Children's Health Fund

Children’s Health Fund (CHF) "was founded by singer/songwriter Paul Simon and pediatrician/child advocate Irwin Redlener, MD in 1987 to provide health care to homeless and medically underserved children."


 * Karen B. Redlener - Executive Director

Corporate Council
Accessed December 2010:


 * Chair - David Pulman, PhD, President, Global Manufacturing & Supply, GlaxoSmithKline
 * Honorary Chair - Honorable John D. Rockefeller IV (D-WV), United States Senate

See web site for all other members.

Board
Accessed December 2010:


 * Robert F. Tannenhauser - Chairman
 * Irwin Redlener - Co-Founder and President
 * Paul Simon - *[[Co-Founder
 * Jeffrey S. Maurer - Treasurer
 * Karen B. Redlener
 * Sean F. Cassidy
 * David N. Dinkins
 * Robert Essner
 * W. Robert Friedman, Jr.
 * Samuel A. Keesal, Jr.
 * Catherine C. Marron
 * Robert C. Osborne
 * Jane Pauley
 * Rock G. Positano

Advisory Council
Accessed December 2010:


 * Chair - Jane Pauley, NBC
 * Former Chair (1996-2000) - General Colin L. Powell, U.S.A. (Ret.)
 * Vincent Ahonkhai, MD, Senior Regulatory Officer, Global Health Delivery; Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
 * Ron J. Anderson, MD, President and CEO, Parkland Health and Hospital System
 * Donna Estes Antebi
 * Marc Anthony, Singer / Songwriter
 * Doug Bauer, Executive Director, The Clark Foundation
 * Ron Berger, Executive Chairman, Euro RSCG Worldwide
 * Lori J. Bertman*, President & CEO, Pennington Family Foundation
 * Jill DeSimone*, Sr. Vice President, U.S. Oncology, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
 * Josh Dines, MD, Hospital for Special Surgery
 * Christopher J. Dodd, United States Senate (D-CT)
 * Ann Druyan, CEO, Cosmos Studios
 * Steven M. Fortunato, Fortch Unlimited
 * Fred Francis, Communications Consultant, Former NBC News Correspondent
 * H. Jack Geiger, MD, Arthur C. Logan, Professor of Community Medicine Emeritus, CUNY Medical School
 * Anne Grissinger
 * Charles Grodin
 * Gloria M. Janata, JD, Global Executive Council and Team Leader, Chandler Chicco Agency
 * Alex Karnal*, Chairman, Deerfield Foundation
 * Dan Klores, Chairman and CEO, Dan Klores Communications
 * Jeff Kramer, OK Management
 * Joel H. Lamstein, President, John Snow, Inc.
 * Don Mattingly
 * Craig Maurer, Director of U.S. Equity Research, Specialty Finance and Payment Processing, Calyon Securities (USA) Inc.
 * Paul Metselaar, Chairman and CEO, Ovation Travel Group
 * George J. Mitchell, Special Envoy for Middle East Peace, U.S. Department of State
 * Jack O'Dea, Strategic Worldwide, LLC
 * Chazz Palminteri & Gianna Palminteri
 * Steven Ricchetti
 * H. Andrew Schwartz, Vice President for External Relations, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
 * Herve Sedky*, Vice President and General Manager, Global Business Travel, American Express Co.
 * William Shore, Director, U.S. Community Partnerships GlaxoSmithKline
 * Garry Trudeau
 * Dale C. Van Demark, Partner, Health Care and Life Sciences Practice, Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C.
 * Joseph W. Werthammer, MD, Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Pediatrics, Marshall Univ. School of Medicine
 * Richard Zahn

In Memoriam
 * Carl Sagan (1934-1996)

(*Leadership Committee Member)

Contact
URL: http://www.childrenshealthfund.org

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