Our Leadership

Reverend Philomena Hare

President

Reverend Philomena Hare has been a member of the Board of Directors for 13 years, Treasurer for 10 and is now the President of BAMSI’s Board of Directors. She holds a master’s degree in both theology (Boston University) and social work (Boston College) and is a Minister to the Sick at Signature Healthcare/Brockton Hospital. For many years, Philomena served as the Director of Social Services and Family Ministry at the Salvation Army.  Philomena is also an active member of the Rotary Club of Brockton. Ms. Hare serves on the Executive Committee.

Christopher Murray

Vice President

Christopher Murray has been a member of the Board of Directors for over 10 years. He is a Vice President of Human Resources at Hill Holliday- a full service advertising agency in Boston. Prior to Hill Holliday, Mr. Murray was an HR Director at Talbot’s and a Sr. Human Resources Manager at Bright Horizons.  Chris has his Masters in Management from Cambridge College.

Karla Dennison

Treasurer

Karla Dennison joined the Board of Directors in 2011. She is the AVP Technology Solutions Group Officer at HarborOne Bank. She has spent her career working in the finance and technology fields. A resident of Brockton, Ms. Dennison has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Massachusetts. Ms. Dennison has also volunteered for Brockton After Dark and the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program.  Karla is the Treasurer of BAMSI’s Board of Directors and is a member of the Board Executive Committee.

Joanne Thomas

Clerk

Joanne Thomas joined the BAMSI Board of Directors in 2010. She is the former Director of Nursing at Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital and is currently a clinical educator at Signature Medical Group. Ms. Thomas has a master’s degree in nursing administration and comes to BAMSI with many years of nursing administration experience. She is board-certified as a Nurse Executive through the American Nurse Credentialing Center. Ms. Thomas is Clerk of the Board of Directors, serves on the Medical Risk Advisory Committee and is a member of the Board Executive Committee.

Malaika Chehab

Malaika Chehab joined the Board of Directors in 2009. She is a Human Resources Manager for a national retailer. Ms. Chehab has a master’s degree in public administration and multiple industry certifications in the human resources field. She is a Brockton resident and enjoys the opportunity to make a significant contribution to the areas that BAMSI serves. Ms. Chehab is a member of the Board Affairs Committee.

Maurice Hancock

Maurice “Moe” Hancock has been a member of the BAMSI Board of Directors for many years. Mr. Hancock is a retired electrician from the Brockton Fire Department.  He has served on many other boards including: Massachusetts Association of School Committees E-board; Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association; and the Brockton School Committee. He also currently volunteers on the Board of Directors for Edwina Martin House. Mr. Hancock is a member of the Executive/Finance Committee.

Cassandra Pauyo

Cassandra Pauyo joined BAMSI’s Board of Directors in 2016.  She has extensive experience in Clinical Research and currently serves as the Head of Clinical Data Management at Akebia Therapeutics. With a Masters in Public Health, Cassandra’s main focus is special education and Autism-related services. She is an active volunteer as a Special Education Surrogate Parent advocating for children with special needs.

David Offutt

David Offutt joined BAMSI’s Board of Directors in 2016.  He is a real estate broker at Century 21 Real Estate serving interested buys and sellers across the Commonwealth.  Mr. Offutt has worked in the real estate business for nearly two decades. Much of David’s focuses on the Brockton area so he enjoys the opportunity to make a significant contribution to the areas that Brockton serves. Additionally, David serves on the Board of Trustees at Massasoit Community College and Signature Health Care.

Kerline Theodore

Kerline Theodore, a Clinician at Steward Healthcare, provides counseling and supportive services to assist acute care individuals and families coping with illness, disability, and bereavement. Prior to Steward, Kerline was an Emergency Services Clinician at Riverside Community Care.  Ms. Theodore is dedicated to improving social determinants of health for high risk populations through innovative, therapeutic services, programming, and policies. Kerline holds a MSW from Boston College and Bachelor’s degree in Community Health and Child Development from Tufts University.

Reverend Albert Whitaker

Reverend Albert Whitaker serves as Northeast Region Director Community Health Strategies with the American Diabetes Association. Diagnosed in 2001 with Type 2 Diabetes, he has worked diligently to educate and raise awareness about the impact of diabetes among high risk populations. Rev. Whitaker is fluent in Spanish and served as a Peace Corp Volunteer in South America. He holds a Masters in Urban Ministry from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary. Rev. Whitaker also serves as Senior Pastor of Christ Temple Church of Personal Experience in Roxbury.

