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Co-Founders & Leadership

Co-founders Irwin Redlener, MD and Paul Simon, along with Executive Director Karen Redlener work with a talented team of professionals to accomplish Children's Health Fund's goals and mission.

Paul Simon

Co-Founder
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Irwin Redlener, MD

Co-Founder and President
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iredlener@chfund.org

 

Karen B. Redlener, MS

Executive Director
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kredlener@chfund.org

 

Staff - Strategic Planning Group

Wilmer Alvarez, MBA

Deputy Executive Director
walvarez@chfund.org

Arturo Brito, MD, MPH

Chief Medical Officer, Executive Vice President
abrito@chfund.org

Dennis Johnson, MPA

Executive Vice President, Policy and Advocacy
djohnson@chfund.org

Carol Sumkin, MS

Senior Vice President, Development
csumkin@chfund.org

Jeb Weisman, PhD

Chief Information Officer
jweisman@chfund.org

Lawrence Boord, CPA

Controller
lboord@chfund.org

Kelly Parisi

Vice President, Communications
kparisi@chfund.org

Rebecca Hut

Senior Director, Press Communications
rhut@chfund.org

Caroline DeRosa

Senior Director, Policy
cderosa@chfund.org

David Berman

Special Assistant to the President
dberman@chfund.org