Evaluation Team

Stephen Richard , M.D.
Tina Tucci, Wellness Director
Kate Anderson , M.S., Fitness Specialist
Richard Parisi, M.D., Board Certified Sleep Physician
Sherry Finneran, MS Ed., CFLE
Eric Oritt, Ph.D, Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Mary Jane Sale, Ph.D, Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Plum Cluverius, PPC
Edith Sheppard Ott, Ph.D
John Hugo, Ph.D
Jan Elliott Evans, PhD, RD, CNSD                                                                                      
Peter Nardone, O.D., Optometrist
Edward Peck, III, Ph.D, ABPP-CN

Stephen Richard , M.D.

New Orleans native Stephen Richard, M.D., began working with the Executive Health & Wellness Center of PartnerMD in the summer of 2009.

A teacher, traveler and sportsman, Dr. Richard (pronounced Ree-shard) is certified by the state of Virginia and the American Board of Family Practice. He’s also a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, Medical Society of Virginia and Richmond Academy of Medicine.

Dr. Richard received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Richmond before earning his doctorate at the Medical College of Virginia / VCU Health System. He performed his post-doctoral training at University of Missouri’s Department of Family and Community Medicine, where he served as chief resident.

As an assistant clinical professor at VCU Health System, Dr. Richard serves as a mentor to second-year medical students. And when he’s not practicing medicine, teaching or conducting clinical trials, he spends time with wife, Agnes, and three sons. From 2004-2005, Dr. Richard and his family moved to La Paz, Mexico, where he worked with local physicians on a pediatric hospital project.

Dr. Richard, who previously assisted PartnerMD in 2006, lends his varied medical expertise toward providing Executive Physicals for PartnerMD.

Tina Tucci

Wellness Director

Tina Tucci manages the fitness and wellness department at PartnerMD. She works one on one with patients to help them achieve optimal health through proper diet and exercise habits. She also performs fitness and nutrition assessments and helps to organize bi-monthly fitness and nutrition workshops.

Tina has a B.S. in Human, Nutrition, Foods and Exercise from Virginia Tech where she concentrated on Metabolic Nutrition, Exercise, Physiology, Kinesiology and Chemistry. She is currently certified through the American Council on Exercise (A.C.E.) as a Personal Trainer and as a Lifestyle and Weight Management Consultant.

Tina has experience working in the fitness industry on many levels. She has worked at several fitness facilities and training studios in the Richmond area as well as the Head Trainer at Virginia Tech’s on-campus fitness center and gym. She continues to be passionate about health and wellness and wants to motivate every patient to live a healthier lifestyle.

Kate Anderson, M.S.

Fitness Specialist

Kate Anderson is one of our resident trainers and fitness specialists for PartnerMD. She earned her bachelor’s of science in Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise from Virginia Tech and her Master of Science in Kinesiology from James Madison University. She is currently certified with the American College of Sports Medicine as a Health Fitness Instructor.

“I love working with the doctors here at PartnerMD to improve the overall health of our members. I strive to help members attain their fitness goals, improve their lifestyle, and reduce the stress of their everyday lives.”

Kate moved here from Harrisonburg, Virginia where she was a personal trainer and a fitness assessment provider at Rockingham Memorial Hospital Wellness Center. She brings experience training and counseling persons of all ages and abilities. She also taught undergraduate courses in health and wellness at James Madison University. She is passionate about preventing chronic diseases through lifestyle modifications and enjoys working with members to begin exercise programs.

Richard Parisi, M.D.

Board Certified Sleep Physician

Dr. Parisi received his M.D. degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Prior to joining Sleep Disorders Center of Virginia, he was Associate Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He was also Medical Director of the Comprehensive Sleep Disorders Center at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.  He has been Medical Director of Sleep Disorders Center of Virginia since 2002, and he is also Associate Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine at the VCU School of Medicine. Dr. Parisi is board certified in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Disease (American Board of Internal Medicine), and in Sleep Medicine (American Board of Internal Medicine). He is nationally and internationally known for his research in respiratory physiology and sleep disorders.

