Leadership

Board of Directors

Officers

Ellen R. Cohen, MSW, Founder

Jean-Paul A. Rebillard, Chair 
President, MedPro Specialty, MedPro Group

Robyn Begley, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, Vice Chair
Former, Chief Executive Officer, AONL
Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, AHA

Ethan Crain, Treasurer
Executive Vice President, National Healthcare Practice Leader, Lockton

Board Members

Michael L. Blau
Former Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP

William T. Curry Jr., MD
Chief Medical Officer, Academic Medical Centers, 
Mass General Brigham

Melissa A. Fitzpatrick, MSN, RN, FAAN
President, Kirby Bates Associates 

Graham Gardner, MD, MBA
Founder and Former Chief Executive Officer, Kyruus Health

Ann-Ellen Hornidge, Esq.
Board Chair, Beth Israel Lahey Health System

Sharon McNally
Chief Executive Officer, Camp Harbor View Foundation

Reena L. Pande, MD
Oxeon

Angela Patterson, DNP, FNP-BC, NEA-BC, FAANP
Enterprise Chief Nursing Officer
VP and Chief Nurse Practitioner Officer, Retail Health

Sandhya Rao, MD 
Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Health and Medical Management 
Blue Cross Blue Shield Massachusetts

Mark E. Reynolds
Chief Executive Officer, CRICO

Jay Shiland
Partner, MTS Health Partners LP

Charlotte Yeh, MD, FACEP
Founder, Yeh Innovation, LLC
Former Chief Medical Officer, AARP Services, Inc.

Legal Counsel

Kate Stewart

Honorary Board Members

Chairs

Betsy Pingree Frawley

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

Members

Charlie D. Baker
President, National Collegiate Athletic Association

Mimi Bartholomay, RN, MSN

Peter A. Biagetti
Member, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Giovsky and Popeo

M. Lynn Buttolph, MD, PhD
Physician, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital

Howard Cohen
Chairman of the Board, Beacon Communities

Robert K. Coughlin
Managing Director, Life Sciences, JLL

Richard Doherty
Former President, Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts 

Andrew Dreyfus
Chief Executive Officer, National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation

Rushika Fernandopulle, MD, MPP
Former Chief Innovation Officer, OneMedical

Kerry A. Flynn
Former Vice President, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, Vertex

Beth Lown, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Emeritus, The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare

Thomas J. Lynch Jr., MD
President and Director, Fred Hutch Cancer Center

Clare Midgley

Joyce A. Murphy
2019 Advanced Leadership Initiative Fellow, Harvard University

Britain Nicholson, MD
Former, Senior Vice President for Development, Massachusetts General Hospital

James Roosevelt, Jr.
Counsel, Verrill & Dana

Eric Schultz

Eric Schwartz, MD

Marjorie Stanzler

Rev. Judith Swahnberg

Kate Walsh
Massachusetts Secretary of Health and Human Services 

Stephen Weiner
Member Emeritus of Mintz

Lynn Wiatrowski
Former Managing Director, Bank of America 

Daniel Wofford
Senior Consultant, 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania

Marilyn Yager
Senior Policy Advisor, Alston & Bird, LLP

Candace Young
Owner and Founder, From The Ground Up

Leadership Council

Co-Chairs

Michael L. Blau
Former Partner, Foley and Lardner

Pamela Mann, MSSA, Vice-Chair
Interfaith Chaplain, In-Patient Care, Beth Israel Medical Center

Council Members

Wendy K. Cohen, LICSW
Former Social Worker, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Jon DuBois, MD
Oncologist, The Anderson Family Cancer Institute, Jupiter Medical Center

Matthew Fishman 
Former Vice President for Community Affairs, Mass General Brigham

Matthew Germak, MD, MPH
Vice President of Patient Safety, CRICO

Brent Henry
Member, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

Michael Goldberg, MD 
Scholar in Residence, The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare

Edward J. Keohane
Founder and CEO, Babywell MD 

Samantha Kingsbury
Of Counsel, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 

Michele R. Klau RNCS
 Psychopharmacologist and Psychotherapist
The Danielsen Institute at Boston University

Sarah Lukas
Former partner of Edelstein & Co., LLP

Jo Frances Meyer
Director, Puddingstone Consulting

Paresh Purohit
Vice President, Marsh McLennan Agency

Jan Rose
Senior Vice President, Government Affairs, McDermott, Quilty & Miller LLP

Beth Sampath
Vice President, Quality Assurance, Benchmark Senior Living

Daniel Stanzler
Portfolio Manager, Beaumont Financial Partners

Tamar Thompson
Head, Global Corporate Affairs, Alexion Pharmaceuticals

Larry Vernaglia
Partner, Foley and Lardner LLP

Peter Zane
Former President, Kryptonite Corporation

Community Advisory Council

Council Members

Patricia Arias
Program Manager, Trauma-Informed Care, University Hospital (UH)

Ruth Bash
Senior Vice President & Chief Experience Officer, Inspira Health

Bernice Burkharth
Chief Medical Officer, Care at Home, Tufts Medicine

Kimberly Dever
Vice President of Women’s Health and Chief, OB/GYN, South Shore Health

Mila Felder
Vice President, Well-being, Advocate Health

Paula Goodman-Crews
Medical Bioethics Director, Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center

Shamai Larsen
Employee Wellbeing Manager, Legacy Health

Farida Malik
East Sussex Healthcare, NHS Trust

Sophia Maurasse
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, McLean Hospital

Jeff Meyer
Lead Chaplain – Schwartz Rounds Committee Chairperson, Spectrum Health Medical Center

Sofia Newton
Wellness Manager, Highland Hospital

Jennifer Polakowski
Assistant Director/Co-Lead, NJ Nursing Emotional Well-being Institute (NJ-New); NJ Action Coalition (NJAC)

Tracy Receveur
Senior Consultant, Alberta Health Services

Heather Schmidt
System Medical Director Healthy Work & Well-being, SSM Health

Sarah Sebton
Director, Trauma-Informed Care, University Hospital (UH)

Beba Tata-Mbeng
Manager of Spiritual Care, Mayo Clinic Florida

Alex (Nathan) Thurman
Risk Management Assistant, Bluegrass Care Navigators

Ashley Yeats
Vice President Medical Operations, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts – Health & Medical Management

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