About Us

Mission

Promote vaccination and provide access to immunization community-wide.


VISION

Community immunity against vaccine-preventable diseases.


History of Super Shot

Super Shot was founded by the compassion of two determined community leaders who cared deeply about the health of local children.  Dr. Jane Irmscher, Health Commissioner of the Allen County Health Department, and Sister Mary Conrad Kirchhoff, a Poor Handmaid of Jesus Christ, brought key community leaders together to address our community’s low immunization rate.  The alliance that made Super Shot possible was Parkview Memorial Hospital, St. Joseph Medical Center, the Lutheran Hospital of Indiana, Fort Wayne Community Schools, the Fort Wayne/Allen County Board of Health, the Junior League of Fort Wayne, Three Rivers Health Services, the Fort Wayne Healthy Cities program, South Fort Wayne Kiwanis, and Matthew 25 Health Care Clinic. Their legacy of compassion and care for children continues thanks to the generous support of our community.

 

Super Shot timeline

Staff

Connie HeflinConnie Heflin
Executive Director
connie.heflin@supershot.org

 

 

 

StaciStaci Kaczmarek
Clinic Manager
staci.kaczmarek@supershot.org

 

 

 

Danyel Furge
Education and Outreach Manager
danyel.furge@supershot.org

 

 

 

Ashley Plunkett
Outreach Coordinator
ashley.plunkett@supershot.org

 

 

Board

CHAIR
Doug Beebe
Benchmark Human Services

VICE CHAIR
Gregory Perigo
Indiana Tech

TREASURER
Stacey Ottenweller
Ruoff Mortgage

SECRETARY
Sarah GiaQuinta, M.D.

Parkview Health

DIRECTORS

Gail Doran
Physicians Health Plan of Northeast Indiana (PHP)

Mary Hess, BSN, RN
Fort Wayne Community Schools

Susan Johnson
Community Advocate

Deborah Jones
Community Advocate

Mona Reimers
Community Advocate

Meredith Stout
Lutheran Health Network

Jane Jorgensen
Community Advocate

Deborah Garrison, Ph.D.
Indiana University Fort Wayne

Anna Menze, D.O.
Lutheran Health Physicians

Don Schenkel
Community Advocate

 

Employment Opportunities

Infant and Maternal Vaccine Outreach Coordinator

Thanks to our community partners

PHP Foundation
The St. Joseph Community Health Foundation
English Bonter Mitchell Foundation