At his 30th anniversary at the helm of PHMC, CEO Richard Cohen reflects on three decades of public health leadership and the critical work of PHMC. Please click to play the video below.
Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC) is a nonprofit public health institute that builds healthier communities through partnerships with government, foundations, businesses and community-based organizations. It fulfills its mission to improve the health of the community by providing outreach, health promotion, education, research, planning, technical assistance, and direct services.
PHMC has served the Greater Philadelphia region since 1972 as a facilitator, developer, intermediary, manager, advocate and innovator in the field of public health. With more than 2,500 employees, 350 programs, a network of subsidiary organizations, 70 locations, sites and close to 350,000 clients served annually, PHMC is one of the largest and most comprehensive public health organizations in the nation.
Samuel J. Patterson
Chairperson
CEO, Trecom Systems Group
Michele Volpe
Vice Chairperson
Executive Director, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Stephen P. Fera
Treasurer
Senior Vice President, Independence Blue Cross
Sophia Lee
Secretary
Member At-Large
Blank Rome
Richard J. Cohen, PhD, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer
Michael K. Pearson
Immediate Past Chair
Member At-Large
Marcus Allen
Member At-Large
CEO, Big Brothers/Big Sisters
Theodore A. Christopher
Designee, Philadelphia County Medical Society
Director Of Emergency Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University
Allison Davenport
Member At-Large
CEO, Unitedhealthcare Community Plan Of PA
George E. Downs
Member At-Large
Professor, Philadelphia College Of Pharmacy
Patrick Eiding
Designee, Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO
Director, Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO
Harold T. Epps
Member At-Large
Senior Advisor, Bellevue Strategies
Varsovia Fernandez
Member At-Large
Judith Gay
Designee, PHMC Affiliate
Chief Of Staff, Community College Of Philadelphia
Rita Johnson-Greene
Member At-Large
Head Of Commercial Operations, Spark Therapeutics
Michelle Grey-Cannon
Designee, Families With Intellectual & Developmental
Disabilities
Kathleen Kinslow
Designee, Greater Philadelphia Chamber Of Commerce
Executive Vice President, Thomas Jefferson University
Keith Leaphart
Member At-Large
Founder, Philanthropi
Kathleen S. Matt
Member At-Large
Dean, College Of Health Sciences, University Of Delaware
Paschal Nwako
Member At-Large
Camden County Health Officer, Dept. Health & Human Services
James W. Oram
Designee, Social Services Organization
Wendell Pritchett
Member At-Large
Provost, University Of Pennsylvania
Kenneth Veit
Designee, Philadelphia County Osteopathic Society
Dean, Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine