Capital Health Chairmen
Samuel J. Plumeri, Jr.
Chairman, Capital Healthcare, Inc. Board of Trustees
Samuel J. Plumeri, Jr. has served as a guiding force for Capital Health for 16 years, helping to lead the health care system as a member of the Capital Health Board of Directors from 2003 to 2018. During his tenure as a board member, Plumeri functioned as vice chairman of the Board of Directors from 2005 to 2009 and chairman of the Board of Directors from 2009 to 2014. With the formation of the corporation of Capital Healthcare, Inc. in 2015, Plumeri was appointed chairman of the Board of Trustees—a role which he still holds.
Plumeri is also chairman of the New Jersey State Parole Board. In this capacity, he oversees an organization that serves as the state’s lead re-entry agency working to ensure that ex-offenders return to society as law-abiding citizens. Additionally, Plumeri is charged with reducing the state’s recidivism rate.
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Sean S. Murray
Chairman, Capital Health Hospital Board of Directors
Treasurer, Capital Healthcare, Inc. Board of Trustees
Sean Murray is the market executive and senior vice president of Fulton Bank, NA in the central region of New Jersey. He is responsible for growing the Bank's commercial banking business and introducing the Fulton Bank brand to the region.
Prior to Fulton Bank, Sean served as market executive of the New Jersey market for wealth advisory services at Wilmington Trust in Princeton, and prior to that as managing director and senior vice president of the wealth management group at First Union/Wachovia Bank in West Trenton. He holds a BA in economics from Guilford College, Greensboro, NC, and an MBA from Villanova University.
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Members of the Capital Healthcare, Inc. Board of Trustees
Joshua L. Markowitz, Esq.
Vice Chairman, Capital Healthcare, Inc. Board of Trustees
Vice Chairman, Capital Health Hospital Board of Directors
Joshua Markowitz is the sole member of the law firm of Markowitz Law Firm, LLC. Mr. Markowitz began his legal career as law clerk to the Honorable Clarkson S. Fisher, Chief Judge of the United States District Court of New Jersey and, thereafter, served as an assistant federal public defender. Throughout his career, he has served as chief counsel to numerous county and municipal boards. As chief counsel to the Mercer County Board of Social Services, Mr. Markowitz has witnessed the many legal issues experienced by the financially, physically, and mentally disadvantaged.
Joshua Markowitz’s legal practice focused primarily on federal criminal law, personal injury matters, and corporate acquisitions. Markowitz has also served as a federal court-appointed trustee in liquidating Chapter 11 bankruptcies and as a court-appointed receiver in Federal District Court asset liquidation cases.
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Guy Chiarello
Secretary, Capital Healthcare, Inc. Board of Trustees
Chief Administrative Officer, Fiserv, Inc.
Guy Chiarello is chief administrative officer at Fiserv, Inc., where he oversees the company’s technology and operations with a focus on driving innovation and delivering superior value for clients through the development and delivery of leading technology and targeted innovation.
Chiarello has been at the forefront of banking, technology, and innovation for more than 30 years. He has led product development and technology for three Fortune 500 companies and is recognized as a leader in the technology industry.
Chiarello has been recognized multiple times by Institutional Investor magazine among its “Top Tech 50” and by Information Week as a “Global CIO Top 50”, was a NASSCOM CIO of the Year and is considered a key advisor by many leading Silicon Valley companies and technology CEOs in the industry. He is a philanthropic leader who has been recognized by numerous organizations for his charitable efforts.
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Cathleen M. Ahearn
Senior Vice President, Worldwide Commercial Portfolio Strategy
Bristol Myers Squibb
Cathleen Ahearn is senior vice president of Worldwide Commercial Portfolio Strategy at Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. She has 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry and has led the worldwide commercial portfolio strategy organization at BMS since 2021.
After receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology at University of California, Los Angeles, Cathleen received her Master of Business Administration degree from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. She went on to rise through the ranks of the pharmaceutical industry in the areas of portfolio management, drug development and commercialization across multiple therapeutic areas. For more than 20 years, Cathleen focused on developing and launching therapies to treat cancer across tumor types and treatment settings.
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Randi A. Axelrod, MD, FAAP
Secretary, Capital Health Hospital Board of Directors
Director, Neonatal Intensive Care
Capital Health
Dr. Randi Axelrod is the director of the Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell. She has also served as director of Neonatology for Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. since 1998 and has been a practicing neonatologist with the group since 1993.
