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 FRANK
BELSITO
Frank E. Belsito, D.O., M.M.M., is a family medicine physician
and Network Medical Director for Metropolitan Health Corporation,
Grand Rapids, Michigan. A graduate of Central Michigan University
and Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, he completed his
post-graduate training at Grand Rapids Osteopathic Hospital
(Metropolitan Hospital) in Grand Rapids. He entered active duty
in the U.S. Army in 1983 as a Captain in the Medical Corp serving
as Officer in Charge of the Fort Sheridan Health Clinic returning
to Grand Rapids to begin family practice in 1986. In 1992 he
became Regional Medical Director West Michigan for Blue Care
Network (BCBS) and in 1994 lead initiatives and helped create
the Metro Health PHO. In l998 he earned a Masters in Medical
Management from Tulane University.
Dr. Belsito has served as Board member and past President of
the Michigan Association of Osteopathic Family Physicians, past
President of the Kent County Osteopathic Medical Association
and is a past Alumni Board of Governors member for Mid Western
University, Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine. He is Clinical
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Michigan State University,
College of Osteopathic Medicine; Associate Adjunct Professor,
Central Michigan University, College of Business, College of
Extended Learning; and Clinical Assistant Professor, Family
Medicine, Grand Valley State University, Physician Assistant
and Nurse Practitioner Program.
Currently Dr. Belsito is the President of the Board of the West
Michigan Regional Delivery Network that includes five member
hospitals and over 600 physicians. His role as Medical Director
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 TOM
BROWN
Tom Brown is entering his 14th season
as commissioner of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference (GLIAC). He became the GLIAC’s fifth
commissioner on August 1, 1992.
A graduate of Central Michigan University in 1959, Brown received
his Master’s in Physical Education and
Mathematics from CMU in 1966. While an undergraduate at Central
Michigan Brown played basketball and
baseball for the Chippewas.
Brown is a former President of Northwood University. He has held a
long association with Northwood that began
in 1963 when he joined the institute as an assistant professor of
mathematics, athletic director, business
manager and men’s basketball coach. Brown currently serves as Senior
Advancement Officer and Consultant to the President at Northwood.
Since joining the GLIAC, Brown has served on various NCAA
committees, including his current appoint
to the Division II Management Council, the governing body of
Division II. He also sits on the Budget
and Finance committee, the Diversity Task Force, the Football Task
Force, and
the Honors Committee for the NCAA.
Brown is also involved on many local leadership groups including
Fraser-Pinconning Fire Board, the Saginaw
Valley Sports Commission, and the Parish Council at St. Anne
Catholic church in Linwood, Mich.
Besides his commissioner position, Brown has operated his own
consulting firm since 1982. Thomas J.
Brown and Associates consults for educational institutions and
businesses.
Brown and his wife, Pat, reside in Linwood, Mich. They are parents
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 KEVIN
R. GRAY
Kevin R. Gray
currently is Development Manager for the Sparrow Foundation in
Lansing, Michigan. The Sparrow Foundation is the fund-raising arm
of Sparrow Health System. He is responsible for raising money and
managing volunteer committees to support several key service lines
within the health system: Cardiology, Neurology, Pediatrics, and
Obstetrics. In addition, Kevin is the foundation’s planned giving
officer and grant writer. His current duties, however, are changing
as he was recently assigned the job of overseeing a five-year, $12
million capital campaign at Sparrow.
Prior to joining
the Sparrow Foundation in December of 2000, Kevin was Director of
Communications for the Michigan Grocers Association in Lansing. He
was charged with keeping many in the food business (primarily
grocery) apprised of current legislative issues, and promoted MGA’s
many activities outside of state politics. Kevin came to MGA from
the Michigan House of Representatives, where he served on the House
Republican Communications staff from 1990 to 1996. Prior to his
legislative stint, he was a Communications Specialist for St.
Joseph’s Medical Center in South Bend, Indiana.
Kevin is a 1989
graduate of Central Michigan University, earning a Bachelors of Arts
degree in journalism. He also received his Certificate of
Fund-raising Management from Indiana University’s School of
Philanthropy in 2004. Kevin most recently received a certificate of
completion in the Broad Graduate School of Business at Michigan
State University.
Kevin and his wife,
Carey, reside in Lansing. They have a 5-year-old son, Dillon.
