Emergency Response Massage International

ERMI's annual Board meeting and retreat will be held November 12 & 13, 2011.  Board members will be brainstorming on the future of ERMI and directions to be taken.  If you have anything that you feel needs attention of the Board please contact us at:  info@ermassage.com.

ERMI welcomes new Board of Directors member Jim Freeman.  Jim is a North Carolina LMBT and a NCBTMB nationally board certified practitioner.  He is a 2010 graduate of the North Carolina School of Advanced Bodywork, a school of clinical massage therapy and structural bodywork and a Certified member of the ABMP.  He holds a BS degree from Mars Hill College, NC, a BA degree from Warren Wilson College, NC, a Technical Diploma in EMT-Paramedic and an Associate Degree Nursing from Asheville-Buncombe Technical College, NC.  He has twenty years of broad medical experience including pre-hospital, clinic, and hospital settings. 

Jim is the Owner/Therapist of Integrative Healing Arts of Asheville, a clinical massage and bodywork therapy practice, is a Staff Therapist at the Hot Springs Resort and Spa in Hot Springs, NC, and is a Licensed Therapeutic Foster Parent for two children in his home with Joni in Asheville, NC and is the father to three sons, Brandon, Jason, and Jake.  He plays clarinet with the Asheville Community Band, a 96 member group, where he also serves on their board.  He joined ERMI in the fall of 2010.  He will be heading ERMI's Fundraising and Networking Committee.