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President and CEO Mr. Knowlton has been a leader and advisor in health issues since 1977. As a Principal in Knowlton and Associates, a consulting group specializing in health care policy issues, his clients have included various governmental, health care, legal, financial and business organizations. |
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Executive Director Bill Dressel, is Executive Director and formerly Chief Lobbyist for the New Jersey State League of Municipalities. He has held progressive staff positions with the League since 1974 and assumed the duties of Executive Director on July 1, 1995. |
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Director, Mayors Wellness Campaign Melissa Kostinas was named Director of the Mayors Wellness Campaign in 2011. She graduated in 2006 from Lynchburg College with a B.A. in Communication Studies. Prior to joining the MWC, Melissa consulted with healthcare clients and assisted with business management for health-related industries statewide. She has worked as a Human Resources Specialist at Virtua Memorial Hospital in Mt. Holly, and as a Marketing Intern at Springpoint Senior Living in Princeton. She brings to the MWC not only a broad knowledge of healthcare business and marketing, but also a personal zeal for innovation and growth of this wellness initiative. |
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Catherine Angrisani Purnell, RN Director of Policy and Clinical Advocacy Catherine is a 2004 graduate of UMDNJ School of Nursing, where she focused on critical care and pediatrics. Upon graduation she began her career working in the Burn Step Down Unit and Emergency Department. She earned a nationally recognized Certification of Emergency Nursing in 2007 and has worked in both New Jersey and New York State since that time as both a traveler nurse and Clinical Coordinator of the unit. |
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Dr. Mehmet Oz (left)—MWC Spokesperson, World-renowned cardiovascular surgeon, Oprah Winfrey’s "Doctor in Residence," and New York Times best-selling author. Mrs. Lucinda Florio (center)—MWC Spokesperson, former First Lady of New Jersey The Honorable James J. Florio (right)—MWC Spokesperson, former Governor of New Jersey |
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Joetta Clark Diggs, 2011 MWC Spokeswoman 1988, 1992, 1996 & 2000 Olympian Executive Director, Joetta Clark Diggs Sports Foundation Author & Motivational Speaker |
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Chief of Staff |
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Executive Assistant and Mayors Wellness Campaign |
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Executive Assistant and NJ Regional Rollout for The Leapfrog Group |
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Public Relations |
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Events Coordinator The MWC is an initiative of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute (www.njhcqi.org) in partnership with the New Jersey State League of Municipalities (www.njslom.org). |
