LEWISVILLE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Orthofix International N.V. (NASDAQ:OFIX), a diversified, global medical
device company, today announced that it has named Lilly Marks to its
Board of Directors. With more than three decades of major healthcare
system provider experience, she serves as the Vice President for Health
Affairs for the University of Colorado and has led the University of
Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, which includes the schools of
medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, nursing, public health and the graduate
school. The campus also includes the University of Colorado Hospital and
the Children's Hospital of Colorado.
"We are very pleased Lilly is joining the Orthofix Board of Directors,"
said Ron Matricaria, Chairman of the Board. "Her vast experience from
the healthcare provider perspective and strong finance background will
be a great asset to the Company."
Marks has also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the
University of Colorado Hospital and has previously served as both the
Senior Associate Dean for Finance and Administration of the University
of Colorado School of Medicine and the Executive Director of University
Physicians, Inc., the 501(c)(3) faculty practice plan which manages the
clinical practice and business operations of the 1500 member faculty
physicians group.
Currently Marks is a member of the Board of Directors of the University
of Colorado Health System, Children's Hospital Colorado, Federal Reserve
Bank of Kansas City, the Advisory Board for Clinical Research of the
National Institutes of Health, the Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority,
the Association of Academic Health Centers (AAHC), the Global Down
Syndrome Foundation and the Rose Community Foundation. She is also a
member of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Advisory
Panel on Research and is a trustee of the University of Colorado
Foundation.
In 2012, Marks received the Denver Business Journal's Outstanding Women
in Business Award. She has been recognized by the Colorado Women's
Chamber of Commerce as one of the 25 Most Powerful Women in Colorado. In
April, 2014, the Denver Magazine5280 recognized Ms. Marks as one
of 50 Most Powerful People in Denver.
A graduate of the University of Colorado, Marks is a frequent national
speaker regarding medical school economics, health care and clinical
practice management and leadership issues in academic medicine.
About Orthofix
Orthofix International N.V. is a diversified, global medical device
company focused on improving patients' lives by providing superior
reconstructive and regenerative orthopedic and spine solutions to
physicians worldwide. Headquartered in Lewisville, Texas, the Company
has four strategic business units that include BioStim, Biologics,
Extremity Fixation and Spine Fixation. Orthofix products are widely
distributed via the Company's sales representatives, distributors and
its subsidiaries. In addition, Orthofix is collaborating on research and
development activities with leading clinical organizations such as the
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation and the Texas Scottish Rite
Hospital for Children. For more information, please visit www.orthofix.com.
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