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Will DeJesus (Treasurer)

Will DeJesus is a Senior Manager with CBIZ Mahoney Cohen, a top ten provider of professional services in the U.S. He specializes in corporate governance and risk management as well as information systems control and re-engineering. Prior to joining CBIZ Mahoney Cohen, Mr. DeJesus was an internal auditor for Altria Corporation, a Fortune Five consumer products entity where he led financial, operational and information systems audits in South and Central America.. Mr. DeJesus received an accounting degree from Queens College. He is a Certified Internal Auditor, a Certified Information Systems Auditor and a member of both the Institute of Internal Auditors and Information Systems Audit and Control Association.

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Saad Bounjoua (Member)

Saad Bounjoua is a director with PricewaterhouseCoopers, the world's largest professional services.  He specializes in governance and risk management and has developed credentials and expertise in these fields over the last eighteen years with a career that includes positions working with Fortune 500 companies in Europe and the United States.  Mr. Bounjoua specializes in the retail and consumer products sectors and has advised large organizations on best practices for implementing effective risk management procedures and enhancing transparency and efficiency around organizational structure and operational effectiveness.  Prior to joining PwC, he spent four years at Philips Electronics North America, a Dutch conglomerate, where he was an Internal Auditor.  Mr. Bounjoua received a diploma from the Paris Graduate School of Management.  He is a Certified Internal Auditor and a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors where he has lectured on issues of governance and risk management. 

Gregory John Pereira, M.P.A. (Member)

Gregory John Pereira is the founder and CEO of First Steps to Urban Outreach, Inc., a professional training and resource center and DMV- DWI program with locations in Manhattan and the Bronx. He has held key management positions with several community-based organizations in the areas of HIV prevention, leadership development, young adult education, harm reduction, substance use/abuse, SUNY Health & Safety training, Department of Motor Vehicle DWI Programming, CPR and First Aid. He has performed in “Prepare New York” disaster training with the Offices of Emergency Management and the American Red Cross of Greater New York. Mr. Pereira’s experience with the College and Community Fellowship, a City University program that helps formerly incarcerated people pursue college degrees, was featured in The New York Times in 2006. His PHP board membership is in furtherance of his goal in life: to enhance the lives of all members of New York City community.

Paul Silva (Member)

Paul Silva is a communications officer for the Open Society Institute Public Health Program, which supports health policies and practices based on inclusion, human rights, and scientific evidence. At the Open Society Institute, Paul develops communications strategies on a wide range of global health issues, including harm reduction, sexual health and rights, pain relief and hospice care for terminally ill patients, mental health, and access to essential medicines. Paul came to the Open Society Institute from the American Civil Liberties Union, where he served as a national media relations associate from 2004 to 2007. At the ACLU, Paul specialized in immigrants’ rights, religious liberty, racial justice, freedom of speech, and national security issues. Prior to the ACLU, he was a project manager for PAX/Real Solutions to Gun Violence, and a communications associate for Catholics for Choice.

Joe Voeller (Member)

 

PHP peer educator presenting at the Safe Injection Site conference