Stephen L. Axelrod, MD
Dr. Axelrod has over thirty years of clinical and administrative experience in ambulatory care, pharmacy services, and healthcare delivery systems design and implementation. His passion is combining his clinical perspective and business acumen in the start-up and future sale of entrepreneurial healthcare companies. From 1980 until 1996, his experience as a physician had encompassed a career of Emergency Medicine, Family Practice, Occupational Medicine, and Medical Management. From 1996 until 2008, Dr. Axelrod had been principle and Chief Executive Officer of SeniorMed, an innovative institutional pharmacy provider that in September 2006 was acquired by Walgreens. He became a principle of a new, successful hospice, Halcyon Hospice and Palliative Care, in 2008. In 2009, Dr. Axelrod joined TabSafe Medical Services, Inc. as Chairman & CEO. Dr. Axelrod is a nationally recognized speaker on the special needs of seniors and has participated on numerous Advisory Boards. He proudly serves as a board member for the nonprofit Alliance for Aging Research. Dr. Axelrod received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Michigan and Doctor of Medicine degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine. He was board certified in Emergency Medicine and a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He was also board certified by the American Board of Medical Management.
Gina Buffa
Gina Buffa has been a G4G board member since it’s inception in 2006, when her nephew Richard Stefanacci was diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma. Her responsibilities include, fundraising, marketing, lobbying and general day to day operations. Gina graduated from Villanova University in 1992. She resides in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey with her husband and three daughters. Gina and her team of volunteers are responsible for growing the HHK5K “Richard’s Run” from a small community gathering of several hundred runners to one of the foundations largest annual fundraising event drawing thousands of runners from throughout the state. Gina’s daughter Blake was diagnosed with alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (a rare soft tissue cancer) in 2010 at the age of 9. She successfully underwent 12 months of chemotherapy, 25 radiation treatments and 3 surgeries at memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Gina’s commitment to raising awareness and finding a cure for Pediatric Cancer is stronger than ever.
Tara Elizabeth Gleeson
Tara Elizabeth Gleeson is a board certified Emergency Physician and a Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians. She is a graduate of Temple University and the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1991. She completed a residency in Emergency Medicine at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia and has been an attending Emergency Physician at both the Kennedy Health System and the Virtua Health Systems for the past fifteen years. She currently resides in Southern New Jersey with her husband, Dr. David Sussman of Delaware Valley UrologyeHealth. She and two daughters. Tara has been actively involved with Go4theGoal since its inception! She was appointed to our board in 2010 and was eager to take a more active role in the foundation. We are pleased to announce her role as head of hospitals.
Ann Glew
Ann Glew is a native New Yorker. She has dedicated the past twenty years to philanthropic work in the medical field. Her passion for finding a cure has raised millions for cancer research. Mrs. Glew has been integrally involved with the TJ Martell Foundation, The Barrow Neurological Institute, Dream Street and most deeply with Go 4 The Goal Ann takes tremendous pride in the work Go 4 The Goal does for young people and families around the country in a search for the cure. She resides inTucson, AZ and Buckhorn, NM with her husband David.
Charla Lewis
Charla Lewis has a BS from the University of Delaware in Textiles and Clothing and M.Ed. from Widener University. She worked in the fashion industry for 6 years before she started her family. Ms. Lewis then returned to school for education. She tutored many students while her children were young and then entered the classroom as a computer teacher. She was the Education Coordinator for the Camden County Historical Society for 4 years teaching local history with a suitcase program in area schools and organizing school visits to the site. She was Richard’s tutor at his time of diagnosis. Having developed a camaraderie with him, she was the coordinator with his teachers for his year of treatment and his tutor to help keep him on track with his studies. After his passing in June 2007, the Stefanacci’s asked Ms. Lewis to help with the foundation as Director of Development, with Richard in her heart. Ms. Lewis served on the Merchantville School Board, was active in the school as a voluteer in numerous activities, chair of the Merchantville Historical Society's Annual Home Tour and President of the Merchantville Little League. She now lives in Phoenix, AZ with her husband and two Westies but returns to NJ to manage a family summer business in Wildwood, NJ.
Thomas J. Maiorino, Esquire - Director, General Counsel
Tom is an attorney and businessman and has held many executive, director and professional positions in his career including CEO, Partner, Chairman and General Counsel for both private and public entities in the Financial, Technology and Healthcare sectors. Some of these entities include Cordtrack Partners, mCom Financial Solutions, USABancshares.com and several leading regional law firms in the Philadelphia region. He now runs the Maiorino Law Group LLC focusing on Corporations, Non-Profits, Healthcare, Real Estate, Financial Services and Intellectual Property Licensing and Strategy.
