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