The Connecticut Association of Healthcare Executives

An ACHE Chapter

CTAHE Board of Directors

2018-2019

Kurt Barwis, FACHE, Regent, Co-Chair, Sponsorship and Chair, Audit Committees, Co-Chair, HEN
President & CEO
Bristol Hospital, 41 Brewster Road, Bristol, CT 06010
Phone: (860) 585-3222 | email: kbarwis@bristolhospital.org

Sarah Jeffrey, Director and Co-Chair, Membership Committee 
email: sjeffrey3550@gmail.com

Claudio Capone, FACHE, Director and Co-Chair, Communications Committee 
Regional VP, Business Dev. & Strategic Planning
Trinity Health New England, 1000 Asylum Avenue, 4th Floor, Hartford, CT 06105
Phone: (860) 714-6165 | email: claudio.capone@trinityhealth-ne.org

Kimberly A. Lumia, MSN, MBA, RN, FACHE, President, Director and Co-Chair, Sponsorship Committee
Regional Chief Performance Officer
East Coast Hospital Division, Prospect Medical Holdings East, 64 Robbins Street, Waterbury, CT 06708
Phone: (203) 573-7129 | email: kimberly.lumia@prospectmedical.com

Gayle Capozzalo, FACHE, Director 
Retired
Yale New Haven Health System
email: gcapozzaloynnh@gmail.com
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Michael Novak, FACHE, Vice President, Director and Co-Chair, Membership Committee
Vice President, Administration & Interim COO
Saint Mary’s Hospital, 56 Franklin Street, Waterbury, CT 06706-1254
Phone: (203) 709-3508 | email: mnovak@stmh.org

Christine Cooper, FACHE, Co-Chair, Programs Committee
Director, Radiology and Cardiology/Neurology
Griffin Hospital, 130 Division Street, Derby, CT 06418
Phone: (203) 732-7266 | email: ccooper@griffinhealth.org

Bimel Patel, Director
President, East Region HHC
Backus & Windham Hospitals, SVP Hartford Healthcare, One State Street, 19th Floor, Hartford, CT 06102
Phone: (860) 263-4130 | email: bimal.patel@hhchealth.org

Alessandra Cornelio, MPH, FACHE, Secretary and Director  
H3W Lean Facilitator – Central Region, Hartford Healthcare Medical Group
The Hospital of Central Connecticut, 100 Grand Street, R-110, New Britain, CT 06050
Phone: (860) 224-5011 | email: alessandra.cornelio@hhchealth.org

Caroline Piselli, DNP, RN, FACHE, Director
Guidehouse
COO VBC, Transformation Officer
1730 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC 20006
Phone: (860) 463-0149 | email: caroline.piselli@guidehouse.com

Susan Prior, Director, Co-Chair, Women’s Forum
VantagePoint Healthcare Advisors
President & COO, 9 Washington Avenue, Hamden, CT 06518
Phone: (203) 288-6860 | email: sprior@vantagepointconsult.com

Denise Fiore, FACHE, Director, Treasurer and Chair, Finance Committee 
COO & Senior Vice President
Lawrence + Memorial Hospital, 365 Montauk Avenue, New London, CT 06420
Phone: (860) 442-0711 ext. 2079 | email: denise.fiore@ynhh.org

Nancy Levitt-Rosenthal, FACHE, Director
64 Ferndale Drive, Easton, CT 06612
Phone: (203) 258-3657 | email: nancyrosenthal@nlrgrp.com

Morris Gross, FACHE, Co-Chair, Programs Committee
Vice President
Western CT Health Network, 24 Hospital Avenue, Danbury, CT 06810
Phone: (203) 797-7161 | email: Morris.Gross@wchn.org

Gary Havican, FACHE, Director and Chair, Nominating & Governance Committee
President, Central Region Operations
HHC Central Region, 100 Grand Avenue, New Britain, CT 06050
Phone: (860) 224-5272 | email: gary.havican@hhchealth.org

Sahel Shwayhat MBA, FACHE, Director and Co Chair, Communications Committee
Director of Business and Program Development
Lawrence + Memorial Hospital, 365 Montauk Avenue, New London, CT 06420
email: sahel.shwayhat@lmhosp.org            

Ex Officio:

Jennifer Jackson
President and CEO
Connecticut Hospital Association, 110 Barnes Road, Wallingford, CT 06492
Phone: (203) 294-7200 | email: jackson@chime.org

Jasie Mathew
Quinnipiac University

Melissa Troiano
University of New Haven

The Connecticut Association of Healthcare Executives

The Connecticut Association of Healthcare Executives (CTAHE) represents professionals who manage the business affairs of healthcare organizations throughout the state of Connecticut. No other professional association is more inclusive and essential for meeting the career needs and interests of healthcare executives in Connecticut as the healthcare industry transforms to value-based care.

Our CTAHE membership strives to be inclusive of all healthcare stakeholders spanning not only hospitals, health plans, health systems, and independent physician associations, but our universities that are educating our future healthcare administrators.

The Connecticut Association of Healthcare Executives (CTAHE) is a chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives, which you can read more about below.

The American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE)

The American College of Healthcare Executives is an international professional society of more than 40,000 healthcare executives who lead hospitals, healthcare systems and other healthcare organizations. ACHE offers its prestigious FACHE® credential, signifying board certification in healthcare management.

ACHE’s established network of 80 chapters provides access to networking, education and career development at the local level. In addition, ACHE is known for its magazine, Healthcare Executive, and its career development and public policy programs. Through such efforts, ACHE works toward its goal of being the premier professional society for healthcare executives dedicated to improving healthcare delivery.

The Foundation of the American College of Healthcare Executives was established to further advance healthcare management excellence through education and research. The Foundation of ACHE is known for its educational programs—including the annual Congress on Healthcare Leadership, which draws more than 4,000 participants—and groundbreaking research.

Its publishing division, Health Administration Press, is one of the largest publishers of books and journals on health services management including textbooks for college and university courses. For more information about ACHE, click here.