Year One:
Public Health
PHILADELPHIA
Philadelphia is the poorest big city in America. Over a quarter of our neighbors live below the federal poverty line, and of those, nearly half struggle to survive in deep poverty (calculated as an income level at or below 50% of the federal poverty line). Unsurprisingly, Philadelphia’s entrenched income inequality correlates closely with rampant inequality in health outcomes, and those disparities can be tracked across the city’s neighborhoods. According to a landmark 2019 report issued by the Philadelphia Department of Health, the average life expectancy of a man in Upper Kensington is only 63.9 years, compared to 82 years in Center City East, Philadelphia’s most affluent neighborhood. Factors contributing to this gap are at the individual level with variations in family history, to the neighborhoods with variation in crime and violence, to communities with lack of access to resources or routine preventive health care.
That a difference in zip codes can indicate a nearly two-decades difference in life expectancy is striking and tragic, but it tells only part of the story. There are a host of factors whose relative prevalence in a given community can predict the comparative fate, from a health and quality of life perspective, of its inhabitants. Not only individual health behaviors like diet, exercise and tobacco/drug/alcohol use, but social, economic and environmental factors such as education, family and social support, access to safe housing and transit and to quality medical care will lead to correlative outcomes with respect to conditions like asthma, hypertension, heart disease, stroke and, of course, mental health.
The mission of Vision 20/20’s inaugural class is to explore these factors and their resultant outcomes in underserved communities of North Philadelphia, West Philadelphia and South Jersey and to articulate twenty points of action to address them. In North Philadelphia, the 20 will collaborate with our institutional partners at Temple University’s College of Public Health, and in West Philadelphia, with Drexel and Penn Medicine’s community health program, and in South Jersey, with Virtua and Rowan University. In each case, the 20 will interact with clinicians, educators, researchers, neighbors and other local stakeholders to obtain the deepest possible understanding of the needs of these communities as they relate to improving health outcomes, as well as potential mechanisms for change.
In addition to these partnerships with leading local medical organizations, the 20 will engage with individuals and institutions around the U.S. and abroad who have led the charge against similar challenges in their own countries and communities, and who can share the hard-earned wisdom of their own experiences.
The 20
Shakeeb
Akhter
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Shakeeb Akhter is the Senior Vice President (SVP) and Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. In this role, he has strategic leadership of the Information Services (IS) department, including 550 FTEs, supporting more than 500 applications enterprise wide, while managing a $185M operating budget and $50M capital budget, with a project portfolio of more than 90 large and mid-size projects. Shakeeb is an experienced Information Technology executive with proven success in driving and delivering IT strategy, vision and capabilities aligned with busines strategy. He has in-depth expertise in healthcare business drivers, hospital operations, quality, patient satisfaction and value-based cares, along with a track record of success in managing large, complex, and high-profile projects.
Immediately preceding his current role, Shakeeb served as Vice President of Data and Analytics for 2 years, with responsibility for developing an enterprise data & analytics strategy, overseeing data platforms, data engineering, analytics, data governance and data science. His team led the development of analytics solutions to enable data-driven decisions by clinical and operational leaders across the enterprise. Prior to joining CHOP in 2020, Shakeeb held various positions in information technology of increasing responsibility at Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL. Shakeeb’s professional experience also include roles at Bank of America and KPMG, LLP.
Shakeeb holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Chris
Alfano
Jarvus Innovations
Chris Alfano is the CTO and SVP of Consulting for Jarvus Innovations, a civic technology R&D lab focused on delivering modern software solutions and capabilities to small-to-mid-sized public service organizations and a limited set of private clients. Chris helped found Jarvus Innovations while working inside one of Philadelphia’s most innovative public high schools, infusing a passion for helping small on-the-ground organizations best leverage technology and a perspective on how big tech has been leaving them behind into Jarvus’ DNA. While at Jarvus, he also helped found Code for Philly—Philadelphia’s chapter of the national Code for America network—which organizes local technologist volunteers to help local nonprofit and municipal organizations better leverage technology.
