Board & Staff

True to its long tradition, the MAMH Board of Directors remains a diverse group representing virtually every profession in Massachusetts. The board cuts across political parties, and includes representatives from the business, government, health, finance, legal and educational professions, including family members and consumers. We have a sitting United States Congressman and two former commissioners of mental health, business and community leaders all united in the desire to promote dignity, independence and community based services for people with mental illnesses and their families.

The Current Board Members Are:

  • Anderson, Emily - Scituate, MA
  • Annunziata, Michael M.D. - Boston, MA
  • Baker Lauren - Swampscott, MA
  • Barker, Thomas - Foley Hoag, LLP
  • Baerlein, Joseph, - Rasky Baerlein Strategic
  • Barreira, Paul M.D. - Harvard University Health Services
  • Betts, Kathleen D. - Mansfield, MA
  • Bird, Bruce - Vinfen
  • Brett, James T. - New England Council, Boston, MA
  • Callanan, James - Norwood, MA
  • Carey, Jennifer Davis - Worcester, MA
  • Charbonnier, Michael - Boston Police Department
  • Cerundolo, Pat - Foley Hoag,LLP
  • Ciraulo, Domenic, M.D. - Boston Medical Center
  • Cohen, Gerald - Attorney Boston, MA
  • Cohen, Rachelle – The Boston Herald
  • Cohen, Martin - Metrowest Community Health Foundation
  • Colecchi, Christopher - Partners HealthCare
  • Craven, Katherine - Mass. School Building Authority Boston, MA
  • D'Amore, Pamela - Tampa, FL
  • Delahunt, William - U.S. House of Representatives
  • Depina, Maria - Boston School Department
  • DesRosiers, Caleb - Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. Nutley, NJ
  • Donahue, Michelle DiLisi - Partners HealthCare
  • Drew, Paul - Boston, MA
  • Driscoll, Daniel - Harbor Health Services, Inc. Boston, MA
  • Enos, Deborah - Neighborhood Health Plan Boston, MA
  • Finnegan-Ellard, Heidi - Boxford, MA
  • Fleischner, Robert D. – Attorney, Center for Public Representation 
  • Foley, James - Dennisport, MA
  • Flores, Brian - New England Patriots Foxboro, MA
  • Friedman, Herbert - Boston, MA, Attorney
  • Glynn, Thomas P. - Partners HealthCare
  • Griffin, Robert - Attorney Krokidas & Bluestein Boston, MA
  • Guzzi, Paul - Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Boston, MA
  • Hill, Elaine Cumberland, RI
  • Hooley, James A.- Duxbury, MA
  • Hughes, Robert L.- Longview Associates, Weston, MA
  • Jackson, Reginald L. Ph.D. - Roxbury, MA
  • Jeka, Mary - Tufts University
  • Johnson, Peggy, M.D.- Boston Medical Center, Boston MA
  • Kendall, Bethany - Executive Service Corps of New England Boston, MA\
  • Kelly, Martin M.D. - Brigham & Women’s Dept. of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
  • Kerzner, Joan - Lowell, MA
  • Kilmartin, William - Accenture Wellesley, MA
  • Khan, Nasir, M.D. - Bournewood Health Systems Brookline, MA
  • Kinsella, Teresa H. Monument Group, L.P. Boston, MA
  • Koman, Stuart Ph.D.- Walden Behavioral Care, LLC Waltham, MA
  • Larson, Gloria - Bentley College Waltham, MA
  • Lanton, Linda - Newton, MA 
  • Lord, Richard C. - Associated Industries of Massachusetts Boston, MA
  • Mauch, Danna PhD - Abt Associates Cambridge, MA
  • Macy, Robert Ph.D. - The Trauma Center Boston, MA
  • McCarthy, Vincent - Attorney Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP 
  • Miller, Karen - Bay State Banner, Boston, MA
  • Miller, Molly - Janssen
  • McLaughlin, Loretta - Milton, MA
  • Montgomery, Carole - Boston, MA
  • Mintzer, Barry - Attorney Posternak, Blankstein & Lund Boston, MA
  • Morrissey, Gerry - The MENTOR Network Boston, MA
  • Morales-Barreto, Gisela - Newton, MA
  • Nager, Nancy - SBS Consulting Inc. Newton, MA
  • Mosakowski, William - Public Consulting Group Boston, MA
  • Pattullo, Elizabeth - Beacon Health Strategies Woburn, MA
  • Ollivierre, Frank P. - Newton, MA
  • Pimentel, Paul - Edgartown, MA
  • Pimentel, Sandra - Edgartown, MA
  • Pilkington, Christopher - Wayland, MA
  • Pompeo, Maureen - Management Consulting Services Boston, MA
  • Quirk, Jeanie - Antique Exchange of Sudbury, Inc. Sudbury, MA
  • Scanlon, Peter, PhD. - South Bay Mental Health Center, Inc. Brockton, MA
  • Shapiro, David - Bay State Strategies Group, LLC Boston, MA
  • Schlesinger, Thaleia - Schlesinger & Associates Boston, MA
  • Summergrad, Paul M.D. - Department of Psychiatry Tufts School of Medicine
  • Sudders, Marylou - MSPCC Boston, MA
  • Taglieri, Joan - Boston University Psychiatry
  • Tracy, Susan - Strategy Group, Inc. Boston, MA
  • Trimarco, Thomas H. - O'Neill and Associates Boston, MA
  • Wada, Patricia - PSW Consulting, Cambridge, MA
  • Wakefield, Robert - Elder Service Plan of the North Shore Lynn, MA
  • White, Eleanor G. - Housing Partners, Inc. Watertown, MA
  • Whitman, Anne Cole - Consumer Resource Center Belmont, MA

