BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Leonard Bayer has been a Vice President for over 15 years with the Goodstein Organization, a real estate development firm founded in 1927. Prior to that he held several positions where his expertise in marketing, finances and technology was highly regarded throughout the industry.

Alysa M. Barancik is an associate in the Labor and Employment Department of Seyfarth Shaw LLP. Her practice focuses on representing management in single and complex employment litigation disputes arising under federal and state employment statutes in federal and state courts nationwide. Ms.Barancik has represented numerous employers in multi-plaintiff and class-action cases, including second-chairing two month-long federal court jury trials in a multi-plaintiff race discrimination case, and is a member of Seyfarth Shaw's Complex Discrimination Litigation Practice Group. Ms. Barancik also has experience representing management before the National Labor Relations Board, including second-chairing a hearing before the Board.

Hilary Hart Brown is a board member of Yorkville Common Pantry, a non-profit organization in East Harlem dedicated to reducing hunger and promoting self-sufficiency among the working poor and homeless. She is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College and earned her MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Ms. Brown has served as COHME's Recording Secretary for the past two years.

Denise Kellen is a former Wall Street Bond Trader who is currently a partner in an on-line art gallery. She is a graduate of Wellesley College and lives in Manhattan with her husband.

Arthur Lindner, MD is a graduate of the University of Rochester School of Medicine. He did his residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, and was a fellow in Gastroenterology at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. He is a faculty member of New York University School of Medicine and an attending physician at Tisch and Bellevue Hospitals. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of COHME for over 20 years.

Frank Rosengarten, PhD is Professor Emeritus of Italian and Comparative Literature of the City University of New York. He is the author and editor of five books dealing with 19th and 20th century Italian and French Literary and Political History.

Lucy Rosengarten, ACSW, BCD is the founder of Concerned Home Managers for the Elderly and was its first Executive Manager from 1985-2002. She has taught case management and cooperativism in various academic and community settings, and her many articles have appeared in leading social work and nursing journals. Her book Social Work in Geriatric Home Health Care: The Blending of Traditional Practice with Cooperative Strategies was published by the Haworth press in 2000.

Emma Shulman, LCSW, MPS is a senior counselor, gerontologist and consultant at the Aging and Dementia Research Center at the NYU School of Medicine. For many years she has initiated, written, and planned conferences to educate home health aides, social workers, professionals, and the public on memory problems, ranging from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer’s Disease

Independent Accounting Consultant

David Ashenfarb CPA is a partner with Schall & Ashenfarb, CPA’s, LLC and is the director of not-for profit services and quality review divisions for the firm. Mr. Ashenfarb is past chairperson of the NYSCPA’s Not-for-Profit Organization’s committee. He has published and speaks regularly on the topic.