2017 Annual Report

Thank You to Our Donors!

The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare gratefully acknowledges the many individuals, families, corporations, foundations and other organizations that have so generously supported our programs. The following includes cumulative gifts and pledges made during the 2017 calendar year.

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of donor names. Please contact us with any changes to your listing.

Individuals

National Compassionate Care Circle

Members of our National Compassionate Care Circle are individual donors who give $10,000 or more to support the work of the Schwartz Center.

$100,000+
  • Ellen Cohen and Daniel Haber
  • Stephen Corman
  • Lynn Wiatrowski and Joren C. Madsen, MD
$50,000 - $99,999
  • Anonymous
  • Marjorie and Paul Stanzler
  • Clare Villari and David Weinstein
$25,000 - $49,999
  • Michael J. Astrue and Laura W. Mali-Astrue
  • Andrew Dreyfus and Lynn Modell
  • Fran and Michael Goldberg
  • Ruth Kilduff, RN, and Jay Carrigan
  • In memory of Christian Minard
  • Candace Young and Glenn Batchelder
$10,000 - $24,999
  • Anonymous
  • The Bresky Foundation
  • Kerry A. Flynn, CLP
  • Ellen Feldberg Gordon and Michael Gordon, MD
  • In memory of Julian and Eunice Cohen
  • Ruth G. Koblenzer
  • Beth Lown, MD, and the Piken Family
  • Thomas Lynch, Jr., MD, and Laura Pappano
  • Larry C. Renfro
  • Jean Karpas Siegel Fund at The Boston Foundation
  • Jack and Eileen Connors
  • James and Catherine Stanzler
  • The Janey Fund
  • Marilyn Yager
$5,000 - $9,999
  • Anonymous
  • Richard and Liz Bane
  • Peter and Lisa Biagetti
  • Michael Blau and Ann Muschett
  • The Boston Foundation/Judy Swahnberg-Carl Novotny Donor Advised Fund
  • Ellen Bottner
  • Howard Cohen and Myra Musicant
  • Wendy and Richard Cohen
  • Susan and Walter Ettinger, MD
  • Fischman Family (Nancy and Steven, Ben and Wendy, Laura Fischman and Tony Schwenson)
  • Betsy P. Frawley and James M. Litton
  • Connie Gilson
  • Jeffrey L. Kraines, MD, and Linda Kaplan
  • The Mann Family Foundation
  • Sharon and Brian McNally
  • Brooke and Eric Meltzer
  • Joyce A. Murphy
  • Lia and William Poorvu
  • Mark Reynolds and Clare Reilly
  • Eric and Kim Schultz
  • Tony and Kathy Starr
  • Peter and Ellen Zane
$3,000 - $4,999
  • Drs. Brad and Andrea Buchbinder
  • In memory of Frances and Jerry Gold
  • Tom and Midge DeSimone
  • Rich and Kris Doherty
  • Michael S. Feldberg and Ruth Lazarus
  • John and Meg Hesselmann
  • Seth A. and Beth S. Klarman
  • Jan and Stuart Rose
  • Dianne Savastano of Healthassist
  • Jeanie Ungerleider and William Stone, MD
  • Stephen M. Weiner and Donald G. Cornuet
  • John and Abby Yozell
$1,000 - $2,999
  • Stuart and Diane Altman
  • Konstantinos and Kristen Andrikopoulos
  • Anonymous (2)
  • Tina Aronson and Koby A. Rotstein
  • Jacqueline and Michael Attlesey-Pries
  • Lawrence and Adele Bacow
  • Barbara Bartels
  • Mimi Bartholomay
  • Nora M. Blake
  • Shelby Chamberlain
  • John Clements
  • Linda and Barry Coffman
  • Carol Feinberg Cohen
