Janet Porter and her husband, Jim O’Sullivan, moved to Hilton Head from Boston five years ago. Janet has been a hospital administrator, most recently the Chief Operating Officer of Dana-Farber-Cancer Institute where she was responsible for a large hospice, and the Chief Operating Officer of Nationwide Children’s Hospital, where she started a pediatric hospice. Janet currently is an adjunct professor teaching healthcare strategy and leadership at University of Miami, University of North Carolina, and Ohio State University, where she also serves on the Board of Trustees. She has been active in end-of-life issues, currently lecturing in Harvard’s Palliative Care Leadership Program, and serving on the board of directors of AARP.
Vice Chair
Rick Dean
Rick and his wife Paula have been Hilton Head residents for 20 years, after having lived in eight other states from New York to California. Rick was the co-founder of a national retained executive search firm and has had prior marketing and sales VP assignments with domestic, Swedish, and Australian consumer products companies. He has also served on the boards of the Lowcountry Autism Foundation and Programs for Exceptional People. When living in Atlanta he was on the Advisory Board of the Jack & Jill Late-Stage Cancer Foundation and served as an elected school board member in St. Joseph, Ml. Rick and Paula have two daughters (Atlanta and Charleston) and four grandchildren.
Secretary
Lissa Brown
“Lissa” Brown and her husband, Gary, moved to Hilton Head from the Philadelphia area in 2016. Both Lissa and her husband are ophthalmologists and have transitioned their efforts from private practice to consulting work at The Center for Value-Based Medicine where Lissa serves as President and CEO. The focus of the work is quality-of-life assessment in healthcare and healthcare economics. She currently serves as invited advisor to the Director on the Council of Councils at the National Institutes of Health and is Professor of Ophthalmology at Thomas Jefferson University. Lissa and Gary have three married daughters who have gifted them with 6 grandchildren and counting. . . boxer, Gus, completes the family.
Treasurer
Ray Andrews
Ray Andrews and his wife, Melanie, moved from Delaware to Bluffton in 2015. His career as a corporate accounting and finance executive started at the DuPont Co. and concluded at Checkpoint Systems, Inc., a global small-cap public company where he was Chief Accounting Officer and then Chief Financial Officer. Ray is a Certified Public Accountant and Chartered Global Management Accountant. He has been actively involved with not-for-profit hospice and palliative care since he joined the board of Delaware Hospice, Inc. in 1993, where he was past President and Treasurer and where he last served as chairman of the Strategic Advisory Committee.
Cindy Creamer
Jean Beck
Jean and her husband Jim moved to Hilton Head Island in 2003 from Connecticut. Jean serves as the Chief Executive Officer for the Hilton Head Area Realtors® where she is responsible for the management of a 1500 plus-member professional organization. Her job duties include ensuring compliance with the governing laws and documents pertaining to the 501 (c)(6) entity, managing personnel and programs, as well as oversight of a 14-member Board of Directors and over 100 volunteers. Jean began working for the Association in September 2006, following three years of sales experience as a realtor. Prior to real estate, Jean had an extensive management career as Operations Supervisor of a Corporate Travel Reservation Center in Hartford, CT.
Vice Chair
Jackie Dout
Jackie Dout is President of JD Advisors LLC-a firm specializing in business operational and financial planning. Jackie has been an executive in charge of operations, finance and administrative functions for both profit and non-profit companies during her career. In her specialties, she has been involved with foundations, hospitals, long term care facilities, and educational institutions in addition to medium/large for-profit companies.
Kim Mackay-Pearson
Kim Mackay-Pearson is a practicing mental health counselor (specializing in grief, bereavement and end of life issues) and massage therapist. Kim has been involved with hospice since the early 1980’s when she attended college to study death and dying from psychological, sociological and religious perspectives. Since then she has worked and/or volunteered with hospice organizations from New Hampshire to Texas. Kim has been everything from a volunteer to a Bereavement Coordinator. Kim received her MS in Counseling from the University of North Texas in 2019. Kim has returned to HHI for the 3rd time, having lived here 1988-93, 2003-2012 and 2021 to now where she hopes to remain! When Kim is not working, she enjoys her family, the beach and tennis.
Ted Bliman
Ted Bliman is a health law attorney on Hilton Head Island, SC with the Jolley Law Group, LLC. Ted served for over 15 years as a facility-based compliance and privacy officer with the Tenet, Steward and Hartford Healthcare organizations. Ted began his career as a commercial litigator in Hartford, Connecticut, and shifted to health care focusing on Medicare litigation and coverage appeals. Ted has also worked as a sales engineer and content developer for Wolters Kluwer, an international firm delivering software solutions to legal and compliance health care business segments. Mr. Bliman earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Binghamton University, a Masters of Public Health from New York Medical College, and a Juris Doctorate from the University Of Maryland School of Law. He also holds a Certification in Health Care Compliance (CHC). Ted lives in Bluffton with his wife and two school-aged kids and get out and play often.
Barry Long
Barry Long is a native of South Carolina having attended Coastal Carolina University earning a BS in Business Administration and earning a Master of Accountancy at University of South Carolina. Barry worked for Ernst and Young before joining Robinson Grant as a tax manager. He started his own accounting firm in 2018 and then established the Hazel and Long accountancy in January 2021. Barry serves as adjunct faculty at University of South Carolina Beaufort where he teaches accountancy and tax courses to juniors and seniors. Barry and his wife and three children live in Estill, SC.
