Judges

Eric Molho is the former Vice President at Neuger. He has significant experience in marketing and marketing communications as well as strategic planning and market research. He brings a unique blend of strategy and creativity skills to serve our clients. Before joining Neuger, he was the founder and principal of Bon Partners in St. Paul, Minn., where he led multiple strategic planning and marketing projects. His professional experience includes working for the Minneapolis Public Schools in a variety of roles, three years with Target Corporation as a buyer, and six years at 3M Company as a marketing supervisor and new product development supervisor.

Mary Ann Donaghy has over 30 years of success as a marketing and strategy leader in companies ranging from Fortune 1000’s to startups in industries including senior living, real estate, higher education, internet services, and consumer package goods. She started her career in senior living serving as Chief Marketing and Communications Officer at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing and Care (NIC) and is the founder and principal of Insights & Impact, an outsourced marketing firm (www.insights-impact.com). Her focus is providing interim and fractional marketing leadership with a particular focus on market research, strategy development, and operationalizing best-practices marketing.

In Mary Ann’s executive roles at companies including H.J. Heinz, AOL, The Bozzuto Group, and University of Maryland Global Campus, she led internal teams of up to 60 staff and managed multiple marketing agencies, with budgets ranging from $1M to $30M. Several of these roles were global in scope and responsibility. Her focus on building strong, relevant brands and quantitative results has allowed her to consistently deliver revenue and profitability growth and increase the effectiveness of internal and external resources.

Mary Ann holds a bachelor’s degree in French Studies and a minor in International Business from the University of Cincinnati. She lives in Annapolis, Maryland with her teenage son.

Jim is a healthcare industry executive with more than 20 years of experience as a senior leader at the national and global levels. From broad functional leadership perspectives of business development, marketing and business solutions ideation, Jim has a deep history of collaboration with US healthcare organizations as they’ve addressed clinical, economic, and operational challenges. Following profound personal family experiences with both the lack of palliative care, and finally with the support of palliative care, Jim chose to leave the corporate world to help create broader access to the palliative care and end-of-life support that his loved ones mostly missed.

Nick Hoffmeyer is the VP of Marketing at Broda Inc., whose full line of tilt-in-space positioning chairs has been improving people’s lives for more than 35 years. Nick is an authentic leader who builds stories and processes to solve market problems and discover innovations; all the while building harmony, happiness & health with his customers, coworkers, and world.

Karla Pena Rosa, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist for the state of Florida with experience in the behavioral field, specialized in geriatrics. She received her Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology from Carlos Albizu University, San Juan Campus in 2012. Dr. Pena Rosa’s ten plus years of experience in the behavioral health field as a clinical psychologist, business owner, and Certified Life Coach, have prepared her to serve in Huntingdon’s Behavioral Health Psychology Leadership Council and Huntingdon’s management team, as a Clinical and Business Development Consultant. Dr. Pena Rosa currently serves as a behavioral health consultant at several skilled nursing facilities in Florida. She believes that it is important to approach resident care from a holistic point of view, with focus on providing seamless integration of medical and psychological care. Karla draws on all her experience to offer a clinical and business-oriented balanced perspective to better serve residents with mental health issues and build Huntingdon’s Behavioral Health presence in the long-term care market. She specializes in business development and marketing strategy, branding, and targeted content creation for diverse communication channels and audiences such as internal organizational communication, clinical providers, and long-term care industry business partners. She favors innovation and creativity fostering business partnerships in the field; certified in Agile methodology to help drive ideas into results. She is interested in research and development of best clinical practices, is a freelance content writer, and serves as director of the organization’s newly hired talent coaching program.

Jonah Blumenthal is the Chief Marketing Officer of TypoDuctions and DRIFT. TypoDuctions is a creative, results-driven marketing agency servicing a wide range of health care entities. DRIFT is a full-service frontline staffing recruitment agency that handles finding candidates, pre-screening, interview scheduling, and more for one flat fee. Jonah’s passion and unique sense of humor fuel his work and reflect on his ever-growing relationships with clients. Jonah is also a part of the Skilled Nursing Future Leaders Class of 2021.