Phelps Memorial Hospital Center Promotes Eve Urban to Director of Volunteer Services

Stamford resident Eve Urban has been promoted to the position of Director of Volunteer Services at Phelps Memorial Hospital Center, assuming responsibility for oversight of 200 volunteers, the hospital announced Tuesday.

Additionally in her new position, Urban also will oversee the hospital’s physician referral service, the Phelps Gift Shop, the Cherry Door Thrift Shop in Tarrytown, and the James House Mansion, a Victorian gothic building on the Phelps campus that is available for special event rental.

From the hospital’s press release announcing the appointment:

For the past eight years, Urban has served as Project Administrator at Phelps, performing a variety of duties for senior management, including research, financial review and analysis for new programs, and grant reviews. She began her career at Phelps in 1987 as Assistant Director of Food Services. In 1991 she was promoted to Director of the department, a position she held for more than 10 years, and from 2002-2004 she was Purchasing Manager.

Urban holds a B.A. degree in general speech and communication and a B.S. degree in food and nutrition, both from Lehman College, and an M.A. degree in food and nutrition from New York University.

For information on volunteer opportunities at Phelps, call 914-366-3170, or visit the Phelps Web site at www.phelpshospital.org/volunteers.