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The Advisory Board

HealthCorps® is excited to be working with such an accomplished and inspirational Board. Working together, HealthCorps’ message can be brought to students, schools, and communities across the nation.

Michael F. Roizen, MD

Michael F. Roizen, MDMichael F. Roizen, MD, is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Williams College and Alpha Omega Alpha graduate of the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine. He performed his residency in internal medicine at Harvard's Beth Israel Hospital and completed Public Health Service at the National Institutes of Health in the laboratory of Irv Kopin and Nobel Prize winner Julius Axelrod. Read More

B.K. Boreyko

B. K. BoreykoB.K. Boreyko, a seasoned marketing executive and award-winning entrepreneur, has a passion for health and wellness which he shares with others at every opportunity. In 1995, B.K. saw an opportunity in the emerging wellness and nutrition industry and founded his first global wellness company, New Vision International. Read More

Hugely successful, New Vision experienced rocket-like growth and over $1 billion in sales spanning over a million satisfied customers. By 2004, B.K. was ready to take on a new challenge and tap into the growing liquid nutritional supplement market. With the help of his on-staff M.D. and Research & Development team, the convenient, ultra-premium liquid nutritional formula VEMMA was born.

An acronym that stands for Vitamins, Essential Minerals, Mangosteen and Aloe, Vemma's clinically studied, liquid blend of 12 essential antioxidant vitamins and 65 plant-sourced trace ionic minerals is the best delivery system for the nutrients that you want in your body, according to B.K. "It's the most powerful liquid antioxidant on the planet and it tastes great!"

Taking Vemma's successful formula one step further, B.K. had his renowned product development team create a one-of-a-kind healthy energy drink. That led to the launch of Verve - the world's healthiest energy drink. With almost $3.5 million in sales in Verve's first 4 months, BK believes Verve is an innovative way to effectively help fill the teenage nutritional gap and give the energy drink market a hip, cool alternative to the many high sugar, high caffeine energy drinks which currently dominate the market niche.

B.K.'s mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of young people, and those who are young at heart, through Vemma and Verve. As a principal sponsor of HealthCorps, B.K. shares his passion for the health and wellness with America's youth. Vemma's alliance with HealthCorps and its mission is an important collaboration which will pay off for generations to come. B.K.'s desire to help others accomplish financial independence and freedom has led B.K. to become a mentor and success coach for others wishing to achieve the same. Grateful for everything he has experienced in life and business, B.K. has devoted a large portion of his personal and corporate resources to enrich the lives of those less fortunate, including worthy causes such as the Dottie Boreyko Foundation, founded in memory of his mother; Church on the Streets; the United Way; Susan G. Komen Foundation; and Habitat for Humanity. B.K.'s story has been featured on The O'Reilly Factor, Extra, Inside Edition and in Success Magazine, Your Business at Home and most recently in Success From Home magazines and Chicken Soup for the Network Marketer's Soul. With his passion and zeal for life, B.K. is excited about bringing the Vemma mission and message to new people and places to give them the opportunity to experience the benefits it has to offer.

Annemarie Colbin, PhD.

Annemarie Colbin, PhD.Annemarie Colbin, PhD., CHES, is a health educator and an award-winning writer, consultant and lecturer. She is adjunct professor of nutrition in the Graduate Program of Oriental Medicine at Touro College, and also teaches at Empire State College. Dr Colbin is the founder of the Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts in New York City, which offers career programs and public classes in health-supportive cooking and natural healing. Read More

She is the author of Food and Our Bones: The natural way to prevent osteoporosis; Food and Healing; and other books. Her column "Food and Your Health" has been appearing in New York Spirit (formerly Free Spirit) Magazine since 1988, and her articles have been published in the US as well as abroad. She does private wellness consultations, teaches and lectures widely, and is generally recognized as an expert in the uses of food for health. Her website is www.foodandhealing.com.

Maurice Elias, PhD.

Maurice Elias, PhD.Maurice Elias, PhD., is a Rutgers University psychologist and author of numerous articles and books on emotional intelligence, including Raising Emotionally Intelligent Teenagers and Emotionally Intelligent Parenting. He is vice chair of the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning’s Leadership Team at Rutgers University. Read More

Currently, Mr. Elias serves as Senior Advisor for Research, Practice, and Policy at the New Jersey Center for Character Education, Center for Applied Psychology at Rutgers University.

Alan Gass, M.D., F.A.C.C.

Alan GassAlan L. Gass, M.D., FACC, is Director of Advanced Cardiac Failure and Transplantation at Westchester Medical Center treating patients with end-stage heart failure, which he has done for most of his career. Previously, Dr. Gass served for 14 years as Medical Director of New York Mount Sinai's Heart Transplant Program from its inception in 1991. He personally followed hundreds of patients in various stages of heart failure, achieving survival rates among the top in the country. Read More

Robert Guida

Robert GuidaRobert Guida is a nationally recognized leader in the Executive Search and Staffing Industry and was singled out by CNN in December 2001 as A Success Story in American Business. In addition to TV appearances, numerous feature articles and cover stories have been written on Mr. Guida including the following publications: Wall Street Journal, ABC News, Sunday Morning CBS, Crains' NY Business, CNN, etc. Read More

Robert Guida founded Guidance Corporation in 1987 with a $6000 master card cash advance and grew it to the largest Staffing Company on Wall Street today. Guidance Corporation headquarters are located at 30 Wall Street, New York, NY. In 2004, Robert Guida embarked on what many believe will be his greatest accomplishment as yet -- the founding of L'essence Corporation, producers of the world’s first high powered frozen fitness bar. Mr. Guida is a frequent lecturer, philanthropist and individual known far and wide for his generosity.

