W. Douglas Smith

Chair

Mr. Smith has over 32 years’ experience in various health care organizations that includes senior executive roles in operations and IS, and over 40 consulting engagements including 7 company start-ups. He has worked in the following health care segments/activities: primary care practice operations; Commercial, Medicaid, and Medicare managed care; clinical drug trials; software development, Data Warehousing and Informatics; large systems selection, negotiation, purchasing, installation and management; business assessments and valuation; and executive coaching and recruiting. He has worked with organizations like Georgetown University, Vanderbilt University, Kaiser Permanente, HealthAmerica, Deloitte, ClinTrials, Blue Cross Blue Shield, BMC HealthNet, and more recently Martin’s Point HealthCare. He volunteered and served on the Maine statewide health information network (HealthInfoNet) technical advisory committee, and co-founded the New England Telehealth Consortium (NETC), which secured over $24.7 million dollars from the FCC to facilitate the formation of a private network for exchange of health care information among 500+ health care delivery sites across New England. He received his BA from Saint Michael’s College, a MHA from Duke University and was selected and served as a Malcolm Baldrige award examiner. He is a full time resident of Windham, Maine.

David Shultz, BFA, MBA

Treasurer

Mr. Shultz is a seasoned financial executive with almost twenty-five years of experience in finance-related positions, including serving as VP of Finance at Fidelity Investments. He continues to utilize his financial acumen as an online instructor of Personal Financial Planning. In 2002 he founded Home & Away Gallery, a Native American arts gallery, which enables him to connect his passion for art with his business training and experience. In his spare time he enjoys nature and the outdoors and volunteers in organizations active in those areas. As a Community Health Options Board Director, he hopes to add his unique perspective, which combines understanding the financial aspects of medium to large corporation, understanding how small to medium nonprofits work, and understanding the everyday challenges of his own small business.

Sarah C. Hines

Secretary

Ms. Hines is owner and technical lead at Shines & Jecker Laboratories, a web development firm in Portland. Her company provides health insurance coverage for their employees and families, which gives her the perspective of a small group plan member. As an IT professional, her work is focused on providing great user experiences for both users and administrators of web technologies; she hopes to use her skills and experience to assist Community Health Options in creating a great experience for its members as they interact with Maine’s health care system.

Frederic C. Craigie, Jr., PhD

Dr. Craigie is a clinical psychologist, medical educator and writer. He served for over 35 years as a full-time faculty member at the Maine-Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency in Augusta, Maine, educating family physicians and providing behavioral health services to a largely lower-income, underserved population in their primary care center. He currently consults and teaches in Central Maine and nationally/internationally about spirituality in health care, healing relationships, integrative medicine, positive mental health, and clinician wellness. He holds appointments as associate professor of community and family medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and visiting associate professor at the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine (AzCIM) at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. His book, Positive Spirituality in Health Care: Nine Practical Approaches to Pursuing Wholeness for Clinicians, Patients, and Health Care Organizations, was published in 2010.

Michael DeLorenzo

Mr. DeLorenzo, a former professor at the University of Florida, earned a PhD in Quantitative Genetics at Cornell University with minors in Statistics and Economics. While currently retired, he has utilized his expertise in analysis in the service of several healthcare organizations, including Maine Medical Center – Center for Outcomes Research Evaluation, Health Dialog Services Corporation, and Maine Health Management Coalition to improve the quality, efficiency, and experience of healthcare. Most recently he served as Interim CEO for the Maine Health Management Coalition, and led that organization through a major restructuring. He believes that high-quality, affordable healthcare should be available to all, and that not just access to healthcare, but health itself, is the objective.

Tonua Fedusenko-Vancea

Ms. Fedusenko-Vancea is owner/president of TJS Communications, Inc. (a public relations firm), and current Community Health Options Member. She earned a BA in Communications from Southern Adventist University. She has considerable experience in a variety of roles at South Florida hospitals and healthcare networks in Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, where she had oversight for numerous campaigns dedicated to women’s health, pediatrics, elder care, emergency medicine, cardiac care, HIV/AIDS and managed care. Prior to owning her own firm, she provided communications consulting services to public relations and advertising agencies in Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New York – all of whom specialized in healthcare.

