Our Staff and Board of Directors

Our Board

Susan Grossman
Chair of the Board, Americares Foundation
Executive Vice President of Marketing Services, Mastercard

Jeffrey T. Becker
Vice Chair of the Board, Americares Foundation
Chairman and CEO, Jennison Associates, LLC.

Christine Squires
President and Chief Executive Officer

Tim Bosek
VP, State Street Global Advisors

Katy Close, MD, MPH
Volunteer Physician, Clinical Associate Professor of Internal Medicine University of South Carolina School of Medicine

Roberta Conroy
Co-Chair, Horizons at Greens Farms Academy

Steve Gallucci
New York Managing Partner, Deloitte LLP

Tony Goldwyn
Actor, Director, Producer

Erica Hill
CNN Anchor and National Correspondent

Jean-Marc Laouchez
Senior Partner, Korn Ferry

Mehdi Mahmud
President and Chief Executive Officer, First Eagle Investment Management

Vladimir Makatsaria
Chief Executive Officer, LivaNova

Peter Neffenger
President and Founder, Neffenger Consulting, LLC

Marti Noxon
Writer, Director, Producer

Kennedy Odede
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Shining Hope for Communities

Sarah Saint-Amand
Senior Program Lead, STV, Inc

Michael Ullmann
Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Johnson & Johnson

Walter Weil
Managing Director, TowerBrook Capital Partners

Joy Gustafson Weintz
Trustee, Weintz Family Foundation

Michelle Williams
Dean of Faculty, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Our Leadership

Christine Squires
President and Chief Executive Officer

Jenny Goldstein
SVP and Chief Development Officer

Eric Jovan Pérez-López, MPH
Puerto Rico Country Director and Interim Senior Director of Latin America and Caribbean Programs

Monica Barber
General Counsel

Megin Wolfman
SVP and Chief Strategy Officer

Elana Lopez
Chief People and Systems Officer

Dr. Julie Varughese
SVP of Programs and Chief Medical Officer

Shripad Desai
Deputy SVP and Country Team Liaison

Felicia Macdonald
SVP and Chief Marketing Officer

Global Medical Advisors

Jason Bradt, M.D.
Medical Director, Urology
Astellas Pharma

Robert Bristow, M.D.
Director, Disaster Medicine,
Division of Emergency Medicine
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY

Arnold W. Cohen, M.D.
Professor and Chair, Obstetrics-Gynecology
Albert Einstein Medical Center
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia, PA

Terry Conroy, R.Ph.
Pharmacist
Americares

Edward V. Craig, M.D.
Professor, Orthopedics
Hospital for Special Surgery,
Weill-Cornell Medical Center
New York, NY

Thomas P. Duffy, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Hematology and Oncology
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

David Durack, M.D.
Former Senior VP, Corporate Medical Affairs
BD (Becton, Dickinson and Co.)

Philip Fischer, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Rochester, MN

Randall Flick, M.D.
Chair, Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

John L. Foggle, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Brown University
Department of Emergency Medicine,
Attending Physician
Rhode Island Hospital

Karen Gottlieb, RN, MBA
Executive Director
Americares Free Clinics

David Russell Hill, M.D.
Professor of Medical Sciences
Global Public Health,
Frank H. Netter School of Medicine
Quinnipiac University;

Lisa Hilmi, RN, MPH
Adjunct Fellow
Center for Public Health Initiatives, and
Senior Global Health Ambassador
School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania;
Emergency Pediatric Nurse
Franklin Square Hospital Center, Baltimore, MD

Silvio Inzucchi, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology and Diabetes
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

Haren Joshi, M.D.
Director of Emergency Medical Services,
City of Ahmedabad, India;
Director of Traumatology, Academy of Traumatology;
Director of Shamalaji Hospital Project

Paul Kirwin, M.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

Suzanne Lagarde, M.D.
Executive Director and CEO
Fair Haven Community Health Center
Gastroenterologist; Chair, Board of Directors, Project Access-New Haven
New Haven, CT

Amy Liebeskind, M.D.
Attending Radiologist,
Musculoskeletal and Body Imaging, MRI
Maimonides Medical Center
Park Ave. Radiologists, New York, NY

George Little, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth,
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH

Robert McGlynn, M.D.
Ophthalmology
Ophthalmic Consultants of Vermont
South Burlington, Vermont

Maria D. Mileno, M.D.
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine,
Infectious Diseases
Brown University School of Medicine
Providence, RI

Hillary Nierenberg ARNP MPH
Chief of Operations Non-invasive Cardiology
New York/ Presbyterian Hospital;
Asst. Clinical Professor of Nursing
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY

Dinesh Patel, M.D.
Chief of Arthroscopic Surgery
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA;
Assistant Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
Harvard University Medical School,
Boston, MA

Sumant Ramachandra, M.D.
Senior VP & Chief Scientific Officer,
Hospira, Inc.