Donna
Antenucci
Virtua Integrated Network
Donna Antenucci is the Senior Vice President CIN Operations and the President of the Virtua Integrated Network. In her role Antenucci has oversight responsibility for the management of multiple value-based arrangements both commercial and governmental to ensure health improvement, better care and lower health care cost for South Jersey residents within value based models of care. The populations served in the South Jersey market total more than 100,000 lives. The success in multiple population health programs has allowed Ms. Antenucci to meet a personal endeavor to ensure those who are underserved and those with challenges related to the Social Determinants of Health are addressed, while ensuring health and digital equity. Under her direction the social determinants of health are addressed through social work and population health nursing support providing; transportation, housing service connection, behavioral health connections to care, screening and mitigation for anxiety and depression, and food security options. The COVID-19 pandemic brought challenges to the community that required her team to offer additional services to promote coping and wellness. Teaching older adults how to use video chat functions such as skype or zoom to connect with family to decrease social isolation became a part of developed plans of care. Prepared food and groceries were delivered to patients’ homes to ensure high risk, medically complex patients did not enter a supermarket, even if they had the ability during the height of COVID. All programs and support for those served in the community have a focus on providing the tools to promote independence and self-determination.
She has been a registered nurse and health care leader for over 30 years. Her experience spans both payer and provider roles within the South Jersey and North Philadelphia markets. In North Philadelphia, Ms. Antenucci had the opportunity to support two grant funded programs in addition to her population health leadership role within two major health systems of care. Those grants focused on gun violence intervention programs, and Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) programs servicing those with patterns of alcohol and/or drug use. In the South Jersey market, her innovative spirit brought the use of remote patient monitoring, and community based palliative care to enhance the success of managing high risk, complex patients.
The management of two programs, NJ DSRIP and the Quality Improvement Program of NJ, which is focused on the Medicaid population has created opportunities to improve behavioral and maternal health transitions and connections to care, while focusing on the quality of life and health status to promote wellness for the individuals served. She has formed connections with community partners to help improve the transitions of care from the emergency department and the hospital setting to the next site of care.
Antenucci was a member of the Camden Coalition’s Quality Committee, and now serves as a member of the Coalition’s Board of Directors. She is honored to have been nominated to the National Society of Leadership and Success, a prestigious honor awarded to only a small percent of University of Phoenix MHA students. Additionally, she is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. She was featured in South Jersey Biz’s Who’s Who in Healthcare and recognized for spearheading innovative ideas in population health, as she and her team were awarded an innovation grant for a Remote Monitoring project, “Virtual Communication in Population Health”, by Trinity Health. She was also recognized as a National Association of ACO’s Innovation Award recipient for “Relationship-driven Innovations with Skilled Nursing Facilities” to lower cost and improve quality for Medicare beneficiaries.
Reginad
Blaber
Virtua Health
Reginald Blaber is Virtua Health’s executive vice president and chief clinical officer. He is responsible for transforming Virtua’s care delivery models through impactful education and communication and adherence to high reliability principles to better meet the quality, safety, value and experience needs of the community. His responsibilities include providing strategic direction, leadership and accountability for all nursing and physician services – including the clinically integrated network -- and for setting the standards for the highest level of quality and safety throughout Virtua. He also serves as liaison between the medical staff, administration and board of trustees.
Since the onset of the global COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, Dr. Blaber has assumed the role of incident commander for Virtua, leading a multi-disciplinary team of leaders through Virtua’s pandemic response from clinical protocols, to the acceleration of telehealth and mobile food deployment, to the establishment of mass testing and vaccination sites. He has been a media spokesperson, and a liaison to the Governor’s office, the Department of Health and other local and regional health authorities.
Prior to joining Virtua’s executive team, Dr. Blaber was president of Lourdes Health System. He created the Lourdes Cardiovascular Institute where he led more than 80 employed and affiliated cardiologists, growing the service to become the largest heart program in southern New Jersey. In addition, he created a culture of quality and innovation resulting in multiple awards for excellence. These include national quality recognition for cardiovascular care and cardiac surgery by leading, independent ratings organizations such as Healthgrades, Becker’s and Truven Health Analytics.
Dr. Blaber is a practicing cardiologist who has been affiliated with Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Camden for more than 20 years. There he participated in numerous clinical and administrative committees, including a term as medical staff president. In 2010, he was named president of Lourdes Medical Associates and, in 2011, president of Lourdes Cardiology Services.
In 2016, he was appointed to the New Jersey Cardiovascular Health Advisory Panel. The same year, the Diocese of Camden honored him with the Saint Luke Award for Leadership in Catholic Health Care in southern New Jersey. He has served on the boards of The Joseph Fund, the Haddonfield Ambulance Association, the Interfaith Care Givers of Haddonfield, and the Bucknell University Alumni Association.
