Resume

• 2080

  Life Fellow and Board Certified in healthcare management (LFACHE)

  American College of Healthcare Executives

  Licensed Psychologist (inactive status in good standing since 1996)

  Massachusetts Board of Registration in Psychology

• 2018

  Dutchess Community College SUNY

  Jewish Federation of Rhode Island

  Jewish Federation of Greater Wilkes Barre

  PA

  Jewish Community Alliance of Northeastern Pennsylvania

  Poughkeepsee

  NY

  Teaching The Art of Reasoning

  and World Religions.

  Adjunct Instructor in Philosophy

  Dutchess Community College SUNY

• 2017

  Self

  Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers

  NY State

  Semi Retired

  Self

  Boston

  MA

  Served as consultant on team integrating services into the \"medical home\" format at a member Boston Community Health Center.

  Independent Consultant

  Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers

• 2013.

  Wilkes Barre

  PA

  Managed the merger of Jewish organizations in Northeastern PA to become the Jewish Community Alliance of Northeastern PA. Current consulting project concluded March 1

  2013. Served last five months as Interim Community Executive Director. Merger formally occurred on January 1

  Merger Integration Consultant

  Jewish Federation of Greater Wilkes Barre

  PA

  Responsible for all operations and fiscal managment of a unique national chronic disease program (\"PACT\") using community health worker interventions. The program was part of the Diviision of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston

  MA. and was considered the domestic arm of \"Partner's in Health\". Served 3 months as Acting Executive Director.

  Brigham and Women's Hospital

  Bristol Community College

  Fall River

  MA

  2011-2016 Teaching includes \"Introduction to Philosophy\" and \"Ethics\" in the Division of Humanities

  \"History and Philosophy of Science\" in the Division of Math

  Science and Engineering (2012)and \"The Culture of Health Care\" within the \"HITECH\" online grant.(2011-12).

  Adjunct Instructor in Philosophy

• 2011

  Served two separate terms as President.

  Jewish Federation of Greater New Bedford

• 2010.

  Special project faciliatating the merger of the Jewish Federation of Rhode Island

  the Bureau of Jewish Education of Rhode Island and the Jewish Community Center of Rhode Island into a single organization (the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island) which became effective on Jan. 1

  Jewish Federation of Rhode Island

  Society of Jewish Ethics

• 2004

  Master of Science in Jewish Studies

  Thesis (unpublished); Jewish Spirituality\nMinor focus; adult Jewish education

  Jewish Studies/ Jewish Spirituality/ Jewish Adult Education

  Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies

• 2003

  Me'ah Certificate

  Adult Jewish Learning

• 1997

  Southcoast Health System & Southcoast Hospitals Group

  Teaching

  Case Managment

  Mental Health

  Event Planning

  Program Evaluation

  Volunteer Management

  Microsoft Office

  Healthcare

  Public Relations

  Higher Education

  Social Services

  Community Outreach

  Clinical Research

  Grant Writing

  Program Management

  Healthcare Management

  Customer Service

  Research

  Public Health

  Organizational Development

  Massachusetts Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Progam: A Public Health Model for Vietnam Veterans

  Stephan Havas

  Theory and development of a unique treatment model for PTSD is examined.

  Massachusetts Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Progam: A Public Health Model for Vietnam Veterans

  Description of therapeutic strategies with alcoholic clients.

  Pitfalls in Counseling Alcoholic Clients

  Special to the Jewish Voice and Herald; the article is a call for egalitarianism in Israel and within the Jewish People.

  Why the Chief Rabbinate is Wrong

  Commentary on Rabbi Lori Klein's article on the use of the 23rd Psalm with hospitalized patients. Written journal commentary plus Skype interview. www.shma.com. 41/681.

  Ni'shma

  Special to the Jewish Voice and Herald; analysis of the problem of resolving internal disputes within Israel as a prelude to peace.

  Fighting About Egalitariansim in Israel

  Rose A. Yates

  John B. Day

  James Roosevelt Jr.

  Description of a unique national model merger between a Community Health Center and a Hospital System.

  A Model for Community Health

  various authors

  Gail Zucker - Editor

  Jewish Federations of North America; Knowledge Library Article ID 206520

  Wrote the Introduction to this resource for Jewish Federations considering merging/alliances at the community level.

  Representative Practices: Mergers

  Consolidations

  Strategic Alliances and Efficiencies in the Federation Movement

  Lynn Simek-Downing

  The authors presented a national survey of Medical Residency programs and their teaching of addictionology. A model curriculum is proposed and its implementation evaluated.

  The Teaching of Substance Abuse: A National Survey and Residency Curriculum

  Stuart

  Forman

  Bristol Community College

• 1990

  Greater New Bedford Community Health Center

  Inc.

  Developed and expanded a small primary care health center to a multi-service medical/dental/nutrition FQHC servicing 25

  000 clients (out of a city of 100

  000) with a personnel compliment of 228

  $11M operating budget

  and 60

  000sq ft downtown campus and one satellite clinic.

  Greater New Bedford Community Health Center

  Inc.

• 1988

  Hubbard Regional Hospital

  Brigham and Women's Hospital

  Management of the out-patient and emergency care for the Psychiatric Department of this community hospital.

  Hubbard Regional Hospital

  Jewish Community Alliance of Northeastern Pennsylvania

  Wilkes Barre

  Overall management of merged Jewish organizations and services within the Wyoming Valley region.\nFormally beginning position on July 20

  2016.retiref july 2017.

  Community Executive Director/CEO

• 1979

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  state licensed sans regional accreditation.

  Psychology and Health Administration

  Columbia Pacific University

• 1970

  Master of Education

  Counseling Psychology

  Psi Chi

  National Honor Society in Psychology; Teaching Assistant in Social Psychology and Learning Theory

  Springfield College

• 1965

  BS

  Psychology

  Research Technical Assistant in High Energy Physics; Research Assistant in Educational Psychology; Arnold Air Society/ AFROTC

  University of Massachusetts

  Amherst