Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital Foundation

Every catch made is a life saved.

Established in 1994, Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital Foundation provides philanthropic support to Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital and ensures the ongoing availability of safe, quality, cost-effective, patient- and family-centered care, regardless of one's ability to pay, with the goal of improving the health of the community it serves.

Dedicated to supporting healthcare for the children served by Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital, the Foundation is the central agency through which charitable contributions are made. A volunteer Board of Directors, comprised of prominent business and community leaders and physicians, oversees all aspects of the Foundation's operations.

Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital Foundation accepts gifts of cash, checks, securities, real estate (limited), tangible personal property (limited), charitable gift annuities, life insurance (limited), charitable remainder trusts and charitable lead trusts.

The Memorial Foundation and Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital Foundation are grateful for the support of our generous donors. In our Annual Report, we show how philanthropy enables us to move health forward to better serve our patients and families.

Our Foundations Newsletter shares highlights of recent events, sponsorships and gifts that help us heal the body, mind and spirit of those we touch.

Foundation Staff & Leadership

Officers

Brett Rose

Chairman

Mr. Rose has served on the Board since 2015. He is an entrepreneur who founded and serves as the Chief Executive Officer and President of United National Consumer Suppliers (UNCS). UNCS is a wholesale distributing company which specializes in manufacturer’s closeouts, excess inventories and overstocks. He graduated from Salem State University.

Andrew J. Greenfield, MD

Immediate Past Chairman

Dr. Greenfield has served on the Board since 2010. He obtained his medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine and completed his residency at the University of Miami in 1992. He was a practicing anesthesiologist, serving as chief of Anesthesiology at Memorial Regional Hospital from 2006-2009. In 2009, he joined the Sheridan Healthcare executive team overseeing their national anesthesia practice. Dr. Greenfield recently left his role as president of Anesthesia Services at Envision and now provides advisory services to healthcare companies and private equity.

Beth-Ann Krimsky, Esq.

1^st Vice Chairperson

Mrs. Krimsky joined the Board in 2019. She is an attorney and earned her Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School.She is currently with the firm Greenspoon Marder in Fort Lauderdale. She is a commercial litigator and trial attorney whose focus is on business cases, including complex real estate and land use litigation, commercial disputes, fraud based litigation and class action defense with an emphasis in marketing, privacy and compliance issues.

Allan Budelman

2^nd Vice Chairperson

Mr. Budelman was elected to the Board in 2020. He is the co-founder and chief executive officer of EMFO, LLC and previously served as managing partner and principal for Emerald Asset Advisors. He graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park and obtained his MBA in International Business from the University of Miami.

Elden LeGaux

Treasurer

Mr. LeGaux joined the Board in 2018. He is a graduate of Mary Washington College and attended graduate studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. With years of experience in financial services, he founded and is chief operating officer of Legacy Wealth Advisors, where he currently develops strategic solutions for companies and individuals with significant wealth.

Susanne Cornfeld Hurowitz

Secretary

Mrs. Hurowitz has served on the Board since 2005. She is currently president of HB Capital Group, a privately-held, real estate investment and management company based in Miami, Florida. Prior to HB Capital, she was the president of SCH Consulting, which advised not-for-profit organizations on the development and implementation of strategic planning initiatives. Mrs. Hurowitz holds a Bachelor of Arts from Tufts University and an MBA from Columbia University.

R. Doug Gawrych, CPA

At-Large Member

Mr. Gawrych has served on the Board since 2010 and is chair of the Foundation Audit Committee.  He is a graduate of Miami University and a CPA. He recently retired from Grant Thornton where he was a former managing partner. His experience is in audit and financial statement and international audit services.

Sean T. Deviney, CFP

At-Large Member

Mr. Deviney earned his MBA from the University of Florida and his undergraduate degree in business from the College of Charleston. He has more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry and holds the designation as a Certified Financial Planner (CFP). He is currently the Director in charge of the Provenance Wealth Advisors Corporate Retirement Plans division. Mr. Deviney joined the Board in 2022.