Sherry Finneran, MS Ed., CFLE

Director, Executive Coaching Team

Sherry Finneran is a consulting executive and personal coach for PartnerMD. She guides clients in their efforts to set specific goals, focus on opportunities for growth and change, manage stress, and achieve self-actualization.

Ms. Finneran is the co-founder and co-director of The Family Education Center. Since 1975, she has become recognized as an effective advisor to individuals, couples, families, and businesses. Her expertise ranges from problem-solving and stress management skills to parenting and marriage enrichment skills. She developed and teaches courses in team communication, mediation for business, family empowerment, and communication for individuals and couples. She has served as educational diagnostician in the Department of Psychiatry at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, and has spent over thirty years in private practice.

Ms. Finneran is adjunct faculty for the School of Business for the University of Virginia, Certified Trainer for the Virginia Institute of Social Services Training Association, and visiting instructor in the Department of Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Ms. Finneran earned her BA in Psychology and Special Education from Loyola University in Chicago. She earned her Masters Degree in Education from Northern Illinois University. She is a Certified Family Life Educator.

Eric Oritt, Ph.D

Executive Coaching Team

Dr. Eric Oritt is a member of the executive coaching team and a partner at The Westwood Group, a group behavioral health practice in the West End.  He has been in full-time private practice with this group for thirteen years. His specialty areas include couples work and men’s issues. In addition, Dr. Oritt is an adjunct clinical faculty member in the Department of Family Practice at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine where he works with Family Practice residents, teaching behavioral medicine. Dr. Oritt also acts as a consultant for Disability Determination Services, a department of the Social Services Administration that evaluates applications for disability benefits.

Dr. Oritt came to Richmond in 1985 to take a position as a staff psychologist with the University Counseling Services at Virginia Commonwealth University, seeing therapy patients and training graduate students in psychology and social work, as well as psychiatry residents. He left the position in 1993 for full-time private practice.

Dr. Oritt earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology and his master’s degree and doctorate in Counseling Psychology at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.

Mary Jane Sale, Ph.D

Executive Coaching Team

Dr. Mary Jane Sale is a member of the executive coaching team.  She assists Executive Physical clients in identification of lifestyle practices that relate to stress management and personal goal achievement.

Dr. Sale has conducted a general private practice of Clinical Psychology for over twenty-five years, working with adults, couples, families, children, and adolescents.  Areas of expertise include learning, motivation and performance, and behavioral change.  She has worked extensively with adults and children toward problem solution, adaptive behavior and enhanced performance.

Prior to establishing her independent practice, Dr. Sale was employed as a school psychologist with Richmond Public Schools and subsequently as a staff psychologist at Commonwealth Psychiatric Center in Richmond.  She has served as an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Psychology’s graduate clinical program at Virginia Commonwealth University and as a Clinical Instructor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at the VCU School of Medicine. Her volunteer efforts include work with the American Red Cross Mental Health Disaster Services and consultative services at her local church.

Dr. Sale earned her B.S. in Psychology from Richmond Professional Institute, and her M.S. in Applied Psychology and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Plum Cluverius, PPC

Executive Coaching Team

Plum Cluverius is an executive coach working with executives and professionals who are determined to operate at the top of their games.  Plum has coached and consulted clients in large and small corporations, government agencies and non-profit organizations. 

Plum is on the adjunct faculty of the Federal Executive Institute in Charlottesville, and the University of Richmond’s Robbins School of Business. She also serves on the design team for the Virginia Healthcare Foundation’s leadership development program for the Virginia health care safety net.  She has a Master of Arts degree in the Applied Behavioral Sciences from the Leadership Institute of Seattle.  She is an executive coach with the United Way of Greater Richmond and Petersburg’s emerging leaders program, facilitates executive dialogue groups for the National Association of Women Business Owners and is a member of the Association for Psychological Type International, where she was awarded the New Chapter Leaders Award in 2005.  Plum is a Professional Certified Coach, a credential awarded by the International Coach Federation.