Kevin is a member of East Lansing Rotary and the Association of
Fundraising Professional’s mid-Michigan chapter. Community service
projects he is involved with include Athletes 4 Kids – a mentoring
program that brings college, high school, and former athletes
together with at-risk kids in the Lansing area; and the American
Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. Kevin received a Meritorious
Achievement Award from the American Society of Association
Executives in 2000 for his work on the Michigan Grocers
Association’s 75-year-old statewide magazine entitled the Michigan
Food News. He also accepted the Whitney M. Young Jr. Service Award
in 2004 from the Boy Scouts of America for Sparrow’s Athletes 4 Kids
program.
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 LISA
HADDEN
Ms. Hadden has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer
of Healthy Community Partners in Saginaw, Michigan for the last
eight years. The non-profit community based organization previously
received funding from the Kellogg Foundation through the College
of Human Medicine at Michigan State University and currently
receives funding from Saint Mary's and several other organizations.
Her responsibilities include coordinating a Community Defined
HealthTM program. This program brings together nursing students
from Saginaw Valley State University, medical students from
Michigan State University and neighbors from the Cathedral District
neighborhood in Saginaw to develop new knowledge about what
creates and sustains health in the neighborhood. Ms. Hadden
also works as a community organizer utilizing an asset based
approach to community development. She facilitates neighborhood
participation in a local Capacity Inventory, which identifies
the gifts, talents and skills of neighbors and connects them
by common interest and community building projects. As a result,
neighbors and residents are able to discover their own resources
and become co-producers of health, moving far beyond the idea
of a patient as a mere consumer of health.
Ms. Hadden has extensive experience in the development of primary
care health systems and community-based programs. She served
for six years as the Executive Director of a rural community
health center in a medically underserved area of northeast Michigan.
She was architect and director of the Recruitment and Retention
Program with the Michigan Primary Care Association, which was
the first statewide service to match health professions with
medically underserved populations. She also served as CEO of
the National Procedures Institute, which trains primary care
physicians in procedural skills.
Ms. Hadden served for three years, by gubernatorial appointment,
as Chair of the Michigan Certificate of Need Commission and
Chief Liaison to the Michigan State Legislature providing oversight
in the development and review of regulatory policies governing
hospital expenditures. Most recently, Ms. Hadden was awarded
a "Creating Healthier Communities Fellowship" from
the Health Forum in San Francisco based on her project "Neighborhood
Defined Health Program." This program is recognized nationally
for its innovative integration of asset based community development
and health professions education. Two years ago she was invited
to become an adjunct faculty member of the Asset Based Community
Development Institute, co-directed by John McKnight and Jody
Kretzmann at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. Ms.
Hadden also serves as Adjunct Instructor for the College of
Human Medicine, Department of Family Practice, Michigan State
University, East Lansing, Michigan and holds a faculty position
as an instructor in the College of Nursing at Saginaw Valley
State University. She has an undergraduate degree in Secondary
Education and is finalizing a Master's Degree in English Composition
and Communications, both from CMU. She has published several
articles detailing her work in Saginaw's neighborhoods. They
include "The Community as Co-Producer of Health" in
the Jan/Feb 2000 issue of the Health Forum Journal, and "Community
Defined Health: Thinking from the Inside Out," in the Fall
2000 issue of Metropolitan Universities Magazine.
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 MARILYN
HUBBARD
Through a combination of formal education, experience and personal
growth, Dr. Hubbard has become a pioneer and an authority on
entrepreneurial and transformational leadership. Well-known
and respected for her work in building coalitions, partnerships
and strategic alliances within the community, Dr. Hubbard is
on the senior leadership team with the Henry Ford Health System
in Detroit and serves as the Corporate Vice President for Organization
and Community Partnerships. She is accountable for aligning
the System's mission, vision and values with its commitment
to corporate responsibility by and addressing the physical,
mental, emotional and spiritual health of their 17,000 employees
and creating external partnerships that are economically, socially
and environmentally healthy for the community.
Prior to this appointment, for 10 years she was Director of
Training and Organization Development with Health Alliance Plan
and an independent business consultant, trainer and change agent
specializing in skilled-based training, personal and professional
development, performance management, large-scale change, work-life
initiatives and corporate culture enhancement.