He earned a B.S. in Business Administration - Finance from Villanova University and a J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law.
Tom, an active soccer enthusiast, has been involved with Go4theGoal since its inception and resides in Mount Laurel, New Jersey with wife Monica and three boys, TJ, Vince and Robbie.
Andrew E. Mulberg, MD, FAAP, CPI
Division Deputy Director, Gastroenterology and Inborn Errors Products, Food and Drug Administration
Andrew is a graduate of Columbia College of Columbia University and of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He completed his residency in Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia followed by a Pediatric Gastroenterology Clinical Fellowship and a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Cellular and Molecular Physiology at New England Medical Center. Andrew is Adjunct Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Associate Professor of Pharmacy at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. Andrew has served as Portfolio Leader in Established Products responsible for providing worldwide leadership in support of GI and diverse Internal Medicine products within the Established Products Therapeutic Area of Johnson and Johnson till 2010. In 2010 he assumed the role of Division Deputy Director, Gastroenterology and Inborn Errors Products at the Food and Drug Administration in Silver, Spring, Maryland.
He has edited a book entitled Pediatric Drug Development: Concepts and Applications published April 2009 with Wiley-Blackwell. He is a member of multiple professional medical societies including Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, American Gastroenterological Association, North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition and most proudly, Les Chaines des Rotisseurs and L’Ordre du Mondial, two societies of gastronomy and oenology. He serves on the boards of the Institute of Pediatric Innovation, a nonprofit for drug formulation development for children, Go4TheGoal, a nonprofit involved in pediatric cancer and is involved in community affairs at the Jewish Community Center in Cherry Hill, NJ. Dr Mulberg has a wife, Elyse Kopp, D.O. and two children, Nathaniel and Rebecca for whom he thanks for their unending support and love.
Nick Sakiewicz
A native of Passaic, New Jersey Nick Sakiewicz (pronounced Suh-kev-itch) grew up playing on pitches and playgrounds of that North Jersey working class town. A first generation American, he acquired his soccer education playing in the diverse ethnic clubs throughout the northeast. Now, 16 years after joining Major League Soccer as a founding executive, Sakiewicz is the CEO & Operating Partner of Keystone Sports and Entertainment LLC. It is his insight, passion and expertise that created the environment that enabled the club to build PPL Park, a picturesque, soccer-specific stadium on the banks of the Delaware River in Chester, Pennsylvania.
Prior to helping to create Keystone Sport and Entertainment LLC, Sakiewicz enjoyed a diverse and successful business career, in manufacturing, retail, real estate and financial services, in addition to sports management. In the years immediately preceding the formation of the parent company of Philadelphia Union, he was the President of AEG New York. As such, Sakiewicz was responsible for operating AEG’s sports, entertainment and real estate assets, including the development and construction of Red Bull Arena, a new, state-of-the-art stadium and mixed-use development in Harrison, New Jersey. Among his successes with AEG was his role in the record-setting $100-million sale of the New York/New Jersey MetroStars to Red Bull Energy Drink Company of Austria.
Earlier, Sakiewicz had been the President and GM of the MetroStars, serving in that capacity from 2000—2005. After a complete overhaul of the organization and in his first season, the MetroStars went 17-12-3 en route to capturing the MLS Eastern Division title. In 2001, another winning season put the club into the playoffs in consecutive seasons for the first time in their history. Following the 2002 season, Sakiewicz hired fellow New Jersey native and current U.S. Men’s National Team Head Coach Bob Bradley from the Chicago Fire. Under Bradley, the MetroStars reached the finals of the 2003 U.S. Open Cup and returned to the MLS playoffs in 2003 and 2004, making it four out of five seasons under the leadership of Sakiewicz that they participated in the post-season. On the business side, Sakiewicz built the MetroStars “Red and Black” brand and AEG New York into one of the most successful MLS organizations consistently ranking the team in the top 3 in ticket and sponsorship sales. During his tenure there, the club increased corporate sponsorship revenues more than 500% and grew attendance every season—two extraordinary feats, despite not owning its own stadium. As a collegiate goalkeeper at the University of New Haven, he earned NCAA All-American honors in 1981 and All-New England honors each season from 1980-83. He is a member of the UNH Hall of Fame and still holds every major goalkeeping record at the school.
