Central and western Maine health care officials named to Hanley cohort

PORTLAND — Several central and western Maine health care officials are amongh those named to the Daniel Hanley Center for Health Leadership Health Leadership Development cohort.

The cohort is an eight-month experiential inter-professional course, held in Hallowell, designed to bring together a diverse group of health and healthcare leaders to explore their own leadership styles, learn how to be most effective with different styles and tendencies, gain new collaborative leadership skills, deepen perspective of all parts of our complex healthcare system, and engage with our vibrant community of Hanley alumni to create positive change.
his year’s theme is “Social Determinants of Health.” As part of the HLD course, the class members will choose from projects working toward a positive impact in an area of health inequity caused by the social determinants of health. At the end of the course, in April, each project group will present their findings to the class and to an external group of health leaders working in the SDoH, with the intent that by sharing their learning, health leaders will step forward to pilot the new ideas even after the course ends.
This year’s group includes:
Kenneth Albert, Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice; Lee Averill, Central Maine Medical Center; Seth Blanchard, MaineHealth; Rebecca Brown, Oasis Free Clinics; Michael Burke, Tri County Mental Health Services; Melissa Cantara, Seal Rock Healthcare; Ravi Chandrasekaran, Mercy Hospital/Eastern Maine Health Systems; Jeffry Davis, Waldo County General Hospital; Paula Dube,HealthReach Community Health Centers; Joanna Duncan, Onpoint Health Data; Charles Dwyer, Maine Health Access Foundation.
Also, Sharon Economides, Maine Medical Center; Scott Edgecomb, clinical Operation manager, Martin’s Point Healthcare; Edith Flores, Mano En Mano; Nancy Hall, University of Maine; Su-Anne Hammond, Eastern Maine Health System; Valens Hasubizimana, Catholic Charities of Maine Refugee & Immigrant Services; Pamela Hepburn, LincolnHealth; Emily Keller, Maine Medical Center; Anita Kolisch, Maine Coast Memorial Hospital; Robert G. Kutzer III, Maine Medical Center; Brian Laderbush, e4h Environments for Health.
Also, Sarah Anne Lewis, Maine Access Immigrant Network; Meghan Libby, Maine Medical Center; Melissa Loiselle, InterMed; Esther Mitchell, Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians; Rilwan Osman, Maine Immigrant and Refugee Services; Stephanie Podolski, Maine General Health; Dianna Poulin, Maine Medical Association; Jeanette Pretorius, Maine Medical Center; Sr. Elsa Veronica Roldan, Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland; Jared Sawyer, Maine Medical Center; Amanda Sidell, Acadia Hospital; Matthew Somma, OA Centers for Orthopedics/Spectrum Healthcare.