WHO WE SERVE

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has over four decades of clinical, managerial, administrative and executive nursing experience, focusing on the education of healthcare professionals both in academic and community settings. Ms. Rowe served on President Bill Clinton’s Council for Sustainable Communities representing small minority, women owned, businesses. She has developed multiple programs in health care that have advanced the practice of nursing including the innovation of cluster care where home health aides and nursing attendants delivered cost effective, quality care to  multiple home care clients living in the same or nearby living settings.  

Ms. Rowe has been an adjunct Professor of Nursing at Long Island University, Director of Nursing and Administrator of the Tri-State Licensed Home Care Agency in New York City and a Visiting Clinician at St. John's School of Nursing in Bangalore, India. Her years of experience in home care nursing gives her an advantage and a sensitivity to the disconnect between home and institutions.

has over 17 years of experience working with large data and financial institutions on regional, national and international sales, management, team building, marketing and data best practices.  Since 2011, she has been a Financial Data Analyst for NCCI Holdings in Boca Raton, Florida, working closely with actuaries and financial data providers to assure data integrity, provide testing and validation support, and perform analytic research. She has championed the cause of underserved children for most of her adult life and is passionate about organizing resources for the education of children from underserved communities throughout the world. She is a graduate of Convent of Mercy Alpha Girl's school in Kingston, Jamaica, W.I.  and received her BA degree from Florida Atlantic University, majoring in finance and management, and her MBA from Nova Southeastern University. .

has been practicing, teaching, and writing about the care of the elderly for over four decades. He was honored as “Teacher of the Year” by the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, where he continues to teach medical students and practicing physicians. He has authored over 100 clinical publications in the care of the elderly and is the recipient of the prestigious Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism award, considered the Pulitzer Prize of the business press, for his editorials in Geriatrics.  He has been a Visiting Professor of Geriatrics at academic medical centers in the US, Canada, Taiwan and India. From 2009-2014, he was the Chief Medical Officer for Community and Managed Care Services at ArchCare in New York.  Dr. Sherman's many years of teaching, writing and non-profit board participation lend itself to the vision, mission and goals of LIFE.

has been working as a Recreational Therapist for over 30 years at the New York Institute for Special Education, designing and coordinating recreational programs for studens with developmental disabilities and visual and auditory impairments.  Her career leads her to work in a special role with students who are preparing to gain employment in the vocational field. She heads up a mentoring program for interns and provides leadership for the student council, and assists recreation/vocation therapists in planning and implementing activities with children with emotional and leanring disabilities. 

is Vice President for Global Engagement, Office of the President, at Southern New Hampshire University. Previously she  served as Chief Academic Officer of Kepler University in Kigali, Rwanda. She was the founding Principal of Global Technology Preparatory Junior High school in East Harlem, New York, where she led the school to the 95th percentile city-wide for student achievement, parental satisfaction and attendance. Dr. Russell brings to LIFE's Board diverse educational experiences from many different cultures and countries around the world.  Always keeping her focus on how children learn and what they need to do to improve their achievement level and advance through the educational system, Dr. Russell champions the value of parental involvement in their child's education.  She is a graduate of the University of Michigan and received  her PhD in Urban Education Policy at City University Graduate Center, New York.   Dr. Russell has co-wrote and secured significant grant funding in the educational field.

During Dr. Jacqueline Pryce-Harvey’s 15-year educational career in the New York City Department of Education, she has served as a special education curriculum developer and teacher, assistant principal and principal. She received he Master of Science degree from Fordham University and her PhD from the University of Tennessee. She is currently a national and international consultant on teacher training and educational strategies for children in kindergarten through 12th grade.  Her educational knowledge and expertise applies directly to the challenges of educating and empowering parents to improve their child's literacy in the home, at school and in the community