Officers

Samuel J. Patterson
Chairperson
Member At-Large
CEO, TreCom Systems Group

Michael K. Pearson
Vice Chairperson
Member At-Large

Stephen P. Fera
Treasurer
Designee
Independence Blue Cross

Sophia Lee
Secretary
Member At-Large
Blank Rome

Richard J. Cohen, PhD, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer
Public Health Management Corp.

Members

Marcus Allen
Member At-Large
CEO, Big Brothers/Big Sisters

William Carter
Designee, Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia
VP, Local Government Affairs, Chamber of Commerce

Theodore A. Christopher
Designee, Philadelphia County Medical Society
Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine,
Thomas Jefferson University

Christopher Collum
Designee, Delaware Valley Healthcare Council
President, Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital & St. Francis Hospital

Allison Davenport
Member At-Large
Chief of Staff, Optum RX

Patrick Eiding
Designee, Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO
President, Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO

Harold T. Epps 
Member At-Large
Senior Advisor, Bellevue Strategies

Lee Huang
Designee, Health Planning Agency
President & Principal, ESI EConsult Solutions

Dixie James
Member At-Large
President & COO, Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia/Elkins

Rita Johnson-Greene
Member At-Large

Kathleen Kinslow
Designee, Greater Philadelphia Chamber Of Commerce

Keith Leaphart
Member At-Large
Founder, Philanthropi

Kathleen S. Matt
Member At-Large
Dean, College Of Health Sciences, University Of Delaware

Sheila Mitchell-Green
Designee, Families With Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Paschal Nwako
Member At-Large
Camden County Health Officer, Dept. Health & Human Services

Wendell Pritchett
Member At-Large
Provost, University Of Pennsylvania

Margaret Rux
Designee, Social Services

Kenneth Veit
Designee, Philadelphia County Osteopathic Society
Dean, Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine