WATERVILLE—Connie
Coggins, President and CEO of HealthReach Community Health Centers, is pleased
to announce that four new members have joined the organization’s Governing
Board of Directors.
Jack
Ducharme serves as the Vice President and Regional Community Banker at
Skowhegan Savings in Somerset County. He holds a Bachelor of Science in
Business Administration from Thomas College and is a founding member of the
Madison Business Alliance. A Madison selectman serving his third term, he has
also been Treasurer of the Madison Area Health Council, the local community
board which advises Madison Area Health Center, since 2017.
Candy
Henderly, MPH began her 10-year career in healthcare as a certified Medical
Assistant in 2009 before transitioning to practice management until 2015. She
earned her Master of Public Health from Ohio State University in 2017 before
moving to Maine, where she currently oversees the operations of the Penobscot
Nation Health Department as Community Health Director for the Penobscot Nation.
She has been a part of the MaineCare Advisory Board offering feedback on policy
development and State Plan Amendments affecting Maine’s Medicaid services since
August 2019.
Juliana
Richard holds a Master of Science in Teaching and Administration from
Springfield College and is currently the second selectman for the town of
Bingham and President of the Old Canada Road Historical Society. In 2010, she
retired from her career in education, in which she served as Principal at RSU
83/MSAD 12 and of Dexter Middle School.
Martin
Weiss is a lifelong resident of central Maine and received a Bachelor of Arts
in Economics from Tufts University and Master of Business Administration from
the University of Wisconsin at Madison. After 36 years in civil service
positions, Marty retired from his Information Technology career in July 2017.
He has served as Secretary and President of USA Track and Field, as well as
Secretary and board member of Temple Bethel El in Augusta.
In
2020, John Opperman is serving as Chair of the Governing Board of Directors,
Bruce Harrington as Vice Chair and Terry Brann as Secretary/Treasurer.
Board
members and staff expressed their appreciation to outgoing board members Lois
Bouchard and Pierrette Kelly at the last board meeting in 2019.
A
private non-profit with a 45-year history, HealthReach is funded by patient
fees, grants and by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award
totaling $4,580,070 with 82.5 percent financed with non-governmental sources.
The contents are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the
official views of, nor are an endorsement by, the HRSA, HHS or the U.S.
Government.
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