SBH HEALTH SYSTEM - Key Persons


Adam Cotumaccio

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Afua Atta-Mensah

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Alfredo Alvarado

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Vice President, Operations

Alvin Lin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Vice President of Ambulatory Care Transformation and Innovation
Alvin Lin is the Vice President of Ambulatory Care Transformation and Innovation at SBH Health System where he develops care delivery models to improve quality, outcomes, and satisfaction while reducing cost of care. He recently launched the new SBH Health and Wellness Center which aims to redefine patient experience and build a culture of lifelong wellness and self-empowerment. The Center includes 314 units of affordable housing, Center for Culinary Medicine and Teaching Kitchen, Rooftop Farm, Farm Stand, Fitness Center, and Women's Health and Pediatrics services. Alvin co-chaired several New York Medicaid Redesign and Value Based Care committees and represents SBH on Health Equity Task Force. He received degrees from the University of Southern California and The Johns Hopkins University.

Amarilis Jacobo

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Arun Sharma

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Vice President, Revenue Cycles

Charles Moerdler

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Christine Hughes

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Vice President, Advancement and Chief Advancement Officer

Daniel Lombardi - SVP

Job Titles:
  • Chief Medical Officer
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Senior Vice President

David Harris - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Trustee

David Maurrasse

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

David Perlstein - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • President

Denisse Olivarez

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Derek Tice-Brown

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Dr. Manisha Kulshreshtha - SVP

Job Titles:
  • Chief
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Senior Vice President
  • Senior Vice President, Chief Clinical and Strategy Officer
Dr. Manisha Kulshreshtha is the Senior Vice President, Chief Clinical & Strategy Officer at SBH Health System. Dr. Kulshreshtha is responsible for the leadership and operations of Ambulatory Care Services across the organization. This includes the SBH Health & Wellness Center and its co-located Teaching Kitchen and Fitness Center, the vanguard of SBH's lifestyle education and healthy living initiatives. Within the healthcare system, she also serves as Medical Director of Care Transitions. Additionally, Dr. Kulshreshtha is an Associate Medical Professor at the CUNY School of Medicine, Clinical Assistant Professor at New York Institute of Technology and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. An accomplished healthcare leader and a practicing physician in internal medicine, Dr. Kulshreshtha incorporates more than 20 years of experience to promote best practices, improve patient workflow management, and confront expanding complexities of a constantly changing healthcare environment. She is focused on increasing access to the underserved community to ensure quality of care.

Elizabeth Juárez Sánchez

Job Titles:
  • Secretary
  • Trustee
  • Vice Chair

Eric Appelbaum - COO, SEVP

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Senior Executive Vice President

Hon. John A. Barone

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
  • Retired

Hubert Humphrey - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice - President
Vice-President Hubert Humphrey gave the keynote speech at the groundbreaking ceremony for the hospital's West Wing in 1969. The six-story structure accommodated 188 beds in private and semi-private rooms, and also included construction of a new kitchen and cafeteria. The hospital, now with over 400 beds, was reclassified as an acute care facility in the 1970s. In the 1980s, the hospital developed a medical education program that today includes training for residents in emergency medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, family practice, general surgery and other programs (including psychiatry, whose first class begins in 2016). The hospital became affiliated with Fordham-Tremont Community Mental Health Center (now SBH Behavioral Health) in 1988 to offer mental health services.

Jacqueline Witter

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Vice President, Nursing Quality and Informatics

Jitendra Barmecha

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • SFHM / Senior Vice President, Chief Information and Digital Strategy Officer

John DiGirolomo

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team

Karen Parrish

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
  • Vice Chair

Karen R. Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Vice President, Human Resources

Keith Wolf - Chief Legal Officer, EVP

Job Titles:
  • Chief Administrative Officer
  • Executive Vice President
  • General Counsel
  • Member of the Leadership Team

Laura A. Guerra

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Mary Bolbrock

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Vice President, Quality and Risk

Mary Grochowski - CFO, EVP

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Executive Vice President
  • Member of the Leadership Team

Mildred Allen

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
  • Retired

Mr. Artie Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Mr. Barry A. Wintner

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Mr. Todd Reinglass

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
  • Vice Chair

Mrs. Helen Foster

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
  • Retired

Nancy Busch Rossnagel

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Ninfa Segarra

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Senior Vice President, Community and Government Affairs, Chief Diversity Officer

Richard G. Ketchum

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice Chair
  • Trustee

Robert Church - SVP

Job Titles:
  • Chief Nursing Officer
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Senior Vice President
Rob Church, RN is the Senior Vice President of Patient Care Services & Chief Nursing Officer at SBHS. He is an experienced nursing leader with demonstrated results in the health care industry spanning more than 30 years. He oversees nursing clinical practice, professional development, education and outcomes across the health system. Mr. Church currently holds the position of Secretary and Executive Board Member for New York Organization of Nurse Leaders. He previously served as President-Elect in 2018, President 2019, and Past-President in 2020 for the Greater New York chapter. Mr. Church is also a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, and certified as a Nurse Executive through American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). He obtained his BSN from Adelphi University and Masters of Science in Trauma/Critical Nursing from University of Maryland. He also has an MBA from Rutgers University.

Ruth E. Cassidy

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team

Sam Cooks

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer, Chief HIPAA Security Officer

Victor Pichardo

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Vice President, Community and Government Affairs

William T. Colona

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Wilma Alonso

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
  • Vice Chair