Dr. Axelrod was an elected officer for the Capital Health Medical Staff from 2007-2012 and is currently on the Capital Health System Hospital Board of Directors. She also served as a member of the CMO Search Committee. Dr. Axelrod has served on the Professional Practice Committee from its inception and took over as chair of the PPC in 2018. She chairs the Neonatal PI Committee and co-chairs the March of Dimes NICU Family Support Advisory Committee. From 1998 to 2002, Dr. Axelrod served as chairman of the Capital Health Department of Pediatrics and was a member of the Medical Executive Committee from 1997-2012 as both the chairman of the Department of Pediatrics and the Treasurer/Secretary of the Capital Health Medical Staff. Dr. Axelrod rejoined the Medical Executive Committee in 2017 as chairman of the Professional Practice Committee.
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Carmen M. García, Esq.
Carmen M. García was a gubernatorial appointee to the New Jersey State Parole Board, serving as an associate board member for 14 years. During her tenure through various administrations, García served as vice-chair of the Decision Making Processes and Procedures Committee, an active member of the Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Committee, and as the executive branch representative on the State Council of the Interstate Commission for Juveniles. She has previously served Capital Health as Secretary, Capital Health System Hospital Board of Directors.
García is a former Chief Judge of the Municipal Court for the Capital City of Trenton in New Jersey. She served with distinction as a municipal jurist for 16 years. During that time, she developed and administered New Jersey’s first Municipal Drug Court Program, which provided diversionary treatment to first-time offenders. García was the first Hispanic appointed to the bench in Mercer County and the second Latina ever appointed to the bench in the State of New Jersey.
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Aladar Komjathy
Aladar Komjathy is a respected government affairs professional with more than 30 years of experience at the state capital in Trenton, New Jersey. Before opening his own firm, Al worked at the Stewart Agency. Since opening his own firm, Al’s knowledge and expertise in New Jersey government helped him to broaden his services to include a wide range of national corporate clients, including Comcast, Sprint, Waste Management, and GlaxoSmithKline. With the addition of Eileen Kean to his firm, educational and non-profit organizations have become part of the firm’s client profile, as well as additional corporate clients.
Al served on the Hunterdon County Board of Taxation for 2002 to 2010, and was president of the Board for five years. He continues to stay active in community affairs, serving as chairman of the Lambertville Board of Fire Commissioners. Al earned his bachelor’s degree in public administration and political science at Trenton State College in 1982 and served in the U.S. Navy for three years.
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Al Maghazehe, PhD, FACHE
President & Chief Executive Officer
Capital Health
Al Maghazehe is the president and CEO of Capital Health, a very successful two-hospital health system comprised of the Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton and Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell and an outpatient facility in Hamilton Township. To complement the healthcare system, he built a comprehensive network of primary care physician offices. He has led the transformation of Capital Health from an inner-city health system to a regional healthcare destination, attracting patients from throughout New Jersey and Bucks County, PA and specialists from all over the country.
Under Maghazehe’s leadership, Capital Health received a $756 million financing arrangement from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the largest ever granted by the agency in its history. The financing enabled Capital Health to build a new, state-of-the-art hospital in Hopewell Township, NJ and to expand Capital Health Regional Medical Center to specialize in advanced medical care.
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Reverend John R. Taylor
Born in Warrenton, North Carolina and raised and educated in New Jersey, the Rev. John Taylor was employed by a cooling system company for 35 years, during which time he began his life of service. Acknowledging his call to the ministry, Taylor was ordained and continued his theological education by graduating from the Rehoboth Full Gospel Bible Institute of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After the passing of the late Bishop Sykes, he was appointed pastor of Spotlight Holy Temple, where he served for 13 years. In 2001, Taylor founded and became Pastor of New Beginning Christian Worship Center, Inc. in Hamilton Township, New Jersey. In 2007, he was called to temporarily serve as Interim Pastor of Friendship Baptist Church in Trenton and was elected Pastor in 2009.
Presently, Taylor is President of the Trenton Capital City Community Coalition (CCCC) and is a board member at the Old Barracks Museum in Trenton. He has received accolades from the U.S. Department of Justice for outstanding service to the local community and enduring contributions to the advancement of justice and was recently named the first African American Chief Chaplain for the State Police of New Jersey by the Governor of New Jersey Phil Murphy.
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Members of the Capital Health Hospital Board of Directors
Randi A. Axelrod, MD, FAAP
Secretary, Capital Health Hospital Board of Directors
Director, Neonatal Intensive Care
Capital Health
Dr. Randi Axelrod is the director of the Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell. She has also served as director of Neonatology for Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. since 1998 and has been a practicing neonatologist with the group since 1993.