Mark Jaffe

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Stephen Josephson

Stephen JosephsonStephen Josephson is a clinical psychologist who specializes in anxiety/stress management and behavioral medicine. He holds Diplomates in both Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Behavioral Psychology, and is an Associate Professor at both Cornell University Medical Center-New York Hospital and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Read More

He was the Coordinator of the Sleep Disorders Laboratory at Rutgers Medical School, Senior Consultant to the Beth Israel Hospital Stroke Prevention Clinic, Senior Supervisor at Cornell Medical Center Inpatient Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders Unit, and Director of the Hypertension Program at the International Center for the Disabled. His recent projects have included Optimism Training Seminars conducted in a number of New York City private schools such as Brearley and Trinity. He currently directs Behavioral Medicine Associates, a private group practice based in NYC and Chappaqua. He lectures widely to groups of parents, children and mental heath professionals as well as appearing extensively on television.

Jonathan B. Levine, DMD

Dr. Jonathan LevineJonathan Levine, DMD, is a man with a mission: To give the world a reason to smile. A "smile beauty" practitioner for more than two decades, Dr. Levine is an accomplished aesthetic dentist, professor, product innovator, entrepreneur, author and philanthropist. Read More

In 2002, he and his wife, Stacey, co-founded the revolutionary, luxury, smile beauty company GoSMILE™. As an Associate Professor at New York University School of Dentistry and a published researcher, Dr. Levine is equally committed to influencing the next generation of dentists as he is to providing smile care and education to people in places that need it most.

In the early 1990s, Dr. Levine developed the revolutionary GoSMILE formula for his celebrity patients who wanted to whiten their teeth simply, effectively and safely. Nine years later, the GoSMILE tooth whitening on the go™ System debuted at Saks Fifth Avenue, instantly transforming the beauty landscape and paving the way for what has become the hottest emerging category of the beauty business today.

Embraced by both the media and beauty industry insiders - Dr. Levine has been featured on the Rachel Ray Show, The View, Good Morning America, CNN, VH1 and the Style Network. USA Today and US Weekly named him a top celebrity dentist, plus makeup artists, plastic surgeons, and journalists frequently consult him for his smile counsel.

In May 2006, Dr. Levine authored his first book SMILE! The Ultimate Guide to Achieving Smile Beauty. Moreover, this enlightening book explains the surprising correlation between oral health and overall health and well-being - discussing the direct correlation between gum disease and heart disease.

Dr. Levine's professional affiliations include: the College of Prosthodontics, Northeast Gnathological Society and the Academy of Osseointegration. A two-time All American lacrosse player, he received his B.A. from Cornell University and his doctorate from the Boston University School of Dentistry, with post-graduate training in Prosthodontics from New York University.

Richard Lipsky, PhD.

Richard Lipsky, PhD.Richard Lipsky, PhD., is founder and director of Richard Lipsky Associates Inc., a lobbying, public relations and public policy consulting firm specializing in the politics of environmental law, land use review and the protection and enhancement of neighborhood retailers. The firm protects the rights of labor, small businesses and communities against the encroachment of mega-mall developments. Read More

With years of experience interacting with policymakers at all levels of government, Mr. Lipsky is an expert on public policy related to the rights of workers, the ecology of neighborhoods and the economic viability of neighborhoods. Published author in Newsweek on the realities of mega-stores and often quoted in Crain’s and Daily News for his expertise, Mr. Lipsky is an assistant professor at Manhattanville College and also teaches at Rutgers University.

Todd R. Olson, Ph.D.

Todd R. OlsonDr. Todd R. Olson is the Professor of Anatomy and Structural Biology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine where he has received the Harry Eagle Award for Outstanding Basic Science Teacher, and the Sam Rosen Outstanding Preclinical Teacher of the Year Award. Dr. Olson is President of the American Association of Clinical Anatomists. Read More

Dr. Olson has authored over 25 books and papers. He has appeared on ABC's 20/20 and Prime Time, and CNN's American Morning and The Paula Zahn Hour. He earned his Ph.D. in Human Anatomy and Morphology from St. Thomas' Hospital Medical School, University of London. His undergraduate degrees were earned at the University of California at Berkley.

Stephen B. Phillips, M.A.

