Steve Geller, Chairman
 Mr. Geller has served as co-founder and Chairman of
MDVIP, Inc. since its inception in 2000. With more than thirty-five years of
experience in business development, marketing, and sales, he has directed the
strategic growth and expansion of MDVIP. Along with co-founder Dr. Edward
Goldman, Mr. Geller has guided the company to its current position as the
national leader in its industry. Prior to co-founding MDVIP, Mr. Geller held a
variety of executive positions, including President of Arco Toys, special
consultant and member of the executive committee at Mattel, and Chairman and
CEO of Empire of Carolina Industries, Inc., an American Stock Exchange company.
Mr. Geller also founded and currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of
Play Along®, a division of JAKKS Pacific, Inc.
Edward E. Goldman, M.D., Co-Founder
 Dr. Goldman is the co-founder of MDVIP and was the
company’s Chief Executive Officer until 2009. During his 30-year career in
medicine, Dr. Goldman has taken a leadership role in all the major movements in
health care, including HMOs, practice management, and preventive health care.
Prior to co-founding MDVIP, Dr. Goldman was Chief Executive Officer of Cybear,
Inc., a NASDAQ company. He also served as founding partner and Chief Medical
Officer for PhyMatrix, and from1994 to 1996, was President of PhyChoice, a
PhyMatrix subsidiary. Before joining PhyMatrix, Dr. Goldman was the founder and
Chairman of Pal-Med Health Services. Dr. Goldman is a board certified family
practice physician who has spent 25 years in solo and group practice. Dr.
Goldman served in the United States Public Health Service and was a research
fellow at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia.
He is a graduate of the University of Miami School of Medicine.
Bret Jorgensen, Chief Executive Officer
 Mr. Jorgensen brings over 20 years of experience in
health services to his role as Chief Executive Officer of MDVIP. Prior to
joining the company, he held a variety of executive positions in the industry,
including President and CEO of InSight Health Corp. and Chairman and CEO of
Directfit. Mr. Jorgensen was the Co-Founder and President of TheraTx Health
Services, a publicly-traded diversified healthcare services organization
recognized as the second fastest growing public company in America by Inc.
magazine. He was also named “Entrepreneur of the Year” by Ernst & Young/
Inc. magazine.. In addition, he has served as a Director of several public and
private companies, and is currently a Director of AllianceCare and a Director of
Concerro. Mr. Jorgensen holds a Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude in Economics from
Claremont McKenna College.
Darin Engelhardt, President
 Mr. Engelhardt is the President of
MDVIP. From 2001 to 2006, he served as Chief Financial Officer and General
Counsel for the company. Mr. Engelhardt is also MDVIP’s liaison with federal
and state legislative and regulatory bodies. Prior to joining MDVIP, Mr.
Engelhardt specialized in complex commercial litigation, representing clients
such as AT&T Corp., Lucent Technologies, Inc., Mobil Corporation, Benetton,
S.p.A., and Travelers Insurance, in both state and federal court proceedings.
Mr. Engelhardt is a magna cum laude graduate of Boston University, where he
received degrees in both finance and mass communication. He graduated with
honors from the Boston University School of Law in 1991 as an Edward Hennessey
Scholar. Mr. Engelhardt is also the recipient of an American Jurisprudence
Award in Trial Advocacy.
Matthew Hashem, Chief Financial Officer
 Mr. Hashem serves as the Chief Financial Officer of
MDVIP. Mr. Hashem has held various senior financial management positions in the
biotechnology, software, and high-technology hardware fields. Prior to joining
MDVIP, Mr. Hashem served as the Director of Finance of the biotechnology firm
U.S. Genomics, Inc. and spent six years at KPMG LLP where he served as an Audit
Manager. Mr. Hashem is a cum laude graduate from the business school at the
University of Massachusetts at Amherst with a degree in accounting. Mr. Hashem
has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1997.
