Our Board

Bruce Richard is a Senior Consultant for Community Health to the 1199 SEIU President. Bruce has played an important role in the Coalition To Transform Interfaith Medical Center, as one of the Co-Chairs, helping to introduce a viable labor/community relationship in Central Brooklyn.

Colvin W. Grannum was born and raised in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. From 2001 to 2022, Mr. Grannum served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, where he was instrumental in the formation of the Bedford Stuyvesant Gateway Business Improvement District and the Coalition for the Improvement of Bedford Stuyvesant, as well as a partnership between Restoration and The Concord Federal Credit.

David Berger, MD, MHCM, FACS has more than 25 years of healthcare leadership experience at several academic institutions, and leads the University Hospital at Downstate (UHD) and its inpatient and outpatient services, accountable care organizations, community health centers, home care, and other related entities.

David I. Cohen, M.D., M.Sc. is the Executive Vice President for Population Health and Academic Affairs at Maimonides Medical Center. He serves on several boards including Housing Works, the Brooklyn Health Home, Healthix, and the New York eHealth Collaborative.

Karen Nelson, MD, MPH is former Senior Vice President of Integrated Delivery Systems at Maimonides Medical Center. Dr. Nelson has also served as Executive Director of The Brooklyn Health Home, a NYS-licensed Health Home program comprised of more than 35 care management organizations who provide life-saving services to support very sick and high risk Medicaid patients throughout Brooklyn.

Dr. Marilyn Fraser is the Chief Executive Officer at the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health (AAIUH), a Research Associate Professor in both the Department of Medicine and the School of Public Health at the SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, and the co-Director of the Brooklyn Health Disparities Center.

Maurice A. Reid is the President of KenJam Consultants LLC, consultant advisors to primary health care executives and CBOs. He previously served as the President and CEO of the Brownsville Community Development Corporation's (BCDC) [d/b/a Brownsville Multi-Service (BMS) Family Health Center], a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)].

Patricia Simino Boyce is the University Dean for Health and Human Services at the City University of New York (CUNY).  She started her career as a Registered Nurse in critical care at Bellevue Hospital followed by a series of progressive leadership positions in health care systems, state and federal government, and non-profit organizations.

Roger L. Green is a former New York State legislator who served Brooklyn’s Assembly District 57 in the New York State Assembly for 26 years. He was educated in the New York City public school system and graduated from Southern Illinois University, where he earned bachelor’s degrees in cultural anthropology, international affairs and government.

Torian Easterling, MD, is currently the Senior Vice President of Population and Community Health and the Chief Strategic and Innovation Officer for One Brooklyn Health. He brings years of experience as a leader in healthcare and public health to BCC’s Board of Directors.