Cynthia Stamper Graff is President and CEO of Lindora, Inc., the largest multi-site medical
weight control system in the United States. A nationally recognized expert in the field of weight management, she has been
actively involved in the growth and development of Lindora since 1988. Graff, a leader in integrating technology into the
treatment of obesity, has been instrumental in developing Lindora's clinical program as well as the online and by-phone
options. For three consecutive years, Lindora has been ranked one the "Top 500 Women Owned Businesses in America" by
Working Woman magazine.
Graff is the author of Lean for Life Phase One: Weight Loss (with Jerry Holderman), Lean for Life Phase Two: Lifetime
Solutions, and bodyPRIDE (with Janet Eastman and Marc C. Smith). She is also the founder of the Lean for Life Foundation,
a nonprofit organization that promotes obesity research and educational programs, and funds weight control services to
selected low-income, morbidly obese men, women, and children.
An Orange County Business Journal Women In Business award winner, Graff is a national Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of
the Year Award nominee. She has been a member of the Young Presidents Organization since 1993 and a member of Adaptive
Business Leaders since 1998.
Graff holds a law degree from York University in Toronto, and a B.S. in business finance from California State
University-Long Beach. She resides in Newport Beach, California.
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Ginger Silverman,
Senior Vice President, Marketing, is a
nationally known marketer and expert in the
field of corporate communications. For the
past 23 years, she has been a senior marketing
executive for several leading Fortune 100
corporations including Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, HomeBase,
Prudential Real Estate and Relocation and Ogilvy & Mather
Advertising.
Ginger's passion for creating compelling brands
and lead generation initiatives has prepared her well for her
current Lindora responsibilities which include marketing,
advertising, strategic alliance outreach, lead generation, customer
service call center, website content and public relations.
She serves as Chairman of the Board for the Young
Musicians Foundation, and is a nationally known speaker
for universities and organizations throughout the country.
In addition, she is an educational ambassador for the
Advertising Education Federation and has been a member of
the American Marketing Association for over 20 years.
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Marilyn Platfoot,
Lindora's Chief Operating Officer, has over
25 years of retail experience in operations management of over 250 retail stores. In addition, she
developed and opened over 150 "store within stores" across the country.
Before Lindora, she most recently held the position of Executive Vice President of Retail Operations
and Joint Ventures for FAO, Inc., which included FAO Schwarz, Zany Brainy, and The Right Start. She
developed and launched "Store Within a Store" within Saks Fifth Avenue and Saks Department Store Group.
Marilyn held additional positions at The Right Start, including Executive VP, with responsibilities of
Retail Operations, Merchandising, Marketing, Human Resources, Training, and Real Estate.
Her personal skills and expertise in merchandising, financial planning, information systems, marketing,
human resources, real estate, store operations, and negotiating partnerships has prepared Marilyn well
for her current role with Lindora.
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Sabina M. Kobylinski, D.O.
is Lindora's Medical Director. She graduated from the University of
Osteopathic Medicine in Des Moines, IA and completed her residency and internship at the Naval Hospital
of Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, CA. Board certified in Family Practice, this military veteran served as
Lieutenant Commander of the Medical Corps, United States Navy for 7 years. After serving her country,
Dr. Kobylinski worked for FHP, Incorporated as a Staff Physician and as the head of the Family Practice
Department of the Twentynine Palms Naval Hospital. Several years ago, she established and grew a successful
private practice specializing in Family Medicine. Dr. Kobylinski maintained her practice which was mainly
focused on disease prevention for 7 years.
The pandemic of obesity presents unique challenges in the field
of disease prevention. Dr. Kobylinski's expertise in disease prevention makes her the ideal fit to lead
Lindora's Medical staff. She is a member of the the Osteopathic Physicians Society of Southern California
and of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians. She is also a Diplomate of the American Board of
Family Practice.
She volunteers her time and skills as a physician to various charitable causes. She
is married and has a daughter.
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Shelly Lummus, R.N., M.N., F.N.P.c,
Director, Lindora Online, has been with Lindora for six years as a Nurse Practitioner, as a Regional and Clinic Manager,
and as a trainer for Lindora nurses.
Shelly earned her Masters degree in nursing at UCLA, where she also completed her Family Nurse Practitioner
Certification. She completed a doctoral program in organizational leadership from Pepperdine University, and
is currently writing her dissertation.
Shelly's medical experience includes internal medicine and urology, with ten years of hospital nursing-caring
for adult, senior, and adolescent patients. She has been a guest lecturer for various medical teams, schools,
and other health-related foundations, presenting such topics as childhood obesity, erectile dysfunction, and
recovery after traumatic head injury.
Shelly's teaching experience includes training clinical research assistants. She has represented investigators
at investigator meetings, and has been a subinvestigator for several clinical research trials. Shelly was
awarded most innovative new program from California Hospital Association in 1991.
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Dennis Nordstrom
, Lindora’s Chief Information Officer, is well established in the IT industry. Dennis was one of the first Novell
Netware CNEs in Southern California, with certifications from Microsoft, IBM, SCO and Exact Software.
Before Lindora, Dennis was the founder of Triangle Partners, Inc., which was the fastest growing Exact Software
business partner in its first year, becoming a President’s Council member for 5 years. Triangle Partners, Inc.
has customers across the globe.
Dennis has spent a majority of his past 20 years in IT designing and implementing multi-state and multi-national
systems for small to mid-sized organizations. More recently he has been focused on web-based collaboration systems.
During his tenure he worked on many large and small projects; he was a member of the team behind the migration
of CBS Studios IT from New York to Southern California. More recently he was integral in the implementation of
PADI’s worldwide collaboration initiative.
Dennis spends his free time working with the youth through local organizations and is actively involved
with the Boy Scouts of America.
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