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Leadership Team

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Joan Kwiatkowski
Chief Executive Officer
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Corissa Bernier
Chief Financial Officer
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Elena Marchand headshot.

Elena Marchand
Chief Human Resources Officer
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Suzanne Cesana
LNHA, ALRA, CDP
Executive Director

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Ryan Girard
Vice President of Operations
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Stephanie Duquette
Vice President of Culinary Operations
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Adrianna Meyer
Human Resources Manager
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Lisa Lavin
Finance Manager
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Administration

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April Salisbury, CNA, ALRA
Community Outreach Coordinator
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Ashley Morrison headshot.

Ashley Morrison, MD
Medical Director
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Sue Intoccia, RN
Wellness Director
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Executive Committee

Chair

Danielle Kopf, CIA, CFSA, CRMA
Director of Internal Audit
Beacon Mutual Insurance Company

Vice Chair

Whitney Mills, PhD
Associate Professor of Gerontology
University of Massachusetts Boston and VA Providence Health Care System

Treasurer

Marie Ganim, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice
Brown University, School of Professional Studies

Secretary

Megan Herne
Director of Human Resources and Social Responsibility
Cooley Group


Board Members

Marianne Raimondo, PhD
Vice President for Academic Affairs
Community College of Rhode Island

Dalissa Kelly, PharmaD
Senior Director of Health Plans
Capital RX

Carlos Galliano
Director of Programs, Platforms and Payload Integration Department
Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division

Yasin Abul, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator, Department of Internal Medicine
Brown University

Mitchell Wice, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Brown University, Alpert Medical School

Ellen McCreedy, PhD 
Assistant Professor, Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research
Brown University, School of Public Health

Jayne Pawasauskas, PharmaD, BCPS
Clinical Professor, College of Pharmacy
University of Rhode Island

Eric Jutkowitz, PhD
Associate Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management
University of Minnesota

Gail Patry, MS, RN, CPEHR
Retired Senior Vice President of Quality Programming
HealthCentric Advisors

Paari Gopalakrishnan, MD, MBA
President and Chief Operating Officer
GBMC Healthcare

James Nyberg, MPA
Senior Advisor
Public Consulting Group LLC

Dylan Zelazo
Executive Director
Rhode Island Health and Educational Building Corporation

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