START NOW! www.tri-c.edu/startnow 15-0433 Trish and Mark Adler to Receive 2016 Maimonides Award at Annual ORT America Brunch Retiring Director Roni Wallace to be recognized for 31 years of service Trish and Mark Adler will receive the 2016 ORT Maimonides Award for Community Service 216-987-6000 when they are honored by the Northeast Ohio Region at the organization’s 45th Annual Brunch Eastern Campus | 4250 Richmond Road | Highland Hills, Ohio 44122 on Sunday, October 30, 2016. The event will be held at Executive Caterers at Landerhaven. Trish serves on the Executive Committee of the Jewish Family Ser15-0443 East - Start Now 3.605x2.337.indd 1 7/6/16 8:55 AM vice Association and is the co-chair of JFSA’s Families at Risk Advisory Committee. She is fiercely dedicated to education, especially of those in danger and at risk of harm. Trish was among the pioneers of the Cleveland Jewish community’s response to domestic violence and helped found both Project Chai and Expect Respect which today are JFSA’s Family Violence Services and the Know Abuse Peer Leadership Institute serving over 1,200 greater Cleveland adults and teens annually. In 2013, The CDC recommends an annual flu vaccine for everyone six JFSA awarded Trish the Danzig Award for Lay Leadership and the Anne months of age and older. In addition to getting a seasonal flu shot, C. Schwartz Leadership Award, both honoring her innovative contriyou can take daily preventive actions by staying away from sick butions in the area of domestic violence prevention and JFSA’s KNOW people and washing your hands to reduce the spread of germs. ABUSE™ teen dating violence. Trish formerly served on the Board of It’s impossible to predict what flu season will be like each year, Trustees of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland. since timing, severity and length will vary. But flu does affect elMark is a Managing Director and the Manager of Piper Jaffray’s Caliderly and those with high risk conditions in ways that tell us about fornia Public Finance practice. His career has been dedicated to advising how we age, and why vaccination each year is important. municipal entities on their capital projects, most specifically for school Join your neighborhood experts on the second Wednesand community college districts. He presently serves on the Executive day of each month for these health-minded talks, which are Board of the California Public Securities Association and was formerly its held at several UH locations. The next Health Matters talk on Chairman. While his career has been in California, his heart is in CleveOctober 12 is “What’s New with the Flu.” Remember, if you land. He has been a dedicated leader in local ORT leadership for over 15 are ill with the flu, stay home from work or school to prevent years. In 2005, he was recognized with ORT’s Sadie and Maurice Friedspreading it to others. man Leadership Award and has since served in various positions on the Executive Committee. Mark is also a member of the Board of the Mandel UH Ahuja Medical Center UH Geneva Medical Center JCC and a former Board member of The Temple-Tifereth Israel. Roy Buchinsky, MD Susan Ratay, DO Mark and Trish are the proud parents of two adult daughters, Samantha and Shelby. UH Bedford Medical Center* UH Parma Medical Center ORT Northeast Ohio Regional Director Roni Wallace Ibrahima Goudiaby, DO Thomas Barwacz, MD will also be thanked and recognized at the event. For 31 years, Roni has devoted herself to the success of ORT UH Elyria Medical Center UH Portage Medical Center and ORT students in Israel, the Former Soviet Union Heidi Morris, DO, MHA Joan C. Seidel MA, BSN, RN, CIC and around the world. Roni’s passion, dedication and commitment have enabled ORT to provide the tools UH Geauga Medical Center UH Richmond Medical Center* necessary for countless students to achieve success. Kayla R. Joyner, PharmD Denise Click, RN Event co-chairs are LuAnne and Ron Fisher and Sue and Mitch Frankel. Vice chairs are Lori and John Herman, Michele and Bob Lee, *Campuses of UH Regional Hospitals Shari and Michael Perlmuter, Susan and Steve Rubin, Joan and Chuck Whitehill and Ellen and Dan Zelman. There is no charge to attend Health Matters events, but space is Funds raised at the event will be designated to the renovation of limited and reservations are required. To register, call 216.767.8435 the Kfar Silver Youth Village, the newest addition to the World ORT Monday through Friday between 9 am and 5 pm or go to Kadima Mada network of programs in Israel. UHhospitals.org/HealthMattersRSVP. For further information visit the website at www.ORTohio.org, call Coming up on November 9 is “Healthy Bones and Joints.” Char Rapoport Nance, ORT Incoming Regional Director, 216.464.3022, Participate in the conversation on social media using or email at ohio@ortamerica.org. #UHHealthMatters. What’s New with the Flu 50 Beachwood Buzz n October 2016