Friends of Bassett, the fundraising arm of the Bassett Healthcare Network, continues this tradition.
We are committed to connecting donors to programs and projects throughout Bassett Healthcare Network. Both the Friends and Bassett Healthcare Network are non-profit entities and use community donations to augment needed improvements throughout the network.
The Friends of Bassett helps donors realize their dreams and plan their legacies. From children holding bake sales to major gifts that make new buildings possible, we help individuals who want to help others make good things happen.
What We Do
Since its inception in 1968, Friends of Bassett has supported Bassett Healthcare Network by connecting people who want to give to a project that will impact patient care and community health in a meaningful way. Today, more than 3,000 donors give to the hospitals and health centers of Bassett Healthcare Network annually. This community support makes a tangible difference, funding state-of-the-art equipment, new programs and initiatives, and medical education—all to benefit the individuals and families living in central New York.
Here is a list of some of the key projects Friends of Bassett, together with our donors, has supported in the past decade:
- New primary-care center in Dolgeville
- Renovation of the emergency department at Cobleskill Regional Hospital
- Expansion of primary care at O’Connor Hospital in Delhi
- A new birthing center at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown
- Renovations to Little Falls Hospital’s emergency department and surgical suite, and expansion of heart care and radiology
- Expansion of School-Based Health Centers across the network
- Creation of the mobile cancer-screening coach
- NYCAMH rollover protective structures program
Friends’ Officers and Board
Board Officers
Tommy Ibrahim, M.D.
President & CEO Friends of Bassett Healthcare Network /
President & CEO
Bassett Healthcare Network / President & CEO Bassett Medical Center
Peter J. Hamilton
Regional Vice-President
John Zogby
Chair
Subashini Daniel, M.D.
Vice-Chair
Jim Patrick
Treasurer
William J. Moseley
Secretary
Board of Directors
Joyce Barber
Hobart
David T. Casullo
Little Falls
Heidi Camardello
Dolgeville
Arnold Drogen
Oneonta
Arlene G. Feldmeier
Little Falls
Caridad Fuertes, M.D.
Cooperstown
Terry Fulmer, PhD, R.N.
New York
Ursula Hage
Cooperstown
Jeanne Jackson
Manlius
Sandy MacDonald
Richfield
Kathleen Johnson
Cooperstown
Reginald Q. Knight, M.D.
Fly Creek
Steven Kroll
Delmar
Sumeet Makhijani, M.D.
Cooperstown
Albert Weiss
Cooperstown
Jane Malin
Utica
Maureen Fitzgerald Murray, M.S., R.N.
Cooperstown
Michael Perrino
Milford
David P. Rowley
Oneonta
Ex Officio
Ben Everidge
SVP & Chief Development Officer Bassett Healthcare Network
Reginald Q. Knight, M.D.
Senior Vice President Bassett Healthcare
Network & Chief Hospital Executive
AO Fox Memorial Hospital
Eric Stein
Senior Vice President Bassett Healthcare
Network & Chief Hospital Executive Cobleskill
Hospital, Little Falls Hospital, O’Connor Hospital