Dr. Axelrod was an elected officer for the Capital Health Medical Staff from 2007-2012 and is currently on the Capital Health System Hospital Board of Directors. She also served as a member of the CMO Search Committee. Dr. Axelrod has served on the Professional Practice Committee from its inception and took over as chair of the PPC in 2018. She chairs the Neonatal PI Committee and co-chairs the March of Dimes NICU Family Support Advisory Committee. From 1998 to 2002, Dr. Axelrod served as chairman of the Capital Health Department of Pediatrics and was a member of the Medical Executive Committee from 1997-2012 as both the chairman of the Department of Pediatrics and the Treasurer/Secretary of the Capital Health Medical Staff. Dr. Axelrod rejoined the Medical Executive Committee in 2017 as chairman of the Professional Practice Committee.
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Brian S. Bennett
Brian Bennett is a retired vice president/general manager of Haldeman Lexus of Princeton in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, where he worked for 32 years and was known throughout his career as a consummate professional with expertise in all areas of the automotive dealership industry. He currently works part time in business development for the Haldeman Auto Group.
Bennett has served the Mercer and Bucks county areas in many capacities for the last 38 years. Prior to joining the Capital Health Hospital Board of Directors, he was a trustee of the former St. Francis Medical Center in Trenton, New Jersey, where he served for 11 years and was chairman of the Finance and Compliance and Audit committees. He also was chairman of the St. Francis Medical Center Foundation for 18 years. He was recognized many times during his term at St. Francis for his willingness and efforts to better serve the Trenton community and remains committed to helping lead operational excellence and stewardship to provide patient-centered care of the highest quality.
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Gary A. Brown, DO, FAPA
Vice President, Capital Health Medical Staff
Chairman, Department of Psychiatry
Dr. Gary Brown has been in practice for more than 30 years specializing in psychiatry. He earned his medical degree at Des Moines University – Medicine and Health Sciences in Des Moines, Iowa and completed his post-doctoral training in psychiatry at the University of Medicine and Dentistry — School of Osteopathic Medicine in New Jersey. He trained at the Institute of The Philadelphia Association for Psychoanalysis in Bala-Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. He is board certified in psychiatry by the American Osteopathic Board of Neurology and Psychiatry and certified in buprenorphine detoxification by the American Psychiatric Association.
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Ajay Choudhri, MD
Chairman and Medical Director, Department of Radiology
Capital Health
Dr. Ajay Choudhri is the director of Vascular and Interventional Radiology and chairman of Radiology at Capital Health. He is a founding member of the private radiology group Capital Health Advanced Imaging, PC and has been instrumental in the growth of the group since its inception in 2003.
Dr. Choudhri maintains board certifications in diagnostic radiology and endovascular medicine. He is fellowship trained in vascular and interventional radiology. His clinical expertise is in advanced imaging and treatment of vascular disease.
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Donald J. Loff, CIMA®
Treasurer, Capital Health Hospital Board of Directors
In April 2019, Donald Loff retired from Merrill Lynch after more than 41 years in the securities industry at various firms. He was a wealth management advisor serving high net worth clients and institutional investors.
Loff is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Baruch College. He completed the educational component of the Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA®), awarded by Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA) at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Telechery A. Sudhakar, MD
Dr. Telechery Sudhakar is a retired nephrologist, having provided care to patients for many years as part of the Mercer Kidney Institute. He remains board certified in internal medicine and nephrology and is currently chair of the Quality and Safety Committee at Capital Health. He was appointed to the Capital Health Board of Directors in December 1997 and served as chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee at Capital Health from 1999 to 2017.
Dr. Sudhakar received his medical degree from Mysore University in India. He also completed his residency at Helene Fuld Medical Center in Trenton, N.J. and completed a fellowship at Veterans Affairs Hospital in Washington, DC. He is the former president of the Medical Staff of Helene Fuld Medical Center, serving from 1993-1995, and former chief of the Section of Nephrology at the Capital Health – Mercer Campus. He was the former assistant professor of Medicine at Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia, Pa. and fellow of the Academy of Medicine of New Jersey.
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Colleen Woods
Chief Information Officer for Integrity Health
Colleen brings extensive experience of a combined government, healthcare and technology background to work with existing and emerging technologies with a focus on health innovation to support Integrity Health as an advanced provider of digital healthcare services. Formerly, Colleen was appointed by Governor Chris Christie as the NJ Health IT Coordinator overseeing $1B in funding for electronic medical record adoption and health information exchange and establishing the NJ health information network (NJHIN).