Board of Trustees
The Palm Healthcare Foundation's Board of Trustees and staff oversee the charitable missions of the Foundation, including asset management, grant-making and fundraising. Each member has been elected for his or her knowledge of the community, healthcare needs and the business aspects of a public foundation.
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John Lacy, CFM WMA Chair |
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Mark W. Cook Vice Chair Mr. Cook is Chair of the the Development Committee, Chair of the Faciliites Committee and Chair of the Strategic Priority Committee. He is Vice Chair of the Executive Committee and is a member of the Finance/Investment Committee, the Audit Committee, and the CEO/President Search Committee. |
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Philippe Jeck Treasurer |
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Barbara Jacobowitz, MS Secretary |
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Dr. Alina Alonso Dr. Alonso is Chair of the Governance/Nominating/Bylaws Committee. |
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Dr. David Dodson Dr. David Dodson is a physician in private practice with the Traveler’s Medical Services Group in West Palm Beach. He specializes in internal medicine and infectious disease. He is a graduate of Cornell University Medical College in New York. He completed his residency at Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Dodson is affiliated with Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and Good Samaritan Medical Center in West Palm Beach where he served as the chairman of the governing board and chief of staff. Dr. Dodson also held chairmanship on the ethics committee, and pharmacy and therapeutics committee, also at Good Samaritan. Dr. Dodson currently serves on the board of FoundCare and Hope House. Dr. Dodson is a member of the Communications Committee, the CEO/President Searach Committee and the Scholarship Committee.. |
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Joan Eigen
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Chris Gryskiewicz Chris Gryskiewicz is Executive Vice President of Templeton & Company, LLP, a full service CPA firm offering audit, tax and consulting services. Manages all consulting engagements. Also manages all aspects of audit and review engagements including the preparation and review of financial statements for mid-size and small non public companies, as well as, large nonprofit organizations. Mr. Gryskiewicz received his accounting degree from Palm Beach Atlantic University in 1988. He completed fifth-year accounting education requirements from the University of Central Florida. Mr. Gryskiewicz is involved in a variety of professional groups including Rotary Club of Palm Beach County, American Institute of CPA's, Florida Institute of CPA's, Palm Beach County Business Development Board, Economic Forum of Palm Beach County, Certified Information Technology Professional, and Certified Public Accountant in Florida. Mr. Gryskiewicz is an active church member. Mr. Gryskiewicz is Chair of the Audit Committee. He serves on the Finance/Investment Committee.
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Fran Hathaway Fran Hathaway brings a unique perspective to health and welfare issues from a career in journalism. As a columnist and member of The Palm Beach Post editorial board, she covered national issues such as Medicare, Medicaid and health reform as well as local hospitals, human service agencies and the Health Care District, receiving numerous awards from area organizations. Currently, she is president of LIFESTORIES, which helps people record their personal history. Ms. Hathaway earned a master’s degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. In Chicago, she wrote for magazines such as Together and The Saturday Evening Post, and for the World Book Encyclopedia. In Palm Beach County, she has been active with Leadership Palm Beach County, Leadership Florida, the United Way and the Palm Beach County Medical Society Auxiliary. She served as president of Executive Women of the Palm Beaches. Ms. Hathaway is married to H. R. Hathaway M.D. They live in West Palm Beach and have three grown children. Ms. Hathaway is Chair of the Communications Committee, and is a member of the Governance/Nominating/Bylaws Committee, the Strategic Priority Committee and the Community Investment Committee. |
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Peter Martinez Peter Martinez is Chairman of the Board of Palm Beach Medical College, a state-of-the-art for-profit innovation in medical education. He is Co-Chair of Cloud Industries Health, a visionary technology and services enterprise. He is member of the Board of Directors of Net.Orange, a leading healthcare technology and services company. Mr. Martinez is an executive member of the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative and serves as Co-Chair of the Center for eHealth Information Adoption and Exchange. He is also a member of the Board of Advisors of the Caridad Center. With a strong technology foundation, Mr. Martinez has been able to define creative solutions to business problems. He has over 30 patents and technical publications in the areas of healthcare, computer architecture, robotics, optical disks and display technology. Mr. Martinez is a frequent key note presenter at international conferences and has been featured by the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, ABC News, The Economist, Univision and CNN. Mr. Martinez is a Faculty and Research Affiliate at MIT and is visiting professor at FIU. He also serves on many academic advisory boards. Mr. Martinez holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Miami where he was named the Distinguished Alumnae (1998). He was awared the Engineer of the Year by the Association of Cuban Engineers (2002). He was inducted into the Miami-Dade College Hall of Fame (2004). Mr. Martinez serves on the Communications Committee and the Facilities Committee. |
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Dr. Mark Rubenstein, M.D. Dr. Rubenstein is a native of Syracuse, New York. He received his B.S.E. summa cum laude in Biomedical Engineering from Tulane University in New Orleans, and his doctor of medicine from the State University of New York Health Science Center in Syracuse. He completed his residency in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Rubenstein serves as Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation as well as Asst. Professor of Medicine at the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami. He is also an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Science at Florida Atlantic University, and serves as a Clinical Associate Professor of Family Medicine at Nova Southeastern University. He actively serves as Section Chief for the Division of Rehabilitation medicine at Good Samaritan Medical Center. He is a founding member of Project Access and the Palm Beach County Medical Reserve Corp. He served as President of the Palm Beach County Medical Society in 2006. In 2005 and again in 2006 Dr. Rubenstein received the Florida choice Award as Workers’ Compensation Medical Provider of the Year, and was recipient in 2002 of the Legal Aid Society’s Special Service Award for pro bono service. Currently, Dr. Rubenstein is a member of the Board of Trustees as well as the Board of Directors for the Palm Beach County Medical Society. He serves as a delegate to the Florida Medical Association and as an alternate delegate to the American Medical Association. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Florida Society of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. He and his wife, Jessi, are the parents of two children. Dr. Rubenstein serves on the Community Investment Committee and the CEO/President Searach Committee. |