Directors

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  • M. Richard Auerbach, MD
  • Dr. Auerbach has served on the Board since 2017. He obtained his medical degree from The University of Health Sciences, The Chicago Medical School, and performed his pediatric and neonatal residency at Georgetown University Hospital. Dr. Auerbach was on the neonatal staff at Joe DiMaggio Children`s Hospital since 1986 and served as former chief of staff.
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  • Nina Beauchesne, FACHE
  • Mrs. Beauchesne has served on the Board for more than two decades. She graduated from Emory University and received an MBA from the University of Florida. As executive vice president and chief transformation officer, Mrs. Beauchesne is responsible for leading system-wide business development, recruitment of physicians, Memorial Physician Group, and Memorial Primary Care as well as the System’s progressive transformation.
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  • Steven Becker
  • Mr. Becker was a former Board member who returned in 2022. He is executive vice president, treasurer, and compliance at Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits. Mr. Becker is a graduate of Syracuse University, obtained his Juris Doctorate from Boston University School of Law, and his MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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  • Kenneth Bierman
  • Mr. Bierman is currently a Strategic Advisor of Wealth Management at Grove Bank and Trust. He graduated from Rutgers University and First Fund Raising Institute of the Jewish Agency in Jerusalem, Israel. Mr. Bierman first joined the Board in 2010.
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  • Adam L. Blomberg, MD
  • Dr. Blomberg joined the Board in 2023. He obtained his medical degree from the University of Miami School of Medicine and trained at Brigham & Women's Hospital, a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School in Boston in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine. He spent 14 years on staff at Memorial Regional Hospital in various leadership positions. Today he is Regional Clinical Officer for South Florida at Envision Healthcare.
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  • Amaury Cifuentes, CFP, CMP
  • Mr. Cifuentes joined the Board in 2020. He is a graduate of Florida State University and a Certified Financial Planner. Mr. Cifuentes is founder and a partner in BlueKey Wealth Advisors, and BlueKey Equity Partners.
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  • Douglas J. Collier, LUTCF
  • Mr. Collier has served on the Board since 2001 and is a graduate of Florida State University. He spent over 25 years with Lincoln Financial Advisors providing personalized financial and estate planning. More recently, he built his practice, Innovative Wealth Management located in Boca Raton, as a multi-generational wealth management firm. He helps individuals, families and business owners grow and preserve their wealth for future generations.
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  • Linda Cooke
  • Ms. Cooke joined the Board in 2018. She is a graduate of Nova Southeastern University. Ms. Cooke is currently the chief executive officer of Habco Manufacturing. She has served on multiple boards within the community including the Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce, The Wasie Foundation, and Florida Community Health Network.
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  • Joseph Epstein, CPA
  • Mr. Epstein joined the Board in 2018. He is a graduate of Miami University in Ohio. Mr. Epstein is currently a principal at BDO, an accounting and advisory firm that services clients in a wide-range of industries including law firms and professional organizations. He leads the firm’s business developments efforts in the tri-county area.
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  • Alberto Fernandez
  • Mr. Fernandez was a former Board member who returned in 2018. Mr. Fernandez began his career in 1981 as a general contractor. Today he is founder and president of the ANF Group, a construction and development company. Mr. Fernandez’s vision helped create the ANF Group Tour de Broward event, an annual fundraiser attended by thousands of participants.
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  • Benjamin J. Freedman, MD
  • Dr. Freedman has served on the Board since 2019. He obtained his medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine and performed his residency at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. Dr. Freedman is currently president of Radiology Associates of Hollywood.
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  • Toby Gray
  • Mr. Gray joined the Board in 2019. He is a serial entrepreneur and accomplished chief executive officer of several companies. Today he is founder and chief executive officer of Advancing Practitioners, a company that specializes in first assisting in surgery and transitional care management. He is a graduate of Nova Southeastern University.