Michael Williams

Michael Williams, Esquire has served on the Board of Directors since 2006. He is an Administrative Judge for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents. Mr. Williams has also volunteered as a mentor and coach with the Brockton Midget Football League for 19 years. He provides extensive experience in the areas of labor and employment law, collective bargaining, and human resources. Mr. Williams serves on the Board of Director’s Human Resources Committee.

Anthony Simonelli

President and Chief Executive Officer

Anthony Simonelli joined BAMSI in 1977 in the Occupational Therapy Department. Following that successful experience, he was selected as a Program Director in 1978. Mr. Simonelli’s outstanding effort resulted in him being selected as the new BAMSI Executive Director in 1984, Chief Executive Officer in 1998, and in 2016  Mr. Simonelli was named President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Simonelli is the principal architect of the agency’s operation, which has grown in budget from $2 million in 1984 to the current budget of $84 million. Currently, Mr. Simonelli is responsible for overseeing fiscal, contractual, business, and legal operations, and is the chief liaison to the BAMSI Board of Directors.

Mr. Simonelli has been appointed to the Statewide Advisory Board for the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program, has previously served as a Board Member for the Social Work Program at Bridgewater State College, and is a former Health Care Consultant to long-term care facilities. He is currently a member of the Board of Trustees at Massasoit Community College.

Mr. Simonelli is a graduate of Boston University with a concentration in Occupational Therapy. He received an Executive Certificate in Management and Leadership at the MIT Sloan School of Management and an ACE in Management and Leadership at the MIT Sloan School.

Vanessa Tierney

Chief Operations Officer

Vanessa Tierney joined BAMSI as a Program Manager in 1981 and has been one of its strongest advocates and leaders. In 1984, Ms. Tierney was appointed Director of Residential Services and successfully built the foundation for what has become BAMSI’s largest, most rapidly growing service area. In her role as Director of Quality Management, Vanessa designed BAMSI’s first comprehensive program evaluation system which become a lasting framework for quality enhancement and evidence-based practice. In 1998, Ms. Tierney was appointed Chief Operations Officer and has overseen all of BAMSI’s strategic development expanding services while assuring quality, integrity, and best practices.

Ms. Tierney came to BAMSI with over 10 years experience in non-profit management with expertise in developmental disabilities, family systems, and crisis response. Ms. Tierney worked as Research Assistant and Program Coordinator at the University of Minnesota, Center for Social Research where she directed projects funded by the National Institute of Mental Health. Vanessa completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Wisconsin and has a Master’s Degree from Lesley University in Cambridge.

As a certified yoga teacher, Ms. Tierney brings a holistic and health-focused awareness to her work. She has presented at numerous conferences and often conducts workshops on topics related to personal growth and development as well as management and leadership. Ms. Tierney serves on the Board of Directors for Good Samaritan Medical Center, a Steward Healthcare Hospital. In 2008, she received the Metro South Chamber of Commerce Athena Award for outstanding leadership.

Marian O’Neil

Chief Financial Officer

Marian O’Neil joined BAMSI as the Chief Financial Officer in 2015. Marian has over 14 years of financial management experience. The majority of these years have been in the defense industry as a Senior Program Analyst and Senior Financial Analyst with the Missile Defense Agency and Division Business Manager at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln Lab. She also has finance experience in the legal field as Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis with the law firm of Ropes and Gray as well as having been a high school business teacher.

Marian has always been an active volunteer in her community and strongly believes in the importance of giving back and compassion for others. She was awarded Volunteer of the Year in 2014 for her work with ABCD (Action Boston Community Development) North End/West End in Boston and is current member of their Advisory Board. Other prior volunteer involvement includes Massachusetts General Hospital Radiology Center and Rein and Shine Therapeutic Horseback Riding in Charleston, South Carolina.

Marian earned a Bachelors of Business Administration from Radford University, Virginia; completed an International Residency, Business in Europe and Business Certificate from Cambridge University, Fitzwilliam College in Cambridge, England, and received her Master’s of Business Administration from George Mason University in Virginia.

Margot Carleton

Chief Information Officer

Margot Carleton joined the BAMSI administrative team in 2011 as the Vice President of Information Technology.  In this position, she has facilitated the selection and roll out of BAMSI’s Electronic Healthcare Record solution as well as its new payroll/human resources data system.  Ms. Carleton oversees a team of information technology specialists who work across the organization supporting the technology needs for the more than 120 program locations and more than 2, 000 employees.

