WHO WE ARE
Steering Committee
Steering Committee Co-Chair - Karyn Clark, Worcester Division of Public Health
Steering Committee Co-Chair - Laurie Ross, Worcester Resident
Linda Cavaioli, YWCA Central MA – Executive Director
Kimberly Reckert, UMass Memorial Medical Center - Community Health Manager
Kelsey Hopkins, Worcester Division of Public Health – Academic Health Collaborative Coordinator
Shelly Yarnie, MA Department of Public Health - Director of Local Public Health Initiatives
Judi Kirk, YouthConnect - Director of Assessment
Mónica Escobar Lowell, UMass Memorial Health Care- Vice President, Community Benefits
Suzanne Cashman, UMass Medical School – Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health and Director of Community Health
Tina Grosowsky, UMass Medical School - Project Coordinator Central MA Tobacco Free Community Partnership
Chantel Bethea, Women In Action Inc CEO & President
Jose Ramirez, Edward M. Kennedy Health Center – Vice-President Worcester Operations
Imrana Soofi, Muslim Community Link – Executive Director
Liz Myska, Attorney
Kimberly Salmon, Fallon Health – Director of Community Relations
Martha Assefa – Worcester Food Policy Council, Manager
Sheriff Lew Evangelidis (or appointee) – Worcester County Sheriff’s Office
Julie Orozco - Community Health Link, Emergency Services Program Director
Yvette Dyson Worcester Common Ground, Executive Director
Ken Bates Open Sky Community Services, President and CEO
Zach Dyer UMMS, PhD/MD candidate.
Sandy Amoakohene City of Worcester, Executive Office of Economic Development Neighborhood Development Division
Coalition Staff
Director - Casey Burns casey@healthygreaterworcester.org
REACH Partnership Manager - Laura Martinez
REACH Implementation Manager - Jessica Reyes-Carrion
Participating Organizations (in the 2016 CHIP planning and/or implementation process)
Indicates the organizations who have CHIP ed In as of 11/1/18. Our apologies for any accidental errors or omissions. If you are not on this list, please complete a CHIP In Form for Organizations.
A Caring Touch Nursing and Home Care
Abby’s House
Access to Recovery
AIDS Project Worcester
Alcoholics Anonymous - Worcester Area Intergroup
Alternatives and The Bridge Of Central MA
American Cancer Society
American Heart Association
Angels Net Foundation
Anna Maria College
Ascentria Care Alliance
Becker College
Belmont AME Zion Church
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Mass/Metrowest
Bottom Line
Boys & Girls Club of Worcester
Center for Health Impact
Center for Living & Working, Inc.
Central MA Regional Planning Commission
Central MA Tobacco Free Community Partnership
Central Mass Grown
Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance
Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission
Central West Justice Center
Centro Inc.
Century Homecare, LLC
Charles Hope Company
Children’s Friend Inc.
City of Worcester
City Manager’s Advisory Council on the Status of Women
City Manager’s Coalition Against Bias and Hate
Commission on Disability
Executive Office of Economic Development
Department of Health and Human Services
Housing Development and Healthy Homes Program
Human Resources
Human Rights Commission
Office of Human Rights & Disabilities
Board of Health
Division of Youth Opportunities
Division of Public Health
Division of Elder Affairs
Senior Center
Clark University
Clemente Course
Coalition for a Healthy Grafton
Coalition for a Healthy Greater Worcester
College of the Holy Cross
Community Harvest Project
Community Healthlink
Community Legal Aid
Department of State Treasurer -
MA Office of Economic Development
Diaspora Nurses Health Initiative
Easter Seals Massachusetts
Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center
Edward Street Child Services
Elder Services Nutrition Program
Elder Services of Worcester
EPOCA
Fallon Health
Family Continuity
Family Health Center of Worcester
Farm to Health Center
Fuller Foundation
Gavin Foundation
Girls Inc. of Worcester
Grafton Job Corps.
Greater Worcester Community Foundation
Guild of St. Agnes
Hanover Insurance
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Health Centric Advisor
Health Foundation of Central MA
Holden Department of Recreation
HOPE Coalition
Hope for Worcester
Indigenous People’s Network/Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians
Institute for Health and Recovery
Island Counseling Center
Jeremiah’s Inn
Latin American Health Alliance
Luk Inc.
Main South CDC
Mass Audubon
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery
Massachusetts Public Health Association (MPHA)
MassHire Central Career Centers
MassHire Central Region Workforce Board
MCPHS University
Millbury Opioid Taskforce
Multicultural Wellness Center
Muslim Community Link
My Choice Programs, Inc.
National Network of Library Medicine - New England Region
New Life Worship Center
Next Step Grief Group
Oak Hill CDC
Office of District Attorney Joseph D. Early, Jr.
Overlook Hospice
Parent Professional Advocacy League
Pathways for Change
Pernet Family Health Service
Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts
Rainbow Child Development Center
Real You Revolutions
Refugee and Immigrant Assistance Center
Regional Environmental Council
Regional Response to Addiction Partnership
Reliant Foundation
Reliant Medical Group
Seven Hills Foundation
Shrewsbury Public Schools
Shrewsbury Youth & Family Services
South Bay Mental Health
South Worcester Neighborhood Center
Southeast Asian Coalition
Spectrum Health Systems, Inc.
Storms Associates
Tasks for Transit
Telehealth Assisted Living Center
The SHINE Initiative
Town of Millbury
Transportation Advocacy Coalition
UMass Extension
UMass Extension Nutrition Ed Program
UMass Medical School (UMMS)
UMass Memorial Health Care
UMass Worcester Prevention Research Center
UMMS - Family Medicine and Community Health
UMMS - Center for Clinical and Translational Science
UMMS - Graduate School of Nursing
UMMS - Preventive and Behavioral Medicine
UMMS- Center for Mindfulness
United Way of Central Massachusetts
Unitarian Universalist Church of Worcester
UNITEY
Visions Consulting LLC.
Visitation House, Inc.
Walk Bike Worcester
Women In Action Inc.
Worcester ACTS (Addresses Childhood Trauma)
Worcester Area Mission Society
Worcester Community Action Council
Worcester Community Connections Coalition
Worcester County Commission on the Status of Women
Worcester County Food Bank
Worcester County Sheriff ’s Office
Worcester District Medical Society
Central MA Regional Public Health Alliance
Worcester Food Policy Council
Worcester Free Clinic Coalition
Worcester Head Start
Worcester Healthy Baby Collaborative
Worcester Housing Authority
Worcester Impact on Sexual Health (W.I.S.H Task Force)
Worcester Interfaith
Worcester Jobs Fund
Worcester Partnership for Racial and Ethnic Health Equity
Worcester Police Department
Worcester Public Library
Worcester Public Schools (WPS)
Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce
Worcester Regional Research Bureau
Worcester Regional Transit Authority
Worcester Roots
Worcester State University
Worcester Youth Center
WRTA Rider Advisory Committee
You Inc.
Youth Council Worcester
YouthConnect Worcester
YMCA of Central MA
YWCA of Central MA
Coalition for a Healthy Greater Worcester supports the city of Worcester and contiguous towns of Paxton, West Boylston, Boylston, Shrewsbury, Leicester, Millbury, Auburn, Grafton, and Holden.