Dr. Blaber came to South Jersey by way of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Fort Benning, and Fort Meade. He served six years in the U.S. Army as an internist and achieved the rank of major. He received his medical degree from Hahnemann University School of Medicine, where he completed a fellowship in cardiovascular disease. He graduated from Bucknell University with a Bachelor of Science in chemistry and earned a Master of Business Administration from Villanova University.
Eliu
Cornielle
Front Seat Films
Eliu Cornielle is a documentary and commercial filmmaker and CEO of Front Seat films. Eliu has directed commercial films for almost every major advertising agency in Philadelphia. His experience extends to creating branded content and documentary films for Universal Pictures and many renowned brands like Nike, Coca-Cola, Google, Carnival, and Jeep.
At the core of Eliu’s heart is a passion for telling stories. He has interviewed and produced films focused on a wide array of personalities from every walk of life. This includes incarcerated serial killers, US governors, world-class actors, movie directors, world renowned social activists, and scientists. Eliu has been the set documentarian for five of M. Night Shyamalan’s films where he sheds a light on what goes into the making of the movie and gets a unique perspective from the actors and crew.
From the common to the unique, from the mundane to the exciting - Eliu brings his subjects to life through film. Combining reality and art is where Eliu finds his true passion. Eliu was born in the Dominican Republic, where he studied Advertisement at the oldest University in the American Continent, Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo. He currently resides in King of Prussia with his wife and two kids.
Brian
Englander
Pennsylvania Hospital
Brian S. Englander, MD is Chairman of the Department of Radiology, Pennsylvania Hospital, and the Robert E. Campbell Professor of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine. After earning his undergraduate degree at Yale University and his medical degree at Jefferson Medical College, he completed his internship in internal medicine, residency in diagnostic radiology, and fellowship in breast imaging at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. His clinical expertise is all aspect of breast imaging, and he seeks to address inequities in women’s health with early cancer detection, diagnosis, and management. In addition, he focuses on global and population health issues to address disparities in cancer care among underserved and under-represented communities locally and globally. He is a Penn Medicine Center for Global Health Scholar, a founder of the nongovernmental organization Benek Global Health Project, an active member of the International Health Section for the American Public Health Association, and a 2018 Eisenhower Fellowships USA Fellow (Mongolia and Israel). He is an active member of his community, serving on the board of the National Liberty Museum. He and his wife are raising their three children in Philadelphia.
Jon
George
Pennsylvania Hospital
Dr. Jon C. George, MD completed his medical training at University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in Cincinnati, Ohio; Internal Medicine residency and Cardiovascular Disease fellowship training at University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio; and Interventional Cardiology and Endovascular Medicine subspecialty fellowship training at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He additionally procured his Masters in Business Administration at Temple University Fox School of Business in Philadelphia.
He is presently an Interventional Cardiologist and Endovascular Medicine Specialist at Pennsylvania Hospital, University of Pennsylvania Health System in Philadelphia and the President and Chief Executive Officer of ReVascMedProfessionals, a comprehensive cardiovascular center in Philadelphia. He previously served as Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Director of Interventional Research at Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Clinical Professor of Medicine at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has published more than 100 papers in reputed journals, book chapters, and textbooks, and serves as a reviewer and editorial board member for multiple journals. He is also Editor of the top-selling Evidence-Based Guide to Interventional Cardiology and Endovascular Medicine. In addition, he has received numerous honors and awards for his contributions to research and clinical cardiology including Top Doc recognition in Philadelphia in several consecutive years.
Marla
Gold
Physician Leader
Marla J. Gold, MD, is an inspiring physician leader who makes a tangible difference in the lives of countless others through work with philanthropy, government, educational institutions, business leaders, non-profits and individuals to leverage opportunities and achieve optimal outcomes. Passionate about the values of diversity and equity in all she does, Marla is currently Senior Vice Provost, Community Health and Chief Wellness Officer at Drexel University. In this role she oversees University population health and wellness including COVID-19 operations and campus wellness. She also serves as a connector to academic, public and private partnerships regarding campus and community wellness. Dr. Gold is Dean Emerita of the Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health and a tenured Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management. In the early 1990s, she served as Philadelphia’s Assistant Health Commissioner for Infectious Disease Control in the Public Health Department, where she was responsible for all reportable and communicable diseases and conditions in Philadelphia. In that role she served as director for the City immunization program and as the regional grantee for the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act. She oversaw all grant making related to CARE act funding in the region. During her tenure in the Philadelphia Health Department, she worked to establish a comprehensive system of HIV care for under and uninsured Philadelphians at the City’s Ambulatory Health Centers and addressed challenging programs and issues including the availability needle exchange programs in the City and comprehensive sexual health education in Philadelphia High Schools.
