Board of Directors
Advisory Board
Board of Directors
Andrew B. Kramer - Director
Mr. Andrew Kramer is a Registered Investment Advisor. He is President and Portfolio Manager at Kramer Capital Management an investment firm managing over 100 million dollars. Mr. Kramer has been an investment professional for over twenty years the last 15 he has been associated with Third Avenue Management, the value investment firm founded by the legendary value investor Martin J. Whitman. In addition to Kramer's duties at Kramer Capital he chairs The Board of Trustees of a 12 million dollar annual budget non profit organization and is a board member of various private companies. He was a graduate of Colgat University 1984 with a double major in English and History.
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Yuen-Yee Wong - Director
Ms. Y. Y. Wong has over fifteen years of practical business experience in the PRC. She is responsible for the overall strategic planning and development of UPMG. In addition to the position held at UPMG, Ms. Wong is also the Chairman of Inno-Tech Holdings Ltd. - a listed company on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong primarily focusing on sales and marketing of innovative smart home products in the PRC and now planning to further expand its IT applications to the healthcare sector of the country. Ms Wong is also the Executive Director of various listed companies, responsible for strategic planning and business development in Hong Kong and the PRC. Ms. Wong graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor of Social Science degree and a Masters degree in Business Administration. She is enthusiastic about the welfare of China's women and children. Ms. Wong is the Director of the Shanghai Soong Ching Ling Foundation. The fund is dedicated to developing the welfare of Chinese women and children.
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Gerald Lau - Director
Mr. Gerald Lau is a Chief Executive Officer and Director of Biopack Environmental Solutions Inc. (a publicly listed OTC Bulletin Board company) since March 27, 2007, where he is responsible for accounting functions, as well as overall financial planning and management. During the period of November 2004 to June 2006, Mr. Lau served as a director for Good Value International Limited, Good Value Galaxy Limited and Joint Eagle Investment Limited. From November 2002 to October 2004, he served as an executive director of GIN International Limited, a Hong Kong based company specializing in SMS text messaging services. While with GIN International Limited, Mr. Lau was responsible for the general administration and accounting matters. Mr. Lau was awarded a bachelors degree in Business Administration majoring in Business Economics & Quantitative Methods at University of Hawaii at Manoa in August 1981.
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Advisory Board
Gerry E. Goodrich, JD, MPH ¡V Chairman, Advisory Board
Gerry Goodrich is currently the Director of Practice Operations at the Weill Cornell Physician Organization of Weill Cornell Medical College, in New York City. The Physician Organization is the faculty practice plan of WCMC and oversees the financial operations of clinical practices of the eight hundred-member, full time faculty. In the current FY these practices will see 1,000,000 patient visits and generated $500m in net revenue.
Prior to joining WCMC, Mr. Goodrich had 25 years of health care management experience in a variety of positions in hospital and health care administration in both the public and private sectors in New York, New Jersey and internationally. Mr. Goodrich has had broad exposure to various levels of government including in the City of New York, the State of New Jersey and within the federal government.
In New Jersey, Mr. Goodrich served as Deputy Commissioner of Health, the CEO of an urban hospital and as an Executive Vice President of the Saint Barnabas Health Care System. In New York he has held positions in management consulting, group practice management and at the NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation.
Early in his career he worked in international development for several organizations and NGO¡¦s throughout the African continent including serving as a technical advisor to the Ministry of Health in the republic of Mali.
Mr. Goodrich is a member of the faculty of WCMC, with an appointment in the Department of Public health. Previously he has taught at the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University and in the physician executive education program at the Harvard School of Public Health and at the China Center for Economic Research at Beijing University.
Mr. Goodrich has a BA from Middlebury College, a JD from the Boston University School of Law and an MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health.
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Henry J. Macfarland, MHA, FACHE ¡V Senior Group Adviser
MHA (USA), FACHE (USA)
Mr. Macfarland has 35+ years experience in healthcare administration in the U.S. and China. Mr. Macfarland was the SR VP of United Premier Medical Group, managing VIP Birthing Centers in China. Prior to this position, Macfarland worked for various sectors of medical industry in the U.S. in establishments: Terrebonne General Medical Center, Baylor Medical Center, and Irving Healthcare System. As CEO he has accomplished a rapid financial turnaround for a public, regional medical center and has integrated an urban community hospital into a metropolitan wide hospital system. As a consultant he provides leadership training, strategic planning, systems thinking and process improvement services. Mr. Macfarland has also served in numerous professional or community activities: American College of Healthcare Executives (Chapter Chairman & Fellow), Louisiana and TX Hospital Associations, American Heart Association, Boy Scouts and YMCA.
Mr. Macfarland obtained his Master of Health Administration from Washington University, USA and Bachelor of Arts, Psychology from Kansas University, USA.
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