Martin Kabat, Ph. D.

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Dr. Martin Kabat brings extensive financial, academic and technological experience gained internationally in both the profit and not-for-profit sectors. He also brings a strong commitment to advancing the role of the Foundation as a nationally recognized charity and as an organization that can contribute significantly to the role of the patient in obtaining better quality health care.

Dr. Kabat has been the President and CEO of the Canadian MedicAlert Foundation since 2004. Before that he held the position of Vice President, Finance and Administration at iFire Technology Inc., a subsidiary of The Westaim Corporation that sponsors the development of new commercial technologies in Canada and the United States. Prior to that, as CFO for The Travelstead Group, Dr. Kabat was responsible for an international portfolio of companies based in the USA, Spain, Holland, and Australia; including a $1 billion project to build a Ritz-Carlton Hotel and commercial center in Barcelona. He also worked extensively in the not-for-profit sector as a Professor and Senior Administrator for a private liberal arts college in Maryland.

Ramesh Srinivasan

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As Vice President of Business Development, Ramesh is responsible for driving new strategic business opportunities including strategic alliances, acquisitions, strategic relationship management with technology companies, health plans, hospital systems, and the life sciences industry.  Previously, Ramesh was the Vice President for Marketing where he managed marketing, business development, and public relations strategies focused on evangelizing MedicAlert’s Personal Health Record. Ramesh brings over 20 years of experience in strategic marketing, technology and business development.

Prior to joining MedicAlert®, Ramesh managed national product launches at Internet startups that provided web-based solutions to trade associations, nonprofits, K-12 Institutions, and the Government. He has presented on topics addressing healthcare, business and economic development, and international trade at various shows including the National Managed Healthcare Congress, and at Annual White House Conferences. Ramesh is also a member of the Health Management Academy.  Ramesh has an MBA from Texas and a BS in Mathematics from India.

Robert Charbonneau

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Robert Charbonneau has an extensive background in sales, marketing and management positions in the networking, communications and data security industries.

Over the past 25 years he has successfully built partnerships and managed sales and operations groups doing business in Europe, Asia, Latin America as well as the United States. His experience includes management and executive positions at industry leading technology companies such as IBM/ROLM, Hughes and Harris as well as innovative start-ups in the IT security arena. As a senior executive and Managing Director of the network products division at LeeMah DataCom Security, he was a key participant in the development of groundbreaking technologies in the areas of token authentication, secure access routers and web based access control products. Most recently he co-founded and managed the business development activities of SecureContent Inc., a data security company focused on email and document encryption and management systems.

Mr. Charbonneau has a BS in Business Administration from the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY.

Larry Kupeli

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Mr. Kupeli joined the MedicAlert Foundation April 2006 as the Vice President of Sales & Marketing.  He has over 20 years of experience in operations, sales, marketing, and general management in the healthcare industry.

Previously, Mr. Kupeli was a Senior Manager in the Life Sciences Transformation Practice of Capgemini LLC, a global consulting firm.  The clients he advised were top pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms.  Mr. Kupeli’s work focused on designing and implementing improvements in quality systems, regulatory submissions, development, and sales and marketing operations.  He has also provided strategic research on healthcare opportunities.  Prior to that, Mr. Kupeli managed a business unit for Bio-Rad Laboratories, a global life sciences company.  His responsibilities included global marketing, research and development, and international support for a wide range of products targeting the clinical diagnostics marketplace.

Mr. Kupeli has presented on a wide range of healthcare industry related topics.  He is a patent holder on clinical informatics systems.  He has a B.Sc. in Biochemistry from Boston College and an MBA from Boston University.

Martin Fisher

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Martin is the Vice President of Information Technology at MedicAlert.   He manages the Technical Operations and Software Development teams, combining his recent experience with Open Source and LAMP applications with newer technologies such as Web Services and AJAX to develop leading edge Healthcare Informatics solutions.

Prior to MedicAlert Martin was the Director of Vertical Properties at Yahoo!  He was responsible for the operational deployment and update of most of Yahoo!’s media and entertainment sites, including dailynews.yahoo.com, travel.yahoo.com and health.yahoo.com.  The Verticals group at Yahoo! processed over 200 daily content feeds.  Martin joined in Yahoo! in August 1996.

Previously Martin was a Director in the New Media Division at Sybase.  The division developed a number of products, the most well known being the multimedia authoring tool Gain Momentum.  His organization also developed media.splash, the drag and drop multimedia tool for building data driven interactive, animated web pages.

