Board of Directors

The Kenneth B. Schwartz Center's Board of Directors, initially composed of Ken's family, friends, and principal caregivers at Massachusetts General Hospital, has grown to 27 members. Committees include Development, Programming, Nominations and Finance, and are made of up Board members as well as other outside experts.

Officers
Ellen Cohen, MSW, President (bio)

Peter A. Biagetti, Chair (bio)
Member, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo

Thomas Lynch, MD, Vice Chair (bio)
Chief of the MGH Cancer Center; Director MGH Thoracic Center, Massachusetts General Hospital

Kate Walsh, Treasurer
Chief Operating Officer, Brigham & Women's Hospital

William Knowlton, Clerk
Partner, Ropes & Gray

Board Members
Beverly Armstrong
Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Paratek Pharmaceuticals

Michael Astrue

Charles Baker (bio)
President & Chief Executive Officer, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

Mimi Bartholomay, RN, MSN
Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist, Massachusetts General Hospital

Ned Cassem, MD
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital

Olivia Cheng
President & Chief Executive Officer, Aurora Imaging Technology

Howard Cohen
Principal, The Beacon Communities

Richard Doherty
President, The Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts (AICUM)

Andrew Dreyfus (bio)
Executive Vice President for Health Care Services, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Betsy Pingree Frawley

Philip Johnston
President, Philip W. Johnston Associates

Ruth Kilduff, RN
Managing Principal, Integro Group

Beth Lown, MD (bio)
Director of Faculty Development, Mt. Auburn Hospital, Department of Medicine

Clare Midgley

Britain Nicholson, MD
Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer and Director, Primary Care, Massachusetts General Hospital

Judith Swahnberg Novotny (bio)

Thomas G. Roberts, Jr., MD
Senior Analyst, Noonday Asset Management

James Roosevelt , Jr.
President & Chief Executive Officer, Tufts Health Plan

Eric Schultz
President & Chief Executive Officer, Fallon Community Health Plan

Carol Schwartz, MSW

Thomas P. Sellers (bio)
Chief Financial Officer, American Cancer Society, New England Division

Tony Starr
Member, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo

Lynn Wiatrowski
Executive Vice President, Regional Executive Northeast Healthcare & Institution, Bank of America

Marilyn Yager
Senior Public Policy Advisor, Alston & Bird

Legal Counsel
Stephen M. Weiner
Member, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo

Honorary Board Members
Laurie Schwartz Naparstek, Ed.D.
Eric Schwartz, MD
William Schwartz, MD