A graduate of Dartmouth College, Lizanne received a law degree from the New York University School of Law. She began her career as a litigator at a large, New York City-based law firm, and subsequently began writing about legal developments involving high tech companies for a monthly publication. After returning to NYU for a degree in nursing, Lizanne worked as counsel to the Chief Physician for the New York City Department of Education, and, for five years, as a nurse on a mobile medical clinic in underserved areas of Brooklyn.

Lizanne then worked in administrative capacities at several federally qualified health centers, and ultimately as Counsel at VIP Community Services in the Bronx, from which she retired.

Lizanne has served on the board of several not-for-profits, including the Brooklyn Museum, Saint Ann’s School and BRIC, an arts and media organization which she chaired for six years during the building of its home in downtown Brooklyn. In addition to The Brooklyn Hospital Center, she currently serves on the board of the Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation, which supports nursing innovation and excellence, and on the advisory board of the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth, and on the board of VIP.

Lizanne and her husband, Bob Buckholz, have lived for over 40 years in Brooklyn Heights, where they raised five children and welcome their six grandchildren.

Robert DiGregorio is Chief Pharmacotherapy Officer at The Brooklyn Hospital Center (TBHC). His responsibilities include oversight of the division of Pharmacotherapy Services, Inpatient, Outpatient, Emergency Department and Cancer Center Pharmacies, as well as the pharmacy residency programs. Dr. DiGregorio is a graduate of Saint John’s University (BS Pharmacy) and Virginia Commonwealth University’s Medical College of Virginia (PharmD).

In addition to his role at TBHC, Dr. DiGregorio has a 33+ year academic career in which he has taught, advised and mentored pharmacy, nurse practitioner, dental and medical students individually and in an interdisciplinary fashion, earning him recognition as a Distinguished Fellow of the National Academies of Practice (FNAP). His current academic appointments include serving as Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacology in the Department of Internal Medicine at St. George’s University and Affiliate Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Touro College of Pharmacy.

He has over 35 years of experience as a pharmacist, having worked in a variety of settings, including clinical research, pediatrics, emergency medicine, disaster management, pharmacy administration, ambulatory care and academia. He has published in the pharmacy, nursing and medical literature; including serving as an editor of two editions of an interdisciplinary primary care textbook. He has been an invited speaker to hundreds of presentations throughout the nation and has presented numerous poster and platform presentations at local, regional and national conferences. He founded the PGY1 pharmacy residency, three PGY2 programs and pharmacotherapy fellowship program at TBHC.

Dr. DiGregorio is a Past President and an active member of the New York State Council of Health-System Pharmacists (NYSCHP). He has been a leader in the development of Collaborative Drug Therapy Management (CDTM) in New York; a practice model utilized at TBHC and emulated by many other hospitals. Dr. DiGregorio has been recognized for his leadership skills by the NYSCHP Research and Education Foundation with their Bernard Mehl Leadership Award. He has also been awarded the Pharmacist Achievement Award by NYSCHP for his contributions to the practice of pharmacy over his career. Dr. DiGregorio was also awarded the United Hospital Fund’s 2025 Excellence in Health Care Award for Quality Improvement Champions.