NESHCo About Us

Board of Directors

Lee Reynolds Crouch, APR
President
Lee Reynolds Crouch, APR
Business Development Director
True North Custom Media
35 Gaylor Drive
Monroe, CT 06468
Phone: 203.216.6518  
lcrouch@truenorthcustom.com
 
Scott W. Orstad
Vice President
Scott W. Orstad
Manager, Corporate Communications
Stamford Health System
30 Shelburne Road/P.O. Box 9317
Stamford, CT 06904-9317
Phone: 203-276-5933
sorstad@stamhealth.org
 
Jeanne E. Sarnosky
Treasurer
Jeanne E. Sarnosky
Director of Marketing
VNA of Cape Cod
255 Independence Drive
Hyannis, MA 02601
Phone: 508-957-7452
jsarnosky@vnacapecod.org
 
Jill McDonald, APR
Secretary
Jill McDonald, APR
Vice President, Communication and Market Development
Eastern Maine Medical Center
289 State Street
Bangor, ME 04402
Phone: 207-973-7742
jmcdonald@emh.org
 
Kevin McDonald
Immediate Past President
Kevin McDonald
kevinmcdonald68@gmail.com
 
Shawn Mawhiney
Director 1: Connecticut
Shawn Mawhiney
The William H. Backus Hospital
326 Washington Street
Norwich, CT 06360
Phone: (860) 889-8331
smawhiney@wwbh.org
 
Marcia Simon, APR
Director 2: Connecticut
Marcia Simon, APR
MSE Public Relations
540 Toby Hill Road
Westbrook, CT 06498 USA
landline 860.399.0191
wireless 860.395.7244
marcia@mseusa.com
 
Director 1: Eastern Massachusetts
John Looney
Director, Communications and Public Affairs
WinchesterHospital
12 Alfred Street, Suite 310
Woburn, MA 01801
Direct line: 781-756-2138
jlooney@winhosp.org
 
Deborah Chiaravalloti
Director 2: Eastern Massachusetts
Deborah Chiaravalloti
Vice President, Marketing & Public Relations
Anna Jaques Hospital
25 Highland Avenue
Newburyport, MA 01950
Phone: 978-463-1175
dchiaravalloti@ajh.org
 
Kathy Mockler
Director 1: Maine
Diane Atwood
Account Executive
Diane Atwood, LLC
293 North Gorham Road
Gorham, ME 04038
Phone: 207-415-1315
diane@dianeatwood.com
 
Director 2: Maine
Roxanne Jones
Principal
Hurley Communications
PO Box 124
Harpswell, ME 04079
Phone: 207-729-6209
roxanne@hurleycomm.com
 
Thomas Link
Director 1: New Hampshire
Sandra Phipps
Sr Director Development and Communications
Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth Hitchcock Keene
580 Court Street
Keene, NH 03431
Phone: 603-354-5403     
sphipps@cheshire-med.com
 
Natalie Rudzinskyj
Director 2: New Hampshire
Natalie Rudzinskyj
Director of Public Relations & Marketing
LRG Healthcare
80 Highland Street
Laconia, NH 03246
Phone: 603-737.1041
nrudzinskyj@lrgh.org
 
 
Director 1: Rhode Island
Colin Shaw
Electronic Communications Specialist  
Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island
111 Brewster Street
Pawtucket, RI 02860
Phone: (401) 729-2320
colin_shaw@mhri.org
 
Amanda Barney
Director 2: Rhode Island
Amanda Barney
Vice President, Communications
Hospital Association of Rhode Island
100 Midway Road, Suite 21
Cranston, RI 02920
Phone: 401-946-7887
amandab@hari.org
 
Director I: Vermont
Kevin Robinson
Director of Communications
Southwestern Vermont Medical Center
100 Hospital Drive Box 66
Bennington, VT 5201
Phone: (802) 447-5003Cell:
robk@phin.org
 
Paul Hopkins
Director 1: Western Massachusetts
Paul Hopkins
Director Community Relations
Northern Berkshire Healthcare
71 Hospital Avenue
North Adams, MA 01247
Phone: (413) 664-5142
phopkins@nhhealth.org
 
 
Director 2: Western Massachusetts
Lauren Smith, CFRE
Director, Community Relations & Development
Fairview Hospital-Berkshire Health System
29 Lewis Street
Great Barrington, MA 02130
Phone: 413-528-0790
lsmith@bhs1.org
 
Helayne Lightstone
Director At Large - 1
Helayne Lightstone
Director of Corporate Communications
The Hospital of Central Connecticut
100 Grand Street
New Britain, CT 06050
Phone: 860-224-5470
hlightstone@thocc.org
 
May Kernan, APR
Director At Large - 2
May Kernan, APR
Vice President for Marketing Communications
Care New England Health System
101 Dudley Street
Providence, RI 02905
Phone: 401-453-7997
mkernan@wihri.org
 
Kelly Woodsum
Executive Director
Kelly Woodsum
PO Box 336
Rowley, MA 01969
Phone: 978-948-8600
kwoodsum@neshco.org