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“In the increasingly complex and rapidly evolving world of health care, it’s imperative that our board comprise a broad range of disciplines and expertise,” Anne-Lee Verville, chair of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health board of trustees, said in a news release. “I am delighted to welcome these new trustees, who bring insights and experience from nursing, health policy, finance, management, and investment to our deliberations.”
Stansfield has been the senior resident director of the Hanover office of Merrill Lynch since it opened in 1996.
He serves on the board of trustees at Kimball Union Academy and The Hitchcock Foundation, as well as serving on the Investment Committee of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock board of trustees and trustee of the trust funds in Plainfield, where he lives.
Thompson is chief executive officer emeritus of the American Organization of Nurse Executives.
She worked for 16 years as the organization’s CEO and senior vice president of nursing and chief nursing officer of the American Hospital Association, responsible for strengthening the health care workforce and the redesigning patient care delivery. Earlier, Thompson served as vice president of the children’s hospital, obstetrics, psychiatric services, and strategic planning at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.
Wolpow is co-CEO of Audax Group, a Boston-based private equity firm.
Prior to co-founding Audax in 1999, he worked as a managing director of Bain Capital and as a leveraged finance professional at Drexel Burnham Lambert and Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette. He serves on the board of trustees of Boston Children’s Hospital, where he is co-chair of the finance committee and a member of the governance and nominating committee. In the past, Wolpow has been a trustee of The Park School and Belmont Hill School and a member of the dean’s advisory board of the Wharton School.
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“I like working in geriatrics because it is complicated medicine, but also slow medicine,” Hayes said. “In geriatrics there are times we jump on treatment really quickly, but more often we’re doing things slowly to kind of see people respond, really involving patients and families in decision making and setting their goals of care.”
As part of the senior care team, Hayes will visit patients wherever they need to be seen, whether at home, in assisted living, or in a medical facility. “For older people that’s really important,” Hayes says. “To be able to do it in the greater community is pretty unique.”
Prior to joining APD, Hayes worked at Kendal at Hanover, a senior community. She worked for many years at White River Family Practice, and has also nursed in Rowanda, the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua. “I’ve mostly worked with underserved populations and have always enjoyed that,” Hayes said. “The Senior Care Team here is really doing that, bringing good medical care to everyone, including Medicaid patients.”
“Joanne is a talented and seasoned clinician whose skills and experience will greatly benefit our geriatric patients,” said Dr. Lisa Furmanski of APD’s Senior Care Team, who approached Hayes about the position.
One of Hayes’ specialities is diabetes care, and she will be working with seniors with diabetes, helping seniors understand how the treating the disease changes as they age.
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The new professionals will work at several HCRS offices, including Springfield and Hartford.
Leah Foster joins HCRS as a behavioral interventionist in Hartford.
Grace Jones will join the Springfield office as residential specialist, Courtney Veuthey as bookkeeper and Larry Johansen as employment specialist.
Tessa Bynorth, James Cullers and Ryan Johnson join as residential specialists in Bellows Falls, Vt.
Mikaela Rounds will be a residential specialist in Brattleboro, while Brian Harland will be the community outreach specialist for that region.
—Staff reports