Kate Adair is a native of Nova Scotia, Canada. She is a graduate of the City University of New York where she majored in Anthropology while working at the Asia Society, a non-profit cultural center in New York City. Kate and her family moved to Hickory in 2006 where she became President of the Catawba County Medical Society Alliance. Under her leadership, the Alliance won several state awards recognizing the Alliance's fundraising efforts. Kate was the originator of the "Medicators vs. Litigators" basketball game played between the physicians and attorneys of Catawba County. Proceeds from the game benefitted the MACC program of the Greater Hickory Cooperative Christian Ministries. Kate is working as a Giving Associate in the Development office of the Greater Hickory CCM.

Karen Drum, RN, BSN, CED has joined our health care team as Nurse Administrator. Karen comes to us from Catawba Valley Medical Center where she was a magnet nurse working in the Emergency Department. She graduated from Wilkes Community College with an Associate Degree in Nursing in 1993 and then earned the Bachelor's in nursing at Gardner-Webb University in 2006. She has a wealth of experience from her days at Alleghany Memorial Hospital, High Country Home Health, and the CVMC Emergency Department since 2006. She has experience in management, budgets, QI, scheduling, and staffing. She served as preceptor for CVCC Paramedic students and as the 2009 Magnet Captain for the CVMC Emergency Department. We know she is an asset for GHCCM as we move forward in our health care services.