About Us
Steering Committee

Martine Hackett, PhD, MPH, CHES
Co-Chair

Anthony Santella, DrPH, MPH, MCHES
Co-Chair

Lauren Block, MD, MPH
The Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Eric Feinstein, MBA
Northwell Ventures

Lawrence Levy
National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University

Paul Meissner, MSPH
Montefiore Medical Center

Gregson Pigott, MD, MPH
Suffolk County Department of Health Services

John Sardelis, DrPH, MAAA, ASA
St. Joseph's College

Kaushik Sengupta, PhD, MBA
Zarb School of Business at Hofstra University

Ram Raju, MD, MBA
Northwell Health

Claire Wang, MD, ScD
The New York Academy of Medicine
Community Advisory Panel

Tahirah Ellis, MPH
New York City Department of Mental Health and Hygiene

Shanequa Levin
The Women’s Diversity Network

N. Rick Anthony Richards, Jr.
Health & Prevention Services of Five Towns Community Center, Inc.

Luis Vasquez
Long Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Beatrice Goodman-Russell
EOC Head Start Child Development Program
Management Team

Stacey Sikes, MA
Hofstra Center for Entrepreneurship

Sharon Goldsmith, MA, MBA
Hofstra Center for Entrepreneurship

Laura Fetter
Hofstra Center for Entrepreneurship

Christel Hyden, EdD
Program Consultant
Funded in part by the EDA.