sarver Heart Center
The University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center welcomes Dr. Mathew D. Hutchinson as director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology Program in the Division of Cardiology at the UA College of Medicine โ Tucson.
Board certified in cardiovascular disease and clinical cardiac electrophysiology, Hutchinson specializes in treating complex heart rhythm disorders, such as atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia.
He comes from the University of Pennsylvania where he was an associate professor of medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine. He completed his medical degree at St. Louis University School of Medicine and his medical residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School in Boston. His cardiology and electrophysiology fellowships were completed at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
Tucson Pops names Guthrie exec director
Rebecca Guthrie has been hired as executive director of the Tucson Pops Orchestra, taking over for Interim Director Francis Bettinger, a Tucson Pops board member who filled in after the 2014 death of Dorothy Spencer. Spencer held the position for more than 50 years.
Guthrie holds a University of Arizona degree.
Clancy named chef at Rincon Mountain Grill
Forty Niner Country Club has named Paul Clancy as executive chef of its restaurant, the Rincon Mountain Grill.
Clancy most recently was executive chef at Hi Falutin Rapid Fire Western Grill.
He has been in the culinary field for more than 35 years starting in San Francisco and has worked for and with such names as Wolfgang Puck, Martin Yan, Jeremiah Tower and Paul Proudomme. His Tucson experience includes positions at Westward Look Resort, the Tack Room and Stuart Andersonโs Black Angus restaurants.
