22A — August 17 - 30, 2012 — Mid Atlantic Real Estate Journal
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OFFICERS President & Legislative Affairs Chair J. Gregory Ellis Patterson-Woods Commercial Properties Vice President & Program Committee Chair John Birmingham Cushman & Wakefield of Delaware, Inc. Treasurer Katherine L. Silicato, CPA Gunnip & Company, LLP Secretary Bayard J. Snyder, Esq. Bayard & Associates DIRECTORS Jeremy Abelson WSFS Bank Amelia Julian Eastern States Group Education Committee Chair Dan Lesher Patterson Woods & Assoc. Membership Committee Chair James Manna BrightFields, Inc. Jim O’Hara Jim O’Hara Realty Assoc. Donald Robitzer The Commonwealth Group Bert Root, V Newmark Knight Frank Smith Mack Marvin Sachs Bellevue Realty Co. EX-OFFICIO (NON-VOTING MEMBERS) Business Manager Janet Sharpless Pippert CIRC Landmark JCM Legislative Lobbyist C. Scott Kidner C. S. Kidner & Associates New Castle County Economic Development Liaison Karl Kalbacher, P.G New Castle County Director of Redevelopment Bob Chadwick, Director New Castle County Economic Development Council State of Delaware Economic Development Liaison Jeff Stone State of Delaware, DEDO City of Wilmington Economic Development Liaison Jeff Flynn City of Wilmington, Office of Economic Development
JOIN US: September 12, 2012 (Wednesday) CIRC Monthy Membership Luncheon
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Clarion Hotel-The Belle TOPIC: Delaware Health Sciences Alliance at the University of Delaware’s STAR Campus CIRC will be pleased to welcome Kathleen S. Matt, PhD, Executive Director of the Delaware Health SciencesAlliance and Dean of the University of Delaware’s College of Health Sciences to our next regular, monthly membership luncheon on September 12, 2012. Dr. Matt will share with CIRC members and their non-member guests and others who wish to attend the plans and goals that Delaware Health Sciences Alliance has for their program at the new University of Delaware’s STAR Campus (think former Chrysler site) and other elements of interest to us, such as the newly funded Newark Train Station and rail connection to Perryville, and what that will mean to the college and for all of us.
Kathleen S. Matt, PhD
UD entered into a strategic partnership with Delle Donne Associates and Bancroft Construction to develop a plan for phase one of the STAR Campus. Construction began this summer and will be completed by fall 2013. Through this development, health and life sciences would be one of the first sectors to establish a presence on this campus. LUNCH: A delicious buffet with various healthy food selections and desserts to satisfy everyone will be served after we are seated at 12 noon. Arrive at 11:30 for registration and networking opportunity. COST: $35 for members and $45 for non-members, including guests. REGISTER: Online at www.circdelaware.org (goto Meetings/Events - Next Meeting) or to the registration page at: www.circdelaware.org/meetings/nextMeeting.cfm BIO: Kathleen S. Matt, PhD Dean, College of Health Sciences - University of Delaware Dr. Kathleen S. Matt serves as dean of the College of Health Sciences at the University of Delaware. In addition, Dr. Matt is the executive director of the Delaware Health Sciences Alliance (DHSA) and co-director of UD’s health education part- nership with Thomas Jefferson University (TJU). In these capacities she facilitates a broad range of collaborative activities including joint educational programs and faculty appointments, research and educational pilot grant programs, and regional conferences focused on healthcare research, education and delivery. In addition to her service on professional and academic committees and societies, Dr. Matt has done extensive commu- nity service, including work for health-related organizations serving women, children, and seniors. She currently serves on the Delaware Health Care Commission, the Governor’s Council on Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, and the Delaware Commission for Women. Dr. Matt earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in biology from the University of Delaware and received her PhD in endocrine physiology from the University of Washington, Seattle. Prior to coming to UD, Dr. Matt served as theAssociate Vice President for Clinical Partnerships and Research Infrastructure at Arizona State University, where she served as a liaison betweenASU and various community partners in facilitating clinical collaboration and innovation. While in Arizona, Dr. Matt was also the Franca G. Oreffice Dean’s Distinguished Professor of Kinesiology at ASU and also a professor in the Department of Basic Medical Sciences at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, in partnership with ASU. From 1998-99, Dr. Matt served as an Endocrine Society Health Policy Fellow for the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, in the office of the committee chair, Senator James Jeffords (1998-1999). In that position she was instrumental in writing and introducing the Medicare Wellness Act and the Patch Act, a home health bill. Her research, which focuses on the effects of stress, diet, aging, and exercise on the neuroendocrine system, has been funded by the Department of Defense, NSF, NIH, the National Arthritis Foundation, NASA, and the Arizona Center for Dis- ease Control. She has over 50 publications and has lectured extensively on topics of health and aging, stress and aging and interdisciplinary research. ABOUT: The Delaware Health Sciences Alliance (DHSA) The Delaware Health SciencesAlliance (DHSA) was established in 2009 with four founding partners—Christiana Care Health System, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Thomas Jefferson University and the University of Delaware. The Alliance enables partner organizations to collaborate and conduct cutting-edge biomedical research, to improve the health of Delawareans through access to services in the state and region, and to educate the next generation of health care professionals. DHSA’s unique, broad-based partnership focuses on establishing innovative collaborations among experts in medical education and practice, health economics and policy, population sciences, public health, and biomedical sciences and engineering. Additional information on the DHSA can be found at http://www.dhsa1.org/
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