Leadership

 
 

Board of Directors

The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare’s Board of Directors, initially composed of Ken's family, friends, and principal caregivers at Massachusetts General Hospital, has grown to 24 members. Committees include Development, Programs, Nominations, and Finance, and are made of up Board members as well as other outside experts. 

Officers
Ellen Cohen, MSW, President (bio)

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

Lynn Wiatrowski, Vice Chair and Treasurer (bio)
Executive Vice President, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

William Knowlton, Clerk
Partner, Ropes & Gray

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

Charles Baker

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

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

Olivia Ho Cheng
President & Chief Executive Officer, Aurora Imaging Technology

Andrew Dreyfus (bio)
President & Chief Executive Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Betsy Pingree Frawley

Ruth Kilduff, RN 
Managing Principal, Integro Insurance Brokers

Becky Levin
Founder, Chairman & CEO, Levin & Company, Inc. 

Thomas Lynch, MD (bio)
Director of Yale Cancer Center and Physician-in-Chief of Smilow Cancer Hospital

Sharon McNally, ex officio

Clare Midgley
President, Midgley Advisors

Joseph J. Mullany
President, Detroit Medical Center

Laurie Schwartz Naparstek, EdD*

Britain Nicholson, MD
Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer and Director, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital

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

Eric Schultz
President & Chief Executive Officer, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

Thomas P. Sellers 
Senior Director, Patient Advocacy & Corporate Philanthropy, Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company

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

Rev. Judith Swahnberg (bio)
Assistant or Associate Pastor, Wellesley Hills Congregational Church

Clare Villari

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

Honorary Board Members
Carol Schwartz, LICSW
Eric Schwartz, MD

Leadership Council
The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare’s Leadership Council is composed of more than 30 members who recognize the importance of compassionate care as a critical issue, are committed to the work of the Schwartz Center, and are willing and able to take an active role in the organization.

Co-Chairs
Sharon McNally
Tony Starr

Council Members

Phillips Axten, JD
Michael Berkowitz
Michael Blau
Liz Brody Gluck
Nancy L. Cahners
Joseph A. Chazan, MD
Andrea Cohen, MSW
Wendy K. Cohen, LICSW
Laurie Cowan
Mark DiNapoli
Ralph DiPisa
Jon DuBois, MD
Wendy Everett
Beth Freeman
Glen Giovannetti
Phil Johnston
Charles Kireker
Marie Yager Kireker
Rick Kobus
Richard Lynch
Eliane Markoff
Sharon McNally
Joyce Murphy
Jennifer Pline
Peter Resnick
Tom Simons
Steve Sisselman
Jeanie Ungerleider, LICSW
John Yozell 
Peter Zane

*deceased