Board
of Trustees and Staff
Board | Staff
Board:
The Green
Tree Community Health Foundation is a diverse board representing
the various communities served by the Foundation. President is
Craig Johnson; Vice President is Charlotte Betancourt; Secretary
is Francis Ballard; Treasurer is John Friedman. Committee Chairpersons
are as follows:
Audit: Anita Crielly
Development & Communications: Maitlon Russell
Executive: Craig Johnson
Finance & Investment: John Friedman
Grants: C. Richard Cox
Governance: Francis Ballard
Francis
Ballard, Esq. is a retired partner, Ballard Spahr Andrews
& Ingersoll, LLP. A long time community resident and contributor
to many non profit boards, Francis is the Co-founder and a board
member of the Wissahickon Hospice and currently a board member
at Green Tree Community Health Foundation. Francis chairs the
Governance Committee and is a member of the Executive Committee.
He serves as
Secretary of the Board of the Foundation. He resides in Roxborough.
Charlotte Betancourt, is a retired chemistry teacher from
the Baldwin School. She has been involved in many community organizations
including chairing the board at Springside School and chairing
the Community Health Improvement Team at Chestnut Hill Healthcare.
Charlotte currently co-chairs the Infonet Committee of the Philadelphia
International Flower Show and serves as a guide at the Morris
Arboretum. She is a member of the Governance Committee and the
Executive Committee of the Foundation. She resides in Chestnut
Hill.
C. Richard
Cox, now retired, had a wonderful working history including
being the Aide to Congressman Chaka Fattah as well as the Senior
Program Officer & Vice President for Programs at the William
Penn Foundation. A retired minister, he serves on several social
service and foundation boards. He did a two-month work study in
Israel and led monitoring teams to Haiti and the South African
elections in 1994. A life member of the NAACP, he has received
many awards. He chairs the Grants Committee and is a member of
the Executive Committee. He resides in Wyndmoor.
Anita S.
Crielly recently retired from her position as the Deputy Director
for Personal Health Services at Montgomery County Health Department.
With an extensive background in public health, Anita has been
honored by receiving many awards, the latest being the Harry Gehman
Award. Crielly has always stayed active in her community with
the American Public Health Association, the Community Health Education
Association, Second Alarmers Rescue Squad and currently as a board
member for the Green Tree Community Health Foundation. She is
a member of the Grants and Executive Committees and chairs the
Audit Committee. She resides in Fort Washington.
John Friedman
retired from Germantown Friends School in 2007, where he served
as Associate Head of School for Financial Affairs. He had worked
with Germantown Friends for 11 years. Prior to that, he had a
long career heading up the marketing division of the Philadelphia
Inquirer. John also serves on the boards of Awbury Arboreum Association,
the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, and The Wyck Association.
John serves as Treasurer of the Board and chairs the Finance and
Investment Committee. He resides in Chestnut Hill.
Tine Hansen-Turton,
MGA, JD, vice president at the Public Health Management Corporation
(PHMC), has earned a reputation as an effective change agent,
systems-thinker, social innovator and policy advocate. She assists
PHMC and its affiliates with business and programmatic strategy,
development, coordination and implementation, as well as with
policy development and state and national advocacy. Tine serves
as CEO the National Nursing Centers Consortium (NNCC), a non-profit
organization supporting the growth and development of over 250
nurse-managed health centers, serving more than 2.5 million vulnerable
people across the country in urban and rural locations. She is
also co-founder and executive director of Convenient Care Association,
a national trade association of over 1250 emerging private sector
based retail health clinics with the capacity to serve 17 million
people. Tine has been instrumental in positioning Nurse Practitioners
as primary health care providers globally. She resides in Blue
Bell.
James
Ingram
(Jim) recently retired as Senior Counsel and Assistant Secretary
at Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, one of the nation's largest
health and health care foundations. Jim is a skilled problem solver
with strong communications, interpersonal skills and broad knowledge
of philanthropic strategies. Prior to joining the Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation, Jim was a partner at Drinker Biddle Reath,
LLP. He resides in Wyndmoor.
