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Legal Consultants:
Herb Daley, Esq
Counselor Jerome Verdier

Financial Consultant:
Robert N. Matthews, CPA

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Jenkins Beyan
President
Olive Blay
Vice President
Meiko Dolo, PhD
General Secretary
Sam Hennings
Assistant General Secretary
Musu Amara
Treasurer
Alice Kear
Financial Secretary
Marthaline Wleh
Chaplain

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Celsus	Ebba, MD
Jallah	Kennedy, PhD
Abraham	Kollison
B. Pyne	Bertsche

The TNIMA Association comprises graduates, former students, staff and affiliates of TNIMA and the health care community in
Liberia and the USA. The TNIMA Association in a 501(c)(3) non-profit professional healthcare organization incorporated in the
State of New Jersey.

a)         Standardized healthcare training programs.
b)         Provide basic healthcare materials and equipment for the institution’s need.
c)        Provide educational opportunities and information dissemination to our members.
d)        Seek the welfare of our members.

Our members include Environmental Health Technicians, Epidemiologists, Laboratory Technicians, Lawyers, License Practical
Nurses, Medical Doctors, Midwives, Physician Assistants, Radiology (X-Ray) Technicians, Registered Nurses and Social Workers
amongst others.

Objectives are:

Standardized healthcare training programs.
Provide basic healthcare materials and equipment for the institution’s need.
Provide educational opportunities and information dissemination to our members.
Seek the welfare of our members.
Coordinate with other organizations and institutions to provide services to our members and TNIMA

The association sprouted from the ideas of nearly every members living in the United States of America as a platform to reach one
another and reflect the glory of our beloved institution. The primary focus is to unify us everywhere in the spirit of reaching back to our
alma mater. Our membership now spans from the USA to Canada, Chad, Germany, Great Britain, Liberia, Norway and Sweden.

In August 2004, a group of TNIMA graduates; former students and staff spoke with each other about forming a body that will bring all
TNIMA affiliates together. The idea had seeded in the minds of a lot of people for many years but due to circumstances, a unified
body could not be brought into being. Some graduates had even formed themselves into units but were mostly restricted to those they
had acquaintance with e.g., graduated from the same school; attended during the same time period; or resided close to each other.

Following a meeting of Mrs. Sarah Amara (former Director of the School of Physician Assistant and current member of the Board of
Directors of this Association) with Dorbor Kolubah Kabah, Rufus and Ruth Tartee and other graduates, Jallah Kennedy was approached
about forming a ‘TNIMA group’. Frank Martin, Tarlo Garmo, David Wilson, Moses Yoko, Mitchell Dorbor, Ellen James, Lewis Weiah,
Musu Amara Blama, Argbah Momolu, Garmai Korboi, Nathaniel Dawonde, Catherine Belleh and others were consulted. Several
suggestions were brought forward geared toward establishing a mean that would bring the idea into being. Telephone mini-
conferences were started via individual cells phones and long distance lines. Membership rose between August 2004 and October
2004 from about 15 persons to 75. Names of graduates, former students and staffs were shared and contacts made. We have tried to
reach everyone for whom contact information are available. So far, only two persons have declined to join the association. Nationwide
(USA) teleconferences began on October 10,2004 and followed mostly on the second Sunday of each month thereafter. By November
2004, membership had risen to around 150 including 6 persons from Canada, Sweden, Norway, UK and Germany. Some graduates
from Europe and Liberia, including Mr. John Dorbor (the current Registrar of TNIMA) served as participants during one or more of the
conference calls. Current membership listing is over 330. Please review the membership listing. There are many members for whom
contact information are not available. If you need information about any of the names or to give information about other graduates,
please contact us by clicking on the CONTACT US page.

Considering the diversity of members and the need to include everyone, the group was named the TNIMA Association. This
incorporates all graduates, former students and staffs. Associate and honorary memberships were also created to include other health
workers as well as the spouses of members and those with vested interest in the Association and the healthcare educational system in
Liberia and beyond.

In order to create other means of mass communications, mass email listings were created which currently contains 144 persons. This
was followed by the purchasing of this website. The website has become a proliferate means of communication and interaction. Our
official email address is i nfo @tnima a .org.

The costs associated with the formation, organization and travel has been exclusively voluntary.

It is our hope that we will work together to organized this association in order to have an impact on activities at our alma mater,
TNIMA. We will also be able to have a unified voice when dealing with the institution for documentations PARTICULARLY
TRANSCRIPTS AND VERIFICATIONS for such procedures as NURSING STATE BOARD REGISTRATION, COLLEGE APPLICATIONS
and EXCHANGES amongst others.

