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Rudine Smith CEO & President, Plainfield Neighborhood Health Services Rudine Smith has approximately 30 years experience in the health care industry and extensive involvement in promoting and developing community projects. She has successfully managed regional multi-site locations for organizations in both the private and public sectors. She was recently promoted as the President and Chief Executive Officer for the Plainfield Health Center, a $12.7 million multi-site federally qualified health center and the fourth largest health center in New Jersey. In her capacity as the President and CEO she is responsible for fiscal integrity of the annual budget, strategic planning, operations, legislative and government health policy regulations, governance, grant writing and policy development. Rudine was the co-founder and executive vice president of Tiger Medical Systems, Inc. a $6 million healthcare software technology company that provided systems integration, product development, customer service, software training and a focus on future acquisition targets to physicians, hospitals and insurance providers. She had a stellar career at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of New Jersey, a $3 billion dollar managed care and health insurance company, where she rose from a manager of the Commercial Division in 1989 to Acting Vice President/Chief Operating Officer of a subsidiary Medix, Inc. in 1995. She left in 1996 to pursue an entrepreneurial path with Tiger Medical Systems. Rudine's career also includes a degree in Ophthalmic Science and this experience, along with her expertise as a medical assistant, allowed her to manage a physician's optometry practice, an optician's multi-site locations and the clinical operations of a neurological center. Additionally, as a Regional Home Health Agency Manager her territorial responsibilities increased from two counties in New Jersey to three large boroughs in New York. Rudine's community involvement includes leadership roles in which she chaired the East Orange Board of Health and the East Orange Committee on the Status of Women. She has also served on the East Orange Mental Health Committee and was the Vice President of the 2/3 Civic Block Association. She is currently on the board of Faheemah's Child Care Center and was recently elected as a member of the National Register's Who's Who in Executives and Professionals 2003/2004. Rudine received a Masters in Public Administration from Rutgers University in Newark, a Bachelor of Science degree from Montclair State College, and an Associate in Applied Science (Major - Ophthalmic Science) from Essex County College. Rudine lives in East Windsor and has two grown children and three grandchildren. She enjoys playing tennis, reading and sewing and finds inspiration in daily prayer and meditation. |
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