In 1996, she created and led an innovative, interdisciplinary integrated clinical practice for persons with HIV/AIDS containing a full complement of linked services. Today the Partnership Comprehensive Care Practice is one of the largest regional comprehensive HIV programs and recently celebrated its 26th anniversary. She served as Chief of the Division of HIV/AIDS Medicine and Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine at the former MCP Hahnemann Medical School.
Dr. Gold assumed the Deanship of the Drexel University School of Public Health in 2002. Under her leadership, the School became established as the first highly ranked, fully accredited School of Public Health in the Greater Philadelphia Region. The School has a longstanding commitment to issues of health equity and an education, research and practice focus on the elimination of racial and ethnic health disparities. Dr. Gold has published in the area of health policy, treatment and prevention, and lectured extensively on an array of related health and welfare topics to diverse audiences. She has served as Chair of the Diversity Committee in the national Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) and on the ASPPH Board. Dr. Gold has served as a member of the Philadelphia Board of Health over three Mayoral administrations and continues that work today. She also serves as an advisor to CityHealth, an innovative program that explores key policies yielding the greatest population health outcomes for America’s biggest cities, and on the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance (MANNA) and is a former member of the stakeholder engagement committee of the Philadelphia Zoo. Among her honors are the US Public Service Assistant Secretary of Health Award for outstanding service to persons with HIV/AIDS, the Sisterhood award from the National Commission of Christians and Jews, and Health Care Provider of the Year in Pennsylvania from the Veterans of Foreign Wars. She has been listed as a "top doctor" for women with HIV/AIDS, in Philadelphia Magazine. In November 2007, she was among the recipients of the "Women of Distinction" awards from the Philadelphia Business Journal for her life work and leadership in medicine, public health and higher education. In 2016 she received the National Partnership Award from the Communities Advocating Emergency AIDS Relief Coalition in Washington DC for her career-long work in HIV/AIDS care and service delivery.
Marla believes deeply in the importance that academic enterprises serve the region in which “they live.” She continues her commitment to improving the lives of Philadelphians directly and through collaborative work with faculty, students, staff, administration and residents of Drexels surrounding neighborhoods. The School established an Autism Research Institutethe only such place in the nation where autism is studied through the lens of public health. A Center for Hunger Free Communities addresses the connectedness of poverty and hunger and works toward policy solutions and a Center for Violence Prevention and Social Justice addresses the need for trauma-informed approaches to victims of violence. Marla worked to establish the first public health blog connected to a major newspaper (The Philadelphia Inquirer). In 2013, Drexel University honored her accomplishments with the title of Dean Emerita and the establishment of the Marla J Gold endowed scholarship fund which supports young leaders who seek to become physicians with public health expertise. Over the years, her leadership has given rise to clinical services, sound policies and strategic vision for the health and welfare of the region. Because of robust fund raising and wide support, the School of Public Health moved to a newly refurbished building in the center of Drexel University and notably, was named the Dornsife School of Public Health with a 45M gift in 2015. Through her leadership, Marla has trained, advised and graduated hundreds of social service, public health and medical professionals, many of whom have kept their roots in the region. More recently she co-chaired the health and human services committee as part of the transition team of Mayor Jim Kenney. She has taught public health leadership, service delivery and advocacy to public health graduate and doctoral students and devotes time to numerous community organizations and issues in the region. She received her BS from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, New Jersey, and an MD from University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey. She completed her internal medicine residency and infectious disease fellowship at the Medical College of Pennsylvania, now part of the Drexel College of Medicine.
Carmen
Guerra
Perelman School of Medicine
Dr. Carmen Guerra is the Ruth C. and Raymond G. Perelman Associate Professor of Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Guerra is a general internist and health equity researcher. She is also the Vice Chair of Diversity and Inclusion for the Department of Medicine and the Associate Director of Diversity and Outreach for the Abramson Cancer Center.
