Health For Humanity Board Members

Professional: Ophthalmologist in group practice at Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation; Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology at Northwestern University
Doctor of Medicine: Rush University, Chicago, IL
Master of Public Health: University of Illinois at Chicago
HH Activities: One of the founding members of HH; Secretary of Board of Directors 1992-2001; Executive Director since 2001; active in HH blindness prevention projects in Albania, Cameroon, and Mongolia.

Board of Directors Chair - Kamyar Jabbari, JD, MBA

Professional: Clinical Professor of Finance at the Illinois Institute of Technology’s Stuart School of Business in Chicago; Consultant in project finance, corporate finance, and valuation assignments.  He is licensed to and does practice law in the State of Illinois.
Juris Doctor : Chicago-Kent School of Law, Chicago, IL
Master of Business Administration:  University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Bachelor of Science: Towson University, Maryland
HH Activities: Member of Executive Committee, Finance Committee, and Financial Resources Committee of HH.

Board of Directors Vice Chair - Richard Czerniejewski, MD

Professional: Board Certified Pediatrician, attending at Cook County Hospital, Chicago
Doctor of Medicine: State University of New York, Buffalo, NY
Residency: Pediatrics, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Bachelor of Science: State University of New York, Buffalo, NY
HH Activities: One of founding members of HH; served on original Board 1992-2001 as Chairman; currently on Executive Committee; Chair of Financial Resources Committee; initiated Prescribe a Book Project and the HH Opera Gala fundraiser; has traveled to Albania, Guyana, Bolivia, and Lakota Reservation on behalf of HH.

Professional: Legal Counsel, National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the United States
Member of: American Bar Association; American Institute of Certified Public Accounts; Illinois State Bar Association; Illinois Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Professional licenses: Illinois law license, Illinois CPA license
Juris Doctor: DePaul University, Chicago, IL
Bachelor of Arts: Accounting, Michigan State University
HH Activities: Geoff serves as Treasurer and legal counsel to HH.  He is the longest serving Board member.

Board of Directors Secretary - John Safapour, MD, MPH
 
Doctor of Medicine: Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Residencies: Pediatrics, Christ Hospital, Oak Lawn, IL; General Preventive Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Master of Public Health: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
HH Activities: John served as a member of the evaluation team that reviewed the 10 year partnership of the Albania Eye Project.

Professional:  Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics, Georgetown University School of Medicine; Associate Attending Staff, Georgetown University Hospital
Doctor of Medicine: Tehran University Medical School, Tehran, Iran
Fellowships: Endocrinology, McGill University Clinic, Montreal, Canada; Endocrinology and Metabolism, Children's Hospital, Buffalo, N.Y.
Residency: Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Buffalo, NY
HH Activities: Val has served as a past Secretary of the Board and is the DC Network Liaison.  He participated in the International Medical Conference held in Albania in 1995 as an HH volunteer. Val is currently the chair of the VSOC, Volunteer Services Opportunities Committee.

Professional: Professor of Pediatrics Temple University Medical School, Philadelphia, PA.; Fellow of American Academy of Pediatrics, and Philadelphia Pediatric Society.
Doctor of Medicine: Pahlavi University, Shiraz, Iran
HH Activities: Gity has been active as the Philadelphia Network Liaison; has served on the HH Conference Planning Task Force and the International Exchange Task Force.  She participated in International Physician Exchanges in Albania, Bulgaria, Mongolia, China, and Kosovo.

Board Member - Jennifer Chapman, MD

Professional: Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, George Washington University; Attending in Pediatric Emergency Medicine Children's National Medical Center
Doctor of Medicine: McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Fellowship: Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Residency: Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Bachelor of Science: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
HH Activities: Jennifer traveled as an HH representative to China in 1998 and 2002. In the past, she was a member of the HH Programs and International Exchange Committee. Currently, she is a member of the Conference Planning Team, VSOC, and Maternal and Child Health Committee. Jennifer is also an active member of the D.C. HH Network and joined the Board in October 2007.

Board Member - Stephen Jackson, MBA

Professional: Retired financial executive, consultant, and instructor
Master of Business Administration:  University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Bachelor of Science: Industrial Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT
HH Activities: Steve joined the HH board in 2007 and has quickly become the organization's chief fundraising consultant. He traveled to Mongolia on behalf of HH in January 2008.

Professional: Board Certified Pediatric Psychiatrist, Circle Family Care Community Health Centers; Instructor, Department of Child and adolescent Psychiatry, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
Doctor of Medicine:
Master of Public Health: University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
HH Activities: Bill has helped to educate the Board about the US public health system and how HH might contribute and is instrumental in raising awareness about disparities in health care and access.

Board Member - Robert Phillips, MA

Professional: Executive Director, Santa Cruz Community Foundation, Nogales, AZ
Master of Arts: Comparative Political Systems/Int'l Relations, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Stanford Exchange Scholar, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Bachelor of Arts: Government, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
HH Activities: HH Board Member since December 2007