Past MAMH Board Presidents
1913-1915 Judge Harvey Baker
1915-1923 William Burnham, Ph.D.
1923-1930 Dr. C. MacFie Campbell
1930-1932 The Honorable Herbert C. Parsons
1933-1938 Dr. Donald Gregg
1939-1943 Dr. Douglas Thom
1943-1946 Malcolm Nichols
1946-1948 Dr. Wilfred Bloomberg
1949-1950 Dr. G. Colket Caner
1951-1952 Mrs. Brooks Stevens, Jr.
1953-1955 Rev. Robert Metters
1956-1957 Dr. Henry Bakst
1958-1959 Dr. Clifton Emery
1959-1962 Meyer Israel
1962-1966 Pliney Jewell
1966-1971 Irving Chase
1971-1973 Rev. Richardson Reid
1973-1976 The Honorable Charles Francis Mahoney
1976-1979 Mrs. Elizabeth B. Rawlins
1979-1980 Dr. Miguel A Leibovich
1980-1982 H. Peter Karoff
1982-1983 Marie A. Matava
1983-1984 Robert F. McCormick
1984-1985 William G. Kantar, M.D.
1985-1986 Alex Rodriguez
1986-1988 Paul Pimentel
1988-1989 Dawn-Marie Driscoll
1989-1991 Eleanor G. White
1991-1993 Vincent P. McCarthy
1993-1995 Barry B. White
1995-1997 Maureen Pompeo
1997-1999 Danna Mauch
1999-2002 Pamela Corradino D’Amore
2002-2004 David K. Shapiro
2004-2007 James Hooley
2007-2009 Thomas P. Glynn
2009 to Date Thaleia Tsongas Schlesinger

Staff
Bernard J. Carey, Jr. Executive Director
Bernie Carey has been the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Association for Mental Health since 1975.

He has a Masters in Social Work from Simmons College and is a former Associate Professor at Boston University School of Social Work, and Visiting Adjunct Professor at the Gerontology Institute at the University of Massachusetts.

Bernie has received numerous awards and citations from human service organizations, as well as, from the Executive and Legislative Branches of the Federal and State Governments. He received the Lilo McMillan Award from the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health in recognition of his advocacy and work on behalf of people with mental illness and their families.

Timothy O'Leary, Deputy Director

Tim O'Leary, who has worked at MAMH since 1992, is a graduate of Boston College and Boston College Law School, and a former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, where he served as Vice-Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee. He is a former Assistant Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and a former Deputy Attorney General for the State of California.

Tim is a member of the Board of Directors of Boston ASAP, an alcohol and drug treatment program and former Chair of the Board of Directors of Consumer Quality Initiatives, a non-profit organization, established and operated by people with mental illnesses. Tim has received awards from the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, CASCAP, Inc., a community based residential service provider and the United Way in recognition of his advocacy and work on behalf of the community and people with mental illness.
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