Dr. Guerra and her team have led health equity research that developed and evaluated breast and colorectal cancer screening interventions, including patient navigation, and colorectal cancer “Screen to Save” and “Flu-FIT” programs which have engaged thousands of underserved, minority Philadelphia residents in cancer screening. These efforts contributed to the increase in colorectal cancer screening and screening mammography rates and reductions in cancer mortality in Philadelphia.
Dr. Guerra has authored numerous articles including the current American Cancer Society’s colorectal and cervical cancer screening guidelines which greatly influence the clinical practice of primary care nationally and internationally. Dr. Guerra serves on the American Cancer Society National Board of Directors, chairs the society’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee, and serves on several additional ACS committees including the Mission Outcomes, Health Equity, and Clinical Guideline Development Group. For her dedication and volunteer service to the ACS, in 2017 she received the society’s prestigious St. George National Award.
Patrick
Kim
Perelman School of Medicine
Patrick Kim, MD, MHCI, FACS is a Professor of Clinical Surgery at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. He is the Division Vice-Chief at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in the Division of Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery. He is a trauma surgeon and surgical intensivist at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, one of Philadelphia’s five Level 1 Trauma Centers. He oversees clinical teams dedicated to providing timely, expert treatment to maximize survival and quality of life after traumatic injury and critical illness. He is committed to understanding injury and its prevention. He teaches medical trainees of all levels from medical students to surgical fellows, including advanced practice providers and EMS providers. He has extensive experience in Trauma Center leadership, development and accreditation. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation.
Anthony
Lowman
Rowan University
Anthony M. (Tony) Lowman began his current role as the Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs at Rowan University on July 1, 2019. Dr. Lowman previously served as the Dean of the Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering since 2013 where he has had a tremendously successful tenure, including the development of Engineering’s Ph.D. programs, the rapid integration of research throughout all the departments, the formation of critically important industry partnerships and the elevation of the College’s reputation nationally. Additionally, in his “spare time” he is CTO and co-founder of ReGelTec, Inc. which is developing non-invasive implants for treatment of degenerative disc disease. His research contributions have focused on the preparation, characterization and evaluation of the behavior of compatible, crosslinked polymers known as hydrogels, which have been used as biocompatible materials in medical devices and controlled release devices for the delivery of peptides and proteins. He has published more than 100 refereed journal articles and book chapters, and has more than 20 US and worldwide patents issued. His work has attracted more than $20M funding from the Depts of Defense, Energy and Commerce, NIH, NSF, the Whitaker Foundation and private industry. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors and the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers. He was previously honored as one of the top 100 Scientific Innovators in the world under the age of 35 as named by the MIT-Technology Review Magazine. In 2004, Synthes acquired Gelifex, a company Tony co-founded that was pursuing non-invasive methods for using hydrogels for repair of the nucleus pulposus of the intervertebral disc. During his career, Tony has held academic and leadership appointments at both Temple University and Drexel University. He received his education in chemical engineering at the University of Virginia (B.S., 1993) and at Purdue University (Ph.D., 1997).
Dennis
Mathew
Comcast’s Freedom Region
Dennis Mathew is the Senior Vice President of Comcast’s Freedom Region. As the head executive of this region, Dennis oversees all aspects of the residential and commercial businesses including sales, marketing, operations, financial performance, and customer experience. Freedom offers the full portfolio of Comcast products including internet, video, home phone, mobile, home security and Comcast Business and serves 2.5M+ customers throughout greater Philadelphia, New Jersey, and Delaware.
Dennis is the co-founder of Bloom India www.bloomindia.com. Bloom India’s vision is to provide high quality education to the underprivileged so they can break the bondages of poverty, injustice, and social discrimination. Bloom’s mission is to establish hundreds of high-quality academies throughout India. As co-founder and chairman of the board, Dennis sets the overall strategy for the organization, leads fund raising activities and oversees programming in India.
Dennis is the founder of ConnectEd https://learnconnected.in, an education technology company whose mission is to democratize high quality education for all children in India. This India based company provides tutoring for Math, Science and English for students in 7th through 10th grade.
Previously, Dennis was the Senior Vice President of the Western New England Region. Prior to that he was the Vice President and General Manager of Xfinity Home, where he was responsible for strategy, business growth, operations, partnerships, product roadmap, managing the P&L, and the Xfinity Home wholesale business. Dennis played a key leadership role with the initial launch of Xfinity Home which now has more than 1M subscribers.
