Board of Directors

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