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Asthma Educator Institute
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Better Breathers Club - Brick Township, NJ | Brick Township, NJ
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Better Breathers Club - Maywood, NJ | Maywood, NJ
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Better Breathers Club - Morristown, NJ | Morristown, NJ
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Better Breathers Club - Newton, NJ | Newton, NJ
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Better Breathers Club - Pennington, NJ | Pennington, NJ
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Better Breathers Club - Ridgewood, NJ | Ridgewood, NJ
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Better Breathers Club - Rockaway, NJ | Rockaway, NJ
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Better Breathers Club - Somerville, NJ | Somerville, NJ
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LUNG FORCE Walk - Bridgewater, NJ | Bridgewater, NJ
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Local Offices
P. O. Box 10188 PMB 37214
Newark, NJ 07101-3188
Local and Regional Leadership
FY23 Board of Directors
Matthew Sturgis, CMA
Chair
Tax Assessor
Town of Cape Elizabeth
Peggy Pennoyer, M.D.
Vice Chair
Allergy & Immunology Specialist
Maine Medical Center
Doug Couper, MD
Physician
Martins Point Health Center
Michael T. Crawley, CPA, MBA, MST
Partner
Citrin Cooperman
Susan DiPinto
Sr. Vice President, Sr. Relationship Manager, Deposit and Treasury Management
Cambridge Trust
Corey Hevrin
Financial Services Professional
The Vermont Agency
David Hill, MD
Director, Clinical Research
Waterbury Pulmonary Associates
Lynda Hullstrung, CPA
Partner
Deloitte, LLP
Hadi Jabbar, MD
Director, Pediatric Asthma Center
New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital
Marie Lemoine, MSN
Pulmonary Nurse Manager (Retired)
Kevin Murphy
Group Leader, Specialty & Infusion
CVS Health
Araba Nti
Associate Principal
IPM.a
Jane Reardon, MSN, APRN, CS, AE-C
Pulmonary Clinical Nurse Specialist
Hartford Hospital
Jon Rosen
Founder & President
Impact Communications
Neil Schachter, M.D.
Pulmonologist
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Jeff Stein, CFP, CRPS
Founder & Managing Partner
Argentum Financial Partners, LLC
Peter N. Woodberry, Ph.D.
Dean, Emeritus
Community College of Rhode Island
The purpose of the American Lung Association's Local Leadership Board to is raise the organization's profile in the community, advocate for lung health and increase resources to fund local programs and services.
Local Leadership Board members impact the work of the Association including: programs and services, public policy, research, and revenue generation.
The American Lung Association’s “Gold Standard” designation recognizes the exemplary leadership of some of our Local Leadership Boards. These Leadership Boards show outstanding leadership in volunteerism, service, and supporting lung health and our mission – recognized through Gold, Silver and Bronze.
Dr. Amita Avadhani
Associate Director, Post Masters School of Nursing
Rutgers School of Nursing/St Peters Healthcare
Dr. Andrew Berman
Professor of Medicine, Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School
Division Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Allergy and Immunologic Diseases
Elizabeth Brewer
Global Lead, Government Affairs & Public Policy
GSK Consumer Healthcare
Jill DeSimone
SR VP U.S. and Latin America Oncology
Merck
Rev. Joe Parrish
Compuserve
Dr. Sharon Pine
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
John Rutkowski
Respiratory Therapy Program Director
County College of Morris
Joe Schiavo
CPA Consultant
Mary Stabile
Co-Founder
Living For A Cause
Sherry Stein
Administrative Director
RWJBarnabasHealth
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