Donnie Bell ’03 named Deputy Chief Medical Officer for NYC Health + Hospitals Dr. Bell is a summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa graduate with a bachelor’s degree in biology. He subsequently completed his medical school training at Harvard Medical School, followed by a radiology residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He completed his Neuroendovascular fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and was a visiting fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital. Dr. Bell is currently the Director of Neuroendovascular Interventional Radiology at NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County and is an assistant professor of Radiology at SUNY Downstate. He has been instrumental in leading the system-wide planning and preparation for the newly developed certification process for New York State Department of Health’s Stroke Center designation. As Deputy CMO for the NYC Health + Hospitals system, Dr. Bell will support the CMO office in its oversight of credentialing, medical education, development and implementation of clinical service plans, growth initiatives, and quality agendas. He will continue in his role as director of neuroendovacular IR at NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County.
Randall Jackson ’00 joins Wilkie, Farr & Gallagher Randall Jackson ’00 has joined Willkie Farr & Gallagher, LLP as a partner in the Litigation Department and the White-Collar Defense and Compliance, Investigations & Enforcement Practice Groups. Jackson focuses on government and internal investigations, white collar criminal defense, complex civil litigation and regulatory compliance. A former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jackson is recognized as one of the leading trial lawyers to come out of government service in recent years. Jackson has served as lead or co-lead attorney in over 20 federal trials, including some of the longest and most complicated over the past several years. He has also briefed and argued numerous appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals, and has been instrumental in negotiating favorable resolutions of regulatory matters involving the U.S. Department of Justice, the New York Attorney General’s Office, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and other agencies. Named a “Rising Star” by the New York Law Journal (2017) and Law360 (2017), Jackson has been cited in a variety of publications, including Forbes, as a force in the courtroom. He was awarded the U.S. Department of Justice’s Distinguished Service Award in 2011 and the John Marshall Award in 2014 for his work as a prosecutor on the Times Square Bomber and Madoff cases, respectively.
Ken Thurston ’72 elected Mayor of Lauderhill, FL Ken Thurston ’72, was elected Mayor of Lauderhill, FL. after running unopposed. Mayor Thurston served several terms as a city commissioner in Lauderhill. Thurston has enjoyed a successful career in realtor, and has invested his time in being active in the Lauderhill community. He’s served on the Broward League of Cities (City Representative), the Florida League of Cities, the Broward Black Elected Officials, the Community Gardening Committee of South Florida, the Broward County Water Advisory Board and the Broward County Tourism Development Council (TDC).
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