Background
Fernandez, Henry A. was born on December 5, 1949 in Brooklyn. Son of Henry and Pura (Perez) Fernandez.
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Henry A. Fernandez
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Bachelor Sociology, St. John's U., 1971; student, Empire State Military Academy Army Reserve National Guard, Peekskill, New York, 1972-1973; Juris Doctor, Brooklyn Law School, 1977.
Career
Supervisor, Hornblower & Weeks Hemphill-Noyes, 1967-1972;
educational counselor, development executive, Aspira of New York and American, Inc., 1972-1974;
field placement counselor Bureau Cooperative Education, New York City Board Education, 1974-1975;
director College Adapter Program, Higher Education Development Fund, 1975-1977;
visiting attorney, graduate honors fellow, Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc., 1977-1979;
staff attorney, Williamsburg Legal Superior vena cava syndrome, 1979-1981;
assistant counsel, New York State Office Mental Health, 1981-1986;
director administration, Capital District Psychology Center, 1986-1988;
director Bureau Investigation and Audit, New York State Office Mental Health, 1988;
state review officer, New York State Education Department, 1990-1993;
deputy commissioner, U. State New York, 1988-1993;
president, Chief Executive Officer, Association of University Programs in Health Administration, Arlington, Virginia, 1993-1998;
managing director, Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler/Peat Marwick LLP, Atlanta, Georgia., since 1998. Board directors, president Council Licensure Enforcement & Regulation, program committee, finance committee 1989, vice chair finance committee 1989-1990, president-elect 1991-1992, treasurer 1991-1992, president 1992-1993. National board certified Occpl.
Therapy, since 1994.
Achievements
Membership
Member of New York State Council Graduate Medical Education, 1990-1993. Board directors New York State Division Youth Independent review board, 1977-1988, Legal Aid Society Northeastern New York, chair labor relations committee, executive, policy, nomination committee, 1984-1989. Fellow New York Academy of Medicine, New York State Bar Foundation.
Member of New York State Bar Association (chair committee Minorities in Profession 1990-1994, Labor and Employment law section 1982-1992, committee Mental and Physical Disabilities 1986-1988, committee attorney professionalis 1989-1992, Action Unit 4 1993-1994), Puerto Rican Bar Association (Capital district chapter president 1986-1988), New York Health Careers(advisory county), Council State governments (Executive Committee 1992-1993, VA board nursing home administration 1993-1997), Coalition Hispanic Health Human Svc. Organisation (secretary, board directors since 1994), American Industrial Hygiene Association, Institute for Diversity.