Prior to joining BAMSI, she spent 25 years working at Kendall/Tyco Healthcare/Covidien, a $10B medical device manufacturer. As the Vice President of Information Services at Covidien, she was responsible for applications and acquisition integrations for several lines of business.

Ms. Carleton graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a degree in Management Systems and a minor in Computer Science. She is a member of the Society of Information Management (SIM) and completed a Regional Leadership Forum in 2009 where and she is now a facilitator for the Boston Forum.

Lucas Carvalho

Executive Vice President

Lucas Carvalho joined BAMSI in 2004 and is the Vice President of Corporate Resources.  In his current position, Lucas oversees housing development, property acquisition, and facilities asset management of new and existing properties, including lease administration, construction, facilities maintenance and safety. During his tenure at BAMSI, Mr. Carvalho has spearheaded the physical plant growth from 50 to more than 120 residential and commercial properties.

Prior to joining BAMSI, Mr. Carvalho held management positions in the telecommunications where he assisted the establishment of business locations and property/office acquisition throughout the United States. Lucas also supported a women’s shelter in safe and secure property acquisition.

Mr. Carvalho earned his Bachelor of Science degree in operations management from Boston College.

Beverly Williams

Executive Vice President

Beverly Williams joined BAMSI in 1999 and has more than 20 years of clinical and leadership experience. She has served in clinical leadership positions at New England Home for Little Wanderers and Dimock Community Health Center. Ms. Williams has provided clinical and managerial consultations to several agencies including; the Boston Public Health Commission, the Center for Health and Development, Hildebrand Services, Inc., Massachusetts Association for Family Based Service Providers, the Children’s AIDS Program, and Head Start, Inc.

Ms. Williams is a member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists and the Massachusetts Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. She is a trainer of the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Score. Ms. Williams is a certified Trauma First Responder. Ms. Williams has extensive experience developing collaborative relationships and contracts with various community providers and state departments.

Beverly earned her Master’s Degree in Education, Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of Massachusetts and a Master’s of Management from Cambridge College.

Joy Reed

Executive Vice President

Joy Reed joined BAMSI in March of 1999. She has over 25 years of experience in a non-profit environment with a specialty in working with individuals who have developmental disabilities, traumatic head injuries, and mental health challenges.

Currently, Ms. Reed oversees the Adult Services Division where she has overseen the tremendous growth of BAMSI’s residential network for adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities, acquired brain injuries and serious mental illness; day programs for adults with mental health challenges, acquired brain injuries and development disabilities and an array of supports for adults across the Commonwealth.

Prior to joining BAMSI, Ms. Reed was Director at a community service group in Wakefield, Massachusetts. Ms. Reed graduated from Hofstra University with a concentration in Psychology. She also has a Master of Education in Counseling from Bridgewater State College.

Tracy Feeney

Vice President of Quality and Improvement

Tracy Feeney joined BAMSI as Special Projects Manager in 2014 and was appointed Senior Director of Quality and Improvement in November 2015.  She has nearly twenty years’ experience in organization leadership and solution delivery, focusing initially on information technology, and nonprofit management since 2004.

Since joining BAMSI, Ms. Feeney has made recommendations to streamline and improve processes within the Quality Management department as well as across the agency. Tracy has also initiated activities to address areas of security, compliance and information utilization.

Ms. Feeney earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Linguistics from Georgetown University.  She is an active member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ), Board Source and the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA).

Mary Scanlon

Vice President of Human Resources

Mary joined BAMSI in 2015 and has more than 25 years of experience in human resources.  She was formerly the Director of Human Resources of at J. Arthur Trudeau Memorial Center in Rhode Island; the Director of Human Resources for the City of East Providence where she was responsible for the administration and coordination of all programs and activities of the municipal human resources system; and she was also  the Director of Human Resources at B. A. Ballou & Co. where she reported to the CEO with full budget responsibility for HR function while developing, recommending, implementing and administering policies and programs for employees relative to all aspects of human resources.

Mary was also Director of Human Resource and Risk Manager at Job Link, Inc. where she administered human resource policies, benefits programs and implemented self-funded workers’ comp program for 1100+employees. Mary redesigned and improved interview screening process of over 5000 applicants per year.

Mary earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Bryant University in Business Administration and Management/Organizational Behavior.