Staff Appointments Announcement
Nemours Enterprise
Wednesday, January 11, 2006 @ 12:00 AM EST
Nemours Health and Prevention Services, Newark, DE, has appointed the following professionals to its staff.
Marina Kaplan, PhD, has been appointed Program and Policy Analyst. She provides training and technical assistance to Nemours’ community partners on program design, data collection, and evaluation. Marina was most recently in private practice, consulting in the areas of non-profit program development and evaluation, grant writing and mental health policy. She earned her PhD in psychology from the University of Delaware.
Michelle Lempa, PhD, has been appointed Evaluation Scientist. She is helping to develop the evaluation strategy and activities for Nemours, providing technical expertise as a research evaluation methodologist. Michelle was previously on the faculty of the Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, where she served as Director for Evaluation for the Louisiana Youth Enhanced Services Program. Michelle earned her PhD in community health sciences and health education at Tulane.
Bill Love, MBA, Senior Business Manager, oversees the divisions budget, accounts, equipment, office processes and facilities. Bill has had a long career in Delaware state government and operations, where he served as Director of the Division of Mental Retardation, Deputy Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services, and Director of the Division of Management Services, the largest state agency. Most recently, Bill served as Executive Director of the ARC (Assoc for Retarded Citizens) of Delaware, and as a Senior Associate with the United Way of Delaware. Bill earned his MBA at Widener University.
Dorothy Onn, MSW, has joined the division as Senior Program and Policy Analyst, working to help child care providers and centers, schools and parents to promote physical and emotional wellness in children. Dorothy had for many years been on the staff of Children and Families First and since 1993 had directed its prevention division. She earned her master’s degree in social work at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill.
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About Nemours
Nemours, one of the nation’s largest pediatric health systems, is dedicated to achieving higher standards in children’s health. Nemours offers an integrated spectrum of clinical treatment coupled with research, advocacy, and educational health and prevention services extending to all families in the communities it serves. Starting with Alfred I. duPont’s bequest over seventy years ago, Nemours has grown into a multi-dimensional organization offering personalized clinical and preventive care focused on children.
Nemours owns and operates the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware and major children’s specialty clinics in Delaware (Wilmington), Florida (Jacksonville, Orlando and Pensacola), Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Bryn Mawr) and New Jersey (Atlantic City and Voorhees). Having recently received preliminary approval from the State of Florida, Nemours will establish a new full-service children’s hospital as part of an integrated pediatric health campus in Orlando. KidsHealth.org, the world’s most visited pediatric health care Web site for parents, kids and teens, is a project of Nemours.
Nemours employs over 4,400 individuals, including 430 pediatric physicians, specialists and surgeons who cared for approximately a quarter of a million children in 2007. The organization’s goal is to align with parents, physicians, community leaders, children’s advocates and elected officials to ensure optimal wellness for every child. Additional information about Nemours can be found at www.nemours.org.