From December 1991 to July 1994 his responsibilities were managing the Production Engineering functions of QA, Porting, Internationalization and Performance.  From July 1994 until early 1996 he was the Sybase representative on a number of ITV related standards bodies including DAVIC, MPEG, MHEG and the IMA.

He graduated from the University of Manchester UK in 1980 and has worked at a number of companies including Motorola and Oracle. He worked as a consultant, with real-time and performance s/w as his specialty, before going to Gain Technology in December 1991. Gain became the New Media Division of Sybase in 1993.

Melody Howard

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Melody has 20 years of experience in the Customer Service and Sales industry, eighteen years of which have been spent at MedicAlert working in various capacities in sales, customer service and special projects. A graduate of Turlock High School in 1987, Melody began working at MedicAlert in 1988.

Joel Moses, Ph. D.

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Dr. Moses has more than 35 years of broad experience in executive assessment and executive coaching. Currently his focus is on expanding Valtera’s Leadership Assessment and Development practice to set new global standards for assessment and coaching quality and effectiveness.

Previously Dr. Joel Moses was the managing director and cofounder of the Applied Research Corporation, where he had instituted career development programs for high-potential managers and designed and delivered programs to enhance individual and organizational effectiveness. Clients included Price Waterhouse, Prudential, Peco Energy, BP Amoco, AT&T, Knight Ridder, Merrill Lynch and other leading firms. Dr. Moses is a widely known expert on management and executive selection and development. He has published many books and articles on this topic, including the definitive book on management assessment, Applying the Assessment Center Method (with W.C. Byham). Prior to co-founding the Applied Research Corporation, Dr. Moses was AT&T's Senior Corporate Psychologist and Director of its Corporate Psychological Research division. He also directed its Management Continuity and Research Unit and was Director of AT&T's Advanced Management Potential Assessment Program.

Dr. Moses has served as a visiting professor teaching courses in executive selection and development at Columbia University and at The City University of New York. Previously, he was Research Professor at New York University's Graduate School and an Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Pace University, New York.

Dr. Moses is a fellow of The American Psychological Association, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and the American Psychological Society. He holds a Ph.D. from Baylor University and MBA and BS degrees from the City University of New York.

Mary Dean

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Mary Dean is a nationally respected advocate for children, having dedicated her career to improving the lives of young people through work in the healthcare, education and legal sectors. Mary is a visionary leader, focused on achieving the organization's mission.

She joined Children's Hospital in 2001 as senior vice president for external affairs and is responsible for child advocacy, marketing, strategic planning, communications, public affairs and government relations.

Among other previous appointments, Mary has served as senior vice president at Valley Children's Hospital in Fresno, associate commissioner of education in the Kentucky State Department of Education, dean of administration and development at the San Joaquin College of Law in Fresno and as a counselor and teacher at elementary schools in Connecticut, Kentucky and Ohio.

She is a former member of Leadership California and currently serves on the boards of the Marcus Foster Educational Institute and Ethnic Health Institute.

Mary oversees strategic planning, marketing, communication government relations.

Len Kelsey

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Len is currently a Commissioner with the B.C. Utilities Commission and has held a number of executive positions with the British Columbia Automobile Association. Len is active in the volunteer community. He served as Public Administrator and Board Chair of the North Shore Health Region, Board Chair of Lions Gate Hospital and is currently a Board member of the MedicAlert Foundation International and the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary.

Allan J. Schurr

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As IBM’s Managing Director at Xcel Energy, Allan Schurr is responsible for facilitating the IBM-Xcel Energy partnership, including all services and products provided by IBM in the innovative relationship.

Previously, Schurr was the Vice President of Integrated Solutions for Itron, a developer of gas, electric and water data collection and analysis systems and another of Xcel Energy’s valuable technology partners. A 20-year veteran of the energy industry, Schurr has also held executive positions at Silicon Energy and PG&E Energy Services.

Schurr holds an MBA from St. Mary’s College of California and a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Davis.

Claudia R. Adkison, J.D., Ph. D.

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Dr. Adkison rejoined Emory’s School of Medicine as Executive Associate Dean / Administration and Faculty Affairs in 1995.  Prior to her present position, Dr. Adkison was a faculty member in Emory School of Medicine for many years.  During the end of that period, she also acquired a law degree that led her to leave Emory for a few years to practice intellectual property law as a biotech patent attorney with numerous medical school and biotech clients; as a copyright litigator; and also as a health care lawyer, in the international law firm Kilpatrick & Stockton.  Her J.D. degree is from Georgia State University College of Law, where she served on law review while she carried out her full duties as a professor, educator, and scientist in Emory Medical School’s Department of Cell Biology, chaired the University Senate and Research Committee, and served on numerous School and University committees.  She is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Bar, in addition to numerous medical school, university, and professional society committees.  Dr. Adkison received her Ph.D. degree from Tulane University and completed postdoctoral fellowship training in cell biophysics at Baylor College of Medicine.  She is currently serving as the first national chair of the new AAMC Forum on Conflict of Interest.

