Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s Foundation Adds to Board of Directors

For Immediate Release: 8/23/2010

Louisville, Ky. — Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of 11 new members to the foundation’s board of directors. 

In 2010, the foundation is focused on raising funds for several projects that impact the quality of care for the local community, including the renovation of Sts. Mary & Elizabeth Hospital’s emergency department, programs and rehab equipment for Frazier Rehab Institute, and programs benefitting the Children’s Peace Center at Our Lady of Peace.

“We are excited to welcome this group of talented individuals to our board of directors," said Sherri Craig, executive director of the Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s Foundation. "We are confident that these passionate new members will help us achieve  our mission to provide health care services of world class quality to all people.” 

The new board members include:

Valerie Briones-Pryor, MD
Dr. Briones-Pryor is the medical director of hospital in-patient services and a hospitalist with Jewish Physicians Group.  She is a graduate of the University of Louisville School of Medicine and Xavier University.

Bill Carstanjen
Carstanjen is chief operating officer for Churchill Downs Inc. and oversees the company’s live racing, gaming and off-track wagering operations, as well as business and brand development for the company’s signature racing events—the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks.  A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, he received his law degree from Columbia University in New York.

Anthony L. Christensen
Christensen is founder and president of ACCESS Wealth Management, a financial services firm specializing in high net worth clients.  Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network designated Tony as a member of its 2009 “Premier Advisors Program.”  He is a graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

Natalie Houston Daniels, MD
Dr. Houston Daniels is a dermatologist and an assistant clinical professor at UofL.  She is a graduate of Spelman College and the University of Louisville School of Medicine, where she was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society her senior year. 

Mark Eliason
Eliason is co-founder and principle in the design firm Jenkins Eliason Interiors and is a graduate of the University of Evansville.  He is co-chairing the Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s Foundation’s Doctors’ Ball this year.

Whitney Headlee
Headlee serves as the sales and marketing manager for BidBridge, a procurement consulting company in Louisville offering outsourced purchasing solutions for small to mid-sized companies through the U.S.  She is a graduate of Auburn University.

Sister Rose Howard
Sister Howard is the director of the office of congregational ministries for the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth.  She earned a Ph.D. in curriculum development from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University.  She has served on multiple boards and received many awards including the Monsignor Horrigan Award from Bellarmine University Alumni Association.

Shannon Levine
Levine is the marketing manager for the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts.  She has been working in public relations, marketing and special events for seven years and is a graduate of Indiana University.  She was a member of Ignite Louisville Class of 2009, and currently serves on the board of directors for the Jewish Community of Louisville and Gilda’s Club.

Al Paradis
Paradis is a line pilot with his family’s company, Bramco, Inc., one of the largest construction, mining and industrial equipment sales, rental and service networks in the country.  He earned a bachelor’s degree in theatre from the University of Virginia.

ElizabethPost
Post is the communications and marketing coordinator for Louisville Collegiate School and is a member of the Young Professionals Association of Louisville and the Jewish Community of Louisville.  She received a B.S. in business economics from the University of Louisville. 

Ben Ruiz
Ruiz and his wife Sonia are partners in Adhawks Advertising & Public Relations. He received a Clio for creative work performed for General Electric Company and serves on the board of various Hispanic organizations.

About the Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s Foundation:
Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s HealthCare is vital to the health of Kentuckiana. The organization’s 7,500 health care “heroes” touch the lives of more than one million patients and provide charity care and community benefits in excess of $52 million each year. The organization funds lifesaving research and high-tech medical care, often pioneering services that are state and national firsts. JHSMH cares for people in their own neighborhoods through its community hospitals, outpatient centers, mobile occupational health clinics, and physician offices. In turn, individuals, corporations and charitable foundations have stepped forward to sustain this medical mission through gifts to the Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s Foundation.  This support bridges the gap between the available resources and what is needed to achieve excellence in meeting patients’ needs. The Foundation focuses on these core areas: enhancing patient care, educating health caregivers, funding leading edge medical research, and improving access to quality health care.
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