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  • Gregory Greene
  • Mr. Greene joined the Board in 2020. He graduated from University of Pittsburgh and earned his MBA from Barry University. He is the chair of the board of trustees at Barry University, an executive coach for Deloitte, and he serves on the board of Mansfield Oil, Inc.
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  • Atif Hussein, MD
  • Dr. Hussein was a former Board member who returned in 2023. He earned his medical degree from American University of Beirut and his Master’s degree in Medical Management from Tulane University. He is board-certified in internal medicine, medical oncology and hematology. Dr. Hussein is the Medical Director for Oncology Cancer Research for the Memorial Cancer Institute.
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  • Elizabeth Justen
  • As a commissioner of the South Broward Hospital District, Ms. Justen serves as the liaison to Foundations’ Board of Directors and joined the Board in 2022. She is the assistant executive director of the Sheriff’s Foundation of Broward County. She also serves as the key account manager of OFB marketing. She is a graduate from St. Edwards University in Texas.
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  • Dara K. Levan
  • Mrs. Levan is a communication specialist, writer and editor and was a speech-language pathologist who provided services to children. She founded SpeakWrite Communications. She earned a Master’s degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders. Today, she serves at the Chief Chocoholic of Hoffman’s Chocolates. Mrs. Levan returned to the Board in 2018.
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  • Christopher McFarlane, JD, CPA
  • Mr. McFarlane joined the Board in 2020. He graduated from the University of Miami with a Juris Doctorate, Masters of Science degree and is a CPA. He is the managing director of Flomex Capital Investments, a private equity firm.
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  • Matt Muhart
  • Mr. Muhart joined the Board in 2021. He is a graduate from Barry University and received his MBA from Florida International University. Mr. Muhart also obtained his Certified Public Accountant license. He is executive vice president and chief strategy officer at Memorial Healthcare System. Mr. Muhart oversees the following areas: Strategy, Value Based Care/ACO’s and Clinically Integrated Networks, Health Plan Operations, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Intelligence, Process Improvement, Managed Care Contracting and Government Relations.
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  • Holly Neville, MD
  • Dr. Neville joined the Board in 2020. She obtained her medical degree from the University of Florida College of Medicine and completed her surgical residency at the University of Texas at Houston and Pediatric Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern. Today, Dr. Neville is the Division Chief of Pediatric Surgery at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital and Associate Program Director for Memorial Healthcare System Department of General Surgery.
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  • Thomas R. Oliveri
  • Mr. Oliveri has served on the Board since 2008. He graduated cum laude from the University of South Florida and received a certification from the Florida State University Executive Management Program. As the President of the West Florida Region for The Northern Trust Company, Mr. Oliveri is responsible for leading the delivery of holistic advice and client service through investment management, fiduciary, banking and wealth planning professionals.
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  • Tiffany Panciera
  • Mrs. Panciera joined the Board in 2020. She is an owner of Boyd-Panciera Family Funeral Care. She specializes in community relations, advanced funeral planning and bereavement support while leading the “Wings of Hope” program. Mrs. Panciera has more than 30 years of experience as an entrepreneur and is the co-author of “The Artful Science of Success”.
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  • Alberto Peisach
  • Mr. Peisach is an entrepreneur with more than 35 years of experience in operations, innovation, and executing business strategies. He founded Category Five Ventures and was founder and chief executive officer of Grupo Phoenix. He earned his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Systems Engineering. Mr. Peisach joined the Board in 2023.
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  • Karen Prange
  • Mrs. Prange joined the Board in 2022. She has over 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry, most recently serving as the EVP and CEO of Global Animal Health, Medical and Dental group at Henry Schein. She held executive positions at Boston Scientific and Johnson and Johnson and serves on several corporate boards and as an industrial and strategic consultant. She is a graduate of the University of Florida and completed executive education coursework at UCLA Anderson School of Business.
