Meet the Executive Board: Al Claiborne

This post is part of a series made to introduce you to your elected board members, and also to share a little bit about what SAVMA is working on on a national level. The officers are a group of students that are former SAVMA Delegates and were elected by their fellow Delegates to oversee the House. Keep checking back to meet the whole board!

Name, Position on EB: Al Claiborne, Treasurer

 School and Year: University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine, ℅ 2014

 Hometown: GreenEville, TN

 Your area of interest within veterinary medicine: Small animal Medicine & Surgery & Practice Management

 Description of what your office entails: I write checks and give you money!  Oh, and make a budget too.

 Your favorite thing about holding that office: I enjoy working with budgets and ensuring future financial success.  Oh, and writing big checks!

 Something exciting that your office is doing/has done for vet students this past year:  We've been evaluating online dues payments to make registration as simple as possible for students.  We're also continuing to use low-risk investments to ensure the future financial health of SAVMA.

 Your favorite SAVMA related experience thus far (EB or not): Serving as the AVMA Legislative Advisory Committee liaison.  I love politics, and I love veterinary medicine.  Mixing the two made each even better.  I also enjoy meeting people, and this allowed me to meet several wonderful people in the AVMA GRD, and on the committee itself.

 Something fun about yourself: If I have free time and the weather is nice, you'll find me out on my road bike in a hypoxic state, huffing and puffing.  I certainly won't be the next Lance Armstrong (because I don't lie to the media), but riding a bike down the road is one of the most peaceful ways to enjoy the outdoors!