Board & Leadership

Russell R. Barksdale, Jr.

Ph.D., MPA/MHA, FACHE
President & Chief Executive Officer

Charles B. Rose

Chief Financial Officer

crose@waveny.org

Rebecca Albrecht, MBA

Chief Human Resources Officer

ralbrecht@waveny.org

Nancy Dreier

Chief Development Officer

ndreier@waveny.org

Benjamin Schiano, MBA, LNHA

Nursing Home Administrator 

James Coyle, DPT

Administrator at Waveny Visiting Nurse & Hospice

Jack V. DiTeodoro, MD

Medical Director

jditeodoro@waveny.org

K. Rone Baldwin

Chairman

Nancy Perez

Vice Chairman

Leo Karl, III

Treasurer

Rose Lanard

Secretary

Mark Ayen
Russell Barksdale, Jr., PhD**
Thomas Berardino
Marian Curtis Blair
Dionna Carlson*
Mark DeWaele, DMD
Mary Franco
Christopher Gruseke
Ellen Komar
Janet Lanaway
Kesav Nair, MD
Craig Olin, MD
Paul Reiss*
Maryne Robin
Jaime Ruszkowski, MD*
Jill Sautkulis*
Richard Townsend
Rev. Peter Walsh** 
Penny Young
Elizabeth Zea

*Ex Officio Director
**Non-voting Ex Officio Director

Board of Directors Member Quality Committee

Teresa Alasio, MD
Thomas Ayoub, MD
Andrew Gerber, MD
Jean Hammel, MD
Phyllis Osterman
Alice Rusk, MD
Saraswathi Nair, MD