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Working with our community and hospital partners, the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Community Health Improvement (CCHI) brings together people and resources to address challenging health problems and foster sustainable improvement.

About CCHIOur mission
Diane Patrick at a board meeting

At the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Community Health Improvement (CCHI), a Trustee Committee on Community Health and a Community Advisory Board guide us in our work.

Trustee Committee on Community Health

The Trustee Committee on Community Health’s charge includes reviewing the community health needs assessment process and its results; advising on strategies to address identified needs, their implementation and outcomes; staying informed on accessibility of care for all in the hospital; and, serving as ambassadors of the hospital’s community health agenda within Mass General and the local communities
  • David F.M. Brown, MD
  • Marcela del Carmen, MD
  • William “Mo” Cowan
  • Paul B. Edgerley
  • Charles K. Gifford
  • Jonathan A. Kraft
  • Renee Landers, Chair
  • Carl J. Martignetti
  • Diane B. Patrick
  • Lizette Pérez-Deisboeck
  • Patricia F. Ribakoff
  • Barry R. Sloane

Community Advisory Board

A meeting of the community advisory board.
A meeting of the community advisory board.

Inspired by the community benefit guidelines from the Massachusetts Attorney General (AG) and the Mass Department of Public Health (DPH), Massachusetts General Hospital has brought together a diverse, multi-sector group of community leaders to serve on its Community Advisory Board (CAB).

  • Roseann Bongiovanni
    Chelsea Green Roots
  • Shawn Brown
    Becoming a Man (BAM) Boston
  • Dan Cortez
    City of Chelsea Police Department
  • Dianne Curtin
    Community Action Programs Inter-City, Inc.
  • Lori D'Alleva
    Charlestown Adult Education
  • Ernani DeAraujo
    East Boston Neighborhood Health Center
  • Kim Hanton
    City of Revere
  • Richard Harris
    Northeastern University College of Engineering
  • Vanny Huot
    City of Revere Resident
  • Edward (Ned) Keefe
    Chelsea City Manager Interim
  • Barry Keppard
    Metropolitan Area Planning Council
  • Rafael Mares
    The Neighborhood Developers
  • Pete Nash
    Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston
  • Captain Amy O'Hara
    City of Revere Police Department
  • Matthew Parker
    Union of Minority Neighborhoods
  • Dinanyili Paulino
    La Colaborativa
  • Annmarie Quezada
    Mother Caroline Academy and Educational Center
  • Dimple Rana
    City of Revere Resident
  • Jodi Rosenbaum
    More than Words
  • Bridgette Wallace
    G{Code}House
  • Rev. David Wright
    BMA TenPoint