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FRANK ROCCO
Marketing Director
News & Resources
Free Online Healthcare Services
for People in Underserved Areas
The Global Telehealth Network Team
GTN Board of Directors
JACK HIGGINS, MD
President and Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Jack Higgins is the Founder of the Global Telehealth Network (GTN) and now serves as its President and Chief Medical Officer. He currently is working full-time in the nonprofit sector and serves in leadership roles with several other nonprofit organizations. He joined the Board of Directors of RotaCare Bay Area in 2000 and is now Past-President. ... more
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CHARLES (CHUCK) LINDAUER, PHD
Charles (Chuck) Lindauer, PhD is currently the past President of the Los Altos Rotary club and actively supports a number of non-profit organizations utilizing his skills in database development. His education is in Electrical Engineering and Statistics: Attended the City University of New York for his BSEE and MSEE and then went to Virginia Tech for his PhD in Statistics and Electrical Engineering.
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STEVE OGUTU
Based in Nairobi, Kenya, Stephine (Steve) Ogutu brings over a decade of expertise in the development sector, specializing in strategic communication, research, program design, partnerships, and public policy. He has spearheaded communications and policy advocacy initiatives for major development programs funded by USAID, PEPFAR, USDA, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Hilton Foundation, and the Hewlett Foundation across Sub-Saharan Africa. ... more
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VANESSA BECKER
Vanessa A. Becker offers over 28 years of experience in the non-profit and
government industries. Her experience spans from grassroots nonprofits,
executive government administration and a successful consulting business. ...more
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VIVIEN D'ANDREA, MD, FACP
Dr. Vivien D’Andrea is a practicing physician in Internal Medicine at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, part of the Sutter Health system with multiple clinics and hospitals in Northern California. ... more
Stewart R. “Randy” Quinton retired from the US Department of Veterans Affairs as an executive leader with 38 years of experience in medical center operations, encompassing information technology, capital assets management and engineering, logistics, finance, and administration. ... more
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George Shea is a recently retired healthcare executive for Kaiser Permanente, Dignity Health and El Camino Hospital. Currently he serves on several non-profit boards, a citizens advisory committee for Santa Clara County and as a mentor for a national organization for leadership development. ... more
SHIRIN AHMED
Shirin serves as the Secretary of Global Telehealth Network. She has over a decade of diverse experiences as a strategic advisor, investor, policy analyst, and researcher driving population health management and deployment, new care delivery models and emerging technologies at both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations as well as in ... more
SHANTI GUNAWARDENA, MD, PhD, FACP, FHFSA
Dr. Gunawardena is a bent arrow who after receiving his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley started off as a research engineer in Robotics and Automation. He spent the first 6 years following his PhD at ATT’s Western Electric Engineering Research Center and Bell Telephone Laboratories in Princeton, NJ. ... more
FRANCIS NWAKIRE (IFIANYI), MD, HIP
Dr. Francis Nwakire leads product teams delivering software systems to extend and optimize healthcare service delivery. As a physician, he brings a deep understanding of patient and provider ... more
Rashmi Naik serves as the Treasurer for the Global Telehealth Network. She is a Chartered Accountant from India having nearly 16 years of work experience in the field of Financial and Management Consultancy. She specializes in Corporate Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Business Planning and Debt Restructuring ... more
JAMES V. LEE
James Lee has an extensive track record as a leader in both the nonprofit and business communities. He has led innovative education-focused organizations, built multiple private sector businesses and served as senior executive, board member and consultant, helping to transform organizations from good to great. ... more
GURPREET K. PADAM, MD, FAAFP, dip ABLM
In 2009, Dr. Padam co-founded a free clinic for the uninsured, which is now the Guru Nanak Free Medical Clinic in San Jose, California. While seeing patients in the clinic, she and her colleagues identified a number of unaddressed issues, including domestic violence, lack of resources and lack of social support. ...more
GREG RANDOLPH, MD, MPH
Greg Randolph, MD, MPH is a leader and subject matter expert with over 20 years of experience in quality improvement (QI) leadership, implementation, education, and research focused on improving population health. He has published extensively on the application of QI in healthcare and public health. Dr. Randolph is currently an Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, as well as a principal and founder of Greg Randolph Consulting, LLC. ... more
RICHARD ALLEN WILLIAMS, MD, FACC,
FAHA, FACP
Dr. Williams is Past-President of the National Medical Association and Founder of the Association of Black Cardiologists. A cum laude honors graduate of Harvard University, he earned his MD degree at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center and performed a Cardiology fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School ... more
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Dr. Omone Imoisi is an accomplished healthcare executive with over 15 years of experience in quality management, population health, and risk management. As the Vice President of Quality & Risk Management & Interim Director of Population Health at the Baltimore Medical System, Dr. Imoisi oversees the development and implementation of comprehensive strategies to enhance patient care quality, manage population health outcomes, and mitigate organizational risks. ... more​
Staff
FRANK ROCCO
Marketing Director
Born in New York City, Frank studied marketing, advertising, and music and worked at Manhattan advertising agencies as a creative writer, art director, and TV commercial producer. Later he moved to Europe and worked with McCann-Erickson Advertising in London, a major international ad agency where he wrote advertising for top global clients. ... more
MEGAN D'ANDREA
Project Management & Research Consultant
Megan D’Andrea is a versatile project manager and research consultant based in San Francisco, CA. Prior to her current position, Megan served as Operations Manager at BluBracket Cyber Security from January 2020 to July 2023. Megan is currently pursuing an M.A. in Counseling Psychology at the University of San Francisco, complementing her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Puget Sound. ... more
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