The CORE Foundation

The CORE Foundation is a public-private venture between Cook County and Rush University Medical Center. It was established in 1994 to develop and build the Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center. The CORE Foundation promotes and supports the work of the CORE Center, in addition to ownership responsibilities. The CORE Foundation has also developed and implemented innovative programs for local community-based organizations to improve health care service delivery for minorities at risk for and living with HIV/AIDS.

The CORE Foundation has recently undertaken philanthropic efforts to support new initiatives at the CORE Center. Charitable donations to support the work of the Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center can be made through the CORE Foundation.

The CORE Foundation is an Illinois not-for-profit organization and a 501(c)(3).

Board of Directors

• John P. Daley, President
  Commissioner, Cook County Board of Commissioners
• Larry Goodman, MD, Executive Vice President
  CEO, Rush University Medical Center & President, Rush University& Rush System for Health
• Thomas Lanctot, Vice President
  Principal, William Blair & Company, LLC
• Patricia O'Neil, Treasurer
  Associate Vice President of Finance & Chief Investment Officer, Rush University Medical Center
• Peter C. B. Bynoe, Secretary
  Senior Counsel, DLA Piper US LLP
• Harold Kessler, MD
  Associate Director of Infectious Disease, Rush University Medical Center
• Perry Pero
• Ramanathan Raju, MD
  CEO, Cook County Health & Hospitals System
• Ruth M. Rothstein
  Chair, Board of Trustees, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
• Robert A. Weinstein, MD
  Chief Operating Officer, Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center
  Chair, Department of Medicine, Stroger Hospital of Cook County

Staff

• Esther Joo, Executive Director
• Anne Carmack, Program Director
• Valerie deAnda, Administrative Assistant