Maurice Q. Bectel, DSC

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Dr. Bectel received his professional degree in pharmacy from Ferris State University in 1960 and an Honorary Doctor of Science in 1992. He was practioner-owner of Bectel Community Pharmacy in Muskegon Michigan from 1960 to 1983.

Morry was elected to the American Pharmaceutical Association Board of Directors in 1976 and served as the organizations Interim President and CEO in 1983 and 1984.

In 1985 Morry joined the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association Foundation representing the research intensive pharmaceutical industry as President and CEO, a post he held until his retirement in 1997. During his tenure at PhRMA he initiated numerous research support programs for young students and faculty through numerous schools of medicine and pharmacy.

Morry joined the Medic Alert Board of Directors in 1995 and served as its Vice Chairman in 1997 and Chairman from 1998 through 2000.

When he is not on the golf course Morry is a pharmacy consultant and is currently President of MQB & Associates. He continues to maintain affiliations with numerous organizations which include the American Pharmacists Association, American Society of Health System Pharmacists and the National Community Pharmacists Association.

Murray Bray, OAM

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Murray Bray retired in 1982 as Australian general manager of the Australian Guarantee Corporation (ACG), Ltd., Australia 's largest finance company, after 34 years of distinguished service. During that time, he also held the position of Chief Executive for two states for 18 years. Mr. Bray was elected twice to chair the national association of the finance industry and was appointed by the South Australian Government to sit on the Commercial Tribunal to adjudicate financial matters involved with the law. Mr. Bray began his career in a public accountant's office, before enlisting in the Australian Royal Air Force at the start of World War II. Mr. Bray's involvement with MedicAlert® Foundation began in 1981. For more than a decade, starting in 1989, he served as chairman of the board of Australia MedicAlert® Foundation. Mr. Bray has always been committed to serving others. He has served 10 years on the board of the Adelaide Central Mission, has been president of the Australian Taxpayers Association on two occasions, president of his Rotary Club, and was charter director of the Western Community Hospital.

In 1993 Her Majesty the Queen bestowed on Murray Bray the Order of Australia Medal for service to the community and health.

Robert C. Johnson, Ph. D.

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Dr. Johnson is Assistant Dean and Adjunct Professor at Midwestern University College of Pharmacy, Glendale Arizona. He is also President of R.C. Johnson Associates, a health care management consulting firm. He is the retired Chairman and CEO of PCS Health Systems. In this position he was responsible for managing health care coverage for over 51 million American citizens. He oversaw prescription benefit plans for in excess of 30,000 clients and managed data collection and claims processing of over $7 billion dollars of prescription drugs. He also served as Corporate Vice President for Government Affairs for the McKesson Corp., a Fortune 100 company. His previous experience included serving as CEO of the California Pharmacists Association from 1969 to 1990.

Dr. Johnson served as Chairman of the Board of Scottsdale Healthcare, the community hospital system for the city of Scottsdale from 2001-2004 and a member of the Board from 1994-2004. He served from 1998-2003 on the Medicare Drug Coverage Advisory Commission of the Center for Medicare/Medicaid Services (CMS).

Dr. Johnson is a member of the Board of Directors of Pharmaceutical Care Network (PCN) a California based PBM, Past-President of the Phoenix Economic Club and Member of the Board Deans Council of 100 Arizona State University College of Business Administration. He is also a member of the Biodesign Institute Board at Arizona State University. Dr. Johnson serves the city of Scottsdale as a member of the Industrial Development Authority. He serves on Advisory Boards at Wayne State University and the University of Michigan. He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of California San Francisco. He has served on Advisory Boards at the Universities of California, Arizona, Iowa and Texas.

Dr. Johnson is Past President of the American Pharmacists Association and served on the APhA Board for 13 years. He is a Past Chairman of the Medic Alert Foundation, Past Vice President of the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education, Past President of the California Society of Association Executives and Past President of the National Council of State Pharmacy Association Executives. He is a past member of the Board of Scottsdale Center for the Arts.

