MHA Program Advisory Board
The MHA Program is guided by an Advisory Board, comprised of healthcare executives and managers from the Long Island and New York Metropolitan area. The Advisory Board meets twice annually to review critical issues in the health administration field and to identify areas of improvement in the MHA Program curriculum, further preparing MHA Program graduates to meet the changing demands of the health services industry.
The members of the 2019-2020 MHA Program Advisory Board include:
Ernest Baptiste, MS, MPA
Chief Executive Officer - Stony Brook Medicine
Robert Chaloner, MS, MBA, MPH
Chief Administrative Officer - Stony Brook Southampton Hospital
Wendy Darwell, MBA
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer - Suburban Hospital Alliance of NYS, LLC, Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council, Inc.
Darren H.P. Deoraj, MHA
Assistant Director and Administrator - Ambulatory Care - NYC Health + Hospitals, Gotham Health, Gouverneur
Carol A. Gomes, MS, FACHE, CPHQ
Chief Operating Officer - Stony Brook Medicine
Kevin McGeachy, MBA, FACHE
Senior Vice President, Strategic Alliances - Northwell Health
Eric Morley, MD, MS
Director, Department of Emergency Medicine - Stony Brook Medicine
L. Reuven Pasternak, MD, MPH, MBA
Vice President for Health Systems - Stony Brook Medicine
Alyeah E. Ramjit, MS, MHA
Administrative Manager - Mobile Integrated Healthcare/Community Paramedicine Program, Northwell Health
Fred Sganga, MPH, FACHE
Executive Director - Long Island State Veterans Home
Dennis Sheridan, MBA, FACHE
Vice President, Administration - Winthrop University Hospital
Susan Somerville, RN, MHA
Vice President - Clinical Transformation Peconic Bay Medical Center
If you are interested in becoming a member of the MHA Program Advisory Board, please contact the MHA Program Director, Julie Agris, PhD, JD, LLM, FACHE at julie.agris@stonybrookmedicine.edu for more information.