Board of Directors

• Mary A. McCarthy, Director - has been the President and CEO of Alliance Health, Inc. since October 2004. Ms. McCarthy has extensive experience in the health and human services field and has held multiple executive management positions in the public and private sectors. Prior to joining Alliance Health and Human Services, she was the Executive Vice President of Dimock Community Health Center, the largest health center in Boston. Previously, Ms. McCarthy was the first Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Mental Retardation and was Deputy Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health.

• Rev. Jerome J. Janisko, Director - has been the pastor of Christ the King Lutheran Church in Holliston, Massachusetts for the past 30 years. In addition to his ministerial responsibilities, Rev. Janisko is a board member of Lutheran Social Services of New England, a human service provider agency that includes several skilled nursing facilities. He has served in various civic and community organizations during his tenure as a pastor. Rev. Janisko is a graduate of the Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago, Illinois.

• Michael O. Jennings, Director - has been a practicing attorney in Springfield, Massachusetts for 25 years and is the past president of the Hampden County Bar Association. He is an elected Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Mr. Jennings received a B.A. from Boston College and a J.D. from Boston College Law School.

• Christopher Robbins, Director - Mr. Robbins is the Director of Corporate Training and Education at the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute. He is responsible for providing executive education programs and management consulting services to corporations including the healthcare industry. He formerly served as Dean for the Center of Continuing Education at Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester, Massachusetts and as Director of Corporate Education at Suffolk University of Boston. Chris serves on the Board of Directors for the Corridor Nine Chamber of Commerce and the Capital Budget Committee of Southborough.  He has a B.A. Degree from Defiance College of Defiance, Ohio and holds a Masters Degree in Public Relations from Suffolk University.  He served from 1969 - 1990 in the U.S. Army and Army Reserves. (Major, Ret.).

• William McDermott, Director - is a partner in the Boston law firm of McDermott, Quilty, & Miller. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. McDermott held several government positions including Undersecretary of Economic Development and Chief Counsel to the Massachusetts Senate Committee on Ways and Means. Prior to joining his current firm, he spent ten years with the Boston law firm Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo PC. He is a graduate of Boston College and the American University Law School. He also holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

• Michael Carlstrom, DDS, Director - has been a practicing dentist in New Lennox, Illinois for many years. His private practice provides dental services to patients from the greater Chicago area. Dr. Carlstrom is a graduate of University of Illinois School of Dentistry and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Loyola University of Chicago.

• J. Bruce Riley, CPA, Director - has his own practice in Springfield providing accounting, tax, and business advisory services to clients in New England and New York in a diverse range of industries, for profit and not-for-profits organizations, and individuals. He serves on the Legislative Committee of the Massachusetts Society of CPA’s and has served on the allocations committee of the United Way, and was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Brightside for Families and Children, a human service agency serving all of Western Massachusetts. He is a graduate of American International College in Springfield, Massachusetts.

• Linda Corridan, RN, BSN, M.Ed., Director - has been a school nurse in the Medway Massachusetts School District since September 2002.  In addition to her responsibilities for the local school system, she has served as the Quality Assurance Director for Alliance Health, Inc. from March 2005 through July 2008.  In that capacity, Linda has coordinated and supervised the delivery of clinical services in the Alliance skilled nursing facilities.  She has previously held supervisory positions in acute care hospitals and occupational health programs dating back to 1975.   Ms. Corridan received her BSN from Saint Anselm College and M.Ed. from Cambridge College.

Senior Management

• Francis J. Grady, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer - has been with Alliance since May 2001. Previously he was Chief Financial Officer of Olympus Specialty & Rehabilitation Hospital. Prior to this he was a Senior Financial Analyst at Olympus Healthcare Group, Inc. Mr. Grady was previously a Senior Consultant with Zelenkofske, Axelrod & Co., a certified public accounting firm specializing in health care accounting and consulting. He holds a Bachelor of Science and a Masters of Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting from Bentley College.

• Michael A. Dodos, Corporate Controller – started with Alliance in December 2005. He previously was Director of Financial Services for Radius Management Services, Inc., a long term healthcare organization in Massachusetts. Prior to this, he was Accounting Manager at Olympus Healthcare Group, Inc., a regional healthcare provider in New England. Mike holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

• Joan Pine, National Services Director – has been responsible for directing Alliance Human Services foster care operations since November, 2005. Prior to that, Ms. Pine was the Executive Director for Alliance in Illinois. Ms. Pine has been working with children and adults with disabilities for many years in a variety of settings. These include public schools, residential programs, and community based homes. She served as Director of Mental Retardation Services in Fairfax Virginia, Senior Program Associate for the U.S. Department of Education and Assistant Commissioner for the Massachusetts Department of Mental Retardation. Ms. Pine received a B.S. and M.ED. in Special Education from Boston University and a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Vermont.