Asghar Rastegar, M.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine, Nephrology
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

Scott Ratzan, M.D.
VP, Global Corporate Affairs
Anheuser-Busch InBev;
Editor-In-Chief
Journal of Health Communication: International Perspectives

William Rosenblatt, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT;
President and Founder
REMEDY, Recovered Medical Equipment for the Developing World

Alice Rosenberg, RN
Nurse Navigator
Science Applications International Corporation and National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD

Majid Sadigh, M.D.
Infectious Diseases, Global Health, and
Site Director for Medical Students,
University of Vermont School of Medicine

Robert Schreibman, DDS
Pediatric Dentistry
President, Connecticut Foundation for Dental Outreach

John Setaro, M.D.
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Cardiology
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

Patricia Wetherill, M.D.
Hospitalist, Internal Medicine
Infectious Diseases and Hospital Infection Control
Norwalk Hospital
Norwalk, CT

Norman Werdiger, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology
Yale School of Medicine

Stephen Winter, M.D.
Chief, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk, CT;
Clinical Professor of Medicine,
Yale University School of Medicine,
New Haven, CT

Directors Emeritus

Elizabeth Peale Allen
Chairman of the Board, Guideposts

Carol B. Bauer
Former Chairman, Norwalk Hospital Board of Trustees

Robert Baylis
Retired Chairman, Gildan Activewear, Inc.

Charles R Chandler
Vice Chairman (Ret.), Greif Inc

Elizabeth Furst Frank
EVP, Worldwide Programming & Chief Content Officer, AMC Entertainment, Inc.

Bryan C. Hanson
Chief Executive Officer, 3M Health Care Business Group

C. Robert Henrikson
Former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, MetLife, Inc.

Samhita Jayanti
Founder, Ideamix

John L. Kelly
Managing Partner, Endgate Capital

Paul J. Kuehner
Chief Executive Officer, Building and Land Technology

Jerry Leamon
Retired Global Managing Director, Deloitte

Robert G. Leary
Consultant and Independent Director, Friends of Acadia

C. Dean Maglaris
Chief Executive Officer, Cytogel Pharma, LLC

Keith McAllister
Partner, SRiCheyenne

Joseph W. Merrill
Managing Member, Nor’East Capital LLC

Michael J. Nyenhuis
President and Chief Executive Officer, UNICEF USA

Joseph J. Rucci Jr., Esq.
Partner, Rucci Law Group, LLC

Alan G. Rwambuya
Senior Vice President, Sponsor Finance, U.S. Bank

Stephen Sadove
Founding Partner, JW Levin Management Partners and Retired Chairman and CEO, Saks Incorporated

Beverly L. Schuch
Former Anchor / Correspondent, CNN

Curtis R. Welling
Senior Fellow Center for Business, Government and Society, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

Stephen Winter, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine (Emeritus), Yale University and Senior Advisor for Global Health, NUVANCE Health.

Leadership Council – National

The Americares Leadership Council is a proud community of individuals building a world in which all people have pathways to health and opportunity. The group joins together to support philanthropy, advocacy and community events that help save lives and improve health for people affected by poverty and disaster across the globe.

The Leadership Council advances the mission of Americares in a variety of ways:

As philanthropists, members personally contribute financially to Americares work, lend their networks and unique expertise, and encourage others to join in support.
As advocates, members are engaged and informed, promoting the organization’s message and concerns in their communities.
As advisors, members share their knowledge of their local region and lend their professional expertise to help Americares build a regional presence and raise awareness around important health issues.

To learn more about Americares Leadership Council, please contact Sarah Marshall (SMarshall@Americares.org)

National Leadership Council Members

Robin A. Duska, Reston, VA

Leadership Council – NY Metro Area

Americares Metro Area Leadership Council is a subset of the national Americares Leadership Council. It is a proud community of individuals building a world in which all people have pathways to health and opportunity. The group joins together to support philanthropy, advocacy and community events that help save lives and improve health for people affected by poverty and disaster across the globe.

The Leadership Council advances the mission of Americares in a variety of ways:

As philanthropists, members personally contribute financially to Americares work, lend their networks and unique expertise, and encourage others to join in support.
As advocates, members are engaged and informed, promoting the organization’s message and concerns in their communities.
As advisors, members share their knowledge of the NY/CT Metro region and lend their professional expertise to help Americares build a regional presence and raise awareness around important health issues.

