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POWERLIST PARTNERS
John Cameron, Jr.
Founder & Managing
Partner
Cameron Engineering &
Associates
A licensed professional engineer,
marine engineer and U.S.
patent holder, John Cameron, Jr. is
the Founder and Managing Partner
of Cameron Engineering & Associates,
LLP. The Firm has completed
36 years of business in consulting
engineering and planning serving
the public and private sectors alike.
Some of the Firm’s major projects
have included the LIRR’s Third Track Project, the Nassau Coliseum Renovation,
FDNY’s major firehouse house renovation project, Wyandanch Village, Garvies
Point Development, Hofstra University Medical and Business Schools, Molloy
College School of Nursing and many, many more.
An engineering graduate of the United States Merchant Marine Academy at
Kings Point, Cameron also holds a Master’s Degree in Environmental Science
from Long Island University and has an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from
Molloy College.
He serves on numerous not-for-profit boards including those of professional,
civic and educational organizations, including the Long Island Regional
Planning Council, where he serves as Chairman; the Holocaust Memorial and
Tolerance Center of Nassau County, the Hofstra University and Stony Brook
University Engineering Schools, the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Alumni
Association and others. For those contributions and personal achievements,
John has been recognized many times in his career.
Aside from his passionate professional interests, Cameron has diverse
personal interests including sports, music, art, travel, education, and the
environment. He and his wife Loretta, reside in Rockville Centre as do their
two married children and their families, with grandsons, Jack and Will and
granddaughters, Frances and Kristin.
Michael Dowling
President & CEO
Northwell Health
Michael Dowling is one of health
care’s most influential voices, taking
a stand on societal issues such as gun
violence and immigration that many
health system CEOs shy away from.
As President and CEO of Northwell
Health, he leads a clinical, academic
and research enterprise with a
workforce of more than 76,000 and
annual revenue of $14 billion.
Dowling has received numerous
awards, including the Ellis Island
Medal of Honor and a number of
honorary degrees from Fordham University, University College Dublin (Ireland)
and the prestigious Queen’s University Belfast. In 2017, he was served
as the Grand Marshal of the Patrick’s Day Parade in NYC and he chairs the
Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
Prior to joining Northwell in 1995, Dowling served in New York State
government for 12 years, including leadership roles as director of health,
education and human services, commissioner of social services, deputy secretary
and a chief adviser to former Governor Mario Cuomo. Earlier, he was a
professor of social policy and an assistant dean of Fordham’s Graduate School
of Social Services.
Charles Evdos
Executive Director
RISE Life Services
Charles Evdos is a veteran executive
and entrepreneur with over
four decades of experience in fundraising,
major gifts, estate-planning,
finance, operations and business.
Evdos began his working career
as a “Copy Boy” at the New York
Daily News. He rose up the ranks
at this iconic daily paper, to become
an editorial assistant and TV/radio
reporter, before concluding his storied
12-year career in journalism, as
a business manager.
Evdos always had a passion for helping people and decided to leave journalism
behind and join the not-for-profit sector. He has worked at Long Island Head
Start as their Deputy Executive Director, APPLE, Inc. as the Chief Operating
Officer and CFO and then as the Director of Development for United Cerebral
Palsy Association of Nassau County, a position he held for over 13 years before
joining Rise Life Services (an Aid To The Developmentally Disabled company),
as its Executive Director.
Dr. Nick Fitterman
Executive Director
Huntington Hospital
Dr. Nick Fitterman became the
Executive Director of Huntington
Hospital in October 2018. During
this time he has led the hospital to
a coveted 5-star rating from the
centers for Medicare and Medicaid
services. Huntington is the only
Hospital in Suffolk County to achieve
this recognition and one of only two
on Long Island.
In March 2020 Huntington was
the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic
in Suffolk, caring for more
COVID patients than any other site that first month. The hospital enacted surge
plans to allow the care of over 2000 COVID patients. Huntington quadrupled
its intensive care unit capacity, implemented innovative treatment and triage
programs allowing the hospital to meet the huge demands the pandemic placed
on the health of our community.
Dr. Fitterman is thrilled to return to Huntington where he started his professional
career in Internal medicine. After practicing as an Internist for 14 years
he then founded the Hospital Medicine program at Huntington. The program
resulted in reduced mortality and increased patient satisfaction. Dr. Fitterman
was then tapped to lead the 16 Hospital medicine programs throughout all of
Northwell Health as Vice Chair of Medicine. He helped grow these programs
from 180 to over 360 physicians, standardizing operations and clinical care. Dr.
Fitterman has been awarded Mastership by the American College of Physicians,
has been promoted to Professor at the Donald and Barbara School of Medicine
at Hofstra/Northwell, Chairs the ACP’s national Performance measurement
committee, and has 35 publications in peer reviewed journals.
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