  • Lois and Linc Cornell
  • Laurie Cowan and Ric Phillips
  • Melody J. Cunningham, MD, FAAHPM
  • Meg and Paul Deering
  • Leslie DeWald
  • Ralph and Tricia DiPisa
  • Drs. Jon and Heidi DuBois
  • Rushika and Maria Fernandopulle
  • Paul & Laurie Gershkowitz Family Charitable Trust Fund, a Donor Advised Fund of Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston, Inc.
  • Lori and Michael Gilman
  • Liz Brody Gluck and Ronald Gluck
  • Carol & Avram Goldberg, Joshua R. Goldberg, and Deborah Goldberg & Michael Winter
  • Brett and Abby Gordon
  • Barbara Guilfoile and Bernard Lebow
  • Irwin and Sheila Heller
  • Elizabeth D. Hickman
  • Murray A. Jacobson Family Foundation
  • Alison Poorvu Jaffe and Daniel Jaffe
  • Cameron F. Kerry and Kathy B. Weinman
  • Stephen W. Kidder and Judith A. Malone
  • Martha S. Kinon
  • Bill and Deborah Knowlton
  • Jonathan and Janet Kravetz
  • Elsie Levin, MD
  • Sandra Y. Levine
  • Roderick and Barbara Macdonald
  • Dick Marks and Jennifer Morrison
  • Janet Martin
  • Claire and Cornelius Marx
  • John and Jo Frances Meyer
  • Clare Midgley and Robert Leuchtner, PhD
  • James and Ibby Mills
  • Susan Mirsky
  • Steve and Moira Mitus
  • Gretchen and Ned Morse
  • Britain W. Nicholson, MD, and Celeste Robb-Nicholson, MD
  • Chad and Lia Novotny
  • Wendy Nowokenski
  • Richard and Maureen O'Connell
  • Barbara F. Okun, PhD
  • Nancy and Larry Perkins
  • Bob and Brenda Popeo
  • John L. Przybylski, MD and Antoinette Hays
  • John and Laura Eby Regier
  • JoAnne Reifsnyder, PhD, ACHPN
  • Philip and Nancy Reilly
  • James and Ann Roosevelt
  • Julie A. Rosen and Gary Belowich
  • Judith Rosenthal
  • David and Carol Ryan
  • Luke and Yuko Sato
  • Kim Marshall and Rhoda Schneider
  • Stephen and Barrie Silk
  • Steven and Karen Sisselman
  • Kimberly A. Smith and William Charette
  • Sandy Starr and Raine Figueroa
  • Sherman H. Starr
  • Jeff Stein and Cathy Judd-Stein
  • Audrey and Michael Straight
  • John T. Szum and Bessie Manley
  • Drs. Katharine K. and David C. Treadway
  • Ritu Trivedi-Purohit, PsyD
  • Kate Walsh and Erik Garpestad, MD
  • Joanne Wankmiller
  • Lucy Watson-Baker
  • David Winslow
  • Charlotte S. Yeh, MD, FACEP
  • Susan Zuker
$500-$999
  • Anonymous
  • Ken and Marian Barron
  • Christopher Bartels, PhD
  • Peggy Lowenstein and Steve Berez
  • Colleen and David Burt
  • Harold Carroll
  • Abbie Celniker and Trevor Kaye, MD
  • Fangli Chen, PhD, JD
  • Jennifer Childs-Roshak, MD, MBA, and Phillip Roshak
  • Andrea Cohen and Carl Zack
  • Robert and Christine Coughlin
  • Ethan E. Crain
  • Deborah Daccord
  • Jonathan Dorfman and Anne Blumberg
  • Kitty and Mike Dukakis
  • John and Maggie Fieldsteel
  • John and Nancy Fogarty
  • Reggie and Cheryl Hickman
  • Joanna Horobin
  • Sally Jackson
  • Madelyn and David King
  • Bernard Leung
  • Richard Lord
  • Ellen E. Mahoney
  • Jane Mancini Puliafico
  • Eric J. Marandett
  • Richard McCready and Rosemary McCarthy
  • Hollis D. Meidl
  • Tressa Miller Schwartz
  • Robert Muffly and Carol Buckler
  • Dan Wofford and Sarah Peck
