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                                                                                                            CAPPED is proud to introduce members of the CAPPED Governing Board of Directors 
                                                                                                                        and CAPPED Staff

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                                                                                                            Patrick Vandergriff, Board President

                                                                                                            Mr. Vandergriff is a highly ranked contract instructor for the  International Code Council.
                                                                                                            He has received numerous awards and certifications from the New  Mexico Home Builder's Association of the NAHB, ICC and other organizations for  his work in code development and adoption of International Codes in New Mexico  and throughout the United States.

                                                                                                            Mr. Vandergriff has served as a subject matter expert on several  training programs, and the preparation of test quetions on all areas of construction related codes.

                                                                                                            He is a charter member of the New Mexico Building Official's Association and Southern New Mexico Association of Building Officials.  He served as the Chief Building Official for the City of Alamogordo New Mexico.  He also served as the Director of Construction Industries Division for the State of New Mexico. 






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                                                                                                            Linda Fritze, RN, Board Vice President

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                                                                                                            Charles Hester, Board Treasurer

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                                                                                                            Susan Weitzel, RN, Board Secretary

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                                                                                                            Nadia Sikes, Board Scheduler

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                                                                                                            Roy Brady, Board Educator

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                                                                                                            Marie Vallejos, Board Researcher

                                                                                                            CAPPED Staff make things happen . . .

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                                                                                                            Tresa VanWinkle, RN is Executive Director and Founder of CAPPED, Inc. (Cancer Awareness, Prevalence, Prevention and Early Detection), a grassroots nonprofit cancer prevention and support center in rural New Mexico.  She has served as an RN in hospital, home care and private settings and as a nurse inventor and entrepreneur.  She has published works on nursing, pain control, breast cancer and holds four patents. 

                                                                                                            Tresa is well known as “The Speaker with a Vision” in Otero County, where she has made more than 550 community presentations on cancer prevention and support since 2000.  Her vision is to create a nationwide, community based health education network to help individuals learn health promotion and disease prevention from early childhood through old age.  To this end, she has dedicated her life.

                                                                                                            Tresa believes in CAPPED's Vision:  "A World without Cancer and Other Preventable Disease", and she is actively working toward makeing this vision a reality.


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                                                                                                            Samantha Jones, Executive Assistant
                                                                                                                Married her sweetheart on Saturday, December 17th at 4 p.m. in the CAPPED Chapel in the presence of a room full of family and friends.  Justin is a lucky man!
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                                                                                                            Thomas (Tom) Spano, Aqua Chi Ionic Footbath Technician