Before joining Xfinity Home, he oversaw launches for key initiatives including DOCSIS 3.0 and wireless gateways, and he was a senior director in the company’s Internal Audit department.
Prior to Comcast, Dennis held management positions at PwC and Arthur Andersen.
Previously, Dennis was named a “Top 40 Under 40” executive by the Philadelphia Business Journal and Multichannel News. He is a graduate of the NAMIC Executive Leadership Development Program and a participant of Comcast’s Executive Leadership Career Advancement Program.
Dennis also serves at Bombay Teen Challenge (BTC) as a Board member where he helps raise funding and drive awareness to support this nonprofit.
A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Dennis holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics, Finance.
Troy
Randle
Virtua Cardiology
Dr. Troy L. Randle is a board certified cardiologist at Virtua Cardiology where his outpatient practice includes the Cherry Hill, Camden and Stratford locations. He has achieved honors and recognition as a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC) and Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Internists (FACOI). Dr. Randle is the Program Director of the cardiology fellowship at Rowan University – School of Osteopathic Medicine. In addition, he provides education to the medical students at ROWAN-SOM, interns and residents, as well as advanced-practice nursing students at Wilmington University, Rutgers University, and Widener University.
Dr. Troy Randle has received honors and recognition as South Jersey Top Doc. He was also recognized by Gloucester County NAACP and received the “Game Changer Medical Award.” Additional recognition was received from the Student National Minority Association for Community Achievement. He has also received an Excellence in Science Award from Zeta Phi Beta in Burlington County. He mentors medical students, graduate students, college students, and high school students. He intends to broaden his mentorship to middle school students. Dr. Randle also is passionate about community outreach programs and is involved in an initiative to improve health care disparities in our region. As such, he is a member of the American College of Osteopathic Internists Minority Health Committee in which he has been a speaker at national conferences. He has also been instrumental in an “Access to Care” program in which he engaged in physician education and development of health care screening functions. This program included outreach in a barbershop educational program in the city. Dr. Randle received the “Healing Spirit Award” from Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital for his efforts in community outreach.
Dr. Randle has completed his education in New Jersey. He is a high school graduate from Elizabeth High School. He completed his undergraduate studies in biochemistry at Rutgers University. Dr. Randle completed his medical school education at the University of Medicine and Dentistry – School of Osteopathic Medicine (currently named Rowan University – School of Osteopathic Medicine). His internship, residency and fellowship were all completed at the University of Medicine and Dentistry – School of Osteopathic Medicine where he also served as a chief resident.
On a personal note, Dr. Randle is married to a wonderful woman, Melody Randle who is a doctorally prepared Nurse Practitioner. They have a blended family with six children. They do many charitable activities as a family. Dr. Randle is also a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated in which he is involved with fraternal brothers in his community outreach goals. Lastly, he enjoys spending time with the family, vacationing, sports and comedy.
Abhinav
Rastogi
Temple University Hospital
Abhinav “Abhi" Rastogi is the President and CEO of Temple University Hospital and EVP of Temple Health. He has a proven leadership around Operational efficiency initiatives with sustained outcomes and results. He is forward thinking, solutions focused and outcomes driven who combines project management, Lean Six Sigma methodologies, data analytics and leadership to execute strategic Clinical and Operational improvement initiatives. He has a strong background in leading and growing clinical service lines and was instrumental in the growth of the Temple Lung Transplant program to the top volume program in the country. In addition, he oversees Solid Organ Transplants, Cardiology, Neurology, Gastroenterology, Lab, Pharmacy and Supply Chain service lines. His strong focus on Supply Chain operations has contributed to over $10M savings annually and has presented supply chain efficiency opportunities at several national conferences.
Due to his strong technical background, Abhi works with Healthcare Tech startups to be able to provide better solutions to patients / providers and offer Temple Hospital as an incubator for development and research. The recent Broncoscopic Lung Volume Reduction (BLVR) valve approved for commercial use was evaluated in most patients at Temple. In addition, he focuses on remote monitoring of patients with connected devices to evaluate care and improve outcomes.
Abhi has an MBA with a concentration in eBusiness and Healthcare Finance, MS degree in Information Systems and Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics/Computers. He is also a certified Project Management Professional and a Master Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma. During his 19 years at Temple, Abhi has served as director of the Project Management Office, Associate Hospital Director of the Pulmonary Service Line, and Senior Vice President Professional Services. Before that, he was a pharmaco-economic data analyst at Temple University’s School of Pharmacy, a consultant for IBM, and a project team leader at Tata Infotech.
