Mr. Ballantyne is a seasoned executive with decades of experience in healthcare corporate
matters, contract negotiations, regulatory affairs, compliance and risk management,
employment law, HIPAA Privacy and security matters. He is the co-founder and Chief
Financial Officer (CFO) of MedInd Group, a Medical Services Organization that provides C-
Suite and clinical operations services to medical practices across the United States, and some foreign countries.
In the last ten years, Mr. Ballantyne has supervised the creation and expansion of medical practices including solo practitioners, multistate multispecialty operations and national brands, such as Nectar. He has advised global product and biologic manufacturers on reimbursement, pricing, patient access, and CMS issues which affect their bottom line. Mr. Ballantyne works closely with MedInd Group clients to develop strategic business plans that increase the likelihood of financial success.
Mr. Ballantyne began his professional career at the World Bank in Washington DC as a
Feasibility Analyst for Sub-Saharan Africa’s capital expansion projects in conjunction with
the International Monetary Fund (IMF). His experience at the World bank continues to drive his interest in Africa leading to the creation of Project2Morrow, an education and technology platform that focuses on providing Pan-African Students access to Canadian and American higher Education.
As a compliance and risk management analyst for Merrill Lynch, Mr. Ballantyne focused on regulatory affairs, legal liability and financial risk assessment across many business sectors including healthcare, real estate, re-insurance, and international capital development projects. Mr. Ballantyne is passionate about Health Care and believes that law, advocacy, strategic planning can be used to serve the greater good of patients. Mr. Ballantyne holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations, a Masters’ Degree on Institutional Management from City
University of New York, and a Law Degree from Florida Coastal School of Law. Mr.
Ballantyne is fluent in French, English and Spanish.
Jean D. Vernet, II is a long-time community activist and organizer who played a
very visible and crucial role in mobilizing the Haitian American community in
participating in the historic march of April 20, 1990 against the unscientific
designation of Haitians as particularly susceptible to the HIV virus. Subsequently,
Jean worked on issues of voter participation, civic education and was successful
enough to be solicited to run for the city council of New York in 2001. His
unsuccessful campaign was a high-water mark in the political participation of
Haitian Americans in New York City.
Jean holds a B. A. in Comparative Literature with a focus on African identity in the
Diaspora and Africa; he also holds a Master’s of Science in Community Economic
Development from Southern New Hampshire University.
Jean has an abiding interest in economic empowerment as key to community
resiliency. He has worked in that field in New York City and Haiti, providing
training in business skills, money management and assets acquisition to
marginalized communities. He has also worked as a consultant to the Central
Bank of Haiti, the Office of the President of Haiti and the Deputy Speaker
Assembly of the State of New York.
Jean’s commitment to community empowerment has recently been focused
exclusively on financial education which is a natural outgrow of his education. He
currently works as Senior Financial Counselor on Long Island, New York.
