Page 20 - Boca Exposure - September '23

Page 20, Boca Exposure
JARC Florida Names Five To Board Of Directors;

Howard Halpern Named President Of The Board

JARC Florida, a nonprofit organization based in Boca member of its Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, Richard Steinberg is
Raton that provides programs and services to educate and and an authorized agent of Attorneys’ Title Fund Services, the chief market strategist,
empower individuals with intellectual and developmental LLC. He previously served on the Executive Committee of cochair of the Investment
disabilities, has named five new individuals to its Board of the Temple Beth El of Boca Raton Board of Trustees. Division and a principal
Directors. They are Jay Eisenberg, Marvin Greenberg, Cliff David Pratt is the chair of The Colony Group.
Hark, David Pratt and Richard Steinberg. The organization of the Private Client Services Steinberg is a Chartered
also announced Howard Halpern as president of the Board. Department of Proskauer Financial Analyst and
It is the mission of JARC, in partnership with the families and managing partner of the member of both the CFA
of its clients, to promote independence dignity, and self-respect Firm’s Boca Raton office. He Society of South Florida
in order to create more fulfilling lives. JARC currently operates had the privilege of serving and the CFA Institute. He
10 group homes in the Boca Raton and Delray Beach area for as chair of the Florida Bar’s is a graduate of Emory
adults with developmental disabilities. JARC offers apartment Tax Section and chair of University Business School
living for those who do not require 24-hour supervision, as the Fiduciary Income Tax and Harvard Business School’s Executive Education
well as vocational training in the Mel & Elaine Stein Living Committee of the American Program. Steinberg serves as vice chair of the Jewish
and Learning Center. The organization was created in the mid- Bar Association’s Section of Federation of South Palm Beach County’s Annual
1980s in response to the needs of families with adult children Taxation. Pratt is a Fellow Campaign and sits on both its Executive Committee and
with developmental disabilities. Learn more at http://jarcfl.org. in the American College Board of Trustees. He has served as chairman for the
Howard Halpern, of of Trust & Estate Counsel, has served on its Board of Jacobson Jewish Community Foundation of South Palm
Boca Raton, was raised in Regents and was the first chair of the New Fellows Steering Beach County and now serves on its Executive Committee,
South Florida. A graduate Committee. He is an adjunct professor at the University Board of Trustees, and the Governance Committee of the
of the University of Miami, of Miami Law School and has been an adjunct professor Foundation’s Professional Advisory Committee. He is
he served in the U.S. Army at the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law, in also a member of the Greater Boca Raton Estate Planning
and the Florida National their LLM programs. He has published various articles in Council and serves on the investment committee of B’nai
Guard, and was awarded an legal journals, and lectures extensively to other lawyers, Torah Congregation’s Foundation.
honorary Ph.D. in Business professionals and laypersons.
Administration from Johnson
and Wales University. Halpern
was the founder and CEO of School Bus Safety
Buckhead Beef, a premier
meat distribution company
and later founded Halperns’ Steak and Seafood, which grew
to be the largest meat and seafood company in the United Stay Alert. Keep Them Safe.
States. Halpern and his wife, Lynne, founded the Lynne and
Howard Halpern Family Foundation, which has a primary
focus of Jewish philanthropy with a particular emphasis on
supporting individuals with special needs. Howard and Lynne
have a son who resides in the independent living apartments
at JARC. In 2022 the Halperns made a transformative gift
to JARC, resulting in the establishment of the Lynne and
Howard Halpern JARC Campus and expansion of services for
individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Jay Eisenberg has spent
the past 40 years specializing Delray Medical Center
in owning and managing a
large portfolio of industrial
properties in several states. Excited To Announce New
He is a past president of
Temple Beth Torah Sha’aray Ion Endoluminal System
Tzedek in Tamarac; senior
member of the University
of Texas M.D. Anderson At Delray Medical Center, we’ve invested in
Cancer Center Board of life-enhancing technology and better cancer care
Visitors; member of the solutions, so our patients have access to quality care.
M.D. Anderson Children’s That’s why we’re excited to announce we now offer
Cancer Hospital Advisory Board; and member of several a minimally invasive robotic-assisted bronchoscopy
strategic committees at M.D. Anderson. He and his wife procedure with Ion.
Lori established an Endowed Distinguished Chair at M.D. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer
Anderson and an Endowment at the cancer Children’s deaths. However, when diagnosed at the earliest
Hospital for the Stem Cell Transplant & Cell Therapy stage, known as stage IA-1, the average 5-year
Research Training Program; and more recently the Lori & survival rate is 92%.
Jay Eisenberg Respite Care Program at JARC. Early-stage diagnosis can be difficult, but
Marvin Greenberg is the Ion endoluminal system may help obtain
the former chairman and tissue samples that facilitate a diagnosis. Ion is a
CEO of Creative Designs robotic-assisted platform for minimally invasive
International and CEO of biopsy in the lung. Ion enables physicians to
Arbor Toys Limited. He is obtain tissue samples from deep within the lung,
also a past Board member addressing a challenging aspect of lung biopsy. It
of Linwood Country Club, may also help patients avoid subsequent biopsies
and the Milton & Betty Katz by helping enable a diagnosis through the samples tight-radius bends of the catheter, the needle deploys
Jewish Community Center obtained. into the target location on a straight path.
in Margate, N.J. Greenberg The system features an ultra-thin, ultra-maneuverable During biopsy, Ion’s Biopsy Marker feature lets
attended Temple Preparatory catheter that allows navigation far into the physicians systematically track multiple biopsy attempts
and resides in Boca Raton peripheral lung, and unprecedented stability enables and helps visualize different biopsy needle trajectories. If
with his wife Sheila. the precision needed for biopsy compared to manual real-time confirmation of a representative tissue sample
Cliff Hark is the techniques. is available, the physician can redirect subsequent biopsy
managing member at During bronchoscopy with Ion, the physician uses the attempts into the confirmed target area.
Hark│Yon│Marmor, PLLC, controller to navigate to the target along a planned path. Ion made by Intuitive, maker of the da Vinci surgical
and focuses his practice on The catheter can articulate 180° in any direction to pass system, is built on more than two decades of leadership
Probate, Guardianship and through small, difficult-to-navigate airways and around in robotic-assisted technology. Our institution has chosen
Trust Administration, as tight bends to reach all 18 segments of the lung. the Ion robotic-assisted bronchoscopy system because it
well as Probate Litigation, Ion’s peripheral vision probe provides direct vision provides more reach, more stability, and more precision.
Guardianship and Trust during navigation. Once the pulmonary nodule is Our investment in Ion complements our robotic-assisted
Litigation, Estate Planning reached, the catheter locks in place. The Flexision surgical program, enabling patients to receive all care –
TM
and Real Estate matters. biopsy needle, a flexible biopsy needle compatible from biopsy to surgery – at our hospital.
Hark received a Bachelor with Ion, then passes through the catheter, even when To sign up for a lung cancer screening at Delray Medical
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University of Florida and is
a graduate of Nova Southeastern University School of Law. Paid Advertisement
Hark has been a member of the Florida Bar since 1980, a