OUR TEAM

Our Board Members represent stakeholders across sectors and states.

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NECBHN Board Members

  • Dr. Adrienne Carmack, MD

    Medical Director, Office of Child and Family Services — Maine

  • Dr. Alice Forrester, PhD

    CEO, Clifford Beers, Community Partners — Connecticut

  • Ann Smith, JD, MBA

    Executive Director, African Caribbean American Parents of Children with Disabilities, Inc. (AFCAMP) — Connecticut

  • Christine Tebaldi, DNP, MPH

    McLean Hospital Title, Chief Nursing Officer, Mass General Brigham Title, Vice President of Nursing, Behavioral and Mental Health — Massachusetts

  • Ellen Hallsworth

    Director, BluePath Health — New York

  • Dr. Henry T. Sachs III, MD

    President, Bradley Hospital — Rhode Island

  • Howard Sovronsky, LCSW

    Behavioral Health Advocate, State of Connecticut — Connecticut

  • Mike Silverstein, MD

    Director of the Hassenfeld Institute, George Hazard Crocker University Professor of Health Services, Policy, and Practice — Rhode Island

  • Pamela Sager, JD

    Executive Director, Parent Professional Advocacy League — Rhode Island

  • Jeana Bracey, PhD

    Associate VP, School & Community Initiatives, CHDI

  • Rosemary Reilly Chammat, Ed.D

    Director, Office of School Health and Wellness, RI Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

  • Stephanie Gellar, EdM

    Deputy Director, Rhode Island KIDS COUNT

  • Dr. Steven Schlozman, MD

    Child Psychiatrist, Associate Professor, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont Health — Vermont

  • Tammy Freeberg, MSW, FACHE

    Senior Vice President of Strategy and Planning, The Village — Connecticut

  • Dr. Wizdom Powell, PhD, MPH, CMHC

    CEO Unified Youth — Connecticut

Core Team

  • Aishwarya Sreenivasan, MPH

    Project Coordinator, NECBHN — Massachusetts

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  • Andrea Chu, MPH

    Director, Programs and Operations, Hassenfeld Child Health Innovation Institute — Rhode Island

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  • Dianna LaCanfora

    Executive Assistant to the CMO & CNO, Bradley Hospital — Rhode Island

  • Ellen Hallsworth

    Director, BluePath Health — New York

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OUR GOAL

We work together to support children’s behavioral health.

By bringing together health care providers, payers, schools, community organizations and policy makers, we can change the system.  We want to ensure that children and families receive preventive care and support in their communities, and to move away from our current, crisis-driven system.

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