Lee H. Perlman is President of GNYHA Ventures, Inc., a wholly owned, for-profit subsidiary of the Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA). Mr. Perlman has been with GNYHA for more than 25 years and has held increasingly responsible positions in health policy development and management of the Association’s for-profit subsidiaries. He is responsible for the growth of the subsidiaries’ new and innovative businesses involved in over $9 billion in commerce. Mr. Perlman is also GNYHA’s Executive Vice President of Administration and is the Chief Financial Officer.

One of the most innovative leaders in health care management and a national expert in health care procurement, Mr. Perlman currently serves as Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Healthcare Group Purchasing Industry Initiative (HGPII) and until recently served as a Director on the Board of Premier and as a member of Premier’s Audit Committee from 2005 to 2010.

Mr. Perlman has been a leader in promoting diversity in health care. He serves on the Board of National Medical Fellowships, an organization dedicated to improving the health of low-income and minority communities by increasing the representation of minority physicians, educators, researchers, policymakers, and health care administrators in the United States. He also served on the Board of the Institute for Diversity in Health Care Management for 10 years, and founded the GNYHA Summer Enrichment Program, where over 250 diverse students have been placed in summer internships.

Mr. Perlman is currently Treasurer of the Board for Musicians On Call, an organization that brings music to complement the healing process for patients in health care facilities. He is on the Board of Directors of the New York Organ Donor Network, a nonprofit, federally designated organ procurement organization that serves the Greater New York metropolitan area.

Mr. Perlman has also served on the Board of the National Center for Healthcare Leadership (NCHL), 1199 Pension and Benefit Fund, and FOJP Services Corporation. Board certified in health care management and an American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) Fellow, Mr. Perlman served as an ACHE Board member from 2000-2004, and was an ACHE Regent from 1996 to 2000. He was the 1998 recipient of ACHE’s Robert S. Hudgens Memorial Award for Young Healthcare Executive of the Year.

Mr. Perlman devotes a significant amount of time to both volunteer and philanthropic activities. For the past 18 years Mr. Perlman has organized an annual Christmas dinner and clothing drive at the YMCA in Brooklyn that reaches over 2,500 homeless and sheltered individuals. Mr. Perlman serves as Co-President of the Berkshire Theatre Festival in Stockbridge, MA, and currently serves on the Board for Rosie’s Theatre Kids. Mr. Perlman served on the Board and as Chairman of the PlayGroup Theatre in White Plains, New York, and on the Binghamton University Alumni Association Board of Directors from 1994-2003.

Mr. Perlman recently joined the Board of Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life and the Northwestern University and Hunter College local Hillel Boards. From 2000 to 2006, Mr. Perlman served as a member of the Board of Directors and Financial Vice President at Larchmont Temple and is the former Chairman of its Social Action Committee. He rejoined the Board in 2008 as Chair of the Larchmont Temple Youth Committee. Mr. Perlman is also former chairman of the Shorefront Young Men’s-Young Women’s Hebrew Association of Brighton Beach in Brooklyn.

Mr. Perlman received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Binghamton (N.Y.) University in 1980 and his Master’s degree in Business Administration from Cornell University, Sloan Program, Ithaca, NY in 1982.