THE MANAGEMENT OF CORRECTIONAL HEALTHCARE is more than budgets, contracting and a host of other issues . It is also about the people who maintain the vision, provide the stewardship in helping to manage public resources, and the leadership to grow the company.

John Pappajohn
Chairman, Board of Directors
President, Equity Dynamics, Inc.,
Des Moines IA

Edward Berger, Esq.
Director
Professor of Law
University of Arizona,Tucson, AZ

Governor Terry E. Branstad, Esq.
Director
President, Des Moines University, Des Moines, IA

John Colloton
Director
Director Emeritus, University of Iowa,
Hospital and Clinics

Richard W. Turner, Ph.D.
Director
President & Chief Executive Officer
Conmed Healthcare Management, Inc., Hanover, MD

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The Board of Directors has established two standing committees: the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee. The Audit Committee operates under a charter that has been approved by the Board of Directors. Mr. Berger is the chairman of our Audit Committee and Mr. Pappajohn is the chairman of our Compensation Committee.

• AUDIT COMMITTEE

The Audit Committee is responsible for matters relating to financial reporting, internal controls, risk management and compliance. These responsibilities include appointing, overseeing, evaluating and approving the fees of our independent auditors, reviewing financial information which is included in our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB, discussions with management and the independent auditors of the results of the annual audit and our quarterly financial statements, reviewing with management our system of internal controls and financial reporting process and monitoring our compliance program and system.

Members of the Audit Committee:
     • Edward Berger (Chairman)
     • Gov. Terry Branstad
     • John Colloton
     • John Pappajohn

Click here to read our Charter of the Audit Committee.

• COMPENSATION COMMITTEE

The Compensation Committee is responsible for matters relating to the development, attraction and retention of the Company’s management and for matters relating to the Company’s compensation and benefit programs. As part of its responsibilities, this committee evaluates the performance and determines the compensation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and approves the compensation of other senior officers, as well as to fix and determine awards to employees of stock options, restricted stock and other types of stock-based awards.

Members of the Compensation Committee:
     • John Pappajohn (Chairman)
     • Gov. Terry Branstad
     • Edward Berger

Click here for more information about our Committees.

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Richard W. Turner, PhD
President and Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Turner has held executive leadership positions in the medical industry for approximately 25 years.  Most recently, Dr. Turner served as President and Chief Executive Officer of EyeTel Imaging, a disease management company focused on early detection of diabetic retinopathy, since January 2004. 

Prior to January 2004, Dr. Turner served as President and Chief Executive Officer of BEI Medical Systems (“BEI Medical”), a company engaged in the development and marketing of a minimally invasive system for the ablation of the endometrial lining of the uterus.  BEI Medical was sold to Boston Scientific in 2002. 

Previously President of the Healthcare Group for the Cooper Companies, Dr. Turner held other executive leadership positions including President and Director of CooperLaserSonics, Inc., President of CooperVision,Inc., President and Chief Executive Officer/Director of Pancretec, Inc. (acquired by Abbott Labs, Inc.) and President of Kay Laboratories (acquired by Baxter, Inc.). 

Dr. Turner graduated from Old Dominion University with a Bachelor of Science degree, earned his M.B.A. from Pepperdine University and his PhD from Berne University.

Thomas W. Fry
Chief Financial Officer
Prior to joining the Company in September of 2006, Mr. Fry served as Chief Financial Officer of Vasomedical, Inc. from September 2003 to September 2006 and as Vice President, Finance and Administration of BEI Medical Systems Company, Inc. from September 1997 until December 2002.  From October 1992 until November 1997, Mr. Fry was Vice President, Finance and Administration of its predecessor company of the same name, which merged into BEI Medical Systems Company, Inc. in November 1997. 

Mr. Fry has held various executive financial positions for approximately 28 years, including Corporate Controller of Disctronics Ltd. from 1989 to 1992, Controller and Chief Financial Officer of Cavitron, Inc./CUSA, a medical device, engineering and manufacturing company, from 1986 to 1989, and Manager of Profit Planning and Manufacturing Controller of Chesebrough-Ponds International, from 1979 to 1986. 

Prior to that time, Mr. Fry was employed by Chesebrough-Ponds and GTE in various accounting and financial management positions.  Mr. Fry graduated from Southeast Missouri State University with a Bachelor of Science degree, and earned his M.B.A. from Pace University.

Howard M. Haft, MD
Founder & Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Haft has been licensed to practice medicine since 1974.  He was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey.  He received his undergraduate degree at the University of Rhode Island, attended Medical School at Pennsylvania State University of Hershey, and took post-graduate Internship and Residencies at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.  Dr. Haft is Board Certified as a specialist in both Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine.

Following his residency at Brown he held an academic position at the University of California.  As an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine and Psychiatry, Dr. Haft taught, carried on an active research program, and treated patients. 

He has a Master’s degree from Tulane University in Medical Management (MMM).  He is recognized by the American Board of Physician Executives as a Certified Physician Executive (CPE).  Dr Haft is a member of the faculty of Georgetown University.  He serves as an adjunct Professor in the McDonough Graduate School of Business and is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the School of Medicine. 

He also serves as the president of Maryland Healthcare, a Georgetown affiliated multi-specialty medical practice.  Additionally, he serves as President of the Maryland Foundation for Quality Healthcare, a non-profit, ADA recognized healthcare education organization.

