Executive team

Demetrius Ware

Managing Director 

Founder 

For over 19 years, Demetrius Ware, has built his reputation as a global thought leader and strategic planner in the banking, CRE and Healthcare finance industries scaling value in both emerging & mature markets.

Holding leadership positions in finance throughout his career including roles as a former Vice President at US Bank and Walker & Dunlop, Demetrius designed and implemented strategic growth modules resulting in over $2.5 billion in CRE structured finance, healthcare acquisition, and utility scale renewable energy development. 

Using the same areas of expertise, Demetrius is now Founder of VEW Emerging & Corporate Advisory. With core concentrations in affordable healthcare (VEW Health), housing, and renewable energy in both emerging and underserved markets; fostering international partnerships with ties in Dubai, Nigeria, Singapore, Cameroon, Zimbabwe, and expanding.

In addition to contributing as a noted international keynote speaker and advocate for minority and women owned business & leadership, Demetrius is also a consultant to community and regional banking institutions on domestic and global strategic market growth. 

When he’s not working, Demetrius enjoys spending quality time traveling with his family, reading, fitness, and mental health development. He also makes time to mentor the country’s youth communities and future business leaders.

Dr. Emeka Iroha, MD.

Retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel  

Medical Director

VEW Health co-founder and Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Emeka Iroha, MD. is a retired US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel and a seasoned internal medicine physician. Dr. Iroha embodies the synthesis of world-class medical expertise and leadership.

Dr. Iroha’s academic pursuit led him to the University of Texas at Arlington, where he garnered a multifaceted education in mathematics, biology, and biochemistry. He earned a master's degree in molecular genetics, followed by a doctorate in medicine from the University of Nevada. 

Concurrently, Dr. Iroha’s military journey began as a Combat Medic, laying a firm foundation for his healthcare pursuits. Rising through the ranks from Captain to Lieutenant Colonel in the US Air Force.  Dr. Iroha's experiences fostered a unique blend of strategic leadership and teamwork that profoundly informs his medical practice.

His military achievements, which includes leading a medical mission to Vanuatu as a combat medic and completing flight surgeon school at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, stand as a testament to his commitment as a servant leader. His dual roles allowed him to cultivate a unique blend of discipline, strategic leadership, and deep healthcare insights that define Dr. Iroha approach to care today.

Dr. Iroha is not just a medical professional; he's a healthcare visionary. In 2020, he founded A-P Medical Group in Las Vegas, with a focus on comprehensive and inclusive family care. Dr. Iroha practice philosophy pivots around the understanding that exceptional medical care is personalized, with relationships being the cornerstone of successful long-term health outcomes.

Beyond Dr. Iroha’s professional endeavors, his contributions to society speak volumes about his character and commitment to community. He established the IChuks Memorial Foundation, honoring his late father, which oversees the IComfort and IMorgan initiatives. The IComfort Helping Hand Memorial Foundation, dedicated to his late mother, empowers single women through micro-lending, fostering entrepreneurship. The IMorgan Memorial Clinic, in honor of his uncle, aims to bridge healthcare gaps for indigenous people in Nigeria.

Dr. Iroha’s rich life experiences, professional accomplishments, and dedication to community service inform our operations and influence our outcomes. 

Jeff Whitehead

In-House Counsel  

Jeffrey J. Whitehead has practiced in the Southwest, Colorado and New York for more than 30 years, after having grown up in Reno and Las Vegas, Nevada. His practice has been diverse focusing upon business interests, becoming a legal life consultant for his clients. He advises clients how to commence business, what form the business entity should take, how to protect assets, and in designing estate plans for the individual. His estate plans involve small personal estates to complex plans involving large business succession. He acts as a trustee for Nevada self-settled trusts. Mr. Whitehead has advised diverse business interests including healthcare, entertainment, real estate developers, medical marijuana dispensers and cultivators, e-commerce and matters involving intellectual property.

His clients include medium and small businesses, professionals, such healthcare providers, physicians, nurses, hospitals, DME providers and other physician extenders. In the field of healthcare, he advises clients on matters of fraud and abuse, Stark law compliance, management service organizations, Fair Hearings, privilege negotiations, practice development, provider networks, PPOs, IPAs, ACOs and insurance networks.

He has advised real estate developers, contractors, subcontractors, banks, financial institutions, restaurants, entertainers, e-commerce businesses, in all aspects of business operations, including employment matters.

Mr. Whitehead acts as an attorney paymaster for appropriate qualified clients.

Mr. Whitehead has practiced before the Courts of Nevada, Arizona and New York, both in state and federal, has practiced before the probate courts since his clerked at the US District Court for the District of Nevada. He has been involved in drafting statutes, including Nevada’s first limited liability company in 1990-91 and healthcare legislation.

Mr. Whitehead is an adjunct professor of law at Cornell University School of Law on topics of general health law, mental health law, Food and Drug Law and general business law, having commenced his instruction in 2016.

• Healthcare Law
• Civil Litigation
• Probate & estate administration
• Business Law
• Estate Planning
• Real Estate

• Nevada, 1987
• Arizona, 1988
• Colorado, 1989
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1989
• U.S. District Court District of Nevada, 1987
• New York

• Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Provo, Utah
  • J.D. cum laude – 1987
• Brigham Young University
  • B.A. – 1984

• State Bar of Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, New York
• American Society of Medical Association Counsel

• American Society of Medical Association Counsel

• German
• Spanish