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Joseph B. Shearouse, III Joseph B. "Jay " Shearouse, III is President and CEO of First Bank of the Palm Beaches. Previously, he served for two years as President of National City for Southeast Florida, and prior to that, as Executive Vice President for Fidelity Federal Bank & Trust, where he had worked for over 28 years. As a third generation Floridian, Mr. Shearouse is very active in the community and currently serves as Vice Chairman on the Board of Directors for the United Way of Palm Beach County, The Board of Trustees of the Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches, and the Board of Directors of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County. In the banking industry, Mr. Shearouse has served has served at the state level on the Board of Directors of the Florida Bankers Association and at the national level on the Board of America's Community Bankers. He was named "Florida Banker of the Year" in 2006 by the Florida Bankers Association. Mr. Shearouse and his wife Michelle, and his children, Joseph IV and Eric, reside in Jupiter. A graduate of Florida State University, his hobbies include hunting, fishing, and scuba diving. Mr. Shearouse is a member of the Audit Committee. |
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Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN Rose Sherman is the Director of the Nursing Leadership Institute in the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing where she is also an associate professor and program director of the Nursing Administration and Clinical Nurse Leader tracks in the graduate nursing program. Prior to joining the faculty at FAU, Rose had a 25 year nursing leadership career with the Department of Veterans Affairs. She moved to Palm Beach County in 1993 as part of the leadership activation team that built and opened the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center. Dr. Sherman graduated with a BSN in Nursing and a BA in Political Science from the University of Florida. Her Masters Degree in Nursing is from the Catholic University of America and her Doctorate is in Nursing Leadership from Teachers College, Columbia University. She is the author of numerous journal articles and book chapters and currently serves on the editorial boards of Nurse Leader and the Journal of Nursing Education. In 2005, she was named Florida Nurse Leader of the Year by the Florida Organization of Nurse Executives for the work that she has done in the state to develop nursing leaders. She is an alumni of the Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellowship Program and is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing. She is a 2001 graduate of Leadership Palm Beach County. Dr. Sherman has been actively involved with the Palm Healthcare Foundation since 2002 in nursing education initiatives. She was elected to the Board of Trustees in December 2010. Dr. Sherman lives in Palm Beach Gardens with her husband Jim and son Mark. Dr. Sherman is a member of the Community Investment Committee. |
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Andrea Stephenson Andrea Stephenson is the Executive Director of the Treasure Coast Health Council, one of 11 local health planning councils established by the Florida legislature. In this role, and in accordance with Florida statute, she is responsible for conducting regional health planning and implementation activities to improve access to health care, reduce disparities in health status, assist local and state governments in the development of sound and rational health policies, and advocate on behalf of the underserved. Ms. Stephenson has a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, with a concentration in Medical Sociology from the University of Florida. She also has a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) and a Master’s in Health Science (MHS), both from the University of Florida. Ms. Stephenson has nearly 20 years experience in various facets of the health and human services sector. She is also an adjunct faculty member of Barry University where she teaches undergraduate courses in the Health Administration program. Ms. Stephenson has served on the board of directors of several nonprofit organizations in the community in aging, health care, child welfare, community partnerships, and mental health. She is a graduate of Leadership Palm Beach County, received the Heroes in Medicine Award for Community Involvement (2005), recognized by Success South Florida as one of the “Top 40 Black Professionals Under 40” (2006), and selected as a member of Who’s Who in Black South Florida (2007). Ms. Stephenson lives in West Palm Beach with her three children, Eric, Alana Marie, and Terrell. Ms. Stephenson serves on the Audit Committee. |
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Sandra Close Turnquest Sandra Turnquest received her Master's degree in Public Administration from Florida Atlantic University after graduating with honors from Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University with a Bachelor of Science degree. Ms.Turnquest also studied at Harvard University and University of Michigan's School of Business Executive Management Program. Ms. Turnquest is the former Deputy Executive Director, Corporate Resources at the South Florida Water Management District. She is affiliated with many community organizations including Executive Women of the Palm Beaches, National Forum for Black Public Administrators, Leadership Palm Beach County, Palm Healthcare Foundation's Grants Distribution Committee, The Links, Incorporated and Girls II Women. Turnquest recently concluded her appointment as a charter member of the Florida Bar's Citizen Forum Committee. She also serves as a Trustee at Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church and actively participates with the Outreach Ministry. Her accomplishments include the March of Dimes Women of Distinction Award in 2001, the Greater Business & Professional Women's Award in 2000, JM Family Enterprise's 1998 African Achievers Award and she was a finalist for the Athena Award in 1998 and 2006. Ms. Turnquest is Chair of the CEO/President Search Committee and Co-Chair of the Scholarship Committee. She is a member of the Audit Committee and the Executive Committee. |