Andrew S. Ripps, Executive Vice President, Physician Development
 Mr. Ripps, Executive Vice President of Physician
Development at MDVIP, leads the company’s efforts to identify, select and
develop new physicians and is responsible for implementing innovative
strategies to improve physician practice workflow. Prior to MDVIP, he served as
Executive Vice President of Marketing and Product Management for Cybear, Inc.,
a NASDAQ company. Before joining Cybear, Mr. Ripps held various positions in
sales, marketing, and business development for GlaxoWellcome and was selected
to be a founder of HealthPoint (later renamed HealthMatics), an Electronic
Medical Records software company owned by GlaxoWellcome. He also served as
HealthPoint’s Director of Market Development. Mr. Ripps is a trained pharmacist
and graduated from the Albany College of Pharmacy in Albany, New York in 1986.
Greg Bellware, Executive Vice President, Strategic Development
 Mr. Bellware, Executive Vice President, Strategic
Development at MDVIP, has over 25 years of senior-level healthcare experience.
Prior to joining MDVIP, Mr. Bellware was Senior Vice President of Medical
Services at AllianceCare. Prior to AllianceCare, Mr. Bellware was Senior Vice
President at InteliStaf, Inc., with responsibility for all business
development, including the design and rollout of a new business model for
hospital partnerships. Mr. Bellware has held additional executive positions,
including President of US Healthworks Development Corp., Division Vice
President for TheraTx, and President of Bay Development, a subsidiary of Helix
Health System. Mr. Bellware is an R.N. and holds an MBA from the Wharton
School.
Steven M. Cohen, Executive Vice President & Treasurer
 Mr. Cohen serves as Executive Vice President and
Treasurer of MDVIP. During his 41-year career, he has held executive positions
at several major healthcare organizations. He was President and CEO of HIP
Healthplan of Florida, one of the largest HMOs in the State of Florida, Chief
Operating Officer at HIP Healthplan of New York, Director of Finance and
Administration at Cigna Healthplan of Northern New Jersey and New York, and
Director of the New York Regional Health Care Consulting Practice for Coopers
& Lybrand. Prior to these positions, Mr. Cohen served in a number of
financial and administrative positions in large hospitals in the New York
metropolitan area. Mr. Cohen is a CPA licensed by the state of New York and
holds a Master's Degree in Health Care Administration.
Kevin Offel, Senior Vice President, Operations
 Mr. Offel serves as Senior Vice President of
Operations at MDVIP. Prior to MDVIP, Mr. Offel led the operations team at a
national specialty benefit management company, delivering services to more than
20 million healthcare subscribers nationwide. He has also held several global
management roles at General Electric Company, where he received Six Sigma Black
Belt certification for process improvement achievements in global supply chain
management. Previously, Mr. Offel was as an Aviation Officer and Blackhawk
helicopter pilot in the United States Army. He received his undergraduate
degree in Systems Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West
Point, where he received the Superintendent's Award for academic, military and
physical fitness excellence. Mr. Offel also holds an MBA from Emory University
in Atlanta, GA.
Roy R. Harris, Jr., General Counsel
 Mr. Harris, the General Counsel of MDVIP, has been
an integral part of the MDVIP management team since 2003. Prior to joining
MDVIP, Mr. Harris was an associate in the Fort Lauderdale office of Broad and
Cassel as a member of the firm’s Health Law Practice Group. Additionally, Mr.
Harris has lectured students, attorneys, and healthcare providers on numerous
occasions regarding various health law topics. He received his undergraduate
degree in Political Science from the University of Florida. Mr. Harris is a
magna cum laude graduate of the Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law
Center, which he attended as a Goodwin Academic Scholar.
Bernard Kaminetsky, M.D., F.A.C.P., Medical Director
 Dr. Kaminetsky serves as MDVIP’s
Medical Director and is the national representative for MDVIP. Prior to joining
the MDVIP executive team, Dr. Kaminetsky was a founding partner in a primary
care practice based in Boca Raton, Florida. He was the second physician to open
an MDVIP-affiliated practice, and he is the first physician to participate in
the MDVIP physician retirement program. Dr. Kaminetsky is a passionate advocate
for preventive care and wellness on the federal level, having testified before
the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress. Dr. Kaminetsky is a graduate
of Albert Einstein College of Medicine and a former assistant professor at New
York University School of Medicine. He is also a member of the prestigious
Alpha Omega Alpha honor medical society. He served as Chief Resident during his
internal medicine residency at Bellevue-New York University. Dr. Kaminetsky is
board certified in internal medicine and nephrology.
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