LEADERSHIP
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
BVMI is governed by a Board of Trustees. They provide strategic oversight and direction for BVMI, and ensure adequate resources to provide care to patients.
Richard C. Schwabacher, MPH, Board Chair
Vice President, Customer Experience, Digital Marketing and Innovation Lab, Office of the Chief Digital and Technology Officer, Pfizer; formerly Executive Director, Consumer Technologies & Digital Solutions, Quest Diagnostics
Andrea Costa Egan, 1st Vice Chair
Board member, St. Ignatius School / New York Nativity; former Mission Director of Development, School of the Holy Child,Rye, NY; former Director of Major Gifts, Bergen County's United Way; Founding Board Member and Treasurer, Glen Rock Education Foundation
Michael G. Faust, MD, FACOG, 2nd Vice Chair
Valley Center for Women's Health
Ronald J. Saldarini, PhD, Treasurer
Founder, Biological Initiatives; former president, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Global Vaccine Business
Christopher Vanuga, MBA, Secretary
Principal, Deloitte & Touche
Jill Altana
Automatic Data Processing - Retired
Dianne A.M. Aroh, MS, RN, NEA-BC
Executive Vice President, Chief Patient Care and Clinical Officer, Chief Nursing Officer, Hackensack Meridian Health Hackensack University Medical Center
Jordan Goldsmith, Esq.
Of Counsel Cohn Lifland
Len Greer
President J&J Health & Wellness Solutions
Terry Hensle, MD FACS, FAAP
Given Foundation Professor of Urology Emeritus, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Shannon K. Lazare, MBA
Vice President/Senior Relationship Manager, M&T Bank
Amit Limaye, PhD
Associate Director, Program Management Office for the Centers of Excellence, BD
Jonathan K. Mays, MD, MPH, MBA, FACOG
Director, Obstetrics Maternal/Fetal Medicine - PAGNY: Physicians Affiliate Group of New York, Metropolitan Hospital Center
Zachary Meli
Senior Manager, Marketing, Trauma & Extremities Division, Stryker Orthopaedics
Lauren Menkes, LMSW, MPH
Director of Social Work, Englewood Health
Kristen Silberstein
Vice President, Patient Engagement and Chief Experience Officer, Holy Name Medical Center
Ana K. Stankovic, MD, PhD, MSPH
Koliada Consulting, Former World Wide Vice President, Medical Affairs, BD Diagnostics – Preanalytical Systems and Global Health
Darryl Weiss, MD
Plastic Surgery & Dermatology Center, Fair Lawn
ADVISORY BOARD
Michael W. Azzara, MBA, Chair
Senior Consultant, Foley, Proctor, Yoskowitz, Executive Search and Consulting firm; retired President and CEO, Valley Health Systems
Neil Abitabilo, RPh, MS
Former CEO of the Northern Metropolitan Hospital Association; former COO of St. Lukes Hospital in Newburgh, NY
Kathleen M. Burke, PhD, RN
Professor of Nursing, Assistant Dean in Charge of Nursing Programs, Ramapo College of New Jersey. Currently Nurse Research Consultant at the Valley Hospital, Ridgewood, NJ; Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ; and St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Paterson, NJ
Janet Finke
Principal, real estate management firm; former President, Jewish Family Services of North Jersey; former Board member, Barnert Hospital
Kenneth Herman, EdD, ABPP
Author, "Secrets from the Sofa;" Retired psychologist; Diplomat in Clinical Psychology; Fellow, American Academy of Clinical Psychology
Gladys Laden
National Council of Jewish Women,
Bergen County Section Board Member; former Director of Financial Aid, Weil Cornell Medical College of NY
Gene Marsh, First Vice Chair
Former commercial real estate executive, currently active with Habitat for Humanity
Marilyn Schotz
Community Volunteer
Neal Strohmeyer
Triangle Manufacturing
Clifford Surloff, CPA
Former CFO, Jewish Federation
Bernard Weinstein, MPH
Former Executive Director, Bellevue Hospital, NYC; former Commissioner of Hospitals, Westchester County, NY;
Professor Pace University Graduate Center, board member, Bon Secours Charity Health System
Joanne Westphal
Vice President/Retail Marketing, TD Bank; Co-chair Northern NJ Business Volunteer Council
Members of BVMI’s Advisory Board offer additional guidance to the organization.
