St. Luke’s Hospital Foundation has announced eight new members have joined the board of trustees. Fred Foy, Jay Geddings, William Jones, Louise Radford, Jean Shumway, Stacey Stafford, Cathy Taylor and Paul Zimmerman will serve a three-year term.
“We are fortunate to have these individuals join our board,” said Judy Lair, chair of the foundation’s board of trustees. “Their experience and knowledge will be a tremendous benefit as we work to support our community hospital.”
The St. Luke’s Hospital Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization established in 1991 to support St. Luke’s Hospital. It is made up of citizens who have joined together to raise funds for new equipment, facility improvements, educational programs and the foundation’s endowment.
For more information, contact Meshelle Colvin, St. Luke’s Hospital executive director, at 828-894-2693 or email mcolvin@saintlukeshospital.com.
– article submitted by Jennifer Wilson

Jean Shumway
Jean Shumway, a retired nurse, lives in Columbus with her husband, Jack. She completed her BSN degree at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, and her RN degree at Norwalk Hospital in Norwalk, Conn.
She has also worked as a club specialist with Curves International and received the Mentor of the Year award for Curves in 2003.
Shumway recently completed a three-year-term as St. Luke’s Auxiliary president and remains a St. Luke’s Hospital volunteer.

Cathy Cockman Taylor
Cathy Cockman Taylor moved from Greenville, S.C. to this area in 2000. In Greenville, she served on boards of Ronald McDonald House, Greenville Symphony and Pendleton Place.
Married to Wyllys Taylor, she stays busy with their daughter, Allie. She also enjoys cleaning the barn and riding and driving her beloved Friesian horses.

Jay Geddings
Jay Geddings is a native of Spartanburg, S.C. He studied mechanical engineering at Clemson University (1993) and received his master’s degree in international business from the University of South Carolina (1998), where he focused on finance. While at USC, he had the opportunity to live in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and intern with Fluor Daniel.
After college, Geddings worked for Intel Corporation for nine years as a program manager and directed teams focused on improving procurement, receiving and accounts payable systems. In 2007, he began his business with Edward Jones as a financial advisor in Polk County.
He lives in Tryon with his wife of 14 years, Lori, and their children, Jackson (10) and Madison (8), who are students at Tryon Elementary.

Paul Zimmerman
Paul Zimmerman received a BS/MS degree in chemical engineering from Case Western Reserve University in 1972. He worked as a captain in the USAF as a materials engineer in the Air Force Materials Lab for four years before joining The Procter & Gamble Co in 1976, where he worked until 2007.
With P&G, Zimmerman worked on new product development (Puffs, Pampers) and as a market research senior manager. Paul also worked as a professional qualitative moderator. He has moderated about 200 focus groups, in-home and in-store visits around the world to understand consumer motivation when using and buying products.
He has been married to Diane Zimmerman for 41 years and has three daughters – Molly, Sara and Anne. He retired in late 2007, moving to Tryon.

Fred Foy
Born and raised in Polk County, Fred Foy worked as produce manager of IGA in Tryon. He currently serves as chair of the St. Luke’s Hospital Board of Trustees. He and his wife, Julie, live in Mill Spring, where they raised their two children.

Louise Radford
Originally from Asheville, Louise Radford moved to Tryon in 1970 with her husband and two children.
Radford worked at Oak Hall Hotel as the bookkeeper/hostess before joining White Oak Terrace, a White Oak Manor Community, in 1977. She worked with White Oak in Tryon for 10 years before transferring to Spartanburg to White Oak Estates. She worked there 12 years as the manager in charge of the apartments. Radford retired in 2009 after working with the White Oak Community for 32 years. As members of First Baptist Church of Tryon, she and her husband, Richard, said they enjoy life in this beautiful community.

William Jones
After spending 10 years in the corporate world with Proctor & Gamble and the MARS corporation, William (Bill) Jones and his wife, Carolyn, moved to upstate South Carolina in 1974 and farmed peaches and apples. In 1980, they bought a travel company in Spartanburg and expanded to Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina.
Now living at Bright’s Creek, Jones enjoys golf and spending time with their six grandchildren.

Stacey Stafford
Stacey Stafford was raised in Polk County and graduated from Polk County High School in 1993. She received a degree in journalism and mass communications in 1997 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
She has served in various public relations positions during her career, which included work for Price McNabb Integrated Marketing Agency in Asheville (now Charlotte) and Polk County Schools. Currently, Stafford and her husband, Dane, work at his family’s business, The Caro-Mi Dining Room.
Stafford and her husband have one son, Ian, who is 5. Both said they feel blessed to be able to raise Ian here at home, near their parents and where he can benefit from this community and its numerous resources.
She and her family enjoy outdoor activities and water sports.