About the Community Health Foundation
The Foundation, led by a volunteer board of trustees, works with the hospital to ensure successes in achieving our mission:
to provide the highest quality medical care and improve the health of our community in alliance with our medical staff. The Foundation supports these goals through community outreach and education, as well as by seeking philanthropic support from grateful patients and community members, foundations, and businesses through outright gifts, events and planned giving, and works closely with the AJH Aid Association.
Executive Committee
Trey Byrnes
Chair of Board
Principal, Inverness Financial
Mark Goldstein
President & CEO
Anna Jaques Hospital
Matt Khatib
Vice Chair of Board
President, M.K. Benatti Jewelers
Mary Williamson
Executive Director;
Vice President for Development, Anna Jaques Hospital
Kevin Kilday
Treasurer of Board
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Anna Jaques Hospital
Kathy Connors
Secretary of Board
Community Volunteer
Board Members
Ronna Caras
Board Member
Owner, Caras Training
Claude Elias
Board Member
Owner, Oregano Ristorante & Pizzeria, Owner, Medical Laser Technologies
Luis Fernandez
Board Member
Principal, Fernandez and Associates
Melissa Foley
Board Member
Community Volunteer
Kim Foulkes
Board Member
Senior Vice President, Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank
Julie Ganong
Board Member
Co-Founder & President, Chococoa Baking Company & Cafe
Kevin Gasiorowski, OD
Board Member
Owner and optometrist, Appleton Eye Associates
Christopher Johnston
Board Member
Major Gifts & Corporate Relations Officer, Peabody Essex Museum
Founder, Great Wines, Great Times
Kate Kelly
Board Member
Owner, Kelly’s Taylor Rental
Lisa Purinton
Board Member
Community Volunteer
Chris Sullivan
Board Member
Vice President of Residential Lending, Institution for Savings
Representatives to the Board
David J. LaFlamme
Chairman of the Board of Trustees
President and CEO, North Shore Bank
Mary Ann Abbott
President, Anna Jaques Hospital Aid Association
Realtor, Bean Group
David Swierzewski, MD, FACS
President, Medical Staff
Physician, Atlantic Surgical Associates & Vein Institute
Donna Twombly
AJH Employee Representative to the Board
Clinical Manager of Diagnostic Imaging, Anna Jaques Hospital
Foundation Staff
Mary Williamson
Vice President for Development
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Amanda Ross
Development Manager
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Suzanne Cap
Development Associate
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