Alumni Association

Justin Brown is a graduate of Hofstra University.  Currently, Mr. Brown works as the Institutional Review Board (IRB) Administrator with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center where he Leads the IRB administration team on day to day operational activities, provides, technical, administrative leadership and expertise in institutional Review Board review committee management and oversight to support the achievement of Center goals for Time to Activation and most importantly to ensure the rights and welfare of MSK’s research participants are protected. 

He has a bachelor's degree from St. Thomas Aquinas College and a master's degree from Hofstra University. In addition, Justin serves as the Vice President of the School Board for a Uniondale Union Free school district.

Marianne Grady is the Clinical Director of Health Care Management for the Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicaid plan. Ms. Grady has been with Empire for 11 years. Prior to her current position, she was the clinical lead for the Empire Managed Long Term Care Program. Prior to working in insurance, she spent the majority of her more than 30-year nursing career in home health care settings before joining the organization. She has held multiple leadership positions in different home health care and long-term home health care programs in New York City and Long Island prior to her current position. She has extensive experience with Medicare, Medicaid and Managed Care regulations. Ms. Grady currently serves on the Board of the Home Care Association (HCA) of New York State, and is also a member of the School of Health Professions and Human Services Dean's Advisory Board at Hofstra. Ms. Grady has a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from Adelphi University and a Master’s Degree in Health Care Administration from Hofstra University.

Brittany Levine, MHA was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After discovering her passion for health administration as a volunteer at UPMC Children’s Hospital, she moved to New York to pursue educational training in the healthcare industry. Brittany currently serves as the Marketing Specialist for Weill Cornell Medicine's Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Brittany is highly driven to create a more efficient, effective, accessible, and culturally competent healthcare system that provides excellent quality of care to every patient. She has enjoyed serving in various administrative roles across the healthcare arena including medical education, research, and clinical care. A career highlight was being a co-author on “Influence of Framing: Recruitment to a Diabetes Disease Management Program From an Emergency Department Improves Enrollment and Outcomes”, which was published by Cureus in 2021. Brittany earned her Master of Health Administration and Bachelor in Community Health degree from Hofstra University.

Jordlee is a DBA- c who graduated from Hofstra University's Master of Health Administration program in 2007. Jordlee is a healthcare professional with multiple years of diverse experience focused on value-based care programs/initiatives. He has a strong passion and interest in promoting health equity through redesigning the delivery of healthcare services and the integration of high-quality, compassionate, efficient, and cost-effective patient-centered care. He is empowered to be a part of the change process to address and solve complexities/challenges in the health system.

He is a healthcare leader who has built successful and productive partnerships through collaborative work with key internal/external stakeholders such as physicians, patients, CBOs, hospitals, payors, MCO, and IPA. He has achieved continuous performance success and demonstrated skills and competencies in program/project implementation, care coordination, provider/patient engagement/coaching, strategic planning, process/workflow improvement, and quality/performance improvement.