Leadership Team

Eric C. Rackow, M.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Rackow has more than 35 years experience in healthcare. He is Professor of Medicine at the New York University School of Medicine and immediate past President of NYU Hospitals Center. He is a national authority on critical care medicine, complex care management, and healthcare delivery systems. At NYU, Dr. Rackow was responsible for ensuring the quality of medical services and promoting continued excellence in patient care, medical education, and clinical research. Previously, he served as Chief Medical Officer at NYU Hospitals Center and Chairman of the Department of Medicine at St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center of New York.

After earning his MD at the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, he served as Chief Resident in Internal Medicine and completed a fellowship in Cardiology. Dr. Rackow is the author of more than 180 articles and 40 chapters on the care of patients with complex medical problems.

He is currently Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, dedicated to education and research in caring for patients with severe illness or injury. Dr. Rackow also serves on the Board of Trustees of his alma mater, Franklin Marshall College, as well as the Board of Trustees of Hillcrest (Hackensack University Medical Center) Health System. Dr. Rackow is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, American College of Critical Care Medicine, American College of Cardiology, and American College of Chest Physicians. Recently, he received the distinguished award of Mastership of the American College of Physicians.

Claudia Fine, LCSW, MPH, CMC
Executive Vice President, Chief Professional Officer

Ms. Fine has worked in the field of eldercare for over 20 years and was a partner with the New York City-based Fine & Newcombe Associates, a pioneering firm in the private eldercare field. Her company was acquired by SeniorBridge in 2000 and she became a founding member of the company. She is the former President of the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers, and a current member of the New York Society for Clinical Social Work Psychotherapists and the American Society on Aging. Ms. Fine has a Master's Degree in Public Health from Columbia University School of Public Health and a Master's Degree in Social Work from Hunter College School of Social Work. Ms. Fine was a recipient of the Hunter College School of Social Work Award for Outstanding Service to Social Work in Aging.

Kathy Driscoll, RN, CMC
Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Ms. Driscoll has over 20 years of experience in nursing, with a concentration in geriatrics, homecare and care management. She has held a variety of senior management roles including operational, clinical and business development responsibilities. Most recently she was Vice President of Business Development for Premier Home Health Care Services Inc., a multi-state homecare provider based in White Plains, NY. She was previously Vice President of Operations and New Business at SeniorBridge and rejoins the company as Senior Vice President of Operations. Ms Driscoll has a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Seton Hall University. She is a Registered Nurse licensed in New York, New Jersey, Florida and Connecticut, and is a current member of the National Association for Professional Geriatric Care Managers, The Case Management Society of America, Women in Health Management of NY, and The American Association of Managed Care Nurses.

Jacqueline Morrison, RN, CCM, CMC, MA
Senior Vice President of Clinical Services and Quality Management

Ms. Morrison has more than 25 years experience in nursing. Prior to her role at SeniorBridge, she worked for 15 years in the Homecare industry at Patient Care, Inc. where she was the Vice President of Quality Management. Her responsibilities included the development of client service standards to ensure that quality care was being delivered and facilitating survey evaluations by accrediting agencies such as JCAHO, CHAP and the Department of Health. She is licensed as an RN in New York, New Jersey, Illinois and Florida. Ms. Morrison graduated from St. Vincent's Hospital School of Nursing in NYC and she received a BSN and MA from Kean University. She is a care manager certified (CMC)certified case manager (CCM) and a member of the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers and the Case Management Society of America.
nal Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers and the Case Management Society of America.

Rona S. Bartelstone, LCSW, MSW, CMC
Senior Vice President of Care Management

Rona Bartelstone is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, a Care Manager Certified, and a Diplomate in Clinical Social Work. A Cum Laude graduate of the University of New York at Buffalo, Rona earned her Masters in Social Work at Indiana University. She has taught the psychology of aging, healthy aging and other courses on coping with aging parents for adult education of the Dade County School Board, Miami Dade Community College, and Broward Community College.

