

THE CHRF TEAM
Dedication. Expertise. Passion.

Angela Campbell
Executive Director
Angela Campbell is the Executive Director of the Children’s Health & Research Foundation and Executive Director of the Lower Hudson Valley Perinatal Network. She has over twenty years of experience in healthcare and education. Angela has a BS, Masters of Science-Public Health Science-Hospital Administration, and a PHD in Education-Healthcare.

Nicholas Palumbo
Board Chair
Nicholas Palumbo is the founding partner and managing director of Opus Advisory Group, LLC, located in Purchase, New York. Nick has dedicated his nearly thirty-year career to providing expert financial counsel and resources to help client partners build wealth and reach financial independence. He brings considerable wealth building and corporate benefits experience to the Opus team.

Robert Braumuller, Esq.
Secretary
Robert Braumuller is a Partner at Bleakley Platt & Schmidt, LLP, where he heads the Health Care Practice Group and is a member of the Corporate Practice Group.
Robert has represented health industry clients on corporate and regulatory matters for over 15 years and counseled senior management and directors on multiple boards within the system on diverse legal issues.
Robert graduated from Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, J.D. cumlaude in May 1995 and received his M.A. in 1991 and his B.A. in 1984 from Georgetown University.

Michele A. Lazzara
Treasuer
Michele is a partner at Marks Paneth LLP. As a CPA, she has more than 20 years of public accounting experience to clients in a variety of industries.

Jacqueline Dunbar, MD
Board Member
Dr. Dunbar is a native New Yorker. She earned a B.S. degree from New York University, M.A. degree from Hunter College, and her M.D from the historic Women’s Medical College of Philadelphia (Medical College of Pennsylvania), now known as the Drexel University College of Medicine.
At present, Dr. Dunbar is a member of the Board of Directors of the Westchester Community Foundation. She has also held positions on the Board of Directors of the Visiting Nurse Services of Westchester, Inc. as well as the Community Advisory Board for the Health Services Management Graduate Program at Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry. She was a member of the Blue Ribbon Task Force for the Elimination of Healthcare Disparities in Westchester County. She is and/or has been a member of a number of national and local medical and wellness related associations and has been a member of a pharmaceutical sponsored speaker’s bureau.

Martin Gorman
Current Board Member
Prior Executive Director
Martin Gorman is a highly skilled and experienced business law attorney, with extensive knowledge of corporate governance and compliance matters.
He received his LLM from New York University School of Law, his JD from Syracuse University College of Law, and his B.A. from Syracuse University.

Gerard Villucci
Board Member
Mr. Villucci is an accomplished, visionary leader in the field of health care and has nearly 30 years of executive, operations and finance experience in hospitals, health systems and physician practice management. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He has served as CEO of BCHP for over 11 years and has led the dramatic growth of the practice as well the transformation of its quality programs and infrastructure during his tenure. He has also served as a Senior Vice President at both Westchester Medical Center and Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center / Montefiore Health System.
Mr. Villucci, holds an MS in Health Services Administration from Iona College where he was awarded the achievement medal at commencement, a BS in Accounting from Fordham University where he was a member of Beta Alpha Psi. He presented his Master’s Degree dissertation at the Fourth Annual Conference on Business and Ethics at St. Catherine’s College, Oxford University, the proceeds of which were published by the Oxford University Press. He has further served on many boards and advisory boards related to health care, education and business, including the Westchester County Laboratory Board of Managers, the Archdiocese of New York Pension Board of Trustees and the Iona College Health Care Program Advisory Board.

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