Officers

Ellen R. Cohen, MSW, Founder

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

Ethan Crain, Treasurer
Managing Director, Northeast Healthcare Practice Leader, Marsh McLennan

Board Members

Rana Awdish, MD, FCCP, FACP
Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program, Henry Ford Health System
Medical Director, Care Experience, Henry Ford Health System
Associate Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator FTA, Wayne State University School of Medicine

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

Michael L. Blau, ex officio
Former Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP

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

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

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

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

Mark E. Reynolds
Chief Executive Officer, CRICO 

Jay Shiland 
Partner, MTS Health Partners LP

Marjorie Stanzler 

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

Legal Counsel

Kate Stewart

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 College andUniversities in Massachusetts 

Andrew Dreyfus
Former President and CEO, Blue Cross Shield of Massachusetts 

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

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

William Knowlton
Former Partner, Ropes & Gray

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

Thomas Lynch, MD
President and Director, Fred Hutch Cancer Center

Clare Midgley

James Roosevelt, Jr.
Counsel, Verrill & Dana

Eric Schultz

Eric Schwartz, MD

Rev. Judith Swahnberg

Kate Walsh
Massachusetts Secretary of Health and Human Services 

Stephen Weiner

Lynn Wiatrowski
Executive Vice President, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

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

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
Oncology, The Anderson Family Cancer Institute, Jupiter Medical Center

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 Pope, P.C.

Bessie Manley Szum, RN, MPA/HA, NE-BC
Director Of Patient Safety, CRICO

Jo Frances Meyer
Director, Puddingstone Consulting

Michael Reinhorn, MD
Surgeon, Newton Wellesley Hospital

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