Robert Lorenzo, MD

Dr. Lorenzo is a licensed and board-certified physician with 30 years of experience in both clinical and administrative roles. With a specialty in Physiatry (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation), he has worked as a Medical Director in Rehabilitation Medicine at Central Maine Medical Center and Maine General Medical Center since being in Maine. He has broad healthcare experience with children to adults. He believes that when people are ill they need to put their energy into getting well and not into how they will pay the bills or get their treatments. He has lived in Maine with his family for 15 years.

Heidi Lukas, CPA

Ms. Lukas is a finance/accounting professional with experience in both public and private, for-profit and non-profit organizations. She earned an M.S. in accounting from Old Dominion University and earned her CPA designation as a public accounting auditor for KPMG. She currently works as Director of Finance for the Maine Medical Association and is a Health Options Member through her employer’s small group plan. She has worked with organizations providing financial analysis, budgeting, and various projections.

Rocell Marcellino

Ms. Marcellino is a non-traditional UMF graduate and owner/manager of the Calzolaio Pasta Company in Wilton, Maine. She is aware that owning a business can be all consuming, but strives for balance by incorporating time for her favorite leisure activities. Rocell has worn many different hats throughout her life – employee, mother, student, employer, uninsured patient underinsured patient, and insured patient to name a few – and believes that those experiences will allow her to bring a wealth of perspectives to her role as Board Director. She also believes that keeping Community Health Option’s commitment to its members should be the primary focus as the organization grows and matures, and hopes that her presence on the board can help to keep Community Health Options on that path.

Jeff Norris

Mr. Norris is an Information Technology contractor with degrees in both Economics and Political Science, has served as past board member and chair of Maine Audubon, and has volunteered for other nonprofits. He likes to support local businesses, which is one of the reasons he is a Health Options Member. He intends to use his experience serving on nonprofit boards and his familiarity with markets and business models to help ensure that Community Health Options can fulfill its mission, both now and in the future.

David Shipman

Mr. Shipman oversees the Organic Growers Supply and Moose Tubers Division and the main office at Fedco Seeds, a consumer/worker cooperative. David is also a member of the finance committee at Fedco, which researches and makes recommendations to the workers’ collective responsible for the day-to-day operation of the company. David has served on the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association board since 2004, for most of that time as its treasurer. In this role, David has been very involved in working on the options for health care coverage provided to MOFGA employees. In addition, David is taking part in plans to offer health coverage to MOFGA members, many of whom, as small farmers and producers, have difficulty finding affordable coverage.​

Lisa Tapert

Ms. Tapert is deeply involved in access to healthcare due to her role as Executive Director of the Maine Mobile Health Program (a community health center on wheels for agricultural workers) and her collaboration with multiple health centers across Maine. Her experience includes working in global health for two international organizations, Helen Keller International and Axios International. She understands the challenges in our healthcare system, and believes that nonprofit organizations like Health Options are essential. She is passionate about health equity for vulnerable people, and will bring that focus to the Health Options Board.

Ronnie Weston

Ms. Weston is an attorney (fully recovered), an accomplished entrepreneur, public speaker, author, fundraiser, and results-oriented team leader. She is currently the managing member of Bull Moose Group, a collaborative group of independent consultants that counsel nonprofits in fulfilling their missions and realizing their visions. Specializing in grassroots fundraising, board recruitment, governance, and training, Ronnie places special emphasis on the role of the nonprofit in enriching the community.

Douglas Wilson

Mr. Wilson is a self-employed healthcare management consultant with over 30 years of experience. He has worked with a wide range of healthcare provider organizations in strategic, clinical product line, and capital asset planning. His current work includes facilitation of a strategic planning process for a small, but growing, veteran‐owned firm in the Washington, DC area. He is also volunteering with the Maine Association of Area Agencies on Aging (M4A), assisting with strategic business planning efforts. As a former owner/manager and Principal of a healthcare management consulting practice, Mr. Wilson is very familiar with the business challenges and opportunities presented in a rapid growth and complex environment. His current interests include researching the use of mobile and wearable technologies that can be used to assist Mainers age-in-place.