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HISPANIC COUNSELING CENTER INC.
HONORING
STANLEY M. BERGMAN
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Henry Schein, Inc
Since 1989, Stanley M. Bergman has been Chairman of the Board and CEO of Henry Schein, Inc., a Fortune 500® company and the world's largest provider of health care products and services to office-based dental and medical practitioners, with more than 25,000 Team Schein Members worldwide and operations or affiliates in 33 countries and territories. In 2024, the Company's sales reached $12.7 billion. Henry Schein has earned a top score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index since 2015.
Mr. Bergman serves as a board member or advisor for numerous institutions including: as Chair, Dean's Strategic Advisory Council, New York University College of Dentistry; Chairman of the Board, the University of the Witwatersrand Fund; Governor and Former Co-Chair, Global Health & Healthcare Governors Community, World Economic Forum; and Director Emeritus, Board of Overseers, Penn Dental Medicine. Mr. Bergman is an honorary member of the American Dental Association and the Alpha Omega International Dental Society. Mr. Bergman is a recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor; the CR Magazine Corporate Responsibility Lifetime Achievement Award; the 2017 CEO of the Year award by Chief Executive Magazine, the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW) Dirk Van Dongen Lifetime Achievement Award; Honorary Doctorates from The University of the Witwatersrand, Western University of Health Sciences, Hofstra University, A.T. Still University's Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health, Case Western Reserve University, Farmingdale State College (SUNY), and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; and Honorary Fellowship from King's College London - Dental Institute and the International College of Dentists.
Stanley and Dr. Marion Bergman and their family are active supporters of organizations fostering the arts, higher education, and cultural diversity, as well as grassroots health care and sustainable entrepreneurial economic development initiatives in the United States, Africa, and other developing regions of the world.
Mr. Bergman is a graduate of The University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa and is a South African Chartered Accountant and a NYS Certified Public Accountant.
The Stanley, Marion, Paul and Edward Bergman Family Foundation
The Bergman family actively supports organizations fostering the arts, higher education, cultural enrichment, grassroots healthcare and sustainable entrepreneurial economic development initiatives in the United States, Africa and other developing regions of the world. Stanley, Marion, Paul and Eddie all serve as board members or advisors for numerous university and non-profit institutions.
Since 1989, Stanley Bergman has been Chairman of the Board and CEO of Henry Schein, Inc., a Fortune 500® company and the world’s largest provider of health care products and services to office-based dental and medical practitioners, with more than 26,000 Team Schein Members and operations or affiliates in 33 countries. Henry Schein has been a Fortune World’s Most Admired Company for more than two decades, and was recently honored as a Fortune Change the World Company.
Dr. Marion Bergman practiced Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care for 33 years, including serving as President of the medical staff of Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center and its Medical Director of Respiratory Care Services. Marion now devotes considerable time and energy to rural health and development projects in the developing world. She directs Global Healthcare projects for MCW Global (Miracle Corners of the World), and in this capacity has played a leadership role in improving the state of oral health and building the capacity of health professionals in Tanzania and other parts of Africa.
Eddie Bergman is President of Innovative Development Services (IDS), a firm focusing on New York City real estate management and global hospitality marketing. Eddie is also CEO of Proxima Hospitality Group, a restaurant management company which owns Hill and Bay (Murray Hill, NYC). In 1999, Eddie co‐founded and currently serves as President of the
Board of MCW Global (Miracle Corners of the World), an NGO with a vision for communities around the world to achieve greater levels of education, improved health, and increased economic security.
Paul Bergman is Executive Chairman at Advancing Eco Agriculture. Paul has dedicated his career to leading dynamic global agriculture and food companies in their development into sector leaders, across Asia, Latin America, North America, and Africa, including significant work in the international plant nutrition sector. Prior to joining Advancing Eco Agriculture, Paul was an executive at Fertilaqua, a leading plant nutrition company in Brazil, where he remains a board member through his role as advisor to Aqua Capital, a South American private equity fund focused on agribusiness and food.
JAMES P. LENTINI, D.M.A.
President
Molloy University
James Lentini, D.M.A., began his appointment as Molloy University’s seventh president in June 2020. Under his leadership and vision, Molloy has moved from college to university status, achieved record enrollment numbers, and earned status as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). Dr. Lentini led the development of Molloy’s new strategic plan, focused on meeting the needs the New York metropolitan region for traditional college goers and adult learners. In partnership with businesses and healthcare systems, Molloy has developed high-demand workforce development programs to augment traditional academic pathways.
Prior to his appointment at Molloy, Dr. Lentini served as Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost at Oakland University, where he played a key role in the establishment of a new medical school. As professor of music at Wayne State University in his hometown of Detroit, Michigan, he created a highly successful degree program in Music Technology. Dr. Lentini also served as Dean of the School of Creative arts at Miami University and as Founding Dean of the College of Arts and Communication at The College of New Jersey.
In addition to his executive leadership, Dr. Lentini is an internationally recognized composer. He is a recipient of the Andrés Segovia International Composition Prize, among many accolades. Pulitzer Prize panelist Howard Reich of the Chicago Tribune named Dr. Lentini’s recording entitled “Through Time and Place” one of the Best Classical Recordings of the Year for 2020.
Dr. Lentini currently serves as a Board member of the Long Island Association. He is First Vice Chair for the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities and is the Chair of the Dominican Higher Education Council. Dr. Lentini was named to a list of "Power 25 in Education" by Long Island Business News in 2020 and was included on the Long Island Press “Power List” in 2021 and 2022.