Sector Stars

Jen Velez General counsel Horizon BCBSNJ Widely respected health care exec brings incredible resume to role, having served in government (commissioner of human services), at large system (executive VP at RWJBarnabas Health) and nonprofit (chief impact officer...

Joseph Tomaino CEO Grassi Healthcare Advisors Veteran of nearly 40 years of C-suite health care management experience working in not-for-profit, for-profit and government, he uses data to help clients improve structure and performance while successfully operating in...

Christine Stearns Chief government affairs officer N.J. Hospital Association How respected is Stearns in the health care world? The NJHA eagerly created a new position for her — one where she will help develop and advance the...

Steve Sichak Founder and CEO Sichak Advisory Partners His personal business is impressive, but Sichak gets the nod here for being the board chair of the Catholic Medical Mission Board, an organization that works to bring health...

Linda Schwimmer CEO N.J. Health Care Quality Institute Schwimmer’s measured approach and strategies have helped the HCQI maintain an edge in the policy space. Rather than wait for laws to be enacted, the HCQI works to prove...

Ward Sanders President N.J. Association of Health Plans Everyone respects — and seeks out — Sanders’ views on health care policy in the state. Beyond his booming voice and tall stature, his knowledge commands the attention of...

Dr. Annette Reboli Dean Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Reboli, who still serves as a professor, is the chief academic officer with ultimate responsibility for all areas of the school. Board certified in internal medicine and...

Dean Paranicas CEO HealthCare Institute of N.J. Paranicas, who has been in charge of HINJ for more than a decade, is quick to raise issues that impact the industry, including how third-party middlemen are the biggest cause...

Chris Paladino President New Brunswick Development Corp. Paladino and Devco are the master developers of approximately 1.5 million square feet of research and care (the Hub, Rutgers Cancer Center) that will save lives and improve care while...

Jill Ojserkis Partner Cooper Levenson As chair of the firm’s Healthcare Law Practice Group, Ojserkis brings more than two decades of in-depth experience to her clients, both institutional such as hospitals, health systems, medical staffs and ancillary...