Board of Directors 2006-2007
President Brian L. Wallin, APR Vice President, Public Relations and Marketing Kent Hospital 455 Tollgate Road Warwick, RI 02886 401-737-7010 Ext. 1395 Fax: 401-736-1034 wallinb@kentri.org
Vice President  Eileen O'Gara-Kurtis President Silver Branch Communications, LLC 1460 Fall River Avenue, Suite 8 Seekonk, MA 02771 508-336-3737 eileen@silverbranchcommunications.com
Treasurer Judy Katzel, APR Executive Vice President Burgess Advertising & Associates, Inc. 1290 Congress Street Portland, ME 04102 207-775-5227 Fax: 207-775-3157 judy@burgessadv.com
Secretary Lee Reynolds Crouch, APR Vice President, National Sales Manager Dowden Health Media 35 Gaylor Drive Monroe, CT 06468 203-459-4920 Fax: 203-445-2931 lee.crouch@dowdenhealth.com
Immediate Past President Gina M. Balkus, APR Director of Government Relations For New Hampshire Dartmouth-Hitchcock One Bedford Farms Bedford, NH 03110 603-629-1286 Fax: 603-629-1195 gina.balkus@hitchcock.org
Connecticut: State Directors Scott W. Orstad Manager, Corporate Communications Stamford Health System 30 Shelburne Road/PO Box 9317 Stamford, CT 06904 203-276-5933 Fax: 203-276-7905 sorstad@stamhealth.org
Helayne Lightstone Director of Corporate Communications The Hospital of Central Connecticut 100 Grand Street New Britain, CT 06050 860-224-5470 Fax: 860-224-5779 hlightstone@nbgh.org
Eastern Massachusetts: State Directors Jeanne E. Sarnosky Director of Marketing VNA of Cape Cod 255 Independence Drive Hyannis, MA 02601 508-957-7452 Fax:508-771-3707 jsarnosky@vnacapecod.org
Jim Rattray Vice President, Marketing and Public Affairs Southcoast Health System 157 Page Street New Bedford, MA 02740 508-961-5278 Fax:508-300-0230 rattrayj@southcoast.org
Maine: State Directors Mark Ishkanian, APR Director of Corporate Communications Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Maine 2 Gannett Drive South Portland, ME 04106 207-822-8454 Fax:207-822-7569 mark.ishkanian@anthem.com
Jill McDonald, APR Vice President, Communication & Marketing Department Eastern Maine Medical Center 289 State Street Bangor, ME 04402 207-973-7742 Fax:207-973-7857 jmcdonald@emh.org
New Hampshire: State Directors Natalie Rudzinskyj Director of Public Relations and Marketing LRG Healthcare 80 Highland Street Laconia, NH 03246 603-527-2812 Fax: 603-527-7185 nrudzinkskyj@lrgh.org
Lynn Lessard Sperl Communications Specialist NH Local Government Center HealthTrust PO Box 617 Concord, NH 03302-0617 603-224-7447 Ext. 206 Fax: 603-224-5406 lsperl@nhlgc.org
Rhode Island: State Directors Carolyn Merriman President Corporate Health Group 7 Brayton Meadow East Greenwich, RI 02818 888-334-2500 cmerriman@corporatehealthgroup.com
May Kernan, APR Vice President for Marketing Communications Care New England Health System 101 Dudley Street Providence, RI 02905 401-453-7997 Fax: 401-453-7617 mkernan@wihri.org
Vermont: State Directors Jill Jesso-White Marketing Director Rutland Regional Medical Center 160 Allen Street Rutland, VT 05701 802-747-1608 Fax: 802-747-6281 jjesso@rrmc.org
Kevin McDonald Vice President of Marketing & Planning Southwestern Vermont Health Care 100 Hospital Drive Bennington, VT 05201 802-447-5021 Fax: 802-447-5514 krm@phin.org
Western Massachusetts: State Director
Lou Davis Vice President, Marketing & Sales Market Street Research 2 Maple Avenue, Suite 52 Northampton, MA 01060 413-584-0465 Fax:413-582-1206 ldavis@marketstreetresearch.com
Directors-At-Large Barbara Gentry Director, Public Relations Brattleboro Memorial Hospital 17 Belmont Avenue Brattleboro VT 05301 802-257-8316 Fax: 802-257-8822 bgentry@bmhvt.org
Tom Link Vice President, Marketing, Planning & Community Relations Cheshire Medical Center 580 Court Street Keene, NH 03431 603-354-5403 Fax: 603-354-5402 tlink@cheshire-med.com
Executive Director Kelly Woodsum NESHCo PO Box 336 Rowley, MA 01969 978-948-8600 Fax: 978-948-2709 kwoodsum@neshco.org