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  • Frank Scholl, MD
  • Dr. Scholl is chief of pediatric and congenital heart surgery at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital. His association with the Board dates back to 2011. He obtained his medical degree from Chicago Medical School, and performed his residencies in surgery and cardiothoracic surgery at Yale-New Haven Medical Center, Vanderbilt University and UCLA School of Medicine. He is board certified in surgery, congenital cardiac surgery and thoracic and cardiac surgery.
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  • Amy Share Brennan
  • Ms. Share Brennan is the owner and president of Lawrence D. Share Company and Professional Casualty Corporation, a company founded 45 years ago by her late father, Lawrence D. Share. Today, the company services more than 5,000 physicians and health care professionals nationwide. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Miami in Business Administration. She joined the Board in 2023.
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  • Seth Siegel, CPA
  • Mr. Siegel was elected to the Board in 2020. He is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University. Mr. Siegel is the managing partner of Grant Thornton’s South Florida offices and leads a team of over 200 professionals.
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  • Stu Siegel
  • Stu Siegel has been on the Foundations’ Board since 2010. A graduate of Wharton School of Business, he is a serial entrepreneur who has spent his career starting, acquiring, merging and selling a string of successful technology businesses. Mr. Siegel is a devoted philanthropist, who created The Stu Siegel Foundation to support health, education, community, and the arts.
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  • Caitlin Stella
  • Mrs. Stella serves as the chief executive officer of Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital. She obtained her Master’s in Public Health in Health Policy and Management at the (now Fielding) School of Public Health at UCLA. She began her career as a management consultant in healthcare at PricewaterhouseCoopers, then worked as a project manager at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. She returned to UCLA Health as senior executive and was later promoted to chief administrative officer for UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital and Women’s Health. Mrs. Stella joined the Board in 2018.
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  • Marcia Tabatchnick
  • Mrs. Tabatchnick returned to the Board in 2022. Driven by her passion for community involvement, she has held leadership positions on many boards including as the Women’s Campaign Chair for United Jewish Appeal (UJA) of Metrowest; the National Young Leadership Cabinet (NYLC) for UJA; her Temple Board; American Cancer Society in Essex County; Board of Governors; and Daughters of Israel Geriatric Center in West Orange. She is a graduate of the University of Miami.
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  • Benjamin A. Tobias, CFP, CPA/PFS
  • Mr. Tobias joined the Board in 2020. He is a graduate of Bernard M. Baruch College of the City University of New York. He began his career as a healthcare auditor at Deloitte in New York City. He later founded and is the past President of Tobias Financial Advisors located in Plantation.
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  • Richard Toren
  • Mr. Toren was elected to the Board in 2017. He graduated from Pennsylvania State University and obtained his MBA from Loyola Graduate School of Business. He is an entrepreneur with decades of experience in healthcare which includes the creation and management of physician practices to consulting with cardiology practices and advisory boards. Mr. Toren is executive chairman at Cohort Intelligence and Chief Strategy Officer of QPID Health, and was former President of Atigeo Healthcare.
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  • K. Scott Wester
  • Mr. Wester is president and chief executive officer of Memorial Healthcare System (MHS). He earned his Master’s in Hospital and Health Administration degree from Xavier University in Cincinnati. He joins MHS with more than 30 years of healthcare leadership in management and operations, finance, academia, philanthropy, and partnership building. Mr. Wester joined the Board in 2022.

Directors Emeritus

• Robert Amchir (deceased)
• Gary Birken, MD
• Michael Bolton
• Ronald L. Book, Esq.
• Herbert Brizel, MD
• Cindy Conine
• Jeff Conine
• Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Cornfeld
• Mitchell Eisenberg, MD
• Alberto E. Fernandez, Sr.
• Peter Livingston, MD
• Wendy Masi, PhD
• Henry D. Perry, Jr., MD (deceased)
• Zeff Ross, FACHE
• Frank V. Sacco, FACHE
• George Steinbrenner (deceased)