Carisk Kaleidoscope
Diversity Council Mission Statement
Carisk Partners will be leaders by continuing to embrace the differences of its team members to expand its competitive edge; while promoting a diverse and inclusive environment through our commitment to education both internally and externally. We will leverage our unique capacity as change agents to strengthen our relationships with our Carisk team members, and with the communities and business partners we all serve.
Carisk Partners is proud of the diversity of its company’s employees, regardless of genetic information, race, color, religion, age, sex, range of abilities, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation,
marital status, national origin, or veterans status.
We will strive to do well by doing good.
“I have always loved meeting new people from different backgrounds. It was always intriguing
to me to hear someone else’s “story”. It is my strong belief that people and organizations make
better decisions when they have diversity of thoughts. Each of us bring our life experiences.”
Joseph Berardo, Jr.
Chairman and CEO
Carisk Partners
Kaleidoscope Newsletter
Members of the Diversity Council
LEADER OF THE DIVERSITY COUNCIL
Anabel Rawlins, Founder
Provider Relations Specialist
Miami, FL
“We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads
of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.” – Maya Angelou
Xiomara Alonso
Vice President of People and Culture
Miami, FL
True diversity is about meeting people where they are. Creating an atmosphere where everyone feels welcomed and valued to contribute openly, honestly, and respectfully
Jennifer Andrews
Executive Assistant
Remote
“The beauty of the world lies in the diversity of its people.” – Unknown
Nubia Aparicio
Human Resources Executive Administrator
Remote
“Diversity is being invited to the party. Inclusion is being asked to dance.” – Verna Myers
Sally Balioni, Founder
VP of Sales, CiC
Wall, NJ
“You cannot change what you are, only what you do.”
Natasha Charleston
Behavioral Health Specialist
Miami, FL
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.” – The Reverand Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Brian T. DeNichilo II
Data Analyst
Florham Park, NJ
“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” – Nelson Mandela
Shannon Ehrola
Director, Brand Creative
Wall, NJ
“The beauty of the world lies in the diversity of its people.” – Unknown
Peter Halas
Surgical Implant Management
Wall, NJ
“Diversity and inclusion were issues I never focused on because they were part of my every day life through sports and interactions with people of every race/religion/creed etc. Now, as the proud parent of a daughter with Down Syndrome diversity and inclusion are at the fore of everything we do trying to find places for everyone to be accepted and valued as they are.”
Nikia Harris
Claims Assistant
Florham Park, NJ
“Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.” – Martin Luther King Jr
Lori Height, Founder
Executive Sales Assistant
Wall, NJ
“Promoting a community of acceptance and belonging.”
Anne Lepre
Sales Executive
Wall, NJ
“In diversity there is beauty and there is strength.” – Maya Angelo
Sunita Mathur, Founder
Patient Biller
Florham Park, NJ
“Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization.”
– Mahatma Gandhi
Diane Nicolo, Founder
Vice President of Administration
Remote
“Every person is a new door to a different world.”
Robert Post, Founder
Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Human Resources and Training Florham Park, NJ
“We have become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.” – Jimmy Carter
Michael Rydman, Founder
Senior Vice President, Sales
Benicia, CA
“All men are created equal.” – Thomas Jefferson, 1776
Allen Spokane, Founder
Chief Technology Officer/Chief Information Security Officer
Florham Park, NJ
“Nobody Wins Unless Everybody Wins.” – Bruce Springsteen
Lori Terraciano
Staff Accountant
Florham Park, NJ
“We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.”
– Anne Frank
David Vittoria, Founder
Chief Behavioral Health Officer
Miami, FL
“Our diversity is the one thing we all have in common.”