Please make it your utmost effort to reach other members so that we can continue to have massive participations since crucial
decisions are being made.

CHAPTER CHAIRPERSONS
Sarah Lincoln
New England (USA)
Frank Martin
Tri-State (USA)
Lasana Kamara
Georgia (USA)
Moses Yoko
Minnesota (USA)
Amanda G. Clarke
Western (USA)
Thomas Momo
Liberia
Koo Yelegon Joseph
Europe[Acting]
Abraham Kollison
Mid-West
Charleslyn Johnson
Metropolitan

COMMITTEES
CHAIRPERSONS
Bior Bropleh
Public Affairs
Frank Martin
Education
Bethune Harding-Weay
Ways and Means
David Wilson
Ethics and Code of Conduct
B. Pyne Bertsche
Membership and General
Welfare
These are acting positions
pending Advice and Consent
of the NEC and Board of
Directors.

We are glad to welcome Mrs.
Ruth E.(Brown) Beecher,
former Peace Corp Nurse,
Director of Nursing at JFK and
Instructor at TNIMA.
She is now retired with
residence in Florida. She can
be reached at this email:
LtREB@isp.com

The TNIMA Association in a 501(c)(3)
non-profit professional healthcare
organization incorporated in the State
of New Jersey.

MEETING SCHEDULES
1. National Assembly monthly general
conference call is the second Sunday
every month at 8:00pm Eastern Time
except when the second Sunday falls
on Mother's Day

2. The officers will have conference
call meeting the first Sunday of every
month at 8:00pm Eastern Time

OBITUARIES

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OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES

WE ARE REDESIGNING THIS WEBSITE TO PROVIDE
BETTER FUNCTIONALITIES. THE NEW SITE WILL BE
PROVIDED SOON.

The Tubman National Institute of Medical Arts (TNIMA) Association Inc.

Program and Research
Consultant:
Jallah Kennedy, PhD

Friends of TNIMA and the TNIMA Association will be conducting the next convention via video conferencing on
September 15, 2018. Details to be posted..

[TNIMA ASSOCIATION] Updates About 2018 Convention - Election Rules and Guidelines
As you are aware, the TNIMA Association convention will be held virtually (online video and telephone) this year on
Saturday, September 15, 2018 from 3pm - 6pm Eastern Time.
The details of the agenda will be provided but here is a summary:
•        Elections for ALL executive positions (president, vice president, general secretary, treasurer, financial secretary,
and chaplain).
•        Planning the process for the nominations for ALL board members.
•        Strategic plans to implement projects at TNIMA and Liberia
•        Develop partnerships
•        Increase membership awareness and mobilization
To be eligible to vote, you must meet the following criteria:
1.        Be an active regular (alumni /alumina), associate, or honorary member of the TNIMA Association
2.        Must pay your annual due of $100.00
3.        Provide your phone number and email

To be eligible to run for an executive position, you must meet the following criteria:
1.        Be a member. However, candidates for the position of President and Vice President must be an
alumni/alumna of TNIMA.
2.        Pay the annual due and processing fees for a total of $150.00
3.        Declare your candidacy via email to info@tnimaa.org by the deadline of Wednesday, September 12, 2018.
4.        Provide your phone number and email
5.        Email your summary biography of no more than 300 words and your Resume/CV with three references to
info@tnimaa.org by the deadline of Wednesday, September 12, 2018.
Any one nominating a candidate in their absent to either positions, should have a written approval from the nominee
sent via email to info@tnimaa.org . Also said person should have met the financial obligation listed above.
Payment for the dues and processing fees can be done with Paypal or credit card at www.tnimaa.org or deposited in
the TNIMA Association account ( Routing number: 051000017
Account number: 435035027209) at Bank of America.
For additional information/questions, please email info@tnimaa.org or call Joseph Robert on 651-331-1974, or
Henrietta Mitchell on 973-204-0295, or Jenkins Beyan on 404-519-1875.

Please share this update.
Signed: Jenkins Beyan and Henrietta Mitchell
___________________________________________________________________________________

The Tubman National Institute of Medical Arts (TNIMA) Association Inc.

Recent events::
Other series of health/research
presentations were held from August 18-
November 13 , 2016. Details to follow.
Please click here to see details about
the conference in Philadephia/Upper
Darby