Haris M. Domond, Board Chair
Background:
A certified mental health counselor since 1993, Haris M. Domond has experience in a variety of treatment settings including outpatient clinics, churches, Department of Children & Family (DCF) base settings, as well as in private practices in Florida. Mr. Domond is certified through the FDF Batterers Intervention Program (BIP) as a group facilitator, supervisor and trainer; and through the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) as a clinical associate.
Suzanne Bradach, Vice Chair
Background:
Suzanne Bradach is the Director of Special Projects for Lee Health and the Project Manager for Lee Health Coconut Point, responsible for the development of Lee Health’s newest campus. Prior to joining Lee Health, Ms. Bradach was the Chief Executive Officer of Bonita Community Health Center.
She is a graduate of Indiana University and the University of South Florida.
A resident of Southwest Florida for over 30 years, Ms. Bradach serves as a member of the Collier County Housing Finance Authority and a Board Member for the Bonita Springs Chamber of Commerce.
Jerry Starkey, Treasurer
Background:
Jerry Starkey has enjoyed a 30-year career as an executive and principal in the real estate, hospitality, senior living and financial services industries. Mr. Starkey is CEO of Real Estate Partners International, LLC (www.reptrs.com). Prior to founding Real Estate Partners International, Mr. Starkey was president and CEO of WCI Communities and president of its predecessor company, Florida Design Communities. Mr. Starkey also served as president of Aston Gardens, a large developer and operator of Senior Living Communities. He resides in Naples, where he is active in children and educational charities. He has been a Trustee of The Naples Children and Education Foundation since 2004 and serves on its board as treasurer.
Doug Campbell, Secretary
Background:
Doug Campbell spent 40 years in the oil and chemical business, 26 with BP and then as CEO of a public fertilizer manufacturer in Memphis and a private chemical company in Mulberry, FL. For the last 15 years, he has been an active child advocate in Collier County, serving as a Guardian ad Litem volunteer and president of Friends of Foster Children, which provides academic mentoring and enrichment activities the state does not provide. Interestingly, the Healthcare Network provides primary health and dental care for most of the children in the foster care system in Collier County.
Edward “Ski” Olesky
Background:
Edward (Ski) Olesky is an appointed member of the Immokalee Master Plan and Visioning Committee (IMPVC) and was instrumental in the development of the Immokalee Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) newly drafted Master Plan. A well respected member the Immokalee business community, Mr. Olesky is the owner of the Lake Trafford Marina and Airboats & Alligators, Inc. in Immokalee. He has been active in local civic organizations such as the Immokalee CRA Advisory Board, the Immokalee Enterprise Zone Development Agency, the Immokalee Rotary Club and Immokalee Fire Control & Rescue District.
Rev. Jean C. Paul
Background:
Pastor Jean C. Paul is a minister with over 40 years of experience in ministry and education. Pastor Paul started preaching and teaching in the early 1970s at the Lasserre Church of the Nazarene in Haiti. Over the next decade, he founded Micheau Church of the Nazarene and also worked as a carpenter to provide for his family.In 1980, Pastor Paul moved to the United States to seek a more stable and consistent means to provide for his family back home in Haiti. He attended culinary school in Miami, FL and was employed with Superior Bakery for over a decade.
Elda Hernandez
Background:
Ms. Elda I. Hernandez is a longtime community activist in Immokalee and has managed the Career Development Program of The Immokalee Foundation for the past five years. Her family moved to the U.S. from Mexico when she was five years old. As migrant farm workers, her family traveled from South Carolina to Immokalee, where they settled permanently. Ms. Hernandez is a graduate of Hodges University and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. She is active in numerous community service organizations including Rotary Club of Immokalee, Guadalupe Church, Cinco de Mayo Board of Directors, Leadership Collier Class of 2009, Christmas Around the World, Community Emergency Response Team, Collier Building Industry Association, Immokalee Middle School SAC, and Relay for Life.
