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HE A LTH • Summer 2022 21 organization seeking to alleviate pov- erty in Southeast Asia by promoting practical, sustainable, healthy living. SARAI RIVERA, a Worcester city coun- cilor, has joined the Harrington board. She has extensive experience in the areas of community mental health, interventions for multicultural popula- tions in urban settings, and has dedi- cated her life to issues of social justice. BRIANNA GRIGNON has been appointed as assistant man- ager at Discern'd Cannabis Purveyors in Grafton, a retail operator educat- ing consumers about the benefits of cannabis. Grignon has previous expe- rience in the cannabis industry, including inventory management, sales f loor supervision, product intake, and partner-relationship management. She worked with We Can Deliver, the first courier department in Massachusetts for adult-use cannabis delivery. UMass Memorial Health in Worcester has hired four new doctors. Dr. ROBERT FORRESTER, a psychologist, is now practicing at UMass Memorial Medical Group – Outpatient Psychiatry Services in Worcester. Dr. BIBEK KOIRALA is a hospitalist who completed his internal med- icine residency at Northwell Health – Staten Island University Hospital in Staten Island, N.Y. Dr. LUCY LIU, an obstetri- cian and gynecol- ogist, is now practicing at UMass Memorial Medical Center – Memorial Campus in Worcester and at UMass Memorial Health at Northborough Crossing. Dr. KRISTEN MATTESON, a graduate of Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, is an obstetrician and gynecol- Oriol Health Care in Holden announced the promotions of two employees. HARRY QUICK of Worcester has been promoted to administrator at Oriol's Holden Rehabilitation & Skilled Nursing Center. He start- ed at Holden rehabilitation in 2016 as a resident life assistant and was promoted to resident life director in 2017. He took the role of assistant administrator in the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and became a licensed nursing home administra- tor. TARA D'ANDREA is now director of operations at Oriol Health Care, where she will oversee Holden Rehabilitation, Oriol Therapy Services, and Oriol Home Health/Oriol At Home with the goal of streamlining the company's coordination of integrated post-acute health care. Senior living community SALMON at Northborough has welcomed a new medical team. Dr. JESSICA BOATMAN DRAY, a 2014 graduate of UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, is now the community's medical director. She previously worked as an associate for SALMON's skilled nursing and rehab in Worcester and at UMass Memorial Medical Center's geriatrics clinic in Worcester. Dr. ZARA SHEIKH is SALMON's associate medical director. She was previously medical director for SALMON's Worcester location as well as a skilled nursing center in Shrewsbury and is currently an associ- ate professor at UMass Chan Medical School's division of geriatric medicine. KATYA OSTROVSKY is nurse practitio- ner at SALMON. She has been an adult nurse practitioner for various hospitals and skilled nursing settings, most recently at UMass Memorial Medical Center and Worcester Internal Medicine. UMass Memorial Health – Harrington has elected two new members to its board of directors. GINA PLATA-NINO, an attorney at the Central West Justice Center in Worcester is now on the board. In her current job, Plata-Nino works on both the state and federal levels on matters impacting low- income families, the elderly, and per- sons with disabilities. She is the co- founder and president of the Oon-Jai Foundation, a Connecticut nonprofit M o v e r s & S h a k e r s Harry Quick ogist. She specializes in abnormal uter- ine bleeding and outpatient gynecolog- ic care. Worcester nonprofit Summit Agency, which serves children and adults with autism and related diagnoses, added two new members to its board of directors. JAMES THOMPSON JR. brings to the board his expertise in managing financial systems, which he does at the UMass Medical School in Worcester. As an academic adminis- trator, he is responsible for the finan- cial administration and operations of the RNA Therapeutics Institute, one of the university's departments. NICHOLAS LOWTHER, a board-certified behavior analyst, has experience treat- ing children experiencing conditions commonly demonstrated in the Summit Agency population. He has served as a consultant to the therapeu- tic alternative school Summit Academy for more than 10 years. AdCare Hospital, an addiction treat- ment center in Worcester, added LINWOOD KENNEALLY to its medical staff as a physician assistant. She earned a master's degree in physician assistant studies from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Boston. She previously worked as a pharmacy technician for six years before joining AdCare. JILLIAN JETTE was hired as the direc- tor of development for Girls Inc. of Worcester. The mission of Girls Inc. is to provide under-resourced girls access to programs empowering them to be their best selves. Prior to her current role, Jette served as assistant director for public engagement at Nichols College in Dudley. She earned her bachelor of science degree in hospitali- ty and event management from Lasell University in Newton and master of business administration and master of science in organizational leadership from Nichols College. PATRICK McCARTY has joined the board of directors at DetecTogether, a national education and advocacy orga- nization focusing on early detection of cancer headquartered in Westborough. McCarty is the president of Westborough-based McCarty Companies, a full-service design/build civil engineering construction firm serving Massachusetts. The business was founded by his father in 1982, and McCarty has been with it since a very early age. He joined full time in 2004 when he founded the civil design and permitting side of the business, McCarty Engineering, Inc. The Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts has elected five new officers and two new members to its board of directors. JENNIFER JOHNSON, director of clinical services for Commonwealth Medicine at UMass Chan Medical School, is the board's new chair and president. A registered nurse and Auburn resident, Johnson is a Medical Service Corps officer for the U.S. Air Force Reserves. NICOLE MESSIER, the board's first vice president, is the program manager for a classified program at manufacturer Raytheon in which she is responsible for $10 million in annual revenue. She is an eight- year veteran of the U.S. Air Force and lives in Shutesbury. BONNIE WALKER, second vice president of the board, is a Millbury resident and director of equity and inclusion at Worcester Academy. RYAN MATSON, secretary, is vice president of business development for Peregrine Property Management, which is based in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. SHERYL ZAROZNY, practice director at Change Healthcare Consulting, is the board's treasurer. ANDREA AIELLO, board member at large, is the associate dean for academic and student services at Clark University's School of Management. ELLEN FREYMAN, board member at large, is an attorney who specializes in commercial finance and real estate, acquisitions and sales, development, leasing, and financing. H Tara D'Andrea Brianna Grignon Dr. Robert Forrester Dr. Bibek Koiralar Dr. Kristen Matteson Dr. Lucy Liu Jennifer Johnson Nicole Messier Bonnie Walker Ryan Matson Sheryl Zarozny Andrea Aiello Ellen Freyman

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