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.

With the acquisition of Correctional Mental Health Services, LLC (CMHS), we are proud to expand our Management Team to include Dr. Stephen B. Goldberg, as President and Founder of this wholly owned subsidiary.

Richard W. Turner, PhD
Chairman, Board of Directors
Chief Executive Officer
Conmed Healthcare Management, Inc.
Hanover, MD

John Pappajohn
Director
President
Equity Dynamics, Inc.
Des Moines, IA

Edward B. 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 W. Colloton
Director
Director Emeritus
University of Iowa
Hospital and Clinics
Iowa City, IA

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Richard W. Turner, PhD
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Turner has held executive leadership positions in the medical industry for approximately 37
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 MBA from Pepperdine University and his PhD from Berne University.

Stephen B. Goldberg, MD
Founder and President of Correctional Mental Health Services, LLC (CMHS)
Dr. Goldberg is a Board Certified Psychiatrist with added qualifications in Forensic Psychiatry.  He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Florida, his medical degree from the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and did both his Residency training in Psychiatry and Fellowship training in Forensic Psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He
holds teaching appointments at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins
School of Medicine and Walter Reed Medical Center and is an active faculty member in the
University of Maryland/Sheppard Pratt’s Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program.

In addition to being asked to speak at numerous Grand Rounds at Maryland State Psychiatric Hospitals and giving statewide and national presentations, he is a Certified Instructor with the Maryland Police and Corrections Training Commission and has also served as a Guest Lecturer
at both the University of Baltimore and University of Maryland Schools of Law. Dr. Goldberg was employed by Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center (Maryland’s only Maximum Security Forensic
Hospital) from 1997 to 2004 as a staff Psychiatrist, then as the Director of Admissions and
ultimately as the Director of Pretrial Services.

Dr. Goldberg has worked in local correctional facilities since 1995. He developed a unique and innovative program for addressing mental health needs in local detention centers and in 2002 founded CHMS as its Chairman, Medical Director and sole shareholder.  Within a few short years, CMHS created a new standard of care throughout the state for managing a jail’s mental health needs. His expertise and efforts have been recognized by the Maryland Correctional Administrators Association and he remains active in that organization.

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 MBA from Pace University.

Howard M. Haft, MD
Founder and Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Haft has been licensed to practice medicine since 1974. 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 Masters degree from Tulane University in Medical Management (MMM), and is a Fellow of the American Board of Physician Executives and is recognized 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 President of the Maryland Foundation for Quality Healthcare, a non-profit, ADA recognized healthcare education organization.

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

Larry F. Doll
Vice President, Strategic Development
Prior to joining Conmed Healthcare Management, Inc., Mr. Doll held executive positions at BEI Medical Systems from 1992 to 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 from 2002 to 2004.

McKinley G. Littlejohn
Vice President, Human Resources
Mr. Littlejohn has more than 35 years of 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 and Facilities for SourceForge, Inc.; Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Administration for WorldSpace Satellite Radio Network; Vice President, Human Resources for Metcalf and Eddy; Vice President, Human Resources for Heartland Development Corporation; and Regional Director, Human Resources, Training and 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.

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

Mr. Littlejohn holds a Bachelor 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
Vice President, Quality Assurance and Standards
Mr. Delbridge is a 25 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 18 year tenure as Accreditation Manager for the Harford County Detention Center, he guided the Facility to its initial American Correctional Association (ACA) 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 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 healthcare services.

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