Belleville, NJ - Clara Maass Medical Center announced the appointment of Mei-Mei Tuan of Montclair to its Board of Trustees. Tuan, whose term officially began on May 17, is the first woman to be appointed to the Clara Maass Medical Center.
“Mei-Mei has the perfect blend of talent to add to our Board of Trustees and we are excited to welcome her aboard” said Robert Gaccione, Esq., Chairman of the Clara Maass Medical Center Board of Trustees. Gaccione is also senior partner and founder of Gaccione and Pomaco located in Belleville.
“Mei-Mei brings valuable expertise, perspective and knowledge to the board room” said Mary Ellen Clyne, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer of Clara Maass Medical Center. “It is women like Mei-Mei that are helping to change the world, one board at a time, and I look forward to her insight and leadership” Clyne said.
“I am excited and honored to serve the hospital and my community in this capacity” said Tuan of her appointment. Tuan also serves on the Clara Maass Foundation Board of Trustees.
Tuan is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Notch Partners LLC, a leading provider of human capital services for institutional leveraged buyout funds. Since its inception, Notch Partners has developed a ground-breaking service and delivery model which enhances its clients’ ability to source, evaluate and execute private equity transactions as well as manage portfolio companies.
Prior to founding Notch Partners, Tuan built a successful career leveraging expertise in finance and general management. As a former investment banker at Goldman Sachs and Bank of America, she structured and arranged billions of dollars in financings for infrastructure and real estate projects both in the US and in developing countries. While obtaining her MBA, Ms. Tuan was awarded a public management fellowship to work at the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) in Washington DC, a U.S. government agency that provides equity investment to infrastructure projects in developing countries.
Tuan also has operating experience in the non-profit world. In the mid to late nineties, she served as the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at the Sierra Club Foundation and the San Francisco Food Bank, both major non-profit organizations based in San Francisco.
Tuan earned a Master’s in Business Administration from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wellesley College. She currently serves on the boards of: The Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: TBBK), The Harvard Business School Asian-American Alumnae Association and Montclair Kimberley Academy.
In the recent past, she has served on the boards of Friends of Thirteen (WNET), the Museum of Chinese in America in New York City (Co-Chair), the Wellesley College Alumnae Association, the New Jersey Women’s Forum, the Mid-Manhattan Performing Arts Foundation and the New Jersey Network (NJN).
A native of New York City, Tuan is a graduate of Stuyvesant High School and the Pre-College Division at the Juilliard School of Music.
She resides in Montclair, NJ with her husband and two children.
Mei-Mei Tuan
About Clara Maass Medical Center
Located in Belleville, NJ, Clara Maass Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, provides a complete continuum of care to residents of northern New Jersey. Clara Maass recently completed state-of-the-art campus expansion project featuring a new four-story 87,000 square foot building with a private, 32-bed Intensive Care Unit, new Main Entrance and Lobby, Retail Pharmacy, Patient Registration Area and designated new space to accommodate our future Emergency Department expansion. Clara Maass’ services include: The Cancer Center, Center for Breast Health and Disease Management, Radiation Oncology, Infusion Therapy, Cardiac Services Elective and Emergency Angioplasty and Cardiac Rehabilitation, The Pain Management Center, The Joint & Spine Institute, a Vascular Lab, The Vein Center, The Wound Center, The Center for Sleep Disorders, The Bariatric Surgery Center, Rehabilitation; Therapy Services which includes, physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy, The Eye Surgery Center, Maternity Services and Parent Education, Pediatrics, Center of Excellence for Latino Health, and the Health and Wellness Center. Clara Maass has been recognized nine Grade ‘A’ scores for patient safety and quality by The Leapfrog Group. It is listed by the American Hospital Association as one of Healthcare’s Most Wired hospitals. In 2016-17 Clara Maass has received the Healthgrades Obstetrics and Gynecology Excellence Award and the Labor and Delivery Excellence Award. Clara Maass received Disease Specific Care Certification from the Joint Commission for Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS), Congestive Heart Failure, Hip Replacement, Knee Replacement, Cardiac Rehabilitation and Advanced Certification in Palliative Care. Clara Maass earned Clara Maass’ steadfast commitment to improve the health and well-being of the communities it serves is exemplified through award winning programs including the nationally recognized HELP Volunteer program, recipient of the American Hospital Association 2017 HAVE Award, and the Wellness Assessment Van for Elders (WAVE) which was recognized as the New Jersey Hospital Association’s 2017 HRET Community Outreach Award. For a physician referral or more information about Clara Maass, call 1-888-724-7123 or visit www.rwjbh.org/claramaass.
Contact: Stacie J. Newton
Clara Maass Medical Center
Office: (973) 450-2989
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