Craig Johnson
is a seasoned executive with experience in staff and consulting
work, in line management as COO and CEO, as an investment banker,
and as director with a number of profit and not for profit organizations.
Craig was Managing Director and Partner of Glenthorne Capital,
Inc. and now serves as Advisory Director. He currently serves
on a number of boards and is President of the Board of the Green
Tree Community Health Foundation as well as chairman of the Executive
Committee. He resides in Chestnut Hill.
John Kimberly
teaches at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania
and is the Executive Director of Wharton's strategid alliance
with INSEAD, a business school outside of Paris. He has served
on the boards of the Chestnut Hill Hospital; Chestnut Hill HealthCare;
the Wissahickon Hospice; the Bach Festival of Philadelphia; and
the Community Financial Bancorp. He currently serves on the boards
of the OESO Foundation; the St. Regis Foundation; and the Arto
Monaco Historical Society. He resides in Chestnut Hill.
Maitlon
T. Russell is co-founder and Principal of The Melior Group.
Maitlon has more than thirty years of experience in the creative
and strategic aspects of marketing and provides analytical and
interpretive skills honed in a lengthy career in corporate marketing
management. Since the formation of the Group, Maitlonhas been
the firm's senior consultant for strategic marketing research
for hospitals throughout the tri--state area. He is past chairman
of the Philadelphia Parking Authority, former member of the Philadelphia
Airport Advisory Committee and currently serves on the board of
the Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Center in the Park and Green
Tree Community Health Foundation. Maitlon serves on the Executive
Committee and chairs the Development and Communications Committee.
He resides in Mt. Airy.
Walter
Tsou, MD, MPH, has a distinguished public health history.
He is Adjunct Professor at the Center for Public Health Initiatives
at the University of Pennsylvania . He is a past president of
the American Public Health Association and served as Health Commissioner
of Philadelphia. He is also the founding Deputy Director for Personal
Health Services and Medical Director of the Montgomery County
Health Department. Walter also has served on several boards including
the Maternity Care Coalition, and the Philadelphia HIV Commission.
Walter serves on the Audit and the Governance Committees of the
Green Tree Community Health Foundation. He resides in Mt. Airy.
Cheryl
H. Wade is Director for Philanthropy at the Kendal Corporation,
a Quaker-related system of continuing care retirement communities.
An ordained Baptist minister, she has served as an associate pastor
for a large urban congregation and held executive positions with
the Ministers and Missionary Board of the American Baptist Churches
USA. Ms. Wade holds an MBA in non-profit management from Columbia
University. She was a former board member of Northwest Interfaith
Movement and is the current board chair of Build-a-Bridge. Ms.
Wade serves on the Development and Communications Committee. She
resides in Germantown.
English
D. Willis, MD, is a pediatrician and is employed by Merck
& Co., as a Director, Clinical Risk Management and Safety
Surveillance. She earned her medical degree at the University
of Pennsylvania, completed her internship and residency at Rainbow
Babies and Children's Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, and completed
her fellowship at Johns Hopkins Medical Institution in Baltimore,
Maryland. Dr. Willis has been recognized several times by Philadelphia
Magazine as a "Top Doc." As a member of the Board of
the National Board of Medical Examiners, Dr. Willis serves on
the Composite Committee of the United States Medical Licensure
Examination. Dr. Willis is a member of the Foundation Grants Committee.
She resides in Mt. Airy.
Staff:
Susan M. Hansen, Executive Director & CEO
Amy D'Amico, Grants Manager & Office Manager
Jane Danihel, R.N., Health Assessment Coordinator
Sue Endy, MSW, Parenting Education Coordinator
Shawna Johnson, Accountant
Meggan Kuchinskas, Data Entry Coordinator
