As the COO and Chief Health Care Strategist, Alan is focused on supporting the Rippel Foundation team to amplify our impact in the community, develop an in depth understanding of the challenges and solutions in the health care sector, and help raise the funds necessary to do our work throughout the foundation.

Alan has been a health care executive for nearly 40 years. He spent the last 18 years as president of Overlook Medical Center, which is part of the Atlantic Health System. Under his leadership, Overlook has ranked as a “Top 50” hospital by Healthgrades, and a “Top 25” environmentally friendly hospital and among the “Top 100” places to work by Fortune magazine. Also under Alan’s leadership, Overlook instituted several innovative programs that tackled major structural problems, including a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ gainsharing demonstration project as well as one of the most successful accountable care organizations in the country. During Alan’s tenure, Overlook also established the Thomas Glasser Caregivers Center, as well as a community-based program to educate families on having crucial end-of-life conversations and a “Walk a Mile” program to encourage patient ambulation.

Prior to serving at Overlook, Alan served in various leadership roles at Lenox Hill Hospital, University of Maryland Medical Center, Hahnemann University Hospital, and the Medical College of Virginia (now known as VCU Medical Center). Alan has served on many boards and has held leadership positions on several of them. He served as board chair for the Gateway Chamber of Commerce and for the Cornell Sloan Alumni Association, and as board vice chair for Optimus ACO. He also was a board member for the American Heart Association, Northern New Jersey, and is currently on the boards of the Red Bear Angels and the Jewish Home Family, a long-term care provider. He is also an advisor to several health care startups.

Alan loves to be outdoors; he has hiked, biked, and paddled all around the U.S. and in several other countries as well. He is most proud of his family, including his wife of 35 years and their two children, who are now pursuing their own exciting careers. Alan holds an MBA, with a focus on health care administration and finance, and a BS in operations research and industrial engineering from Cornell University.