Dr. Hubbard's interest in the economic empowerment of women
led her to become the founder of the National Association of
Black Women Entrepreneurs, a 5,000 member international network
for entrepreneurial and enterprising women. Dr. Hubbard has
inspired and assisted thousands of women pursuing their entrepreneurial
dreams. Because of her leadership and advocacy on behalf of
women and minorities, she has served as an advisor to Michigan
governors and mayors and to the administrations of Presidents
Clinton, Bush, Reagan and Carter. She did the initial research
and development for the Detroit Self-employment Project, the
pioneering program to move welfare recipients from public dependency
to business ownership. She has been a guest lecturer at the
Harvard, Darden, University of Michigan and Central Michigan
University business schools.
In her popular business book on personal transformation, published
in English and Chinese, Sisters Are Cashing In, Dr. Hubbard
integrates business and spiritual principles and offers insights
into the emotional, mental and spiritual factors that can lead
you into debt and poverty. She also presents an eight step transformational
model to break negative patterns that help you discover the
kind of freedom, wealth and power that comes from having your
life in order, doing what you love for a living and making a
contribution to the success of others.
Dr. Hubbard is a graduate of Ferris State University, The University
of Detroit-Mercy, Central Michigan University and The American
Institute.
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MANHAR
KAJJARIA
Biography not available at
this time.
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 ROGER
KERR
Roger R. Kerr is President and Chief Executive Officer of Central Michigan
Community Hospital(CMCH) in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. He has served in this
role since 2001. CMCH is a 137-bed, not-for-profit, locally-governed, community
hospital offering a full range of health and wellness services from the Hospital
campus and off-site locations. CMCH recently signed a partnership agreement with
the University of Michigan to provide cancer treatment in Mt. Pleasant for residents
of the central Michigan. Mr. Kerr was instrumental in establishing this partnership
with the U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center which is currently ranked No. 7 in the nation
by U.S. News and World Report.
Mr. Kerr holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology and a Masters in Business
Administration from Central Michigan University. He began his professional career
at CMCH 39 years ago and has served as Medical Technologist, Laboratory Manager,
Ancillary Administrator and Chief Operating Officer prior to being selected President and CEO.
Mr. Kerr serves on the Executive Committee of the Hospital Council of East Central Michigan
and the Boards of United Way of Isabella County, Middle Michigan Development Corporation and
the Central Michigan University Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow College of Health Professions.
Roger is also a member of the Mt. Pleasant Kiwanis Club.
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 KENNETH
W. KOPKE
Ken Kopke is the retired Vice President of the Work-Fit Division
of Healthtrax, Inc. He was responsible for the day-to-day operations,
sales and growth of the division. In addition, he was President
of Athletic Training Services, Inc., (ATS) a consulting and
recruiting company located in Mt. Pleasant, MI. He was the Head
Athletic Trainer and Director of Sports Medicine at Central
Michigan University for 17 years until leaving in 1986 to start
ATS.
Mr. Kopke founded and created the Healthletics Program after
a number of years consulting for General Motors on in-house
rehabilitation, fitness/wellness programs and ergonomics. Work-Fit
now directs its attention toward all kinds of manufacturing,
business, healthcare and education institutions trying to assist
them in reducing their healthcare cost through the use of Sports
Medicine programming.
Mr. Kopke holds an undergraduate degree in Education from the
University of Toledo and a master's degree in Education from
Bowling Green State University, while completing an MSA in Administration.
He is the past president of the Michigan Athletic Trainers Society,
and in 1991 was elected to the MATS Hall of Fame. In September
1992, Mr. Kopke was elected to CMU's Athletic Hall of Fame.
Most recently, he was inducted into the National Athletic Trainers
Association's Hall of Fame. Mr. Kopke serves on a number of
boards and commissions as well as the local township board.
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F. MOORE
Terence F. Moore is president and chief executive officer of
MidMichigan Health, Midland, Michigan, which operates three
hospitals, two nursing homes, and eight other subsidiaries.
In addition, MidMichigan Health owns a one-third interest in
another healthcare system. He has been CEO of the MidMichigan
Medical Center-Midland and then MidMichigan Health for 25 years.
Mr. Moore oversees approximately 3,000 employees and an annual
operating budget of approximately $400,000,000.
Mr. Moore holds a master's degree in hospital administration
from the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis,
and Missouri. He also holds a MBA and B.S. degree from Central
Michigan University where he has done additional graduate work
in economics and was awarded an honorary doctorate of public
service in 1990. He was a lieutenant and paratrooper in the
United States Army from 1966 to 1968.