  • Peter and Mary Pendergast
  • Lois Perelson-Gross and Stewart Gross
  • Mary and Gary Pforzheimer
  • Richard Pierson, MD
  • Diana Pisciotta
  • Kenneth K. Quigley
  • Kerry K. Reinertsen-Crabbé and Emmanuel F. Crabbé
  • Marla and Cliff Robinson
  • Anne G. Romney and Timothy Hayes
  • Ben Romney
  • Margie Ross Decter and Adam Decter
  • Paul Roy
  • Helen A. Sathre
  • Renee Sauter, MSW
  • Ute Schmidt and James McClintock
  • Michael Schwartz, MD
  • Robert N. Shapiro
  • Andrew Shin, JD, MPH
  • Peter Shorett
  • David and Simone Shrestinian
  • Jill and Donald Shulman
  • Alan and Susan Solomont
  • Cynthia L. Strauss and Harry Sherr
  • Susan Tewhill
  • Edward and Louise Tsoi
  • Julie A. Watts
  • Jennifer Weber and Laurence Bailen
  • Christine Whelan
  • Susan Whitehead
$250-$499
  • Stathis Antoniades
  • Jonathan and Linda Arnow
  • Richard Averbuch and April Austin
  • Randy and Rana Awdish, MD
  • Michael and Karen Badia
  • Lucy Bartholomay and Edward Reiss
  • John and Molly Beard
  • Paul and Cindy Bohne
  • Heidi Brown and Richard Moche
  • Larry Cahill
  • Hemmie Chang
  • Liane Clamen Glazer, MD
  • Matthew and Donna Conley
  • Laura Connors and Brian O'Donnell
  • Ann M. Corcoran
  • The Honorable Paul Demakis
  • Joseph and Donna DiPersio
  • Catlin Donnelly and Hampton Watkins
  • Jay S. Duker and Julie Starr-Duker
  • Karen and Jim Durham
  • Ann K. Edwards
  • Elizabeth Ellis
  • Victor Fagan, LPN
  • Jean Fechheimer, MD, and Peter Schur, MD
  • Alexander and Karla Fleming
  • Kye and Terry Flotte
  • Andrea Franz
  • Seymour Friedland
  • Elizabeth Shea Fries
  • Bradford and Pamela Gardner
  • Jody and David Gastfriend
  • Frank and Erin Gentile
  • William Graham
  • Donna Greenberg, MD
  • Gary and Sharyn Greenstein
  • David Halstead
  • Harry and Amy Hedison
  • Astrid and David Hendren
  • Marcia Hertz
  • Chaplain Judith Holding
  • Richard S. Irwin, MD
  • Randi L. Kaplan, LMSW
  • Jamie Katz and Cynthia Piltch
  • Susan M. Kenyon
  • Mary Kraft, MD
  • Michael Lampert
  • Rebecca F. Lara
  • Mary Kay Leonard and Richard Valachovic
  • Steven and Marjorie Levin
  • Amy and Kenneth MacNulty
  • Kim Marrkand and Kathleen M. Henry
  • Agata Marszalek Litauska, MD
  • Robert Mashal and Shawna Giggey-Mashal
  • Mark S. McCue
  • John Moroney
  • Deborah Morris
  • Kenneth Muir and Margaret Rueger
  • Anne Murphy
  • Daniel Nissi
  • Judith Obermayer
  • Greg Pachus
  • Miriam Pinon, DNP
  • Thomas and Amanda Quinn
  • Robert W. Ready, MN, RN
  • Jean-Paul A. Rebillard
  • Dean Richlin
  • Peter and Barbara Roberts
  • Christine and Al Rocco
  • Lawrence G. Rosenberg, PhD
  • Eric Schwartz, MD, and Gayle Tillman, MD
  • Nutan Sharma, MD
  • Jason Shore
  • Lori Silver and Peter Lefkowitz
  • Bruce Singal
  • William Sinnott
  • Alaina Spaziani
  • Daniel and Collette Stanzler
  • Henry A. Sullivan
  • Dr. Samuel and Paula Thier
  • Ann-Marie Thomas, MD
  • Susan W. Tofias
  • Jo L. Wellins
  • Kenneth R. White, PhD
  • Martha and Jeff Winokur
  • Ashley B. Yeats, MD, FACEP
  • John K. Zawacki, MD