Edith Sheppard Ott, Ph.D

Executive Coaching Team

As a member of the executive coaching team, Dr. Edith Sheppard Ott is particularly interested in the connections between physical/emotional health and lifestyle/relational choices.  She ended her full time psychotherapy practice in 2006 to devote more time to consulting, to her seven grandchildren, and to her own health.

Before turning her focus to full time private practice in 1989, Dr. Ott was employed at the University of Richmond as a staff psychologist at the Center for Psychological Services and as a faculty member in the Department of Psychology. She has also been a staff psychologist at the Virginia Treatment Center for Children and the Westbrook Psychiatric Hospital adolescent program. Her earliest clinical work was with juvenile offenders—experience that has often guided her approach to psychotherapy, teaching, training, supervision, and consulting. She is founding member of the Gestalt Institute of Richmond.

Dr. Ott completed her undergraduate degree in psychology at Mary Washington College and her Ph.D degree at Virginia Commonwealth University.

John Hugo, Ph.D

Executive Coaching Team

Dr. John Hugo is a member of the executive coaching team assisting clients to enhanced self-realization through stress management and personal goal attainment.

Dr. Hugo has been engaged in the private practice of Clinical Psychology for 30 years. The first twenty years were spent in a traditional office based clinical practice with adolescents, adults and families. The last ten years have been devoted to organizational consulting and teambuilding with a variety of school, business and governmental agencies including the federal intelligence community and the U.S. State Department. The principle focus of these relationships has been executive and leadership development and personnel selection and screening. Dr. Hugo also serves as a consultant to nursing care and rehabilitation facilities across Virginia.

Earlier in his career Dr. Hugo served as Director of Clinical Training as well as conducting a hospital wide staff human relations training program at McGuire VA Hospital. He later served as Director of Psychology at Commonwealth Psychiatric Center in Richmond. Dr. Hugo has taught at both Randolph-Macon College and Virginia Commonwealth University. He also served as a gubernatorial appointee on the Virginia Board of Psychology.

Dr. Hugo earned his B.A. from the College of William and Mary and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Alabama.

Jan Elliott Evans, PhD, RD, CNSD

Executive Evaluation Team
Registered Dietitian

Dr. Evans is a Behavior Change Agent and an expert in adult nutrition.  She has over 22 years in the health management industry with a strong knowledge of human nutrition and dietetics, biochemistry, disease processes, and human and exercise physiology.  She also possesses a comprehensive medical and clinical background with an emphasis upon human nutrition.  With an astute knowledge and understanding of psychological and emotional issues surrounding weight management, nutrition and eating behavior, she has a proven ability to help others achieve their nutrition goals.

Dr. Evans is a Registered Dietitian who received her Degree in Dietetics from Kansas State University and Bachelor's and Master's Degrees from the University of Richmond, Virginia.  She received her Doctorate from The College of William and Mary, Virginia.  In addition to providing dietitian consulting services to corporate and medical entities, she is in private practice in Richmond, and is a critical care dietitian for Bon Secours Health System.

Peter Nardone, O.D.

Optometrist

Dr. Nardone joined the Patterson Eye Clinic in 1985. He is a graduate of Hofstra University with an undergraduate degree in biology. He graduated with honors from the New England College of Optometry in Boston, Massachusetts. He participated in externships in Boston at the Veterans Administration Hospital and several community health centers. He is board certified for the treatment and management of external eye diseases. Dr. Nardone is a member of the American Optometric Association, the Virginia Optometric Association, and the Richmond Optometric Society.

Edward Peck, III, Ph.D, ABPP-CN

Neuropsychologist

Dr. Peck is a neuropsychologist that offers a memory assessment for PartnerMD Executive Health center. This is an evaluation of neuron-cognitive function including: measure of memory, reaction to complex attention and cognitive flexibility. Followed by a personal consultation with Dr. Peck will evaluate results and proved specific recommendations to strengthen and maintain memory function.