31st Annual

Kenneth B. Schwartz
Compassionate Healthcare Dinner

Local Roots. Global Reach.

Tuesday, October 27, 2026 • The Westin Boston Seaport
425 Summer Street, Boston, MA

Program Coordination

Leadership

<h2 style="text-align: left;"> </h2> <h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #003f71;">Board of Directors</span></h2> <p style="text-align: left;"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;">Ellen R. Cohen, MSW</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Founder</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;">Robyn Begley, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Former Chief Executive Officer, AONL Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, AHA</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Chair</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;">Ethan Crain</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Executive Vice President, National Healthcare Practice Leader, Lockton</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Vice Chair </strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;">Jay Shiland</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Treasurer Partner, MTS Health Partners LP</p> <p style="text-align: left;"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;">Andrew Azan</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Senior Vice President / Executive Client Leader, AON</p> <p style="text-align: left;"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;">Michael L. Blau</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Former Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP</p> <p style="text-align: left;"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;">William T. Curry Jr.,</p> <p style="text-align: left;">MD Chief Medical Officer, Academic Medical Centers, Mass General Brigham</p> <p style="text-align: left;"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;">Melissa A. Fitzpatrick, MSN, RN, FAAN</p> <p style="text-align: left;">President, Kirby Bates Associates</p> <p style="text-align: left;"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;">Graham Gardner, MD, MBA</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Founder and Former Chief Executive Officer, Kyruus Health</p> <p style="text-align: left;"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;">Faye Gishen</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Director of University College London (UCL) Medical School and Head of the MBBS (Medicine) Programme</p> <p style="text-align: left;"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;">Ann-Ellen Hornidge, Esq.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Board Chair, Beth Israel Lahey Health System</p> <p style="text-align: left;"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;">Jack Lynch</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Main Line Health</p> <p style="text-align: left;"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;">Reena L. Pande, MD</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Oxeon</p> <p style="text-align: left;"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;">Angela Patterson, DNP, FNP-BC, NEA-BC, FAANP</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Enterprise Chief Nursing Officer, VP and Chief Nurse Practitioner Officer, Retail Health</p> <p style="text-align: left;"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;">Sandhya Rao, MD</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Health and Medical Management, Blue Cross Blue Shield Massachusetts</p> <p style="text-align: left;"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;">Jean-Paul A. Rebillard</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Executive Vice President, MedPro Group</p> <p style="text-align: left;"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;">Rosemary R. Sheehan</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Executive Vice President & Chief People Officer, Hartford Healthcare</p> <p style="text-align: left;"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;">Charlotte Yeh, MD, FACEP</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Founder, Yeh Innovation, LLC Former Chief Medical Officer, AARP Services, Inc.</p> <p style="text-align: left;"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;">Lawrence Vernaglia</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Legal Counsel Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP</p> <p style="text-align: left;"> </p> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <h2><span style="color: #003f71;">Honorary Board Members</span></h2> <p> </p> <p>Betsy Pingree Frawley</p> <p><strong>Chair</strong></p> <p> </p> <p>Tony Starr</p> <p>Member, Mintz</p> <p><strong>Chair</strong></p> <p> </p> <p>Charlie D. Baker</p> <p>President, National Collegiate Athletic Association</p> <p> </p> <p>Mimi Bartholomay, RN, MSN</p> <p> </p> <p>Peter A. Biagetti</p> <p>Member, Mintz</p> <p> </p> <p>M. Lynn Buttolph, MD, PhD</p> <p>Physician, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital</p> <p> </p> <p>Howard Cohen</p> <p>Chairman of the Board, Beacon Communities</p> <p>Robert K. Coughlin</p> <p>Managing Director, Life Sciences, JLL</p> <p> </p> <p>Richard Doherty</p> <p>Former President, Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts</p> <p> </p> <p>Andrew Dreyfus</p> <p>Chief Executive Officer, National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation</p> <p> </p> <p>Rushika Fernandopulle, MD, MPP</p> <p>Former Chief Innovation Officer, One Medical</p> <p> </p> <p>Kerry A. Flynn</p> <p>Former Vice President, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, Vertex</p> <p> </p> <p>Beth Lown, MD</p> <p>Chief Medical Officer, Emeritus, The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare</p> <p> </p> <p>Thomas J. Lynch Jr., MD</p> <p>President and Director, Fred Hutch Cancer Center</p> <p> </p> <p>Sharon McNally</p> <p>Chief Executive Officer, Camp Harbor View Foundation</p> <p> </p> <p>Joyce A. Murphy</p> <p>2019 Advanced Leadership Initiative Fellow, Harvard University</p> <p> </p> <p>Britain Nicholson, MD</p> <p>Former, Senior Vice President for Development, Massachusetts General Hospital</p> <p> </p> <p>Mark Reynolds</p> <p>Chief Executive Officer, CRICO</p> <p> </p> <p>James Roosevelt, Jr.