Organizations

National Business Members
Chairman Circle
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • CRICO
Executive Circle
  • Bank of America Merrill Lynch
  • Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Tufts Health Plan
Leader Circle
  • American Hospital Association
  • Benchmark Senior Living
  • Genesis HealthCare
  • Integro Insurance Brokers
  • MKA Executive Planners
  • Novo Nordisk
  • Partners HealthCare
National Partners
Lead Partners
  • Greater New York Hospital Association
  • Patients Like Me
  • Point of Care Foundation
Supporting Partners
  • American Cancer Society
  • American Diabetes Association
  • American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
  • American Hospital Assocation
  • American Organization of Nurse Executives
  • Health Research and Educational Trust
$100,000+
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Takeda Oncology
$50,000 - $99,999
  • Optum
  • Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, PC
$25,000 - $49,999
  • Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation
  • The Physicians Foundation
  • Miss Wallace Minot Leonard Foundation
$10,000 - $24,999
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital - Pediatric Newborn Medicine
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb
  • CareGroup Healthcare System
  • The Chartis Group
  • Coverys
  • CNA Insurance
  • CVS Health
  • Greater New York Hospital Association
  • Jackson & Irene Golden 1989 Charitable Trust
  • MedPro Group
  • Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • Shields Health Solutions
  • Tufts Medical Center
  • Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven
$5,000 - $9,999
  • AIG
  • Allied World Assurance Company
  • Bane Care Management
  • Baystate Health System, Inc.
  • Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance
  • BOND
  • Boston Children's Hospital
  • Boston Financial Management
  • Boston Medical Center HealthNet Plan
  • Boston Red Sox
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Nursing and Patient Care
  • Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence
  • Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • Donoghue Barrett & Singal, PC
  • Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner
  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • Foley Hoag LLP
  • Freedman HealthCare, LLC
  • Hebrew SeniorLife
  • Hinckley Allen
  • JunHe
  • Lahey Health
  • Massachusetts Medical Society
  • MassBio
  • Middleton & Company, Inc.
  • Northeastern University, Bouvé College of Health Sciences
  • PARTNERS+simons
  • Pierce & Mandell, PC
  • Ropes & Gray LLP
  • Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center
  • Sloane and Walsh LLP
  • South Shore Hospital
  • Steward Health Care System
  • Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers
  • Tufts University
  • UMass Memorial Medical Center
  • University of Massachusetts Medical School
  • Verrill Dana LLP
  • Wellforce
  • Wentworth-Douglass Hospital
  • Witt/Kieffer
  • WS Development Associates LLC & WS Asset Management, Inc.
$1,000 - $4,999
  • The Alan Keith Brodkin Memorial Foundation
  • Anonymous
  • Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services, Inc.
  • Atrius Health
  • Beaumont Financial Partners
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Care Organization
  • Beth Israel Deaconess HealthCare
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Plymouth
  • Boston Medical Center
  • BR+A
  • Cambridge Health Alliance
  • Cape Cod Healthcare
  • The Colony Group LLC
  • Denterlein
  • The Fantastical
  • Genuine
  • Harvard Medical School
  • Henry Ford Health System
  • Ironshore
  • Jules Catering
  • Korn/Ferry International
  • Massachusetts Eye and Ear
  • MGH Department of Psychiatry
  • MGH Institute of Health Professions
  • Mount Auburn Hospital
  • Neighborhood Health Plan
  • New England Baptist Hospital
  • Newton-Wellesley Hospital
  • Phillips DiPisa
  • Sidley Austin LLP
  • Simon and Eve Colin Foundation, Inc.
  • The Studio
  • Trideo
  • Wambi, LLC
  • Wells Fargo Advisors
  • WHW Family Foundation
$500 - $999
  • Chung Sing Corporation
  • Goganian & Associates, LLC
  • HouseWorks
  • Jackson & Company
  • Kaufman, Borgeest & Ryan
  • Krokidas & Bluestein LLP
  • Risk Strategies Companies
  • Rudnick Charitable Foundation

In Memoriam

Frances M. Alibrio
  • Anthony T. Alibrio
Eric T. Anthony
  • Tom Anthony
Anita Appelman
  • Gail Smith
Daniel L. Arons, MD
  • Elissa B. Arons, MD
Sara Corcoran
  • Wendy and Richard Cohen
Michael DiPersio
  • Joseph and Donna DiPersio
Corey J. Durham
  • Tony and Kathy Starr
Daniel D. Federman, MD
  • Donna Greenberg, MD
Connie Ferreira
  • Lynne Arruda
Kevin J. Forster
  • Christine and Al Rocco
Frances and Jerry Gold
  • Drs. Brad and Andrea Buchbinder
Robert E. Gordon
  • Joan S. Gordon
  • Robert and Deborah Litt
James L. Green
  • Barbara R. Green
David Guilfoile
  • Barbara Guilfoile and Bernard Lebow
Jerome S. Hertz
  • Ruth L. Hertz
Beldon Idelson
  • Marianne Lille
Bob Jacobs
  • Judy and Mark Armstrong
Manjula Kachalia
  • Andrea M. Kelly, RN
Ruth and John Kilduff
  • John J. Ready, Jr.
Murray P. Koblenzer
  • Marc and Lorraine Batt
Joseph Kowit
  • Betsy Frauenthal and David Kirshner
Henry J. and Erna D. Leir
  • The Leir Foundation, Inc.
Harold Levine
  • Barbara Rubin Green
Christian Minard
  • Ruth Kilduff, RN, and Jay Carrigan
Michael Novak
  • Helene M. Feist
Joan R. Ratte
  • Mark S. McCue
Janet L. Ready
  • John J. Ready, Jr.
M. Wallace Rubin
  • Judy and Mark Armstrong
Kenneth B. Schwartz
  • Samuel A. Berkman, MD, FACP
  • Ellen R. Cohen
  • Helen and David Cohen
  • Richard and Wendy Cohen
  • Richard and Hilary Glovsky
  • Michael Goldberg
  • Betsy Gordon
  • Ruth Kilduff
  • Robert and Deborah Litt
  • James Litton
  • Joseph and Margaret Newhouse
  • Marjorie Stanzler
Robert S. Schwartz
  • Judy and Mark Armstrong
William B. Schwartz, MD
  • Richard and Ruth Porter
Ronald Shulman
  • Diane Shulman
Rebecca K. Stone
  • Ellen R. Cohen and Daniel A. Haber

