Englewood Health Welcomes New Leaders to its Boards of Trustees

H. Gary Gabriel has been appointed to the Englewood Health and Englewood Hospital Board. He serves as executive vice chairman of the Metropolitan Area Capital Markets Group at Cushman & Wakefield, based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Since joining the firm in 1994, Gabriel has underwritten, marketed, and negotiated the sale of more than $50 billion in investment real estate throughout the Tri-State region. He also leads Cushman & Wakefield’s Industrial Advisory Group in the Northeast. 

Celinés Morales-Ribeiro, MD, has been appointed to the Englewood Health and Englewood Hospital Board. She is vice president of the medical staff at Englewood Hospital and a board-certified surgeon specializing in minimally invasive general and bariatric surgery. She also serves as director of obesity medicine and metabolic and bariatric surgery at Englewood Health. She earned her MD from SUNY Buffalo College of Medicine and completed her residency and fellowship in bariatric surgery at SUNY Upstate Medical University. Dr. Morales-Ribeiro is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, and a diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine. 

Victor J. Paparazzo has been appointed to the Englewood Health Foundation Board. Paparazzo founded Toscana Cheese Co. in 1993 and grew the company into one of the largest private-label manufacturers of soft Italian cheeses in the United States, supplying major supermarket chains, national food distributors, and restaurant groups. In 2022, Toscana Cheese was acquired by Cheese Merchants of America, where Paparazzo continued to serve as CEO through 2024. He is a graduate of Saint Peter’s College and Saint Peter’s Prep and serves on the Board of Directors of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation New Jersey Chapter. 

Zachary Sirota has also been appointed to the Englewood Health Foundation Board. Sirota is a senior managing director and partner at IRON Financial, a multifamily office. He has been a partner at CAMPAIGN Capital, a capital markets advisory and consulting firm specializing in real estate and operating companies. He previously worked in investment banking at B. Riley Securities and began his career at SL Green Realty Corp. Sirota holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from The George Washington University and is actively involved with several charitable and community organizations.