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, ex officio
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
Ann-Ellen Hornidge, Esq.
Board Chair, Beth Israel Lahey Health System
Sharon McNally
Chief Executive Officer, Camp Harbor View Foundation
Angela Patterson, DNP, FNP-BC, NEA-BC, FAANP
Enterprise Chief Nursing Officer
VP and Chief Nurse Practitioner Officer, Retail Health
Glenn Pomerantz, MD, JD
Chief Medical Officer, Point32Health
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
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
Former President and CEO, Blus Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Rushika Fernandopulle, MD, MPP
Former Chief Innovation Officer, OneMedical
Kerry A. Flynn
Former Vice President, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, Vertex
Beth Lown, MD
Former, Chief Medical Officer, 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
The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare’s Leadership Council is composed of 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
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 Germak, MD, MPH
Vice President of Patient Safety, CRICO
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
Jo Frances Meyer
Director, Puddingstone Consulting
Paresh Purohit
Vice President, Marsh McLennan Agency
Jan Rose
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