Adam
Rizzo
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Adam Rizzo is currently the Coordinator of College and Pre-Professional Programs and Museum Educator at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. As a member of the School & Teacher team at the PMA, he teaches K-12 students at the museum, facilitates professional development for classroom teachers, and develops classroom resources. Since joining the PMA, Adam has developed, coordinated, and taught the museum’s medical humanities programs in partnership with the Perelman School of Medicine at UPenn and other area medical schools. During the pandemic, he helped launch RxMuseum, a project intended to foster clinician well-being and a humanistic practice of medicine through visual art and reflective pedagogy. Prior to joining the museum Adam received an MA in Modern and Contemporary Art with a minor in Roman Archaeology from the Institute of Fine Arts at NYU.
Maria D. Quiñones
Sánchez
Council’s Committees on Appropriations and Education
Councilwoman Maria D. Quiñones Sánchez is a veteran activist with over 30 years of service to the City of Philadelphia, now serving her fourth four-year term representing the 7th District. She chairs Council’s Committees on Appropriations and Education, and co-chairs Council’s Special Committee on Poverty Reduction & Prevention.
As Appropriations Chair, Maria advocates for transparency and fiscal accountability, and has authored progressive tax reform to support small and sustainable businesses and manufacturers to create jobs. Her policy agenda dedicated to “Keeping People in their Homes” combines investments and support for vulnerable homeowners with innovative and diverse strategies to build affordability.
Representing Kensington, hard hit by the opioid crisis, she advocates for reforms to expand access to treatment and investments in residents’ public safety and quality of life.
Maria grew up in Hunting Park and now resides in Norris Square with her husband, Tomas Sánchez. They are parents to Edgar and Tomasito, and grandparents to Jace Antonio and Romeo Esteban.
Stephen
Stigall
Trial Lawyer
Stephen Stigall is a trial lawyer whose practice focuses on white collar criminal defense and assisting clients in conducting internal corporate investigations, particularly involving alleged violations of the Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act, health care laws, and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). He also counsels clients on developing effective and robust corporate compliance programs. In addition, Stephen's practice involves defending clients from civil liability in cases involving alleged violations of the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute. He is a Co-Leader of the firm's State Attorneys General Team.
Stephen served more than 15 years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Camden, N.J., and was the Attorney-in-Charge of that office for more than five years as well as Deputy Attorney-in-Charge for three years. As an Assistant U.S. Attorney, Stephen led multi-agency government investigations and tried a range of high-profile white collar cases. His experience ranges from handling nine-figure securities fraud matters to prosecuting cases involving bank, health care, and mortgage fraud as well as corporate embezzlement, bribery, and export violations.
Stephen has worked closely with federal agencies, including the FBI, IRS Criminal Investigations, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and the Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Stephen handled the District of New Jersey's first criminal prosecution based on evidence obtained under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and the District's first criminal prosecution based on amendments to the USA PATRIOT Act, and he prosecuted the first federal criminal fraud case in the District involving self-proclaimed "sovereign citizens," who attempted to cause $17 million in losses. For his work on the case, Stephen received the Department of Justice's Director's Award for Outstanding Performance as an Assistant U.S. Attorney.
Stephen's trial experience is extensive, both in private practice and as a former federal prosecutor. Prior to joining the firm, Stephen was a partner at a global law firm, where he handled white collar civil and criminal matters with a focus on internal corporate investigations and alleged violations of FDA laws and the FCPA.
Jack
Stollsteimer
33rd District Attorney of Delaware County
Jack is the proud son of a union family who has lived his American Dream in Delaware County.
His father Fred dropped out of Upper Darby High School at 17 to join the U.S. Army during the Korean War. After proudly served his country, Fred raised his family into the middle class through his hard work as a SEPTA driver and member of the United Transportation Union (UTU).
His mother Henrietta was born in Soviet Ukraine and immigrated to America as a World War II refugee from a Nazi slave labor camp. After the war, Henrietta and her family lived homeless on the streets of war-ravaged Europe until they settled in the City of Chester in 1951 to begin their lives as free people.