Active in many community and professional organizations, Rona is a founder and past President of the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers (GCM). She currently is a founder and Vice President of the National Academy of Certified Care Managers (NACCM), an independent, non-profit, credentialing organization. Rona was a Board member of the Greater Miami Alzheimer’s Association Chapter and Chaired the Annual Educational Forum. In addition, she is past Vice President and Treasurer of the Florida Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. Rona is a member of the National Council on the Aging and a delegate to the National Institute on Community Long Term Care (NICLIC), the Gerontological Society of American and the American Society on Aging.

Michael Allen
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

Michael has extensive, diverse experience as a senior finance and administration executive. He previously served as Chief Financial Officer for Brunschwig & Fils, Inc., Advance Group, Inc., and the Pinnacle Alliance Division of Computer Sciences, Inc. He has also served as Vice President of Finance for Calvin Klein, Inc., Corporate Controller for Coach Inc., and Assistant Controller for the Food Service Division of Kraft General Foods. Michael has a track record in mergers and acquisitions, integration of companies, process improvement, upgrading information technology reporting, strategic financial planning, business development, as well as working with service organizations. He received his BA in Economics and BS in Finance from Fairfield University, and an MBA in Finance from Fordham University.

Angela Handa, CFP, CMCE, CEBS

Senior Vice President, Managed Care Sales & Marketing

Angela Handa is a seasoned sales executive with nearly two decades of experience growing healthcare businesses. Prior to joining SeniorBridge, she served as Vice President of Sales and Service for Health First Health Plans (HFHP), a licensed HMO that provides Commercial, Medicare Advantage, and ASO plans to more than 63,000 members. As a key executive of the company for more than 14 years, Angela was responsible for sales, marketing/ advertising, underwriting, customer service, new product development, and participated in directing operations of the corporation. Prior to her career as a managed care executive, she founded D. & H. Insurance Associates, Inc. a consultancy specializing in assisting employers with their retention and compensation goals through strategically designed employee benefit packages. A cum laude graduate of Boston University with a dual Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Psychology, Angela earned her Certified Financial Planner (CFP) accreditation through the College for Financial Planning in Denver. She holds Florida licenses for life and health and general lines and completed America's Health Insurance Plans Certified Managed Care Executive (CMCE) program as well as a Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS) certification.

Mike Doherty
Vice President, Managed Care Sales

Mr. Doherty is an accomplished health care executive with more than 20 years of experience selling medical management health care services to leading managed care, government and employer organizations including Managed Medicare and Medicaid groups, Veteran's Administration, Aetna, Humana, Blue Cross and others. Prior to joining SeniorBridge, Mr. Doherty served as Vice President of Sales and Operations at Care Support of America, launching the provider of end of life care services on a national level. Earlier, he served as Vice President of Sales for companies including Pharos Innovations, Matrix Medical Network and Gentiva Health Networks and as Director of Corporate Sales for Coordinated Care Solutions. He has a track record of both exceeding sales goals and setting company sales records as well as strong relationships with a variety of local, regional and national organizations and associations including Health Maintenance Organizations, Employer Groups, Unions, Associations, Certified Financial Planners, Independent Physician Associations and Management Services Organizations. Mr. Doherty received his Bachelor of Business Administration from Fitchburg State College in Massachusetts.

Catherine Egan, RN, MPH
Vice President, SeniorBridge Care Management Operations

With more than 25 years of clinical and executive experience in the health care industry, Catherine combines her background in nursing and public health with her long history of accomplishments working with managed care organizations to provide leadership and direction for SeniorBridge's Care Management programs. Her 13 year tenure as consultant, manager and director within the health care practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers provided her with myriad opportunities to successfully lead complex medical management consulting engagements for multiple health care organizations including the Department of Veterans Affairs, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield of New York, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Humana, Kaiser of the Northeast and GHI. The extensive reach of her career includes work as Deputy Executive Director for NYCLIX, Inc., a Regional Health Information Organization in New York City, where her position encompassed duties as Privacy Officer, overseeing operations and w ebsite content development. Among Catherine's career highlights, she has served as Regional Director of Clinical Quality Improvement for HealthNet of the Northeast and as Director of Clinical Quality Improvement and Clinical Innovations for Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey. Catherine earned her Master's in Public Health with honors focusing on health policy and administration from Columbia University. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Health Service Administration, magna cum laude, from the City University of New York and a New York State license as a Registered Nurse.

