Administration
The CHP Administration team is based at the CHP campus in Great Barrington.
444 Stockbridge Road, Great Barrington, MA 01230
Telephone: (413) 528-9311
Click to contact via email:
Amelia (Lia) Spiliotes Chief Executive Officer
Thomas Walbridge Chief Financial Officer
Karen Johnson Chief Human Resources Officer
Michelle Derr Senior VP, Family Services
Clinical Directors
Dr. John Brazill, DMD, Director of Dental Medicine
Sherri RyanMann, LICSW, Director of Behavioral Health
Ashli Minor, MS, RDN, LDN, CLC, Lead Nutritionist
Christa Gariepy, Senior Director of Operations
Officers
Christopher Phillips, President
Chris is a marketing and communications consultant specializing in health care, and he resides in Pittsfield. He earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Oregon.
Brian Drake, Vice-President
Brian is a Williamstown resident and holds the position of senior vice president of group benefits at MountainOne. He earned his M.B.A. at UMass-Lowell and his bachelor’s degree from the University of Connecticut.
Chuck Leach, Treasurer
A Lee resident, Chuck is president and CEO of Lee Bank. He previously worked for Berkshire Bank and TDBank throughout New England and New York. He is a graduate of Claremont Graduate University’s School of Management and earned his B.A. in government from Colby College.
Allyson Holmes, Clerk
A partner at the Pittsfield law firm of Smith, Greene & Holmes LLP Allyson’s work focuses on estate planning, estate administration, elder law, and real estate. She is a graduate of Williams College and Suffolk University Law School.
Members
Art Ames
Art is a client of CHP and former general manager of Berkshire Co-op Market. He is now a small business/non-profit consultant and most recently worked in a leadership role with Partners in Health on the Massachusetts Covid 19 response. In his spare time, he writes for a music magazine and is an on-air radio DJ.
Nicole Antil
A Richmond resident, Nicole is the owner of Antil Creative and chief creative officer for Graham-Pelton Consulting, a nonprofit fundraising and management consulting firm. A graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, she is also a 2017 graduate of the Berkshire Leadership Program.
M. Cecelia (Celia) Clancy
Celia Clancy is an inspiring leader with extensive experience in retail and consumer businesses. Celia’s educational background includes a BA from Wellesley College and graduate coursework at the Carroll School of Management, Boston College.
A.J. Enchill, Jr.
AJ is district aide to State Sen. Adam Hinds, based in Pittsfield, where he focuses on constituent services and community outreach. He is a 2017 graduate of Tufts University, with a B.A. in American Studies, Institutions and Power. A native of Pittsfield, he has returned to his hometown to work and serve in his community.
Gloria Escobar
Gloria is community development coordinator for Greylock Federal Credit Union; she is also a certified credit union financial counselor. She also works as a bookkeeper at the Southern Berkshire Community Development Corp. She is pursuing a business administration degree at Berkshire Community College and earned a certificate in accounting from Mildred Elley. Gloria is also a 2018 graduate of the Berkshire Leadership Program.
Rick Gregg
Rick, a Lenox resident, is a distinguished instructor of Healthcare Administration at Suffolk University’s Sawyer Business School in Boston, where he is a full-time professor. For 14 years, he served as the director of programs in Healthcare Administration. Before joining the Suffolk faculty in 2001, he was director and CEO of the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health. He holds an M.B.A. from New York University and earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in political science from Rutgers University.
Vincent Marinaro
Vin is past director of the Ralph C. Froio Senior Center in Pittsfield and a past elementary school teacher in Pittsfield’s Catholic schools. He served as director of the Catholic Youth Center for many years, and is a past member of the Pittsfield Youth Commission. He earned his bachelor’s degree in biology and a teaching certificate from St. Anselm’s college.
Arlene D. Schiff
Arlene is the national director of LIFE & LEGACY® a program of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, which assists organizations in building their endowment. For 12 years, Schiff was the executive director of the Jewish Federation of the Berkshires, and she previously worked as an administrator with the former Berkshire Children and Families (now 18 Degrees). She also led the North Adams Office of Community Development for seven years.She is a holds a master’s degree from Harvard University and earned her undergraduate degree from University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She lives in Lenox.
Katherine Westgate
Katherine is the global head of mobile commerce for Google Play Partnerships. She has broad digital industry expertise, reflected in a series of leadership roles she has held at Google and Microsoft, at the travel technology company Amadeus, and with the global consultancy Mitchell Madison Group. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Yale University, and she divides her time between New York and Stockbridge, where her family has a long history.
Governance
At least 51% of an FQHC’s volunteer board members must use the health center’s services. The board must meet monthly and it is responsible for:
- Legal and fiduciary oversight for the CHP organization and grants
- Strategic planning and evaluation of progress
- Approve annual budget and grant applications
No other entity/individual can have the ability to override or veto governing board decisions.
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