To learn more about Americares Leadership Council, please contact Sarah Marshall (SMarshall@Americares.org)

New York Metro Area Members

James Conroy (Co-Chair), Westport, CT

Alexa Horton (Co-Chair), Fairfield, CT

Caitlin Behrman, Fairfield, CT

Joshua Blum, Wilton, CT

Kristen Bosek, New York, NY

Tim Bosek, New York, NY

Sara Bosek, New York, NY

Daniel N. Caron, Woodbury, CT

Holly and Adam Casella, New Canaan, CT

Roberta Conroy, Westport, CT

Chris Dijs, New York, NY

Alan Feldman, MD, Fairfield, CT

Alison and Patrick Fels, Riverside, CT

Desmond Fitzgerald, Greenwich, CT

Ward Horton, Fairfield, CT

Shea Owens, Norwalk, CT

Cary Potter, New York, NY

Katie Rohn, Darien, CT

Leah Rosenberg, New York, NY

Josh Rucci, Bronxville, NY

Jeremy Ruch, New York, NY

Jenny Sozzi, Greenwich, CT

Melissa and Andrew Woolford, Norwalk, CT

Liz Zessman, Redding, CT

Leadership Council – Bay Area Committee

Bay Area Committee members are active Americares ambassadors and advance the mission of Americares in a variety of ways:

As advocates, members are engaged and informed, promoting the organization’s message and concerns in their Bay Area communities.
As strategic advisors, members share their knowledge of the Bay Area and lend their professional expertise to help Americares build a strong regional presence, strengthen our local impact – and raise awareness around important health issues.
As philanthropists, members personally contribute financially to Americares work, lend their networks and unique expertise, and encourage others in the Bay Area to join in support.

To learn more about Americares Leadership Council — Bay Area Committee. Please contact Alexandra Destler (adestler@americares.org)

Bay Area Committee Inaugural Members

Andrei Dunca, San Francisco, CA

Jonathan Howe, San Francisco, CA

Bettina Steffen, MD, San Francisco, CA

Elizabeth Thompson, Pacifica, CA

Coree Wallman, San Francisco, CA

Eric Weintz, MD, (Chair) Menlo Park, CA

Leadership Council – Chicago Council

The Chicago Council is a subset of Americares National Leadership Council. It is a proud community of active ambassadors for Americares, dedicated to building a world in which all people have pathways to health and opportunity. This group joins together to support philanthropy, advocacy and community events that help save lives and improve health for people affected by poverty and disaster across the globe.

The Chicago Council advances the mission of Americares in a variety of ways:

As philanthropists, members personally contribute financially to Americares work, lend their networks and unique expertise, and encourage others to join in support.
As advocates, members are engaged and informed, promoting the organization’s message and concerns in their communities.
As advisors, members share their knowledge of Chicagoland and lend their professional expertise to help Americares build a regional presence and raise awareness around important health issues.

The Chicago Council is seeking members to build a global network of diverse leaders. Please contact Renee Hervieux (rhervieux@americares.org)

Chicago Council Members

Christopher Benassi, Chicago, IL

Cory Cancila, Glenview, IL

John Goebel, Hinsdale, IL

Gregory Oreskovich, Wilmette, IL

Christopher Robb, Chicago, IL

Ginny Rogers, Glenview, IL

Vicki Smith, Deerfield, IL

Katherine & Laird Stabler, Chicago, IL

Leadership Council – Los Angeles Council

The Los Angeles Council stands as a united community of passionate Americares supporters, committed to shaping a world where everyone can access health and opportunities. Together, they rally behind philanthropic endeavors, advocacy initiatives, and community events that make a difference by saving lives and enhancing the well-being of those impacted by poverty and global disasters.

To learn more about the Americares Los Angeles Council please contact Lisa Karl (lkarl@americares.org)

Los Angeles Council Members

Marti Noxon, Studio City, CA
Julie Lynn, Los Angeles, CA
Linda Goldstein-Knowlton, West Hollywood, CA
Kristin Hahn, Los Angeles, CA
Bonnie Curtis, Sherman Oaks, CA
David Koplan, Studio City, CA
Elise Loehnen, Los Angeles, CA
Anna Musky-Goldwyn, Venice, CA
Michael Mackie, Los Angeles, CA
Maud Arnold, Los Angeles, CA
Chloe Arnold, Los Angeles, CA
Georgia Eisner, Beverly Hills, CA