Ruth Farrago, CMC
Vice President of Operations

Ruth Farrago has over 20 years of experience in health care administration. She was the Administrator of an inpatient and outpatient comprehensive Rehabilitation and Orthopedic Division at Downstate Medical Centers in Brooklyn. She has an extensive background in home care marketing and management having worked for St. Vincent’s Catholic Medical Centers as the Director of Intake and was then the Branch Manager/Administrator at New York Health Care. Ruth was also the Executive Director of Sunrise Assisted Living of East Meadow where she was responsible for the daily operations of the facility, client and family satisfaction, management of the sales and marketing team and coordinated community outreach and events. Ruth has a Bachelors of Science from SUNY College of Oneonta where she majored in Business Economics and she is currently completing a Masters Degree at Long Island University specializing in Gerontology. Ruth has received her certification in Geriatric Care Management (CMC). She is a current member of the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers and the Case Management Society of America.

Timothy M. Hanold
Vice President, Sales and Marketing

Timothy is a seasoned sales professional who has worked in the corporate healthcare and automotive industries. Before joining SeniorBridge, he was a top-10 Account Manager at Covidien Healthcare in New York City, winning major hospital accounts and multiple national awards and ranking first in focused product sales. He was then promoted to national field sales development trainer. Previously, Timothy was a senior dealer consultant for the Ford Motor Company in the New York region, where he outpaced sales quotas and corporate objectives and set records for client satisfaction. He recently completed a Masters degree in Business Management at Columbia University and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from Pennsylvania State University.

Howard Levine
Vice President, Chief Information Officer

Howard has over 20 years of experience in various Information Technology roles. Prior to joining SeniorBridge, Howard was the Director of Information Technology for Loews Cineplex Entertainment in New York where he was responsible for application development and operation support activities. Prior to Loews, he was a Consulting Manager with Ernst & Young, LLP, and Senior Manager with International Systems Services. Mr. Levine holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Information System Services from Stockton State College in New Jersey.

Shira Loyer
Vice President, Communications and Marketing

Ms. Loyer has deep expertise earning leading national and international companies recognition in national media outlets, conferences and key channels. Through her success developing and implementing communications and marketing strategies, she has achieved substantial visibility for SeniorBridge among influencers, partners and clients. Prior to SeniorBridge, Ms. Loyer developed and implemented communications and marketing strategies for brands including Microsoft, Coca Cola, Merck and Novo Nordisk at companies including Waggener Edstrom and Chandler Chicco Companies. Her track record of encouraging happy customers and clients to share their positive experiences in online reviews dates back to 2001 when social media was blossoming. Prior, she worked as a manager of corporate communications in the Silicon Valley to successfully launch technology software companies including AppStream, now a subsidiary of Symantec Corporation. Ms. Loyer is an award-winning writer whose work has been featured in national and local publications. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from San Diego State University in California.

David Mattioli, RN, CMC, BSN
Vice President, Regional Operations

David Mattioli brings more than 17 years' experience in a variety of healthcare settings to SeniorBridge. For 9 years previously, he was the Administrator of Almost Family in West Palm Beach, responsible for operations and delivery of care for the in-home program in 4 counties, and for a time served dually in that role at Almost Family's Medical Adult Day Center in Boynton Beach.

Mr. Mattioli began his nursing career at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he developed a passion for caring for the elderly, and became a care manager before returning to Florida. He is a certified trainer for the Alzheimer training course for home health agencies in Florida and coauthored the curriculum used for the training. Mr. Mattioli is a member of the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers. He received a BS in biology from Palm Beach Atlantic University and a BSN from Eastern Michigan University, and is a certified Legal Nurse Consultant. He is a current member of the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers and the Case Management Society of America.

Jim Resciniti, CPA
Vice President of Finance

Jim Resciniti brings a wealth of experience, managing finance operations in profit and nonprofit organizations and in public accounting. Jim was Controller and then Assistant Vice President of Finance for one of New York’s largest hospital based managed care companies where he spent ten years as a key finance leader cultivating a superior business environment through continuous process improvement, for a diverse healthcare organization growing to over $1 billion in revenue with an administrative budget of more than $150 million. Prior to that, he was Accounting Manager for Manhattan’s historic Parish of Trinity Church, and Audit Manager in public accounting where he worked closely with hospitals and nursing homes for more than six years. He earned a BS in Accounting from Brooklyn College and New York State CPA licensure.

