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. 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 2017, Mr. Shultz published Baskets of Time, Profiles of Maine Indian Basket Makers. 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 brings a unique perspective to the board, combining an understanding of the financial aspects of medium to large corporations, an understanding of how small to medium nonprofits work, and an understanding of the everyday challenges of his own small business. In 2018, Mr. Shultz was approved as an arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).

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.

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. She holds a Master of Public Health degree from Columbia University. She serves as Executive Director of the Maine Mobile Health Program—an all-mobile federally qualified health center for the state’s agricultural and seafood processing workers which directly collaborates with multiple health centers, private practices and hospital systems across Maine. Her background includes global access to medicines and community control of infectious diseases for two international organizations, Helen Keller International and Axios International. She serves as Secretary of the Maine Primary Care Association Board and Chair of its Public Policy and Communications Committee. She is passionate about health equity for vulnerable people.

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

Doug currently works for the Southern Maine Agency on Aging as an Agewell Program Specialist, focusing on evidence-based falls prevention programs, and as a Resident Resource Coordinator facilitating the development of a new senior living community in Falmouth. Doug retired from an active career in healthcare management consulting where he worked with a wide range of healthcare provider organizations in strategic, clinical product line, and capital asset planning. As a former owner/manager and Principal of a 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 older Mainers age-in-place.

Judiann Smith

Ms. Smith is the Executive Director of the Hanley Center.  Judiann joined the Hanley Center in April of 2015 after playing a variety of roles at Spurwink, Maine’s largest non-profit mental health agency, over a period of 18 years.  At Spurwink, she served in three progressively more responsible positions starting as the Director of Human Resources, then the Director of Regulatory & Legislative Analysis to her final Spurwink role as Vice President of Strategy & Government Relations.  Judiann spent her time working with State and legislative leaders, other providers and the business community shaping policies and agendas and convening and facilitating work groups to best serve children, families and adults challenged by behavioral health diagnoses and developmental disabilities.  She also led a variety of mission impact and marketing-related efforts within Spurwink. Before Spurwink, Judiann held insurance related roles, briefly practiced law in Boston, worked for Maine's former Secretary of State and the City of Saco.  Judiann has served on a variety of non-profit and chamber boards and committees including a two-term run as an elected School Committee member in Yarmouth, Maine.  Judiann received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology at St. Bonaventure University and her Juris Doctor at Suffolk University Law School.  Judiann is also a proud graduate of the Daniel Hanley Center's Health Leadership Development program. In her free time, Judiann enjoys spending rare time with her family, baking and exploring Maine’s coast.

Mitchell Stein

Mr. Stein works with the media and organizations to help explain complex health care topics to audiences with varying levels of knowledge. His passion is promoting the use of data and science to solve complex issues. Mitchell began his health care career in 1991 when he joined MetLife to work on long-term care insurance. In 1993, as the Clintons were trying to do health reform, he joined Foster Higgins to transform the National Survey of Employer-sponsored Health Plans from a convenience sample to a random sample. He stayed with Foster Higgins, and their successor firm Mercer until 2007 when he moved with his wife Martha to Maine to work for Health Dialog. During the rollout of the Affordable Care Act, he was the Policy Director for Consumers for Affordable Health Care, traveling the state explaining the law to anyone who would listen. He is currently an independent consultant. He has a BA and MBA, both from the University of Chicago. He is frequently quoted in Maine media on health care topics. (Some of his writing on health care can be found here and links to recent media appearances here.)

Holly Korda, M.A., Ph.D.

Dr. Korda is a health services policy and research professional with 30 years of experience designing, developing, and evaluating health care delivery innovations, programs, and policies. Her experience focuses on community-based wellness and prevention, population health improvement, Medicaid/Medicare and private health systems serving public populations, integrated care delivery, and performance improvement evaluation. She developed and directed Altarum Institute’s Center for Policy and Research Translation, served as Associate Dean for Community Programs and Associate Professor of Public Health at UNE’s College of Osteopathic Medicine, where she oversaw several Maine-based programs, and has directed numerous organizations and teams addressing pressing health issues for vulnerable populations. A member of Community Health Options since its inception, she brings her national and statewide experience and commitment to consumer engagement to her role on the Community Health Options Board.

Sharon Reishus

Ms. Reishus is an energy industry expert with several decades of private sector consulting and government experience centered on strategic planning and policy analysis. She has served on numerous non-profit boards in Maine, including currently as Vice Chairman of the Trustees of Unity College. She earned a BS from Stanford University and an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Ms. Reishus is a member of Community Health Options who purchases coverage through the individual marketplace exchange. She looks forward to bringing her outside experience and perspective to the board to assist in achieving the vital mission of Community Health Options.