In Honor

Michael L. Blau
  • John L. Przybylski and Antoinette Hays
Brad Buchbinder, MD, and Andrea Buchbinder, MD
  • Carolyn Kohlman and Alan Gold
Ellen R. Cohen
  • Alison and Daniel Jaffe
  • Carol F. Cohen
  • David and Elisabeth Ebb
  • Joan Feinberg Berns, PhD
  • Joseph and Margaret Newhouse
  • Stephen and Barrie Silk
  • The Bresky Foundation
Julian and Eunice Cohen
  • Ellen Feldberg Gordon and Michael Gordon, MD
Richard and Wendy Cohen
  • Diane Savitzky and Michael J. Pappone
  • Lauren and Ian Cohen
Stephen Corman
  • Simon & Eve Colin Foundation, Inc.
Jon S. DuBois, MD, and Heidi DuBois, MD
  • Paul & Laurie Gershkowitz Family Charitable Trust Fund, a Donor Advised Fund of Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston, Inc.
Betsy Pingree Frawley
  • Lucy Benjamin
  • The Honorable Paul Demakis
Michael Goldberg, MD, and Fran Goldberg
  • Kenneth Muir and Margaret Rueger
  • The Alan Keith Brodkin Memorial Foundation
Ruth Kilduff, RN
  • Audrey Greening
  • Clare Villari and David Weinstein
  • Cynthia Retter
  • James and Ibby Mills
  • John Moroney
  • Julie Buckley
  • Linda Giffin
  • Martha S. Kinon
  • Michael Korn
  • Richard and Maureen O'Connell
  • Risk Strategies Companies
  • Robert Clemo
  • Sandra and Philip Stevens
  • Scott Friedman, RPH, JD
  • Shep Tapasak
  • Susan Tewhill
James M. Litton
  • Avram and Carol Goldberg
  • Cynthia Frawley
  • Cynthia Hamilton
  • Diane and Michael Gardener
  • Donald P. Goldstein, MD
  • Ellen R. Cohen and Daniel A. Haber
  • Ellen Schumacher
  • Emma and Walter Rous
  • Garry J. Wooters
  • Gayle Tillman, MD
  • Herb Luther and Susan Frawley
  • Jackson & Company
  • James Alexander
  • James and Jeannette Pierson
  • James R Garb, MD
  • Jay and Ellen Naparstek
  • John and Ellen Sabino
  • Keene Metzger and Nancy Moorehead
  • Larry and Lisa Cahill
  • Lynn Wiatrowski and Joren Madsen, MD
  • Marjorie and Paul Stanzler
  • Michael Davies
  • Jane A. Weingarten
  • Mary F. Sennott
  • Peter Schwartzman
  • Philip Dunn
  • Richard and Kristine Doherty
  • Richard McCarthy
  • Richard Reilly
  • Robert and Caroline Abernethy
  • Robert and Patty Clapp
  • Sandra Y. Levine
  • Susan and Edward Gallagher
  • Susan Frawley and Herb Luther
Beth A. Lown, MD
  • Betsy P. Frawley and James M. Litton
  • Naomi and Milton Lown
Sharon McNally
  • John and Jo Frances Meyer
Clare Midgley
  • Lisa Adler and Mitch Covitz
Liz Muir
  • Kenneth Muir and Margaret Rueger
Aubrey Merrill and Ben Raichel
  • Donna Melkonian
Ben Schwartz
  • Alison and Daniel Jaffe
Alexandra P. Simon, PhD, RN
  • Sarah B. Pasternack, PhD
Marjorie Stanzler
  • Claire and Cornelius Marx
  • Cynthia L. Strauss and Harry Sherr
  • Richard and Kristine Doherty
  • The Bresky Foundation
Tony and Kathy Starr
  • Jim and Karen Durham
Staff of the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare
  • Julie A. Rosen and Gary Belowich
Candace Young
  • Robert Mashal and Shawna Giggey-Mashal
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