Special Thanks

Initial Donors

City of New York -- Judy and Steven Gluckstern -- Carol and Hank Goldberg -- Goldman Foundation -- Willard and Lillian Hackerman - Johns Hopkins Medical Center - Bill Raiford -- MItchell and Louis Shulman Charitable Trust

Staff

The Builders:

  • Chief programmer: Jayson Burns, Tryacom, Inc.
  • Programming and application development: Preston Mark Stone, Stateless Interactive
  • Supervisor/Coordinator: Gerry Oxford (A volunteer!)

Programming:

  • Preston Mark Stone
  • Systems: Gerry Oxford (A volunteer)

Content Input:

  • Head: Catherine Merritt
  • The team: Patricia Barber-- Emily Drake --David Kuehler --Therese Kusmeniz -- Darlene Mahnken -- Kent Lam

Graphics:

  • Logo, Home Page, Individual Home Page and Sub Pages: Warwick Lobban, London, England (A volunteer!)
  • Touch up work: Sarah Wu -- Alan Barnett
  • Layout: John Guido, Tryacom, Inc.

Legal: Scolaro, Shulman, Cohen, Fetter & Burstein, Syracuse, NY (Pro Bono)

Accounting: Bernard Dikman, CPA, New York, NY

Insurance: Jay Brodsky, Dewitt Stern Group, New York, NY

Volunteer Board Of Directors

  • Michael E. Rudder, President, KRh Thermal Systems, Irvine, CA
  • Barry M. Shulman, Esq., , Scolaro, Shulman, Cohen, Fetter & Burstein , P.C., Syracuse, NY

Volunteer Writers

  • Credit: Joseph Daniel
  • Family and Medical Leave Act, State Laws: Lisa Gerson, Esq.
  • Hospitals: Herbert Spiers, PH.D.
  • Media: Elizabeth Griffin and Marissa Schwartz

Volunteer Advisors And Editors

  • Advance Directives: Laura Mosiello, New York City
  • Bankruptcy: Richard G. Smolev, Esq., Kaye, Scholer, LLP, New York City
  • Benefits: Jacques M. Chambers, Los Angeles
  • Benefits: Susan Margolis, Price Waterhouse Coopers, LLP, New York City
  • Cancer:
    • Samuel Waxman, M.D.
    • Edward Ambinder, M.D.
    • Peter Pressman, M.D. (Breast Cancer)
    • Laura Porter, M.D. (Colorectal cancer)
  • Coordination of Benefits: David Morosan
  • Estate Planning: David J. Stoll, Esq., Partner and Marci Tempesta, Kaye Scholer, LLP, New York City
  • Family and Medical Leave Act: Lisa Gerson, Esq., McDermott Will & Emergy, LLP, New York City
  • Finance: Peg Downey, Money Plans, Silver Spring, MD
  • Financial Planning: David Petersen, Affording Care, New York City
  • Hospice: Helen Beum, Portland, OR
  • Hospital: Skip Moskey, Meadowshire Communications, Limerick, ME
  • Health Insurance: Lindsey Resnick , Chicago IL
  • Investments: Samuel Wasserman, Matrix USA, LLC
  • Legal (general): Barry Shulman, Scolaro, Shulman, Cohen, Fetter, & Burstein, Syracuse, NY
  • Medicaid: Thomas McCormack, Washington, D.C.
  • Social Security Disability Insurance: Jane Zanca
  • Tax: General: Richard Scolaro, Esq., Scolaro, Shulman, Cohen, Fetter & Burstein, Syracuse, NY
  • Tax: Medical Deductions: Dexter Samida, Esq., Sherman & Sterling, New York City
  • Viatical and Senior Settlements: Chris Conway, Legacy Benefits, New York City

Volunteers Before Launch

Edward Ambinder, M.D. -- Jeffrey Banks -- Chris Boneau -- Cheryl Brantner -- Lindsey Brass -- Jacques Chambers -- Jerry Chasen, Esq. -- Peter Chatzky -- Ellen Coleman -- Jay Corcoran -- Joseph Daniel -- Marck DeLeeuw -- Richard Feldman, Esq. -- Sally Fisher -- Focus Group Members of Gilda's Club, New York City -- Focus Group Patients at Johns Hopkins Medical Center, Baltimore, MD - Lisa Gerson, Esq. -- Willard Hackerman -- James Haigney -- John Haigney - Charles Hamlen -- Stan Herman -- David Kuehler -- Therese Kusmierz -- Terry Langbaum -- Donald M. Lefari, Esq. -- Warwick Lobban -- Lynn Luckow -- Shana Maidel -- Kevin McCabe -- Tom McCormack -- Larry Miller -- David Morosan, Esq. -- Skip Moskey -- Michael Mulitz, Esq. -- Jon Nathanson-- Dave Nimmons -- Michael Novin -- Meret Oppenheim -- Gerry Oxford -- Joe and Cathy Perpich -- Lisa Peterson -- Ronald Pullen --Michael Rudder -- Dexter Samida -- Jeffrey Scheer, Esq. -- Rick Scrimale -- William Shelton -- Barry Shulman, Esq. -- Debrah Shulman -- Susan Solomon -- LInda and Howard Sterling -- Herb Spiers, Ph.D. -- Kim Thiboldeaux -- Caroline Villiers -- Dr. Samuel and Marion Waxman -- Jane Zanca -- Sheila Zubrod

Volunteers After Launch

Alan Barnett -- Louis A. Bradbury - Todd Drake -- Elizabeth Hare -- Gerald Oxford -- Matthew Zachary

Volunteers: Videos: Communicating With Your Doctor

Writer, Director, Producer: Meret Oppenheim

Line Producer: Noam Kari -- Director of Photography: Corydon Wagner -- Gaffer: Sarah Berg -- Grip: Clayton Harley -- Grip: Anna Lipman -- Production Assistant: Robin Dellabough -- Production Assistant: Anna Lipmann -- Editor: Anthony Sylvester

Talent: Craig Bannister -- Judy Brilliant -- Melanie Collup -- Brenda Crawley -- Erik Ferguson -- Silvana Jakich -- Ian Jarvis -- Lisa Jarvis -- Ingrid Kullberg-Bendz --Jon Laskin --Christie Lee -- Robert Levithan -- Dennis McGeady -- Meret Oppenheim -- Robert Oppenheim -- Ann Parker -- Deborah Pautler -- Paul Stephens -- Faith Wu