Inspired by his parents’ pursuit of the American Dream, Jack worked his way through college, graduating at the age of thirty-four by completing his course work at night and on weekends. After his second year of law school, Jack joined the Delaware County District Attorney’s Office as an intern representing the Commonwealth in pre-trial hearings. In 2000, Jack graduated from Temple University’s Beasley School of Law, passed the bar, and was appointed as an Assistant Delaware County District Attorney prosecuting criminals in juvenile and adult criminal courts.
In 2001, Jack was recruited to join the U.S. Department of Justice as the policy analyst and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) gun violence reduction initiative in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. In 2004 Jack was appointed Assistant United States Attorney and assigned to lead a gun violence task force targeting the “Badlands” of North Central Philadelphia. Jack had the distinction of earning a 100% conviction rate in his four and half years as a federal prosecutor.
In 2006, Governor Edward G. Rendell appointed Jack as Pennsylvania’s Safe Schools Advocate for the Philadelphia School District. In this unique watchdog role, Jack established a reputation for independence by publicly reporting the School District’s systemic failure to properly report violent crimes. Because of his work, District officials made changes in policy to better protect children and teachers. In 2012, the Philadelphia Inquirer won a Pulitzer Prize for a series on school violence that based in part on Jack’s advocacy.
Appointed Deputy State Treasurer for Consumer Programs in 2017, Jack worked with State Treasurer Joe Torsella to establish the PA ABLE savings program for people with disabilities and the Keystone Scholars grant program to give every child born or adopted in Pennsylvania after January 1, 2019 a brighter future by funding 529 higher education savings accounts to encourage and teach them to fulfill their dreams through education and career training.
In November of 2019, Jack was elected as the 33rd District Attorney of Delaware County. Since taking office, he has prioritized combatting gun violence in the county’s only city through a collaborative strategy known as the Chester Partnership for Safe Neighborhoods (CSPN). In its first year of operation, CSPN has improved the lives of people in Chester by helping reduce the homicide rate by 38%.
A lifelong Delco resident, Jack lives in Havertown with his wife Judi, son John, and daughter Sarah, both students at Haverford High School.
Tiffany
Wilson
University City Science Center
Tiffany has spent over 20 years bringing innovative medical technology from benchtop to bedside and is known globally for her thought leadership on innovation and commercialization of technology in medical devices and healthcare technology. In October 2020, she joined the Philadelphia-based University City Science Center as President and CEO. The Science Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with mission to power progress that advances healthcare innovation, uplifts communities and improves lives. By convening and supporting Greater Philadelphia's innovation ecosystem, the Science Center helps catalyze new ideas and technologies, drive economic growth, and unlock the region’s potential for a world-class future.
Tiffany joined the Science Center from the Global Center for Medical Innovation (GCMI) based in Atlanta where she was CEO. After a decade working in strategy, finance and business development in early-stage medical device companies, she was brought onboard to launch and operationalize GCMI from inception. During her tenure, she catalyzed a capital efficient approach to move innovation to products that impact patient outcomes, bringing critical assets, infrastructure, and expertise needed to support entrepreneurs from concept through testing, regulatory submission and launch. Her work in building and strengthening the medical device ecosystem in Atlanta and the Southeast US was formally recognized by both Georgia Bio and Southeast Life Sciences.
Tiffany serves on the Team Pennsylvania Board of Directors, the Penn Health-Tech Strategic Advisory Board, the Drexel Applied Innovation External Advisory Board, and as an external advisor to the RADx program at the NIH. Tiffany served on the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (NACIE) of the U.S. Department of Commerce from 2014- 2018. She was recognized by Philadelphia Business Journal in the Power 100 List in 2021 and 2022, by the Healthcare Technology Report’s Top 50 Healthcare Technology CEOs of 2021, Inc. Magazine as one of “17 Inspiring Women to Watch in 2017” and one of Becker Hospital Reviews “110 Women in Medtech to Know in 2017”.
Tiffany holds an MBA from the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business and a BBA in International Business from Loyola University New Orleans.
Christopher
Wink
Technical.ly
Christopher Wink is the Publisher and CEO of the company publishes Technical.ly, a news organization that serves a community of tech professionals, and nonprofit-sector news site Generocity.org. In that capacity, he is a lead organizer of Philly Tech Week and Baltimore Innovation Week, among other events that bring smart people together. In 2017, Folio magazine listed him as one of the 100 most innovative media leaders in the country. Previously, he worked for a homeless advocacy nonprofit and was a freelance reporter. Wink is on the board of the project-based Workshop School, a public project-based high school in West Philadelphia.