Newsmakers

Graham-Field Health
Products, Atlanta, has promoted Ken
Spett to executive vice president. In his new position,
Spett’s responsibilities will encompass the medical/surgical, home
care, consumer and international divisions, along with global
operations and marketing. Spett has over 30 years of diverse health
care industry experience in a variety of senior executive, sales
and marketing positions with companies such as Lumiscope and
Whitestone Products. He began his career with Graham-Field in 1983
as vice president of operations for Labtron Scientific Corp. and
became corporate vice president of marketing when Labtron and
Graham-Field merged.

Home Diagnostics
Inc., Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., has appointed
Joseph H. Capper as president, CEO and director.
Capper was most recently president and CEO of CCS Medical, a
medical supply company, where he was responsible for acquiring and
integrating Becton Dickenson’s blood glucose monitoring division
into the CCS product line under the Nova Max brand. Before joining
CCS, Capper worked with Bayer Healthcare’s diabetes care division,
where he served as national sales director. Capper replaces J.
Richard Damron Jr., who served in the president/CEO capacity since
2001 and will be leaving the company.

Invacare Corp., Elyria,
Ohio, has elected recently retired Senior Vice President
Dale C. LaPorte to the company’s board of directors. “For
years, Invacare’s board has relied on Dale’s wise counsel, and we
are pleased that we will continue to have the benefit of his
insight and expertise as a member of the board,” said A. Malachi
Mixon, III, Invacare chairman and CEO.

The National Association of Independent
Medical Equipment Suppliers, Halifax, Va., has added
Larry Pierce, president of Oklahoma City-based
Care
Source, to its board of directors. Pierce replaces outgoing
member Tom Coogan, director of industry affairs for Care Medical
and Rehabilitation Equipment in Portland, Ore.