Executive Committee

Colleen Merlo, Board Chair

CEO, Association for Mental Health and Wellness

Adrian Fassett, Vice Chair

President/Chief Executive Officer- EOC of Suffolk, Inc.

Bob Detor, Treasurer

Retired President /CEO- LI Home/South Oaks Hospital

Thomas Maligno, Esq., Counsel

Board Counsel- HWCLI

Corinne Hammons, Secretary

President and Chief Executive Officer- Little Flower Children & Family Services of NY

David Nemiroff, Immediate Past Chair

President/Chief Executive Officer- Harmony Healthcare Long Island

Vanessa Baird-Streeter

President and Chief Executive Officer

Board Members

Ashley Trager Chauvin

Head of Enterprise and B2B Communications, Corporate Reputation - MSL

David A. Bishop

Partner Kirby - McInerney LLP

Samuel Chu

Chief Innovation Officer - Edgewise Energy

Joseph Lamantia

Chief Transformation Officer - Catholic Health Services

Bedel Saget

Graphic & Multimedia Editor (Sports) - The New York Times

Isma H. Chaudhry, MD., MPH

Executive in Residence, Graduate Public Health Programs and Associate Professor (Adjunct)- Department of Population Health at the School of Health Sciences and Human Services at Hofstra University

Dr. Timothy E. Sams

President-SUNY Old Westbury

Patricia Miller

Partner, Real Estate Development, Praxis Public Relations

Donna Mulligan

Vice President of Human Resources, Broadridge Financial Solutions

Kimberly Jean-Pierre

Co-Founder | Partner, Strategic Pathways Group

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