Brian Sims, MD
Senior Director of Behavioral and Mental Health
Dr. Brian Sims is a native Annapolitan, born and raised in Annapolis, Maryland, currently residing in Crownsville, Maryland.  Dr. Sims received his M.D. from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, and did his Psychiatric Residency at the University of Maryland Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (IPHB) in Baltimore, Maryland. 

Ronald H. Grubman, PA
Founder & Executive Vice President
Mr. Grubman is a graduate of Long Island University and the Brooklyn Cumberland Physician Assistant Program.  He was Board Certified in 1976.  Mr. Grubman, along with Dr. Haft, founded CONMED in 1984 with the introduction of the St. Mary’s County Detention Center.

Richard J. Sconce, MHA
Vice President, Operations
Mr. Sconce has spent more than twenty (20) years in the medical field, including clinical research, health plan operations, pharmaco-economic research, and correctional healthcare operations.  Over the past eight (8) years, Mr. Sconce has worked in the field of correctional healthcare operations where, prior to joining CONMED, he was most recently Regional Vice President responsible for operations at a State prison and jail system housing more than 27,000 inmates and arrestees. 

Mr. Sconce holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Missouri – St. Louis and a Masters in Health Administration from the Washington University School of Medicine.

Larry F. Doll
Vice President, Strategic Development
Prior to joining Conmed Healthcare Management, Inc., Mr. Doll held executive positions at BEI Medical Systems (1992 – 2002), including Vice President Marketing, Vice President Sales & Marketing, Vice President Business Development and Vice President Clinical Education; he also  held the position of Vice President Clinical Education, Women’s Health, at Boston Scientific following their acquisition of BEI Medical Systems (2002 – 2004).

Mr. Doll developed strong sales and marketing management as well as business development skills through a series of senior positions with minimally invasive surgical and diagnostic device companies, including Pentax Precision Instrument Corp, Karl Storz Endoscopy Inc. and C. R. Bard.  Mr. Doll’s formal education in Mechanical Engineering was obtained at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

McKinley Littlejohn
Vice President, Human Resources
Mr. Littlejohn has more than thirty-five (35) years’ progressive human capital and general business management experience in customer focused companies operating in both domestic and international arenas. 

His experience includes serving as Vice President, Human Resources & Facilities for SourceForge, Inc.; Senior Vice President, Human Resources & Administration for WorldSpace Satellite Radio Network; Vice President, Human Resources for Metcalf & Eddy; Vice President, Human Resources for Heartland Development Corporation; and Regional Director, Human Resources, Training & Labor Relations for Holiday Inns, Inc. In each of these organizations, he built and directed integrated Human Resources Departments and service delivery systems for companies operating in multiple locations, with multicultural, geographically dispersed workforces.

To Conmed, Mr. Littlejohn brings a strong mix of both the tactical (employee relations, talent acquisition & retention, compensation & benefits, training, compliance) and strategic (organizational design/development, organizational effectiveness, leadership development, coaching, succession planning, performance management, etc.) skills. 

Mr. Littlejohn holds a Bachelors of Arts degree from Clark Atlanta University and has been recognized for outstanding achievement by many organizations including The Harlem YMCA Black Achievers in Industry Award and the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE).

Lawrence E. Delbridge
Senior Director of Quality Assurance and Standards
Mr. Delbridge is a twenty-five year veteran of the Harford County Sheriff’s Office Correctional Services Bureau.  During his tenure, he achieved the rank of Captain with a diversity of operational and administrative managerial assignments. 

During his eighteen-year tenure as Accreditation Manager, he guided the facility to its initial American Correctional Association accreditation and four subsequent re-accreditations. 

Simultaneously, the facility received five consecutive Recognition of Achievement Awards from the Maryland Commission on Correctional Standards for 100% compliance. 

Mr. Delbridge, Senior Director of Quality Assurance and Standards, is a certified auditor for the American Correctional Association and served as a Duly Authorized Inspector for the Maryland Commission on Correctional Standards.  He has conducted compliance assessments and pre-audit surveys in numerous correctional facilities determining compliance levels for Maryland Commission on Correctional Standards, American Correctional Association and National Commission on Correctional Health Care standards and provides technical assistance to enhance correctional practices and health care services.

Melanie C. Pereira, Esquire
Senior Director of Business Development and Integration
Ms. Pereira has more than thirty-two (32) years experience in the corrections profession, to include appointment to the positions of Assistant Warden, Warden and Deputy Commissioner for the Maryland Division of Correction. 

She has spent the last ten (10) years as the Director of Corrections for Howard County, Maryland until her retirement in December, 2007.  During her career, she has served as the Vice-Chair of the Maryland Commission on Correctional Standards, Commission Member on the Maryland Police Correctional Training Commission, Member of the Maryland Advisory Council on Mental Health and Hygiene, President of the Maryland Correctional Administrators Association and Member of the National Law Enforcement and Technology Center-Northeast Region Advisory Council for the National Institute of Justice. 

She was the recipient of the  Maryland’s Top 100 Women Award in 2003 and 2006.  Ms. Pereira graduated from the University of Baltimore, Yale Gordon College of Liberal Arts with a Bachelor of Science Degree and earned her Juris Doctorate Degree at the University of Baltimore School of Law.  She is a member of the Maryland Bar.

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