Dr. Johnson has provided advisory or consulting services to the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the state of Michigan Department of Human Services, the state of California Health and Welfare Agency, Michigan Blue Cross Blue Shield, McKesson Corp., GlaxoWellcome Pharmaceuticals, Boehringer Ingleheim Pharmaceuticals, Roxane Laboratories, Roche Laboratories, as well as several pharmaceutical associations.

During his career, Dr. Johnson has published numerous articles in professional publications and a book chapter in Managing the Pharmacy Benefit. He is a frequent lecturer at the National Managed Health Care Congress, Center for Business Intelligence, National Blue Cross Blue Shield Conference and Business Week Conferences on Health and several international health care conferences in Europe, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and Canada. He conducts health care seminars for Universities, Managed Care organizations, pharmaceutical companies, drug wholesalers, and pharmacy, medical and hospital associations.

Dr. Johnson received a Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy and a Master of Science degree in Pharmaceutical Administration from Wayne State University. He is a graduate of the Michigan State University Institute of Organization Management and received an Honorary Doctorate degree from the University of the Pacific.

Dr. Johnson is the recipient of the Remington Honor Medal, the pharmacy professions highest award. He is also the recipient of the Hugo Schaefer Medal of the American Pharmaceutical Association, the Troy Daniels Medal from the University of California. He is the recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award and the Corporate Leadership Award from Wayne State University. He is the 2002 recipient of the Heritage of Pharmacy Award from Midwestern University. He received the Executive of the Year Award from the California Society of Association Executives and the Michigan Pharmacist of the Year Award. He is listed in Who’s Who in the World, Who’s Who in the West and Who’s Who in Health Care (first edition). He is a member of Rho Chi, Phi Delta Chi, McKenzie Honor Society and Phi Lambda Sigma Leadership Society. Dr. and Mrs. Johnson are the 2005 Honorees of the Scottsdale Healthcare Honor Ball.

Mark E. Larmore, CPA

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Mark is responsible for the operations of the Accounting, Budget, Procurement and Strategic Sourcing, Accounts Payable, Payroll, Cashiering, Insurance, Tax, Audit, Capital and Treasury functions for the New York Presbyterian Hospital, its thirty-six affiliated companies, and many of the sponsored Network Hospitals.  Previously he was the Vice President Financial Operations from 1994 to1999 and Director of Finance from 1989 to 1994.

Prior to joining New York Presbyterian Hospital, Mark worked at Ernst & Young LLP – New York, New York where he performed operational studies of hospital’s and health related facility’s finance departments.  In this role, he also developed policy and procedure manuals for the finance department of a major teaching hospital.

Mark also serves as a director on the following boards: New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, New York Gracie Square Hospital, Network Insurance Company Limited, New York Community Health Plan, Community Premier Plus, Medical Centre Insurance Company.

Mark has a Bachelor of Science – Accounting from the State University of New York at Oswego.

Thomas A. Levin

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Mr. Levin (Tom) has over 30 years of business leadership experience in healthcare. He works with a variety of health care organizations including biotechnology and healthcare information management. His career includes chief executive officer of managed care companies, an active player in developing health policy at the national and state/regional levels, and an innovator in developing consumer healthcare products. He is highly respected for his insight and vision in solving complex healthcare issues, and for his ability to take on challenging situations and achieve exceptional results.

He has a history of leading patient centric business initiatives. From 1999 through 2001, he was CEO and co-owner of Personal MD.com(pMD), a consumer electronic medical record and telemedicine company based in California and India. PMD provides both healthcare information content and online access to medical records for individuals and healthcare professionals. Under Tom's leadership, PMD expanded its revenue markets and was sold to Executive Health Group in the fall of 2001.

Tom was senior vice-president of WellPoint Health Networks from 1996 to 1999, the nation's largest publicly traded managed care company. He was the executive responsible for building the company's consumer managed care businesses outside of California. He was also responsible for the company's specialty businesses including Pharmacy Benefit Management, Dental, Mental Health, and Workers' Compensation.

From 1995 to 1996, he was CEO of Millennium HealthCare, a company which integrated clinical and administrative data for physician and hospital groups. He took this financially troubled company, reengineered the structure into two divisions and then successfully sold each.

From 1981 to 1993, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Rocky Mountain Health Care and its three consolidated Blue Cross and Blue Shield Companies (Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico). As a CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies for over 13 years he developed a personal profile of consumer/patient advocate and innovation in expanding access to healthcare services. For seven years prior to becoming CEO, he was actively practicing law and general counsel to the New Mexico company.

