BOARD OF ADVISORS

JOSEPH HARRIS, M.D.

Joseph has been practicing internal medicine for over 20 years. He has been active in nonprofit organizations, including Doctors Without Borders, and has worked in Rwanda, Nicaragua, Haiti, and Colombia. He currently resides in New York and is the father of two sons.

CLAUDETTE CROW

Claudette Crow was born in Leogane, Haiti, and came to the United States to attend college where she graduated from Rutgers University in accounting. She also holds a Master’s degree in Taxation from Seton Hall University. Claudette worked for one of the largest accounting firms, Ernst & Young LLC, before moving on to AT&T where she was a corporate tax manager. She is presently involved with many community and local school service programs. She, her husband, and her two daughters reside in New Jersey

JEAN MARIE CREVECOEUR

Jean Marie Crevecoeur was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.  His family immigrated to Long Island, New York in 1991.  Jean Marie received his bachelor's degree in accounting and is currently working for an accounting firm in New York City.

MICHAEL FEFFER, M.D.

Michael Feffer is an anesthesiologist and the father of five. He received his medical degree from Downstate Medical School, where he met his wife Carline Crevecoeur. He has been practicing anesthesia for over twenty years, and currently works at Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College, PA. He resides in Boalsburg, PA, with his wife and five kids.

ROLAND CREVECOEUR, JR. M.D., FAAC, FAAP, MACP

Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Roland Crevecoeur Jr. is the youngest of 6 siblings. His family immigrated to the United States when he was 2 years old. Dr. Crevecoeur received his medical degree from New York University, NY in 1991. He then completed a combine residency program in Internal Medicine/Pediatrics and a fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology at SUNY Downstate in Brooklyn NY. Dr. Crevecoeur currently works as an Internist at Ebensburg Center and runs a busy Pediatric and Pediatric Cardiology practice in Hollidaysburg, PA, where he resides with his wife and three kids.

MARIE LEON

As a Haitian native, she has been very active in the Haitian community and has volunteered much of her time and effort in improving the well-being of her fellow Haitians. She graduated with degrees in both bookkeeping and accounting. She resides in New York, and is the mother of one son.

MIREILLE JOACIN CREVECOEUR

Mireille was born in Jacmel, Haiti. At the age of three, she moved to Port-au-Prince where she attended Parochial School Mere Louise and Charite de St Louis de Bourdon. She worked at Cassis & Freres where she managed an Import/Export Agency for five years while attending INAHGEI College of Business and Administration. She then immigrated to the United States in 1990. She worked for Chemical Bank in Westbury, NY and Fleet Bank in West Hempstead, NY as Group Leader II for the Money Center before taking time off to raise her kids. She holds a degree in Secretarial Studies and a degree in Health Care Management. She currently works with her husband in their medical office in Hollidaysburg, PA where she resides with her husband and three kids.

THOMAS BRYANT III

Thomas Bryant III is co-founder and Director of the Institute for Public Health Informatics and Research, a division of the Duval County Health Department. There, he conducts health behavior research, program evaluations and statistical analyses of health, social service and population-based data. He received his Master's degree in social work from Florida State University, and continued his post-graduate education in social research at the Columbia University School of Social Work. Mr. Bryant has directed research programs and taught undergraduate and graduate courses in New York, Tennessee and Florida. He serves on the Northeast Florida Healthy Start Coalition, Black Infant Health Initiative Community Council, Hold Out the Life Line board, and St. Johns County Infant Mortality Taskforce. Mr. Bryant resides in Florida with his beautiful wife and sons.