ARTHUR A. GIANELLI, PRESIDENT/CEO, NASSAU HEALTH CARE CORPORATION, ANNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENT OF DIANE COHEN, AS SPECIAL ADVISOR TO THE CEO AND DIRECTOR OF THE NUCARE PROGRAM FOR THE UNINSURED, RESPONSIBLE FOR DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING THE NUCARE SYSTEM OF MEDICAL HOMES FOR NASSAU COUNTY’S UNINSURED
October 17, 2008
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ARTHUR A. GIANELLI, PRESIDENT/CEO, NASSAU HEALTH CARE CORPORATION, ANNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENT OF DIANE COHEN, AS SPECIAL ADVISOR TO THE CEO AND DIRECTOR OF THE NUCARE PROGRAM FOR THE UNINSURED, RESPONSIBLE FOR DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING THE
NUCARE SYSTEM OF MEDICAL HOMES FOR NASSAU COUNTY’S UNINSURED
SEASONED PROFESSIONAL WITH DEMONSTRATED ABILITIES OF STRATEGIC PLANNING, ADMINISTRATION, FUNDRAISING AND GRANT WRITING WHO WILL BE AN ASSET TO THE NHCC
AND ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF NUCARE PROGRAM THROUGH PREVENTION, EDUCATION, MEDICAL CARE AND CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT OF THE UNINSURED
East Meadow, NY…..Arthur A. Gianelli, President/CEO of the Nassau Health Care Corporation, announces the appointment of Diane Cohen, as Special Advisor to the CEO and Director of the NuCare program for the uninsured, responsible for designing and implementing the NuCare System of medical homes for Nassau County’s uninsured.
“We were successful in recruiting someone with Diane Cohen’s leadership qualities and abilities demonstrated while she served as the executive director of the Long Island Fund for Women and Girls, influencing public policy as it relates to the needs of Long Island Women and girls,” said Mr. Gianelli. “Her vast experience will serve her well in her responsibilities for the development of the NuCare program.”
Diane Cohen served the Long Island Fund for Women and Girls as its executive director from 2000 to 2008, sharing with the organization her talents in the areas of strategic planning, administration, fundraising, and grant writing, along with a well-articulated sense of community and community building. She brought women together for the purpose of strengthening their collective voice and will; to leverage the impact of women working together as philanthropists supporting women’s programs across Long Island; and to influence public policy as it relates to the needs of Long Island women and girls.
Ms. Cohen, a native Long Islander, lives, works, vacations, and along with her husband, raised her two daughters here. Ms. Cohen earned a Masters of Arts degree in Political Science, with an emphasis on public policy, from Stony Brook University. She earned her Bachelors degree from Stony Brook as well. Now serving as vice president of the board of trustees of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Central Nassau, Ms. Cohen is also an Advisory Council member of the Rauch Foundation’s Long Island Index and Adelphi University’s Institute for Parenting. She was honored, by the Zonta Club of Long Island in March 2006, as a woman of the year and by Women on the Job in 2007, for her work championing equity for women and in 2008 by the Long Island Interbranch Council of the American Association of University Women for her achievements on behalf of LI women and girls.
“I am delighted to be joining the NHCC and look forward to working with the dedicated professionals to support NHCC’s mission to provide quality care for all and to ensure that the medical needs of the uninsured are met through the design and implementation of the NuCare program,” said Ms. Cohen.
“She will be an asset to the NHCC and ensure the success of the NuCare program through the prevention, education, medical care and chronic disease management of the uninsured,” concluded Mr. Gianelli.