</p> <p>Counsel, Verrill & Dana</p> <p> </p> <p>Eric Schwartz, MD</p> <p> </p> <p>Peter L. Slavin, MD</p> <p>President and Chief Executive Officer, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Health System</p> <p> </p> <p>Marjorie Stanzler</p> <p> </p> <p>Rev. Judith Swahnberg</p> <p> </p> <p>Kate Walsh</p> <p>Former Massachusetts Secretary of Health and Human Services</p> <p> </p> <p>Stephen Weiner</p> <p>Member Emeritus, Mintz</p> <p> </p> <p>Lynn Wiatrowski</p> <p>Former Managing Director, Bank of America</p> <p> </p> <p>Daniel Wofford</p> <p>Senior Consultant, 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania</p> <p> </p> <p>Marilyn Yager</p> <p>Senior Policy Advisor, Alston & Bird, LLP</p> <p> </p> <p>Candace Young Owner and Founder, From The Ground Up</p> <p> </p> <p>Eric Schultz</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <h2> </h2> <h2><span style="color: #003f71;">Leadership Council</span></h2> </div> <div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div> <div> <p> </p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Michael L. Blau</span></p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Former Partner, Foley and Lardner,</span></p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Chair</strong></span></p> </div> <div> <p> </p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Pamela Mann, MSSA</span></p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Interfaith Chaplain, In-Patient Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center</span></p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Vice-Chair</strong></span></p> </div> <div> <p> </p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Wendy K. Cohen, LICSW</span></p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Former Social Worker, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center</span></p> </div> <div> <p> </p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Jon DuBois, MD</span></p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Oncologist, The Anderson Family Cancer Institute, Jupiter Medical Center</span></p> </div> </div> <div> <div> <p> </p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Matthew Fishman</span></p> </div> <div> <p> </p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Matthew Germak, MD, MPH</span></p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Vice President of Patient Safety, CRICO</span></p> </div> <div> <p> </p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Brent Henry,</span></p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Member, Mintz</span></p> </div> <div> <p> </p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Michael Goldberg, MD</span></p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Scholar in Residence, The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare</span></p> <div> <p> </p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Edward J. Keohane</span></p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Founder and CEO, Babywell MD</span></p> </div> <div> <p> </p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Samantha Kingsbury,</span></p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Of Counsel, Mintz</span></p> </div> <div> <p> </p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Michele R. Klau, RNCS</span></p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Psychopharmacologist and Psychotherapist, The Danielsen Institute at Boston University</span></p> </div> <div> <p> </p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Sarah Lukas,</span></p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Former Partner, Edelstein & Co., LLP</span></p> <div> <p> </p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Jim Porter</span></p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Principle, ECG Management Consultants</span></p> </div> <div> <p> </p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Paresh Purohit</span></p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Vice President, Marsh McLennan Agency</span></p> </div> <div> <p> </p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Beth Sampath</span></p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Vice President, Quality Assurance, Benchmark Senior Living</span></p> </div> <div> <p> </p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Daniel Stanzler</span></p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Portfolio Manager, Beaumont Financial Partners</span></p> <div> <p> </p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Tamar Thompson</span></p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Head, Global Corporate Affairs, Alexion Pharmaceuticals</span></p> </div> <div> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Larry Vernaglia</span></p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Partner, Foley and Lardner LLP</span></p> </div> <div> <p> </p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Lauren Walsh, MA, JD</span></p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Health Care Attorney and Lecturer, Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics and Boston University School of Law</span></p> </div> <div> <p> </p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Peter Zane</span></p> <p class="text-sc-teal"><span style="color: #000000;">Former President, Kryptonite Corporation</span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> </div>

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