Robert H. Rivas, RN, BSN
Vice President, Managed Care Sales

As Vice President of Sales for SeniorBridge's Care Management division, Bob is the liaison with hospital and provider organizations who wish to expand their complex chronic care coordination offerings while improving financial performance. He has more than 14 years experience in sales, marketing, business development and customer account management in the healthcare field. Prior to joining SeniorBridge, Bob served as the Vice President of Sales at Pharos Innovations, LLC in Chicago, developing and implementing strategic business plans including sales presentations to senior executives and physicians and securing multi-year contracts with hospitals and provider systems. During his work with Nashville based Cogent Healthcare, Bob sold and implemented numerous hospital inpatient management programs designed to reduce hospital costs and improve quality and utilization of services. Bob's diverse background encompassing clinical skill and business savvy has also included training and managing nursing staff, developing business relationships with providers and health plans and, for Infinity Healthcare, Inc. in Houston, working as a Registered Nurse. Bob received his Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, Texas.

Peter Sosnow
Vice President, Corporate Development

Mr. Sosnow joined SeniorBridge in 2000. Before joining SeniorBridge, Mr. Sosnow held the position of Administrative Sales Director with Advica Health Resources, a national management services company administering health services to over 200,000 people. While with Oxford Health Plans, Mr. Sosnow was responsible for regional contracting with hospital, physician and ancillary health providers. Mr. Sosnow is a graduate of Denison University.

Rick Westwood
Vice President, Managed Care Sales

With more than 25 years experience in healthcare sales and marketing, Rick brings a commitment to excellence to SeniorBridge. He is well-versed and knowledgeable in all areas of business development, from implementing unique strategies for enhancing market presence to building strong client relationships. His extensive history within the healthcare field includes, most recently, serving as Regional Vice President for ExamOne, where his clients were the Chief Medical Officers and senior underwriting executives of insurance companies across the country. During Rick's previous tenure with Prudential Insurance Company of America, he rose from Marketing Representative at a Prudential-owned HMO to Executive Vice President of the GIB Laboratories Division. His adept direction of sales campaigns and skillful handling of promotions, communications and advertising were key contributions to the division's overall success. Rick earned his Bachelor of Arts from Rutgers University in New Jersey and completed a fellowship with the Life Management Institute specializing in Risk Selection.

Kristi Catallo, RN, CMC
Quality Management Director

Before joining SeniorBridge, Kristi spent 13 years with Patient Care, Inc. in Essex County, most recently as Vice President of Risk Management. Her responsibilities in this position included infection control and safety program development, as well as insurance oversight and claims management. Previous clinical experience included over 10 years in obstetric, emergency room, surgical and infectious disease nursing. Ms. Catallo holds licenses as a Registered Nurse in New York and New Jersey and is a member of the American Society of Healthcare Risk Management. She is an active member of the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers. Ms. Catallo is a graduate of the State University of New York at Alfred.

Judy Sweigart, RN
Quality Management Director

With more than 30 years' experience in hospital and home health care, Judy is eminently qualified to understand the needs of our clients and staff. She comes to SeniorBridge from Patient Care, Inc., in West Orange, NJ, where she was involved in documentation review and utilization with the nursing staff and therapists. Previously at Patient Care, Judy was a Home Care Liaison between Case Managers and Patient Care as patients transitioned to homecare from the hospital. She was also a Quality Management Consultant there, auditing clinical records of a large Medicare- certified home health agency, providing corrective action programs, and instructing nurses in documentation and quality management issues. Judy has also instructed home health aides in patient care. She has been a Case Manager for Visiting Nurse Services of Elizabeth and Staff and Charge Nurse in various units at Union and Columbus Hospitals in New Jersey. Judy is a licensed RN who obtained her credentials at Orange Memorial School of Nursing, affiliated with Montclair State University, and completed a Certificate in Legal Nurse Consulting at Fairleigh Dickinson University.