Mr. Moore serves on numerous boards, including Chemical Financial
Corporation and Michigan Molecular Institute. He has published
55 articles, and co-authored, co-edited or authored eight books.
In 1986, he received the Regents Award for the State of Michigan
(which is their highest award) from the American College of
Healthcare Executives. In October 1991, he received the Midland
Rotary's first Vocation Award for his efforts to improve the
quality of life for others. He received the Michigan Hospital
Association's highest award, the Meritorious Key Award, in 1992.
In June 1993, he received a Central Michigan University Centennial
Award, and in 1995 he received a Paul Harris Award from the
Midland Rotary Club. In 1997 he was named to the Central Michigan
University ROTC Hall of Fame and also received The Toastmaster's
Leadership Award for outstate Michigan. In 2001, he received
an honorary doctorate from Northwood University.
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NETTLES
Darnella Robinson-Nettles is the founder of NetCol Healthcare
Management Solutions, Inc. (NCHMS), a management and consulting
firm specializing in healthcare management, finance and information
systems. Ms. Nettles' firm is a pioneer in the development of
consulting support services in health care business development
and information technology utilization. As President and CEO,
Ms. Nettles ensures that the corporate mission gives focus to
exceed the expectations of their clients; supporting improved
healthcare delivery, service and health status. She has held
consulting roles to facilitate feasibility studies to provide
strategic planning for facility, provider, community health
centers and government entities delivering care to underserved
and needy populations.
Additionally, Ms. Nettles has an international focus, providing
consulting services in South Africa as part of an initiative
to provide health care to its 78% underserved population. Accordingly,
Ms. Nettles has also published articles that address health
care access, cost, reimbursement and technological literacy.
She also lectures and currently serves on various boards and
community task force with a focus on health education and access.
In June 1999, Ms Nettles was honored with the Entrepreneur Special
Award Recognition by the State of Michigan 36th District, 9th
Legislature.
Ms. Nettles has over 25 years of healthcare background and experience
in management, finance and information systems. Ms. Nettles
is an honor graduate of both University of Detroit-Mercy with
a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Central Michigan
University Master's in Health Administration. During her career,
she has held administrative positions in corporate operations
and project management with her last position as Vice-President
of Operations and Systems Development, prior to starting NetCol
Healthcare Management Solutions, Inc.
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GENE
RAGLAND
Gene Ragland '66, MD resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Ragland
held many leadership roles while a student at Central Michigan
University, including president of the freshman class, vice
president of the student body while presiding over the student
senate, and president of the student body. He was honored as
Senator of the Year during his sophomore year, and recipient
of the David H. Morgan Leadership Award. Dr. Ragland completed
his formal education at the University of Michigan, where he
attended medical school.
After completing his residency at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital,
where he was chief resident, Dr. Ragland became medical director
of the hospital's emergency department from 1985-1997 and served
as the chief of staff from 1996-1997. Dr. Ragland presided over
the Washtenaw County Medical Society in 1993 and held the presidency
of the Huron Valley Physician Association; an independent practice
association that delivers managed care to 120,000 patients from
1997-2000.
During his career, Dr. Ragland treated over 130,000 patients.
He has retired from clinical practice.
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KAREN ROSS
Karen L. Ross, FHFMA is the
Director of Finance for Sparrow Development, Inc., the for-profit
arm of Sparrow Health System of Lansing, Michigan.
As the Director of Finance for Sparrow
Development, Inc., Karen is responsible for the finance,
reimbursement, accounting, and budgeting for Sparrow Development,
Inc. and its subsidiaries as well as Home Health Care of Sparrow,
Inc. and Sparrow Foundation. Sparrow Development, Inc. consists of
the Michigan Athletic Club, Pharmacy Plus, Sparrow Regional Medical
Supply & Pharmacy, Sparrow Practice Management Company and Sparrow
Development. Prior to joining Sparrow Health System in June 1998,
Karen was the Chief Financial Officer and Finance Administrator for
Central Michigan Community Hospital (CMCH) in Mt. Pleasant
Michigan. CMCH was a 151-licensed bed acute care facility with home
care services and physician practices. Karen joined CMCH in 1988 as
a staff accountant and was promoted to Accounting Director in 1989
and Chief Financial Officer in 1995. Prior to starting her career
in healthcare, Karen was an Associate National Bank Examiner for the
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, a division of the U.S.
