Alumni Board
About the JCPH Alumni Board
The mission of the JCPH Alumni Board is to leverage expertise, experience, and enthusiasum to raise awareness of the College locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. Activities include:
- Amplifying student recruitment efforts
- Fundraising
- Spearheading alumni partnerships
- Providing strategic guidance to the College
Meet the JCPH Alumni Board
Mary Reich Cooper, MD, JD
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Cooper is Associate Professor of Population Health and Program Director for Healthcare Quality and Safety and Operational Excellence at JCPH. She designed and inaugurated the Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Leadership (QIPS) program and the implementation of the Health System Science curriculum for the Sidney Kimmel Medical College in the JeffMD curriculum.
She is on the Board of the American College of Medical Quality, the QTIP Editor for the American Journal of Medical Quality, and a national speaker on patient safety, healthcare quality, leadership, and social determinants of health.
Much of Dr. Cooper’s career has been leading healthcare quality and patient safety for academic medical centers and affiliated organizations.
Beverly I. Anaele, MPH
Public Health '20
Beverly I. Anaele, MPH is a public health advisor with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Office of Public Health Law Services. There, she co-coordinates the Public Health Law Fellowship, a training program for those seeking field experience. Beverly graduated from JCPH in 2020 with a master’s in public health. She has since been a passionate advocate for all things public health. Beverly strongly believes that every individual—regardless of their field—can benefit from public health principles. For that reason, she can often be seen encouraging students and partners to pursue an MPH, particularly at Jefferson, where possible. Beverly hopes to connect with more prospective students to support recruitment at this remarkable university.
Katie DiSantis, PhD, MPH
Faculty Advisor
Chair, Student & Alumni Affairs Committee
Dr. Katie Isselmann DiSantis is Associate Professor at JCPH in the public health program. Dr. DiSantis holds a Doctorate in Public Health and MPH in Community Health Education from Temple University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Biobehavioral Health from Penn State University. Her major research interests focus on identifying and analyzing the social, behavioral, and neighborhood factors that impact infant feeding behaviors and childhood obesity risk. Dr. DiSantis is also the Associate Director of Jefferson's Institute for Smart and Health Cities.
Scott Goldfarb, PharmD, MBA, MS
Applied Health Economics & Outcomes Research '22
Scott Goldfarb is a Director of Organized Customer Value & Innovation at BeiGene. In this position, Scott leads real-world data analytics collaborations in oncology and hematology with U.S. Market Access customers to provide value-driven evidence and to generate impactful scientific evidence to support the best possible outcomes for patients. Prior to his current role, Scott was a Director of Value Strategy & Evidence at AstraZeneca, a Health Outcomes Liaison at GlaxoSmithKline, and a Health Economic Scientist at Pharmacia Inc. Scott completed a managed care residency at a pharmacy benefit management company, and a BA degree from the University of California, San Diego. At University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, he received a Doctor of Pharmacy degree. Scott completed a Master of Business Administration degree at the University of Baltimore and an MS in Applied Health Economics and Outcomes Research at JCPH.
Janice Nissen, BSN, MBA, MS
Population Health '19
Janice (Jan) is both a health care professional and a seasoned biopharmaceutical executive, who has developed commercialization strategies at two multinational pharmaceutical companies, Merck, and Abbott Laboratories. This work included numerous first-in-class products with market leadership and favorable outcomes for patients. She led an enterprise-wide, global strategy of incorporating patient input into the companies’ value chain, from discovery through patent expiry, resulting in products that were more relevant, valued, and accessible.
Jan served on the executive committee of a non-profit board in Nicaragua, Clinica Verde. She is currently consulting with the NIH Foundation on patient engagement strategies to support their public-private partnerships, and building a first of its kind educational curriculum for nurses interested in a life science career with the Accreditation Council for Medical Affairs. She is also serving as an advisor to Press Ganey on customer experience in clinical trials.
Jan has a BSN from University of Illinois Medical Center, MBA from Lake Forest College and a Masters in Population Health from Thomas Jefferson University. She also serves on the Medical Reserve Corp in Pennsylvania.
Billy Oglesby, PhD, MBA, MSPH, FACHE
Ex officio
Dr. Oglesby is a population health strategist, scientist, and results-driven leader with more than 25 years of consulting and operational experience improving population health outcomes, driving operational efficiency, and expanding access to prevention and care services. He has worked with payors, providers, academic medical centers, life science companies, digital health firms, government agencies, community organizations, and other stakeholders to drive meaningful and sustainable population health improvement across a continuum of upstream and downstream initiatives.
As the Humana Dean of the College of Population Health, he leads all functions of the College, including program growth and evaluation, enrollment management, faculty development and oversight, research expansion, alumni engagement, student support services, and philanthropic efforts. He works with key leaders across the Jefferson enterprise and with stakeholders locally, nationally, and globally to develop new academic initiatives that promote healthcare quality and patient safety, improve operational effectiveness and efficiency, and advance public and population health
Byron Scott, MD, MBA, FAAPL
Ex officio
Dr. Byron Scott is a physician leader with over 30 years of healthcare industry experience. He now serves as an advisor, consultant, and educator in healthcare. A board-certified emergency medicine physician, he has expertise in quality, health equity, physician leadership, and governance and is a lecturer at JCPH.
Dr. Scott received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, medical degree from the University of California, San Diego, and his Master of Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He completed his emergency medicine residency and administrative fellowship at Orlando Regional Medical Center. He is certified in Healthcare Quality Management. He is Directorship Certified by the National Association for Corporate Directors, including a Cybersecurity Oversight Certification.
He is an Editorial Board member of the American Health and Drug Benefits Journal. He is an active thought leader in healthcare with public speaking and publications.
Michele Sharp, MS
Health Policy '21
Chair
Michele Sharp is Vice President of Corporate Communications and Corporate Social Responsibility at Purdue Pharma, where she oversees the company's communications strategy, stakeholder engagement, and social impact initiatives. Prior to her work at Purdue, Michele served in communications leadership roles at the Connecticut Hospital Association and the American Association for Cancer Research. She is a Peabody Award-winning former journalist with over 25 years of experience in communications.
Michele earned a BA in Anthropology from Bryn Mawr College, an MA in Journalism and Public Affairs from The American University, and a graduate certificate in Health Policy from Jefferson University College of Population Health. She is currently pursuing a Doctor of Education degree in Organizational Transformation at Baylor University to create positive and lasting change in organizations and communities.