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Board of Trustees Members Honored
Two members of the D-E Board of Trustees, Dr. John Hajjar and Phoebe Boyer, recently received significant achievements and honors.
Dr. John Hajjar, our Board of Trustees President and the Benefactor of the new Hajjar STEM Center, has been announced as a winner of the Ernst & Young (E&Y) Entrepreneur of the Year Award for New Jersey. John's award recognizes entrepreneurial excellence in the category of Health Systems.
A Diplomate of the American Board of Urology with nearly 25 years of practice experience, Dr. John H. Hajjar is the CEO of Sovereign Medical Group. In addition to caring for patients with a wide range of urology conditions, he has also dedicated much of his time to advancing the accessibility of effective medical care in the New Jersey area. Dr. Hajjar is the founder and chairman of Surgem, a company that manages surgery centers, and also founded six surgery centers since 1993, currently serving as Medical Director of SurgiCare Surgical Associations in Fair Lawn. He also founded and remains actively involved with two medical technology companies that aim to improve many practices within the healthcare industry.
In his acceptance remarks at a recent ceremony hosted by Ernst & Young, he commented: "It was a privilege to have been considered alongside the other entrepreneurs who serve as pioneers in industries such as medicine, business, education and financial services.... Sovereign has been able to facilitate its exponential growth over many years by assembling a talented group of medical professionals from primary care physicians to specialists in areas such as urology, cardiology, [and] oncology. [Our leadership team] will continue to innovate in the business of delivering first class medicine, through focused centers of excellence."
To learn more and to view the official Sovereign Medical Group's News Release about Dr. John Hajjar's award, please click here. To learn more about the E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year 2014 program, please click here.
Additionally, Phoebe Boyer was recently named the President and CEO of The Children's Aid Society. The Children’s Aid Society is an independent, not-for-profit organization established to serve the children of New York City. Its mission is to help children in poverty to succeed and thrive. Founded in 1853, it is one of the nation’s largest and most innovative non-sectarian agencies, serving New York’s neediest children. Services are provided in community schools, neighborhood centers, health clinics and camps.
Phoebe is the first woman to hold the position of President and CEO for the agency. She is the Executive Director of the Robertson Foundation, a $1 billion family foundation created by Julian H. Robertson Jr. and his family that takes a targeted approach to supporting critical national issues, including education reform. She also served for 12 years as the Executive Director of the Tiger Foundation, founded by Julian Robertson as well, with a mission to break the cycle of poverty in New York City. During her tenure at the Tiger Foundation, the organization provided more than $112 million in funding to New York City nonprofits in the areas of education, youth development, job training, and social services. She also raised more than $200 million to support the Foundation’s work.
For additional details about Phoebe's appointment to the Children's Aid Society, please click here.
For additional details about Phoebe's appointment to the Children's Aid Society, please click here.
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