Treasury Department, stationed in South Bend Indiana.
Karen is a graduate of Central
Michigan University with Bachelors in Business Administration degree
(1985) with majors in Accounting and Management Information Systems
and a Masters degree in Business Administration (1993). Karen is a
member of Healthcare Financial Management Association (Great Lakes
Chapter), where she has received the William G. Follmer Bronze Award
(1996), Robert H. Reeves Silver Award (2000), Frederick T. Muncie
Gold Merit Award (2004) and the Francis E. Williams Outstanding
Member Award (1997). She is a past-president of the Great Lakes
Chapter and member of numerous committees. She is also a member of
the Michigan Associate of Certified Public Accountants. Karen has
been involved in numerous community service organizations such as
Business and Professional Women, Christmas in April, Jr.
Achievement, United Way and U.S. Jaycees. Karen has also guest
lectured on healthcare finance at both Central Michigan University
and University of Michigan.
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RAKESH SAXENA
Rakesh N. Saxena M.D. specializes in internal medicine and
has been in private practice in Alma MI for more than 30 years.
Dr. Saxena is a graduate of Queens College, Varanasi,
India. His postgraduate training was done at Banaras Hindu
University in Varanasi, India. After completing his
residency at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Allen Park
Michigan, he completed a fellowship in gasteroenterology at
Lahey Clinic in Boston, MA. Dr. Saxena is board certified
in internal medicine.
Dr. Saxena is a member of the American Medical
Association, Michigan State Medical Society, Michigan Society of
Internal Medicine, where he served as a trustee. He is also a
member of the American Medical Directors Association and the
Gratiot County Medical Society, where he currently presides.
Dr. Saxena is active on the staff of Gratiot Medical Center
since 1974, where he served as chief of staff in 2000 and 2001.
He has served as a consulting physician at Masonic Pathways, a
continuing care retirement community, in Alma since 1991.
Dr. Saxena has dedicated much of his practice to
the geriatric population of the area. He, along with another
local physician, created “Physician Outreach.” Through
Physician Outreach, Dr. Saxena is providing extensive community
education on medical problems that affect the elderly. In 2004,
he was honored in Michigan Medicine for his commitment to
educating the elderly.
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SOOK
Pamela Sook has been the Coordinator for the Michigan Model for
Comprehensive School Health Education Curriculum and the Safe & Drug
Free Schools Coordinator for the Gratiot-Isabella Regional Education
Service District since 1992. As the Michigan Model Coordinator working
with a five county region, Pam’s responsibilities include grant writing
and project over-site, assisting schools with implementation of the K-12
Michigan Model, developing and conducting teacher training and other health
related professional development. In addition Pam coordinates with the Michigan
Department of Education and the Michigan Department of Community Health to
provide schools with materials and technical assistance in the areas of HIV/AIDS
education, sexuality education, nutrition/physical activity education, and policy
related issues such as asthma, medication distribution, and wellness. As Coordinator
of the federal Safe & Drug Free Schools program, Pam manages the grant process
and assists schools in providing research-based programs and professional development
to help prevent substance abuse and violence and to improve school climate and culture
and safety.
Prior to working for the Gratiot-Isabella RESD, Pam was the Health Promotion Specialist
for Athletic Training Services, Inc. where she conducted analysis of industrial workers’
compensation injuries and projected savings based on the implementation of athletic
training prevention and treatment practices. She was also Coordinator of the Human
Performance Lab for Central Michigan University where she managed and administered the
laboratory activities, provided student instruction, supervised the cardiac rehabilitation
program, and conducted patient and staff education.
Pam has had a passion for health long before entering the health profession. She has enjoyed
a long term interest in nutrition and cooking and believes that maintaining balance in one’s
life is vital to health and wellbeing.
Pam has a Masters in Health Education from Central Michigan University, a Bachelor’s in Education
from Eastern Illinois University, is a Certified Health Education Specialist. In addition, she
is a certified trainer for Nonviolent Crisis Intervention with the Crisis Prevention Institute,
Inc. Pam is also a member of the Comprehensive School Health Coordinators’ Association (CSHCA)
and will be Treasurer during 2005-2006 school year and in the past, has served as president.
The CSHCA is a statewide association whose goals are to promote and advocate for healthy
youth and coordinated school health programs.
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