November 18, 2025
The Annual Kenneth B. Schwartz Compassionate Healthcare Dinner
The SoWa Power Station
550 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA
The Art & Science of Compassion
Join us for a special evening celebrating 30 years of partnering with healthcare organizations to advance compassionate healthcare.
We will honor recipients of the
National Compassionate Caregivers of the Year® Award
for their inspiring acts of compassion.
Our annual dinner raises vital funding for programs to support healthcare workers, so that they can provide compassionate care to patients and families.
We look forward to welcoming you and your friends, family and professional colleagues to Boston’s premier healthcare event celebrating the extraordinary relationship between patients and their providers.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Stephen Trzeciak, MD, MPH
Recipient, Schwartz Compassion Champion Award
Co-Author, “Compassionomics: The Revolutionary Scientific Evidence that Caring Makes a Difference”
Schwartz Compassionate Caregivers of the Year® Award Recipients
Art Therapist and Counselor
UH Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital
Cleveland, OH
Pediatric ECMO Specialist, Retired
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
Physician and Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
UTHealth Houston McGovern School of Medicine
Houston, TX
Event Committee
Robyn Begley, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, Former Chief Executive Officer, AONL
Joshua Boger, PhD
Ellen Cohen, MSW, Founder, Schwartz Center Board
Wendy Cohen, LICSW
Robert Coughlin, Managing Director, JLL
Ethan Crain, Co-Lead, U.S. Healthcare Practice, Lockton
Rushika Fernandopulle, MD, MPP, Co-Founder and Former CEO, Iora Health
Mishele and Robert Fields, Executive Vice President & Chief Clinical Officer, Beth Israel Lahey Health
Melissa Fitzpatrick, MSN, RN, FAAN, President, Kirby Bates Associates
Betsy Pingree Frawley and James M. Litton
Mary and Tom Grape, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Benchmark Senior Living
Elizabeth L. B. Greene, Partner, Mirick
Brent L. Henry, Member, Mintz
Michele Klau, RNCS, The Danielsen Institute at Boston University
Elizabeth Maringer and Jay Shiland, Partner, MTS Health Partners LP
Sharon McNally, CEO, Camp Harbor View Foundation
Ann Muschett and Michael Blau, Former Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP
Jean-Paul A. Rebillard, Schwartz Center Board Chair; President, MedPro Speciality, MedPro Group
Mark Reynolds, Chief Executive Officer, CRICO
Alan and Susan Solomont
Colette and Daniel Stanzler, Portfolio Manager, Beaumont Financial Partners, LLC
Marjorie and Paul Stanzler
Kathy and Tony Starr, Partner, Mintz
Elizabeth Vernaglia, PhD, and Lawrence Vernaglia, Partner, Foley and Lardner LLP
Lynn Wiatrowski, Former Managing Director, Bank of America
National Business Members
Chairman Circle
CRICO
Massachusetts General Hospital
Mintz
Executive Circle
Marsh McLennan
Leader Circle
Bank of America
Benchmark Senior Living
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Lockton
MedPro Group
Monigle
Schwartz Compassionate Caregivers of the Year® Award Sponsor
Visionary
Ellen Cohen & Daniel Haber
Champion
Anonymous
Ruth G. Koblenzer*
Jean-Paul A. Rebillard
Marjorie and Paul Stanzler
Gold
AMN Healthcare Impact Fund
Michael Blau and Ann Muschett
Patricia A. Bresky Family Foundation
Betsy and Stephen Corman*
Fran and Michael Goldberg
Jean Karpas Siegel Fund at The Boston Foundation
Tufts Medicine
Silver
American Hospital Association
Joanne and Kevin Barrett
Robyn Begley, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
Bergman Family Foundation
Beth Israel Lahey Health
Boger Family Foundation, Inc.
The Boston Foundation/Judy Swahnberg-Carl Novotny Donor Advised Fund
Wendy and Richard Cohen
Coverys
Ethan E. Crain
Jean and Michael Dandorf
Diedrich & Donohue LLP
Andrew Dreyfus
Epstein Becker Green
Rushika and Maria Fernandopulle
Melissa Fitzpatrick, MSN
Foley & Lardner LLP
Hamel Marcin Dunn Reardon & Shea, PC
Highland Street Foundation
Ann-Ellen Hornidge, Esq., and Ned Murphy
Liberty Mutual Group
Lilly USA, LLC
Pamela Mann and David Baron, MD
The Mann Family Foundation
Elizabeth Maringer and Jay Shiland
Sharon and Brian McNally
Middleton & Company, Inc.
Mirick
Joyce Murphy – in loving memory of Bill Melanson
Murphy & Riley, P.C.
Angela Patterson, DNP
Glenn Pomerantz, MD, JD
William and Lia G. Poorvu Family Foundation
Sandyha Rao, MD
Mark Reynolds and Clare Reilly
Ropes & Gray LLP
Rubin Paterniti Gonzalez Rizzo Kaufman LLP
Sompo
Tony and Kathy Starr
Sherman H. Starr Family Foundation
UBS
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Wellington Management
Lynn Wiatrowski and Joren Madsen, MD
Peter and Ellen Zane
Bronze
Anonymous
Boston Children’s Hospital
William and Janene Burke
Howard Cohen and Myra Musicant
Betsy P. Frawley and James M. Litton
Michael Gustafson, MD, and Scott Quint
Joint Commission
Legacy Lifecare
Southcoast Health
South Shore Health System
Daniel and Colette Stanzler
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital
Patron
Tom and Midge DeSimone
Drs. Jon and Heidi DuBois
Other Supporters
Marcia Allar
Drs. Brad and Andrea Buchbinder - in memory of Frances and Jerry Gold
Gary Cohen
Robert I. Cohen and Julie A. Watts
Rich and Kris Doherty
EPIC Insurance Brokers
Nanne Finis
Focus Partners Wealth
Hilary and Dick Glovsky
Brett and Abby Gordon
Tina and David Governo
Elizabeth Hickman
Barbara Jones
Connie Howes and Kelly Sheridan
Susan M. Kenyon
Steven and Marjorie Levin
Beth Lown, MD, and the Piken Family
Sarah Lukas
Thomas Lynch, Jr. MD, and Laura Pappano
Christine Madigan and Stephen Callahan
Massachusetts Medical Society
Richard McCready and Rosemary McCarthy
National Development
Olajumoke Ogunbodede
Pro-Praxis Insurance
Propel Insurance
Susan and Jim Rapoport
Red Sox Foundation
Anne G. Romney and Timothy Hayes
Eric and Kim Schultz
Robert N. Shapiro
Jo and Mike Solet
Kathryn Sweeney
Tufts University
Peter Underhill and Nancy Gladyszak
Mark B. Wenneker and Amy Billett
Daniel Wofford and Sarah Peck
Alfred Wojciechowski
Charlotte Yeh, MD, FACEP
*deceased
Updated as of October 28, 2025
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