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 Health
Syracuse
Amy Bowerman
Executive Director of Senior Network Health MLTC and Director of Quality Improvement and Privacy Officer
Visiting Nurse Association of Utica and Oneida County
June Castle
Chief Financial Officer
VNA Homecare
Syracuse, NY
Paul Essner
Principal
TSG Financial LLC, A Division of Risk Strategies
Garden City, NY
Elvira Fardello-Roveto
Assistant Vice President and Administrator
St. Mary's Home Care for Children
Mildred Ferriter
Executive Director and CEO
Community Health Center of St. Mary's Healthcare and Nathan Littauer Hospital
Mary Frawley
Director of Patient Services
Catholic Home Care
Bridget Gallagher
Vice President
Americare
New York, NY
Marianne Grady
Director of Government Business Division, Managed Long Term Care
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield
New York, NY
Nancy Helenek
Administrative Director of the Care Continuum
South Nassau Communities Hospital
Walter Kaltenbach
Individual Member
Orael Keenan
Associate Executive Director of Clinical Services
Hospice Care Network
Susan Larman
CEO
VNA Home Health
Albany, NY
Timothy Leddy
President/Chief Executive Officer
Visiting Nurse Services in Westchester
White Plains, NY
Russell Lusak
COO
Selfhelp Community Services
Michelle Mazzacco
Vice President/Director
Eddy Community Services/St. Peter's Health Partners
Troy, NY
Sylvia McTigue
President and CEO
EverCare
Newburgh, NY
Sandy Merlino
Vice President of Hospital Market Development, Integrated Delivery Systems
Visiting Nurse Service of New York
New York, NY
Lynne Moore
Director of Patient Services
Cattaraugus County Health Department
Laurie Neander
CEO
Bassett Healthcare Network: At Home Care, Inc.
Oneonta, NY
Mary Queally
Director of Home Care Services
Riverspring Certified Home Health Agency & Licensed Home Health Agency
New York, NY
Michele Quirolo
Individual Member
John Rabbia
Chief Quality Officer
New York City Health and Hospitals At Home
Bernard Schiel
President/COO
Bestcare, Inc.
Lina Scacco
Assistant Vice President, Corporate Outreach and Development
Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation
New Hyde Park, NY
Jane Shukitis
President and CEO
UR Medicine Home Care
Webster, NY
Mark Tsiames
Principal
Simione Healthcare Consultants
Hamden, CT
Suzanne Turchetti
Vice President for Administration
HCR Home Care
Philip J. Viar
CEO
Avondale Group
Jacob Victory
COO
The New Jewish Home
New York, NY