Kerri Ervin
Background:
Kerri Ervin is the chief compliance officer and senior vice president of engagement for Avow. During her 20+ year career in hospice, Ervin has successfully served in a number of roles. Ervin holds a Master of Science in health services administration from Florida Gulf Coast University, a Bachelor of Science in nursing from Florida Atlantic University, and most recently completed a Master of Jurisprudence in health law from Loyola University Chicago. She holds certifications in health care compliance, hospice and palliative care nursing, hospice and palliative care administration and health care privacy compliance. She is also a registered nurse.
Dennis Brown
Background:
Dennis C. Brown, a graduate of Pennsylvania State University and Syracuse University Law Schools. He is a trust and estate attorney with Bond, Schoeneck & King. Mr. Brown is a Florida Bar Board Certified Tax Lawyer and a Florida Licensed Certified Public Accountant, concentrating on estate planning, probate law and sophisticated tax matters.
Mr. Brown is currently serving on six non-profit boards, and also serves as treasurer and on the executive committee for four of those non-profit organizations. He also designs and drafts charitable trusts and planned gifts for his estate planning clients.
Maria Mila
Background:
Ms. Maria Mila earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Business Administration from DeVry University in 2017 and is currently working on her MBA. Ms. Mila is also a Professional Lifecoach, EFT practitioner and a Neurocoach (pending certification). Her education along with more than a decade of management experience, customer service, and healthcare management is being utilized in her current wellness campaign to support family members and caregivers of individual in the autism spectrum, battling mental health issues or other disorders. She is involved in Education, Art and Social activities that supports the holistic approach to Mental Health. This mother of two is passionate for Crafts, scrapbooking and handmade cards which makes the quality time with her two munchkins an artistic exchange. She is a natural motivator and believes that a smile and a positive attitude can change the world around us. Ms. Mila is an avid reader and an amateur writer; her favorite quote is: “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” -Thomas A. Edison
Marianne M. Lambertson
Background:
Marianne is a native of Atlanta and a graduate of Auburn University and The City University of London. Following several years in private practice as a Marriage, Family & Child Counselor in Los Angeles, Marianne spent over two decades in healthcare in the global biopharmaceutical industry working for organizations including Schering-Plough (Merk), elan Pharma, Bayer Healthcare, and Verastem Oncology. In 2010, she opened he own consulting practice serving as an advisor and partner to pharmaceutical and biotech organizations across the US and Europe.
In addition to her consulting work, Marianne has made a life-long commitment to charitable giving and volunteering, a trait instilled at an early age by her father who, in his spare time, traveled across the US, Europe and Africa rebuilding schools in disaster-torn and underserved areas.
Having lived in several major US cities including Los Angeles, New York and Boston as well as the UK and Germany, Marianne is thrilled to call Naples home.
Alejandro "Alex" Castaño
Background:
Alex is the vice president of marketing at the Greater Naples Chamber. Prior to joining the chamber in 2019, he worked for the global advertising agency GREY, where he applied data science to make marketing campaigns more effective for clients like Febreze, Gillette, Pfizer, and many others. Before GREY, Alex spent six years in brand management at Procter & Gamble, and four years at GE Healthcare in supply chain and process improvement.
In addition to serving on the board for Healthcare Network, Alex also volunteers his time as a member of the marketing committee at the Gulfshore Playhouse. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and an MBA specialized in Brand and Product Management from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Chuck Cohen, Honorary
Background:
Mr. Cohen is co-founder and chairman emeritus of Cohen & Grigsby, a law firm with locations in Naples, FL and Pittsburgh, PA. During his 50-year career as a practicing lawyer, he has concentrated on matters of corporate governance, securities regulation of capital formations and business combinations. For more than 40 years, he has been a dedicated member of the faculties (with various continuing appointments) at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Ave Maria School of Law, Duquesne University Law School. and West Virginia University School of Law.
