Laura Bianchini

Press Release 8/10/20
PERTH AMBOY, NJ – Hackensack Meridian Raritan Bay Medical Center Foundation is pleased to announce the addition of Laura Bianchini to the Raritan Bay Medical Center Foundation Board of Trustees.

“We are thrilled to welcome Laura to the board of trustees,” says Joseph Stampe, president and chief development officer, Hackensack Meridian – Meridian Health Foundation, to which the Raritan Bay Medical Center Foundation belongs. “Laura is a vital part of the construction team for the new Emergency Department at the medical center’s Old Bridge campus, which will be incredibly beneficial as we work to raise $5 million towards this historic renovation project for Raritan Bay Medical Center and the community.”

Bianchini is the vice president and director of projects for Almasi Companies, a mutigenerational construction company specializing in site work, utility installation, soil remediation and material delivery. She manages all phases of Almasi’s construction projects, responsible for preparing and administering project budgets, negotiating contracts, quality and cost control and client relations. Additionally, she approves expenditures and payroll, develops and implements jobsite policies and procedures and organizes all project documentation. Bianchini supervises and evaluates all jobsite employees and subcontractors, administers safety control and ensures compliance of government regulations. She also oversees various other aspects of Almasi, including customer service, communications, sales and marketing.

“I am truly excited to be part of this fantastic board of trustees and to have made a gift in support of the new Emergency Department,” says Bianchini. “Working with the team literally building the future of health care for Old Bridge is inspiring. Many of the tradespeople working with Almasi on the project live locally and this Emergency Department will serve as the place they bring their own families to receive emergency care. It is personal to me and I look forward to serving the community with my fellow trustees.”

Bianchini will work with fellow trustees, as well as Michael Eagan, M.D., chair of emergency medicine at Raritan Bay Medical Center, and Timothy O’Brien, who are co-chairs in the efforts to raise funds in support of the new Emergency Department.
The funds raised for this project all contribute toward a $150 million fundraising goal as part of Meridian Health Foundation’s Giving Heals campaign.

Giving Heals supports four important initiatives: strengthening oncology services, improving clinical outcomes, enhancing the patient experience and broadening clinical research and academic programs at the following Hackensack Meridian Health medical centers in Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean counties: Bayshore Medical Center, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital, Ocean Medical Center, Raritan Bay Medical Center in Old Bridge, Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy, Riverview Medical Center and Southern Ocean Medical Center.

To learn about how you can make a gift to Raritan Bay Medical Center or to the Giving Heals campaign, please call Linda Hill, executive director, Raritan Bay Medical Center Foundation, at 732-324-5376, or visit www.Hackensackmeridianhealth.org/givingheals.