Wellington The Magazine-July 2016
Chamber’s Medical & Wellness Committee Helps Make Wellington A Healthier Community
Top industry professionals are working with the Wellington Chamber of Commerce on this effort to help local residents.
The Wellington Chamber of Commerce has put together a Medical & Wellness Committee to represent the community’s vibrant medical, health and wellness industries.
Each of the committee’s professionals have committed to donate four hours each month to serve Wellington by providing outreach, consulting services, and health and wellness assistance through nutritional advice, mental health advice, stretching out a local sports team, pharmaceutical consulting, or providing wellness services to at-risk youth or local seniors.
Committee Chair Lisa Banionis has worked professionally in marketing, education and the health industry. As a certified health coach, she is able to follow her passion for health and wellness and provides health coaching to patients. She also uses her business and marketing expertise to provide guidance to Florida Interventional Pain Management and Palm Beach Anti-Aging & Regenerative Medicine as business and marketing director. She is also a member of the Women of the Wellington Chamber.
Dr. Max Cohen of MaxHealth Chiropractic graduated from the Palmer College of Chiropractic in 2010, becoming a third-generation chiropractor. His drive for treating musculoskeletal conditions and sport-related injuries began in 2001 as a licensed massage therapist. Cohen regularly attends seminars to keep up to date on the latest information and technology. His model of care is centered beyond passive care alone. This results in better movement, improved function and faster pain relief.
Her work with MorseLife has afforded Judy Gelpey the opportunity to promote and raise awareness of senior services in Palm Beach County. She serves on the healthcare committees of the Boynton Beach Chamber of Commerce, the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches. For the past 15 years, Gelpey has been the co-chair of the Professional Resource Network, a networking group of healthcare marketing professionals.
John Goodfellow of Healthcare Source LLC has more than 35 years of experience in diverse and complex mid-to-senior-level executive positions in large and nationally acclaimed real estate development firms. He founded and continues to manage multiple small business ventures. Goodfellow possesses an active Florida certified general contractor license as well as a real estate license and a nurse registry license. A licensed pilot, Goodfellow also serves on the chamber’s Business & Economic Development Committee.
Dr. Stephanie Lippman is a Florida licensed clinical psychologist and co-founder at the Psychological Wellness Center. She has extensive experience conducting psychotherapy and psychological evaluations with couples, families, adults, children and adolescents. Lippman has served as a parent educator and has facilitated therapy groups with all age ranges. She also serves as a consultant devising and implementing training programs for other mental health professionals, and has served as a media consultant for local media outlets, including WPTV and WFLX.
Dr. Lori Mazza of Family Vision Center graduated as valedictorian from Nova Southeastern University in 1995. Her education included a four-month rotation at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, where she was trained under some of the top ophthalmologists in the country. She then completed a one-year residency in ocular disease. She is an active member of the Palm Beach County Optometric Association, the Florida Optometric Association and the American Optometric Association.
In 2008, Johnny Meier and his wife Meroe founded My Community Pharmacy to provide superior patient care in their new hometown. The business is now located near Whole Foods Market on State Road 7, where it serves an increasing volume of patients. The immediate past president of the chamber, he has worked hard to raise money for the American Cancer Society’s Wellington Relay for Life and is also a member of the American Legion.
Tiffany Rodriguez of Coast to Coast Pharmacy started working for Frank and Herta Suess 14 years ago as a customer service manager at Prescriptions Plus. She has worked her way through the ranks and is the current general manager of several pharmacies. She has also been very active in the Wellington Chamber, where she is the current vice president of the chamber’s board of directors and a member of the Women of the Wellington Chamber.
Dr. Andrew Savin of Bethesda Health Physician Group graduated from Rush Medical College in 1988. He completed two years of general surgery residency at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, and subsequently became board-certified in internal medicine after completing three years of training at Rush Presbyterian Saint Luke’s University Hospital. Savin practiced in Illinois before he moved to Florida in 2015. He is currently building a primary care practice, which will open this summer in Wellington.
Joe Stein of Merrill Lynch is co-founder of the Vanderpool Stein Group. He coordinates the investment affairs for a select group of families, business owners and healthcare practitioners in Wellington. A graduate of Tufts University, he holds a Florida resident agent’s license in life insurance and variable annuities, and long term care life insurance. Stein’s business focuses on customized strategies, asset protection and planning with an emphasis on service. He also serves as a chamber ambassador.
For more information about the Wellington Chamber of Commerce or this committee, call (561) 792-6525 or e-mail info@wellington chamber.com.
