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University of Miami Health System Announces Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center

Newly Created Board of Directors Appoints New Emergency

With a distinct eye on the future of health care, the University of Miami is pleased to Department Director
announce the formation of the UHealth Board of Directors, a panel of highly respected
leaders who will provide strategic oversight to the University of Miami Health System. Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center welcomes Laurena
The University is making this bold move to position UHealth to be more responsive to Reese, MBA, BSN, RN, as its new emergency department direc-
its overall mission to its patients, research and medical education. As health care evolves tor. Reese most recently served as the Director of the
rapidly, health care systems must operate in an environment of thoughtful decision mak- Emergency Department at another South Florida hospital,
ing that is nimble and adaptive to the market. Building this Board, made up of experi- where she was responsible for managing clinical staff, patient Laurena Reese
enced leaders in health care and business, creates a critical framework to guide the strate- experience outcomes, and facilitating and directing quality of
gic vision of UHealth in order to serve better its patients and the community. The Board patient care. Reese has nearly 30 years of experience working as a nurse in the state of
will meet quarterly and is made up of eleven members, including current trustees of the Florida. Reese earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from SUNY, Plattsburgh in
University of Miami and a number of leaders in the national health care arena. Plattsburgh, NY and received her Master of Business Administration from Western
Members are Hilarie Bass, Esq., co-president of Greenberg Traurig, LLP; Isaac William Governors University in Salt Lake City, UT.
(Will) Ferniany, Ph.D., chief executive officer of the UAB Health System of the University
of Alabama at Birmingham; Chris Grant, chief operating officer for Kaiser Permanente;
Manny Kadre, Esq., chairman and CEO of MBB Auto Group; Jayne Sylvester Malfitano, University of Miami Health System
president and secretary of the Harcourt M. and Virginia W. Sylvester Foundation; Stuart
A. Miller, executive chairman and former CEO of Lennar Corporation; Peter Slavin, Welcomes Keith J. Murphy
M.D., president of Massachusetts General Hospital and professor of health care policy at
Harvard Medical School; and M. Roy Wilson, M.D., president of Wayne State University. as New Vice President
Ex-Officio Members are Richard D. Fain, chairman and chief executive officer of Royal
Caribbean Cruises Ltd.; Julio Frenk, M.D., Ph.D., president of the University of Miami; of Supply Chain Services
and Edward Abraham, M.D., executive vice president for health affairs of the University
of Miami and CEO of UHealth. The University of Miami Health System is pleased to
announce Keith J. Murphy as its new vice president of Supply
Chain Services. With more than 30 years of experience in
Benz, Levan and contract, inventory, and logistics management related posi- Keith J. Murphy
tions, Murphy brings a wealth of experience to this position.
Yanowitch Join He comes to the University of Miami from Yale New Haven Health System, where he was
executive director of Corporate Supply Chain.
Broward College
Foundation Board South Florida Institute on Aging

of Directors (SoFIA) Names New Board Member

The Broward College Foundation John A. Benz Jarett Levan The South Florida Institute on Aging (SoFIA), a non-profit
appointed Community Care Plan which creates planning and development strategies to deliver
President and CEO John A. Benz, BBX Capital President Jarett socio-economic support programs for South Florida seniors,
Levan, and financial consultant Beverly Yanowitch, CPA, to its has named Debbie Savage to its board of directors. Savage is
Board of Directors. Benz, who served on the Broward College founder and president of Responsive Home Care, a private
District Board of Trustees for eight years, oversees all opera- duty home care agency exclusively serving Broward
tions at Community Care Plan, which services Medicaid, County.Savage began her career in assisted living and served as
Children’s Medicaid Services Network, and various self- president and a founding member of the Florida Assisted Debbie Savage
insured employee health plans. Prior to working with Living Association, where she assisted the state of Florida in
Community Care Plan, Benz served as Senior Vice President the development of funding sources for assisted living through the Medicaid Waiver
and Chief Strategic Officer for Memorial Healthcare System. Program. Realizing most people would prefer to remain at home as long as possible, she
As president of BBX Capital, Levan heads up the diversified opened her home health agency in 1994. From 1998-2002, Savage served on the national
investment and asset management company. Levan serves on board of the Assisted Living Federation of America while designing, developing and
the boards of the Broward Performing Arts Foundation, the Beverly Yanowitch managing two large assisted living facilities in Broward County. A registered nurse,
Community Foundation of Broward, the Broward Workshop, Savage received her degree in nursing from Barry University.
and the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance. He also is the founding Board Chair of Business
for the Arts of Broward. Yanowitch, a Certified Public Accountant, served as a financial
consultant to the Broward College Foundation for 11 years. She previously was CFO of
Mackenzie Investment Management, Inc. (Ivy Funds).

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