David Silk
David Silk is a manager of strategy and innovation at a major pharmaceutical company. He has over 8 years of health care industry experience ranging from consulting to strategy development. David has worked on oncology and biologic products, and he currently works on business model transformation in the primary care setting. He earned a B.A. from Princeton University and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. David joined the organization as a board fellow while at Wharton. He currently resides in Hoboken and enjoys exploring New York City with his fiancée.
Richard G. Stefanacci, DO, MGH, MBA, AGSF, CMD
As the father of Richard – the spirit of the Go4theGoal Foundation, Dr. Stefanacci like his wife brings a unique perspective and devotion to the Foundation. As a physician and health policy scholar Dr. Stefanacci also brings several unique attributes to his role as Board president. Outside of his foundation work Dr. Stefanacci serves a Chief Medical Officer for The Access Group as well as Associate Professor for Health Policy at the University of the Sciences. He came to these positions having served as a Health Policy Scholar for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), where he spent a year working on the policy and implementation of the Medicare Part D pharmacy benefit, especially as it applied to access issues for elderly people.
As an actively practicing internist/geriatrician, Dr. Stefanacci has had a long-standing interest in and commitment to the delivery of health care. He completed his clinical training in internal medicine at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, followed by a fellowship in geriatrics. His experience includes over a decade as a medical director for various organizations, including a large primary care private practice, a full-risk provider group, a Medicare + Choice HMO, and two Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE). Dr. Stefanacci has continuously served as a practicing geriatrician currently through a PACE program in Philadelphia. Dr. Stefanacci holds two masters degrees— in geriatric health and business administration. He is board certified in quality assurance and utilization and is a Certified Medical Director. An active member of the American Medical Directors Association (AMDA), the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP), and the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) he has achieved recognition as a fellow in both the College of Physicians of Philadelphia and AGS as well as becoming an honorary lifetime member of ASCP.
David O. Sussman, DO, FACOS
Clinical Associate Professor of Urology, Urology Division of the Department of Surgery
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Medical Director, Kennedy Continence Center, Stratford, New Jersey
David O Sussman, DO, FACOS, is clinical associate professor in the Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, and section head of Female Urology and Voiding Dysfunction at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ). He also serves as chief of urology for the Kennedy Health System, in Stratford, NJ, and is the medical director of the Kennedy Continence Center. Dr. Sussman received his medical degree in 1985 from the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine, and completed his residency in general surgery and urology at UMDNJ and the Kennedy Memorial Hospitals-University Medical Center in Stratford. He also participated in a fellowship program in female urology and voiding dysfunction with Gary Leach, MD, at Kaiser Permanente in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Sussman has lectured and published in peer-reviewed journals on the subjects of overactive bladder (OAB), urinary incontinence, voiding dysfunction, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and erectile dysfunction. He is a board-certified urologic surgeon and a fellow of American College of Osteopathic Surgeons (FACOS), and is a member of numerous professional associations, including the, the American Urological Association, ACOS, the International Continence Society, and the Society for Urodynamics and Female Urology. Dr. Sussman is actively engaged in clinical research involving BPH, urinary incontinence and voiding dysfunction. Current studies include the use of botulinum toxin type A and the combination of an antimuscarinic agent and alpha-blocker in men with OAB. Dr. Sussman has served as a speaker, moderator, and symposium chairman for many major urology symposia, seminars and conferences, lectured nationally and internationally on the evaluation and treatment of OAB/incontinence, and has authored or co-authored many respected journal articles, posters and abstracts. He was recently named as an editorial board member of Reviews in Urology.
Michael Webster
Mike is a Managing Partner with the Access Group, acting as the firm lead for managed markets offerings across Access Group companies to create strategic value and formulary access. Mike has demonstrated experience and wide-ranging knowledge across all facets of the pharmaceutical reimbursement arena, including health plans, pharmacy benefit managers, the federal sector, employers, contracting, and specialty pharmacy. He has strategically directed the development of client-focused solutions for new product launches, brand line extensions, and generic protection strategies in highly competitive therapeutic categories. Prior to joining Access, Mike spent 13 years at Schering-Plough, primarily in the area of managed care. During his time as Schering, Mike served as Director of Sales Training as well as Senior Manager on the Claritin® marketing team. In this role, he led the managed care marketing efforts to develop strategic value propositions and tactical initiatives supporting the launch of Claritin. In addition, he developed and managed an allergy franchise resource portfolio to protect the erosion of the company's nasal inhaled steroid franchise. Mike holds a bachelor of science degree in biology from Montclair State University in New Jersey.
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