No Photo AvailableStephen B. Phillips, M.A., is the director of the Touro College Children’s Health Education Foundation. The foundation is a not-for-profit unit of the School of Education and Psychology, Graduate Division, with an academic mission and a public health mission. As a health psychology practitioner, Professor Phillips has more than 20 years experience counseling individuals and families with eating disorders, obesity and concomitant illnesses. Read More

He is a Professor of Education in the School of Education and Psychology, Graduate Division, at Touro College. Professor Phillips serves as educational program developer, fund raiser and new project development and coordination for HealthCorps.

Quincy Jones

Quincy JonesShuffling pop, soul, hip-hop, jazz, classical, African and Brazilian music into unique and extraordinary fusions, Quincy Jones has been dubbed "a master inventor of musical hybrids." The list of additional titles he has garnered includes: stage performer, composer, arranger, conductor, instrumentalist, actor, record producer, motion picture and television producer, record company executive, magazine publisher and social activist. His remarkable versatility is paralleled only by the number of successes he has claimed. Read More

Jones's career began with the music of the post-swing era and continues through today's multi-media digital technology in the recording, film and television worlds. First publicly recognized in the 1950s as a young trumpeter with the Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie bands, today he stands alone as the most nominated Grammy artist of all time, with 76 nominations. He has composed over 50 major motion picture and television scores, earned international acclaim as producer of the historic "We Are The World" recording (the best-selling single of all time) and produced the best-selling album in the history of the recording industry, Michael Jackson's Thriller.

After over 50 years in show business, Quincy Jones has reached the essence of many different artists, and in doing so he has reached the essence of art itself; the ability to touch people's feelings and emotions.

Rustin E. Reeves, Ph.D.

Rustin E. Reeves, Ph.D.Rustin E. Reeves, Ph.D. is an associate professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Genetics at the University of North Texas Health Science Center. He is a Listserve Co-administrator for the American Association of Clinical Anatomy (AACA) and has served as a council member of that association for the past two years. Read More

Roger Ross

Roger RossRoger Ross, CMO, Guidance Corp., 30 Wall Street, NYC, nationally recognized staffing & executive search firm to the medical, financial, and fashion industry employing 1600 in the USA. '2006 Guidance Medical Personnel, Inc. received 1st JCAHO certification of a staffing company in NY State history. Read More

Headquarters the location twice for Law & Order (S.V.U.) Roger's arranged numerous media sources such as CBS Sunday Morning, Crain's NY Business, ABC, Wall Street Journal which have featured Guidance Corp. as well as CNNfn which named the firm "A Success Story" in American Business on Christmas '2000. Roger attended NYU in '82 for Hotel & Restaurant Management / Business and has been with Guidance Corp. since '92. Roger is an Advisory Board member to HealthCorps, Trustee/Board member for the Young Peoples Chorus of NYC, serves on Community Board 1 (Landmarks & Fin. District Committee), Downtown Alliance, prior Board Member with the Armed Forces Veterans Homes Foundation, organizer for an array of political and business leader luncheons, Principal for a Day (adopted HS-515 - HealthCorps & Young Peoples Chorus programs in this school), named '2006 by Esquire Magazine & Madison Ave. B.I.D. 1 of 7 "Men of Madison" for philanthropic work.

Timothy P. Shriver

Timothy P. ShriverTimothy P. Shriver is the Chairman of Special Olympics, Inc. In that capacity, he serves nearly 2 million Special Olympics athletes and their families in more than 160 countries. He has helped transform Special Olympics into a movement that focuses on acceptance, inclusion, and respect for individuals with intellectual disabilities in all corners of the globe. Read More

Shriver currently serves on the Board of the Education Commission of the States’ Compact for Learning and Citizenship, the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center at the University of North Carolina, and the American Association on Mental Retardation.

Mache Seibel, MD

Mache SeibelrDr. Machelle (Mache) Seibel is the founder of HealthRock™, a health edutainment company created to increase health literacy by making it fun to learn about health and wellness. HealthRock™ accomplishes this goal by creating original songs, animations, videos, games and books. HealthRock™ songs have been performed across the country and on national TV and radio, and its website, www.healthrock.com, is an award winning and fun destination for kids. Read More

John Whyte, MD

John WhyteJohn J. Whyte, M.D., is vice president for continuing medical education at Discovery Health Channel, part of the media conglomerate Discovery Communications. Dr. Whyte creates courses, products and services on important clinical topics that appeal to both a medical and lay audience. Read More

Prior to joining Discovery, Dr. Whyte was in the immediate office of the director at the Agency for Healthcare Research Quality. He served as medical adviser and director of the Council on Private Sector Initiatives to Improve the Safety, Security, and Quality of Healthcare (CPSI) - a council created by former Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson.

Prior to this assignment, Dr. Whyte was the acting director of the division of medical items and devices in the coverage and analysis group in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), formerly the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA). In his role at CMS, Dr. Whyte made recommendations on Medicare financing for procedures, equipment or services.

Dr. Whyte is a board-certified internist. He completed an internal medicine residency at Duke University Medical Center and earned a master's of public health (MPH) in health policy and management at the Harvard School of Public Health. Prior to arriving in Washington, D.C., Dr. Whyte was a health services research fellow at Stanford and attending physician in the university's department of medicine. He has written extensively in the medical and lay press on health policy issues.