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Our Board of Directors is a group of outstanding individuals who provide guidance on the best way for CCA to execute its mission.

Susan Gilbert Epstein

Ms. Epstein is a health and disability policy researcher and consultant with extensive experience in program planning and evaluation in social and rehabilitative services, statewide and community-based needs assessment, and quality improvement. She is the founder and director of New England SERVE, a health policy organization that conducts field research and assists states, communities, and health care organizations to measure and enhance the quality of care for children with special health care needs and their families. Ms. Epstein is an advocate committed to building and supporting consumer participation and partnerships in health care policy and service delivery.

Sergio R. Goncalves

Mr. Goncalves is committed to helping other disabled individuals live an independent and productive life. He serves on several boards of directors, including Project RIGHT and the Boston Center for Independent Living. He currently works full-time at the University of Massachusetts in Boston and is very active in the community, working especially with young disabled students. Mr. Goncalves exemplifies perseverance and brings great vision to the board.

Lisa I. Iezzoni, M.D., M.Sc.

Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Co-Director of Research in the Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. She has published and spoken widely on risk adjustment and has edited Risk Adjustment for Measuring Health Care Outcomes, now in its third edition (2003). She also studies health care quality, delivery system, and policy issues relating to persons with disabilities, and her book When Walking Fails was published in the spring 2003. More Than Ramps: A Guide to Improving Health Care Quality and Access for People with Disabilities, co-authored with Bonnie L. O’Day, appeared in 2006. Dr. Iezzoni is a member of the Institute of Medicine in the National Academy of Sciences.

>Thomas Lynch

Mr. Lynch founded Lynch, Ryan & Associates, Inc. in 1984. As CEO of LynchRyan, he led the company to the pre-eminent position among management loss consulting companies in the United States. He is credited with creating the Massachusetts Qualified Loss Management Program, which led to the formation of an entire loss management industry throughout the Commonwealth. In 1987, Mr. Lynch and Tufts Associated Health Plan, a major Massachusetts HMO, joint-ventured the creation of ManagedComp, Inc., which ultimately grew to become the nation’s largest managing general underwriter. Active in community service, Lynch serves on the Board of Directors for numerous health, education, cultural, and human service non-profit entities, including the University of Massachusetts Memorial Hospital and Medical School Foundation, the Clara Barton Center for Diabetes Education, and the Joslin Diabetes Center.

Robert Master, Ex-Officio

Please see Mr. Master’s bio located within the Staff section under the About Us tab.

Robert Restuccia, Chairman

Mr. Restuccia has worked to improve the health care system in Massachusetts since 1974. He was the primary organizer of the campaign for the passage of Massachusetts' Universal Health Care Law in 1988. Under his leadership, Health Care For All became recognized as a model of broad-based community organizing and coalition building for consumer organizations throughout the country.

Mark Reynolds

Mr. Reynolds has directed the Medicaid program in both Massachusetts and Tennessee. He has also served as an independent health care consultant and a special assistant to the Mayor of Boston. Mr. Reynolds brings extensive executive experience to his role on the board.

Dean Richlin

Mr. Richlin served as First Assistant Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1999-2004. While First Assistant, he served as the Lead or Supervisory Attorney for all major cases and initiatives. He successfully defended the Commonwealth from a claim for billions of dollars in additional attorneys’ fees for legal services rendered the Commonwealth in the 1990s tobacco litigation, and negotiated settlements of major business regulations cases, including the state-mandated environmental clean-up of the Housatonic River. Mr. Richlin brings legal knowledge and expertise to the board.

S. Stephen Rosenfeld

Mr. Rosenfeld is a specialist in health access and benefits law, including ERISA, health care consumer protection, long-term disability law and several related areas. He has litigated in all federal and state courts with jurisdiction in Massachusetts, including the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Rosenfeld is active in several nonprofit organizations. He founded Health Law Advocates Inc., a nonprofit public interest law firm dedicated to gaining access to health care for vulnerable populations in Massachusetts. He also serves on the board of directors for Health Care for All and the Massachusetts Advocates for Children. Mr. Rosenfeld is dedicated to improving health care and its accessibility to the very ill and needy.

Jeffrey Scavron

Mr. Scavron has been the Medical Director of Brightwood Health Center since 1986 and a practicing physician at that center since 1976. Under his committed visionary leadership, a community-wide public health program has been established, a pioneering care system extending to the jails has been created, and some of the most progressive care programs for the care of the elderly disabled and individuals with AIDS have been created and evaluated. Mr. Scavron is a true leader of community-based comprehensive care systems.