HCA’s Board of Directors is responsible for promoting and implementing a vision and strategic policy direction for the home care industry and the Association.
The Board of Directors and HCA’s overall governance structure work efficiently and effectively to provide leadership that guides the direction of HCA’s policy, advocacy, educational and overall operational work. When a major new policy development, scenario or problem emerges, you can be assured that HCA has worked quickly and thoroughly as a team to gain input, direction, consultation and resolve, where needed, from the industry’s best and brightest field‐level experts on our Board who represent the full continuum of home care programs and regional demographics.
Melissa Allard
Director of Home and Community-Based Services
St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center CHHA
Liverpool. NY
Amy Bowerman
VP Post-Acute/Rehabilitation Services
Mohawk Valley Health Systems
Utica, NY
Andrea Brown
President and CEO
AB Coaching and Consulting, Inc.
Bronx, NY
Jennifer Brullo
Senior Vice President, Patient Care Services
VNS Health
New York, NY
Thomas Caprio, MD
Chief Medical Officer
UR Medicine Home Care
Rochester, NY
Paul Essner
Senior Managing Director
Risk Strategies Co.
Garden City, NY
Elvira Fardello-Roveto
Assistant Vice President and Home Care Administrator
St. Mary's Home Care for Children
New Hyde Park, NY
Mildred Ferriter
Executive Director and CEO
Community Health Center of St. Mary's Healthcare and Nathan Littauer Hospital
Johnstown, NY
Mary Frawley
Director of Patient Services
Catholic Home Care
Farmingdale, NY
Bridget Gallagher
Vice President of Operations
Americare
Brooklyn, NY
Chris Graber
CEO
Consumer Directed Choices
Albany, NY
Marianne Grady
Director II< Healthcare Management NY Medicaid
Empire BlueCross BlueShield
New York, NY
Lisa Greisler
President
Visiting Nursing Association of WNY
Cheektowaga, NY
Nancy Helenek
Administrative Director of the Care Continuum
South Nassau Communities Hospital Home Care
Oceanside, NY
Nathaniel Jones
Division President of Business Development
LHC Group
River Vale, NJ
Walter Kaltenbach
Chief Executive Officer
Always Home Care
Brooklyn, NY
Orael Keenan
Hospice QAPI and Compliance Coordinator
Visiting Nurse Service & Hospice of Suffolk, Inc.
East Northport, NY
Andrea Lazarek-Laquay
Chief Clinical Officer
Nascentia Health
Syracue, NY
Timothy Leddy
President and CEO
Visiting Nurse Services in Westchester
White Plains, NY
Russell Lusak
Chief Operating Officer
Selfhelp Community Services
New York, NY
Michelle Mazzacco
Executive Vice President
St. Peter’s Health Partners Continuing Care Network
Troy, NY
Lynne Moore
Director of Patient Services
Cattaraugus County Health Department
Olean, NY
Shewon Roper-Erie
Deputy Executive Director/Chief Clinical Officer
NYC Health & Hospitals-Community Care
New York, NY
Lina Scacco
Vice President, Corporate Engagement and Community Health Services/span>
Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation
New Hyde Park, NY
Bernhard (Berni) Schiel
President and CEO
Bestcare, Inc.
Levittown, NY
Suzanne Turchetti
Chief Administrative Officer
HCR Home Care
Rochester, NY
Philip J. Viar
CEO
Avondale Care Group, LLC
New York, NY
Dennis Whalen
Senior Vice President, State Government Affairs
Northwell Health
New Hyde Park, NY
Maureen White
Vice President for Provider Relations/Outreach
Evercare
Newburgh, NY