Our board of directors is made up of dedicated leaders in public health, law, finance, and business who volunteer their expertise and time to our organization and the people we serve.

 Life’s most urgent question is: What are you doing for others? Martin Luther King Jr.

Chairperson

Gerrard P. Bushell, PHD
Chairperson, Board of Directors
Chair, PHS Pension & Retirement Committee
Chair, PHS Investment Committee
Partner & Chair of CAG Holdings, LLC

Vice Chairperson

Jussi Taipale, CPA, CFA
Vice Chairperson, Public Health Solutions
Chair, PHS Audit and Compliance Committee
Partner, PwC

Treasurer

Christy Shibata
Treasurer, Public Health Solutions
Chair, PHS Finance Committee
CFO, Media Group, NBCUniversal

Secretary

Robert Guimento
Secretary, PHS Board of Directors
President (Retired), New York Presbyterian/Brooklyn Methodist Hospital

Ex Officio

Mitchell Katz, MD
President and CEO, NYC Health + Hospitals

Michelle Morse, MD, MPH
Interim Health Commissioner, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Directors

Jonathan Brayman
Managing Director, Blackstone

Ruth C. Browne, SD
Chair, WholeYouNYC-SCN Governance Committee
President and CEO, Ronald McDonald House New York

Christina Chang, MPP
Executive Director, Reproductive Freedom Alliance

Marco R. Damiani
Vice Chair, WholeYouNYC-SCN Governance Committee
Chief Executive Officer, AHRC NYC

David A. Gould, PhD
Chair, PHS Program Committee
Senior Vice President (Retired), United Hospital Fund

Ronnette L. Grant
Chief Compliance Officer, Payments, Google

Barbara Green
Immediate Past Chair, PHS Board of Directors
Senior Vice President, GYNHA Management Corp.

James Knickman, PhD
Robert Derzon Chair in Public and Health Affairs (Retired), New York University

David Lara
Chair, PHS Development Committee
Partner, Petra Capital

Joan M. Leiman, PhD
Chair, PHS Nominating Committee

Carol E. Rosenthal
Senior Counsel (Retired Partner), Fried Frank

Tanya Shah, MBA, MPH
Advisor, Prospero Health

Emeritus Members

Florence Frucher
Distinguished Lecturer, Health Policy (Retired), School of Public Affairs, Baruch College / CUNY

George M. Garfunkel
Managing Director, First Manhattan Co.

David Harris, MD, MPH
Vice President of Medical Affairs (Retired), Visiting Nurse Service of New York

William J. Hibsher, Esq.
Senior Counsel, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP