Board Members

President – W. Wayne Gloyer

Mr. Gloyer graduated from Purdue University School of Pharmacy in 1956.  He worked one year at a pharmacy in Hinsdale, IL before he was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1957.  After basic training, Mr. Gloyer was assigned to be a pharmacist at the Pentagon in Washington D.C. for five months, and then he was deployed to the 97^th General Hospital in Frankfurt, Germany.

While in Germany, Mr. Gloyer met his wife, Karin, in his father’s home town of Moelln, and they married in January of 1959.   They went on to have three sons who all attended schools in Tomball.  Mr. Gloyer and his family moved to Tomball in August of 1960, buying a pharmacy from Mr. W. B. Kerr.  The pharmacy was located at 208 W. Main for ten years, then Mr. Gloyer moved his pharmacy to a new building at 1010 W. Main where Gloyer’s Pharmacy remains today.  He retired from the pharmacy in 2004.

Mr. Gloyer has always been active in the Tomball community.  He has been a member of the Tomball Rotary Club for 47 years.  He also held a position on the Tomball Independent School District board for nine years.  Mr. Gloyer was Director of Tomball Savings for eight years and Director of Salem Lutheran Church for six years.  In addition, he has been a Board member for Northwest Rural EMS for six years, a position he still maintains today.

Vice President - Laryssa Korduba

Secretary – Carolynn Trochesset, RN

Mrs. Trochesset was born and raised in Galveston, Texas, where she spent many of her weekends, when she was old enough to be a strong swimmer, helping her Dad on his shrimp boat.  Mrs. Trochesset spent summers on a ranch in the Texas hill country where she eventually taught riverfront/boating/water skiing, and subsequently worked as director of that facility.  Her ideal day-off activity there was swimming her Tennessee Walker in the Medina on a hot afternoon!

After completing pre-requisites at the University of Texas at Austin, Mrs. Trochesset attended and graduated from St. Mary’s School of Nursing and passed the required State Board Exams to be able to acquire licensing as a registered nurse.  Her varied nursing experiences have been a continuing education:

1. Mid to late ‘60s – Staff nurse, Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, Houston/Orthopedics.  Wonderful hospital!
2. Late ‘60s to early ‘70s – Office/surgical scrub nurse for orthopedic surgeons.  Busy practice.
3. …moved to El Paso per husband’s job transfer
4. January 1979-June 2006 – Director of Health Services, Tomball Independent School District.  Working with children has been her passion, but to couple that with the opportunity to work with the outstanding educators in Tomball ISD …”PRICELESS”!!!

From a school nurse perspective, having experienced how valuable to the community Northwest EMS is, Mrs. Trochesset felt honored to be invited into this organization as a Board member.  She feels this is an amazing professional organization whose employees work their hardest to provide and continually improve the medical care required by those in need. 

 Mrs. Trochesset believes they do so much for so many, and do it all so well!  She has a sweatshirt that exemplifies the 24/7 activity of Northwest EMS.  It says:  “Life is simple.  Eat.  Sleep.  Save Lives.”  Yes, they do eat…when they have time;  they do get some sleep…sometime; but, spending just one shift on one of the units will quickly tell you it is FAR from simple. 

A personal note from Carolynn: Congratulations to Northwest EMS for the strong, professional example you set and provide to the Tomball community.  It is certainly my pleasure to work with you.

Although my nursing profession will always be dear to my heart, as through the years it has offered me the opportunity to meet and work with many individuals and organizations, I must say that my three greatest accomplishments are my children. 

Their continuous, outstanding achievements keep me young and living on… Carolynn

Treasurer - Mary Harvey

Tomball Regional Hospital Representative - Jerry Till

 Mr. Till joined the Northwest Rural EMS Board in 2010 as a representative from Tomball Regional Hospital Board of Directors.  Mr. Till retired from the U.S. Air Force where he served from 1953-1974.  Mr. Till is also an Adjunct Professor and Student Advisor at Lone Star College.  His many Board appointments include: Harris County Appraisal Review, Tomball Planning Commission, Tomball Economic Development Commission, First Community Credit Union and is a member of the Tomball Rotary Club.

City of Tomball Representative  - Rick Brown

 Rick Brown joined the Northwest Rural EMS Board in 2010 as the Tomball City Council representative and is serving his first term on Council.  Rick has been married to Karen for 24 years and they have two sons, Kris (22) and Taylor (20).  Rick also serves as pastor for ChristBridge Fellowship in Tomball.

Board Member -Stephen F. Smith