COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Bassett Healthcare Network recently announced it has appointed three new members to its board of directors — Dr. Anil Rustgi, Carl Mummenthey, and Laurie Zimniewicz. Dr. Rustgi currently serves as director of the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center and as interim executive VP and […]
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Bassett Healthcare Network recently announced it has appointed three new members to its board of directors — Dr. Anil Rustgi, Carl Mummenthey, and Laurie Zimniewicz.
Dr. Rustgi currently serves as director of the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center and as interim executive VP and dean of the faculties of health sciences and medicine at Columbia University. A “world-renowned physician-scientist and leader in the field of gastrointestinal cancers,” he has been recognized for his contributions to research and teaching with many awards and is funded extensively through the National Institutes of Health, according to a Bassett news release. For more than 80 years, Bassett Healthcare Network and Columbia University have partnered to provide a rural health-care education experience for medical students. As a member of Bassett’s board of directors, Dr. Rustgi will help continue to strengthen the Bassett-Columbia program.
Mummenthey joins Bassett’s board of directors in addition to his longtime membership on Cobleskill Regional Hospital’s board of trustees. He has been superintendent of schools for the Cobleskill-Richmondville Central School District since 2014, and previously served as superintendent of Jefferson Central School for nine years. A career educator, Mummenthey has also worked as a high-school English teacher, a staff-development specialist, and a high-school principal.
Zimniewicz has served on the board of directors at A.O. Fox Hospital since 2014 and is the current board chair. She is president and owner of Z Solutions, a business-consulting firm that provides advisory services that help organizations improve their financial and operational performance. Zimniewicz has held a variety of leadership and business consulting roles, having served as the executive director of the Oneonta Family YMCA. A self-described “professional volunteer,” Zimniewicz currently serves on the president’s advisory board of Hartwick College, the board of directors of the Susquehanna Animal Shelter, the A.O. Fox Hospital Auxiliary, the Executive Service Corps, is a member of the Oneonta Rotary Club, and volunteers with Saturday’s Bread.