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.
HCA’s Board officers are: Chairperson Susan Larman, CEO of VNA Homehealth; Vice-Chair Pam Joachim, Executive Director at Montefiore Home Health Agency; Secretary Sue Brett, Chief Operating Officer/Senior Vice President of People Care; and Treasurer Laurie Neander, CEO of Bassett Healthcare Network: At Home Care, Inc..
Melissa Allard
Director of Home and Community Based Services
St. Joseph's Health
Syracuse
Marie Andreacchio
President
Allen Health Care Services
Forest Hills, NY
Susan Brett
SecretaryCOO/Senior Vice President
People Care, Inc.
New York, NY
Anne Calvo
Assistant Vice President
Winthrop University Hospital Home Health Agency
Mineola, NY
June Castle
Chief Financial Officer
VNA Homecare
Syracuse, NY
Michael Feinman
Director of Operations
Any-Time Home Care
Nyack, NY
Pamela Joachim
Vice-Chairperson Executive Director
Montefiore Medical Center Home Health
Bronx, NY
Bridget Gallagher
Vice President
Americare
New York, NY
Roni Glaser
Partner
Glaser & Weiner
Great Neck, NY
Marianne Grady
Director of Government Business Division, Managed Long Term Care
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield
New York, NY
Walter Kaltenbach
COO
MZL Home Care Agency
Brooklyn, NY
Susan Larman
ChairpersonCEO
VNA Home Health
Albany, NY
Timothy Leddy
President/Chief Executive Officer
Visiting Nurse Services in Westchester
White Plains, NY
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
Irina Mitzner
Vice President, Clinical Operations
Northwell Health – Home Care Network
Westbury, NY
Laurie Neander
TreasurerCEO
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
Lina Scacco
Assistant Vice President, Corporate Outreach and Development
Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation
New Hyde Park, NY
Brian Schiel
Vice President/Field Operations
Bestcare Inc.
Levittown, NY
Jane Shukitis
President and CEO
UR Medicine Home Care
Webster, NY
Mark Tsiames
Principal
Simione Healthcare Consultants
Hamden, CT
Jacob Victory
COO
The New Jewish Home
New York, NY
Mary Zagajeski
President and CEO
ArchCare at Home
Ossining, NY
Elizabeth Zicari
President
HCR Homecare
Rochester, NY