Tom is currently a principal in Exceleration China, an investment company doing business in China. Exceleration China has recently formed a joint venture with the city of Shanghai to bring environmental and health technologies into China. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology, a National Science Foundation Center of Excellence. He participated in the Jackson Hole Group to formulate and develop recommendations for competitively operating managed healthcare in a consumer-dominated environment. As a founding board member of the Center for the New West, he actively promoted telemedical solutions in the Rocky Mountain west. As a CEO of a "Blues" plan, he was a pioneer within the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Association to re-define the relationships among the plan members countrywide and to generate opportunities for the plans to reorient themselves to a for-profit status and to gain visibility with Wall Street. He formulated the strategy for use of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield brand internationally. Tom has served on numerous boards of directors and has a Juris Doctorate from the University of North Carolina.

Colin C. Rorrie, Jr., Ph. D., CAE

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Based at MPI's international headquarters in Dallas, Dr. Rorrie leads the association's 70-person staff, which includes offices in Europe and Canada. He works in partnership with volunteer leaders to oversee all membership programs and services, manage an $18 million annual budget, and ensure MPI's continued financial success. Equally important, he serves as an ambassador for MPI's position as the global authority for the meeting industry.

Dr. Rorrie joined MPI as president and CEO in 2003 following an impressive 21-year career at the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), a national professional organization representing the specialty of emergency medicine with 53 chapters. There he had an impressive 21-year career leading growth from 8,000 members, 55 staff, and $5 million budget to 22,000 members (80 percent of the market), 98 staff, and an $18 million budget.

He is a former chairman of the board of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) and the ASAE Foundation. He has served in numerous leadership roles for a variety of leading associations and foundations including the American Medical Association, the American Association of Medical Society Executives, and the Medic Alert Foundation.

Rorrie holds a Doctor of Philosophy Degree and Masters of Art Degree obtained under the graduate program in hospital and health administration from the University of Iowa. He obtained his Bachelor of Art Degree from Beloit College (Beloit, Wisc.).

Christopher J. Rosko, M.D., FACEP

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Christopher J. Rosko, M.D., FACEP has spent his entire professional career in the field of Emergency Medicine. He has spent over 20 years in Alabama promoting Emergency Medicine and he currently is Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham, AL. He also serves as the Associate Medical Director for MedJet Assistance, a for profit medical assistance transport service.

Prior to starting his current position, Dr. Rosko was the Medical Director of Critical Care Transport Services at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and has held various appointments and positions with the UAB University Hospital, including Instructor, Assistant Professor, and Interim Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine. He was also the Residency Program Director of the Emergency Medicine training program at UAB.

Additionally, Dr. Rosko served as CEO/Medical Director of First Care Emergency Physicians Network in Birmingham, an Emergency Medicine physician services company. He has also worked with Team Health Southeast as Regional Medical Officer with responsibilities for emergency service providers in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and Louisiana.

Dr. Rosko has served on the Board of Directors the Alabama Chapter, American College of Emergency Physicians, becoming President of the Chapter in 1993 and on the Board of Directors of BTLS International. He has served on numerous national committees for the American College of Emergency Physicians, the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, and the Alabama Heart Association. He also serves as Deacon of his church.

He has served as the Alabama State EMS Medical Director and has worked in that capacity with the State Public Health Officer to develop the Alabama State Trauma/Critical Care System. He also continues to serve as the program director for the Alabama Cardiac Arrest Survival Commission, charged with the placement of AEDs throughout the state.

Bernard R. Tresnowski

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Bernard Tresnowski earned a BS degree in Public Health from the University of Michigan in 1955 and a Master of Public Health from the University of Pittsburgh in 1958. He served a residency in hospital administration at the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1958 and stayed at the Medical Center as an assistant administrator until 1961. He joined the national Blue Cross Association in 1967 as Vice President responsible for the administration of the intermediary functions of the Medicare program under a contract with the Department of Health Education and Welfare. He held increasingly greater responsibilities as Senior Vice President in 1972 and Executive Vice President in 1978 and finally as President and CEO of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association in 1981. He retired in 1995.

Following his retirement from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association he entered the Chicago-Kent College of Law where he earned his Juris Doctor in 1998. He is a member of the Illinois Bar and practices in the area of Alternative Dispute Resolution and public interest law.

During his career Mr. Tresnowski authored many articles in professional journals. He received the American College of Health Care Executives Silver Medal Award for excellence in management in 1990. In 1994 he was the recipient of the C. Rufus Rorem Health Services Award for outstanding achievement and contributions to the delivery and financing of health services.