Dinner Chairs

Kevin B. Churchwell, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Boston Children’s Hospital

Brent L. Henry, Member, Mintz

Thomas H. Lee, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Press Ganey

Event Committee

Ellen Cohen, MSW, Founder, Schwartz Center Board

Wendy Cohen, LICSW

Robert Coughlin, Managing Director, JLL

Ethan Crain, Managing Director, Northeast Health Practice Leader, Marsh McLennan

Mishele and Robert Fields, Executive Vice President & Chief Clinical Officer, Beth Israel Lahey Health

Betsy Pingree Frawley and James M. Litton

Elizabeth Maringer and Jay Shiland, Partner, MTS Health Partners LP

Sharon McNally, CEO, Camp Harbor View Foundation

Ann Muschett and Michael Blau, Former Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP

Kendalle Burlin O’Connell, Esq., Chief Executive Officer & President, MassBio

Christopher D. Palmieri, President & Chief Executive Officer, Commonwealth Care Alliance

Mark Reynolds, Chief Executive Officer, CRICO

Peter Slavin, MD, President and CEO, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Health System

Colette and Daniel Stanzler, Portfolio Manager, Beaumont Financial Partners, LLC

Marjorie and Paul Stanzler

Elizabeth Vernaglia, PhD and Lawrence Vernaglia, Partner, Foley and Lardner LLP

Peter and Ellen Zane 

Officers

Ellen R. Cohen, MSW, Founder

Jean-Paul A. Rebillard, Chair

Sharon McNally, Vice Chair

Ethan Crain, Treasurer

Board Members

Rana Awdish, MD, FCCP, FACP

Robyn Begley, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN

Michael L. Blau, ex officio

Ann-Ellen Hornidge, Esq.

Joyce A. Murphy

Britain Nicholson, MD

Angela Patterson, DNP, FNP-BC, NEA-BC, FAANP

Glenn Pomerantz, MD, JD

Mark E. Reynolds

Jay Shiland

Marjorie Stanzler

Charlotte Yeh, MD, FACEP

Legal Counsel

Kate Stewart

Chairs

Betsy Pingree Frawley, Co-Chair

Tony Starr, Co-Chair

Members

Charlie D. Baker

Mimi Bartholomay, RN, MSN

Peter A. Biagetti

M. Lynn Buttolph, MD, PhD

Howard Cohen

Robert K. Coughlin

Richard Doherty

Andrew Dreyfus

Rushika Fernandopulle, MD, MPP

Kerry A. Flynn

Ruth Kilduff, RN*

William Knowlton

Thomas Lynch, MD

Clare Midgley

James Roosevelt, Jr.

Eric Schultz

Eric Schwartz, MD

Rev. Judith Swahnberg

Kate Walsh

Stephen Weiner

Lynn Wiatrowski

Daniel Wofford

Marilyn Yager

Candace Young

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 advancing the organization.

Co-Chairs

Michael L. Blau, Chair

Pamela Mann, MSSA, Vice-Chair

Council Members

Wendy K. Cohen, LICSW

Jon DuBois, MD

Michael Goldberg, MD

Edward Keohane

Samantha Kingsbury

Bessie Manley Szum, RN, MPA/HA, NE-BC

Jo Frances Meyer

Michael Reinhorn, MD

Jan Rose

Beth Sampath

Daniel Stanzler

Tamar Thompson

Larry Vernaglia

Peter Zane

Michael Gustafson, MD, MBA, Chief Executive Officer

Elizabeth Hickman, Chief Operating Officer