The Annual Kenneth B. Schwartz Compassionate Healthcare Dinner
We’re excited to welcome you to an evening dedicated to advancing compassionate healthcare — building on more than 30 years of partnership and envisioning the future we’re creating together.
We’ll celebrate the Schwartz Compassionate Caregivers Award recipients, whose inspiring examples illuminate the path forward for healthcare.
Your generous support will fuel innovative programs designed to equip healthcare workers with the tools, support, and resources they need to lead compassionate care as the healthcare landscape continues to evolve.
Join us and bring your friends, family, and colleagues to Boston’s premier healthcare event. Together, we’re shaping a future where compassion remains at the heart of every patient interaction and provider relationship — now and in the years to come.
October 27, 2026
The Annual Kenneth B. Schwartz Compassionate Healthcare Dinner
The SoWa Power Station
550 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA
Event Committee
Robyn Begley, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, Former Chief Executive Officer, AONL, Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, AHA
Joshua Boger, PhD
Ellen R. Cohen, MSW, Founder, Schwartz Center Board
Wendy K. Cohen, LICSW
Ethan Crain, Executive Vice President, National Healthcare Practice Leader, Lockton
William T. Curry, Jr., MD, Chief Medical Officer, Academic Medical Center, Mass General Brigham
James De Villas, Partner, Foley & Lardner, LLP
Mishele and Robert Fields, MD, Executive Vice President & Chief Clinical Officer, Beth Israel Lahey Health
Matthew Fishman
Melissa A. Fitzpatrick, MSN, RN, FAAN, President, Kirby Bates Associates
Graham Gardner, MD, MBA, Founder and Former Chief Executive Officer, Kyruus Health
Matt Germak MD, MPH, Vice President of Patient Safety, CRICO
Elizabeth L.B. Greene, Partner, Mirick
Brent L. Henry, Member, Mintz
Ed Keohane, Founder and CEO, Babywell MD
Michele Klau, RNCS, The Danielsen Institute at Boston University
Sarah Lukas, Former Partner, Edelstein & Co., LLP
Pamela Mann, MSSA, Interfaith Chaplain, In-Patient Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Sharon McNally, CEO, Camp Harbor View Foundation
Ann Muschett and Michael L. Blau, Former Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP
Reena L. Pande, MD, Partner, Oxeon
Paresh Purohit, Vice President, Marsh MMA
Scott Quint and Michael Gustafson, MD, MBA, CEO, The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare
Jean-Paul A. Rebillard, President, MedPro Specialty, MedPro Group
Colette and Dan Stanzler, Partner/Portfolio Manager
Marjorie and Paul Stanzler
Elizabeth Vernaglia, PhD, and Lawrence Vernaglia, Partner, Foley and Lardner LLP
as of May 4, 2026
Corporate Champions (Formerly National Business Members)
Chairman Circle
CRICO
Massachusetts General Hospital
Mass General Brigham
Mintz
Executive Circle
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Marsh McLennan
Leader Circle
Bank of America
Benchmark Senior Living
Lockton
MedPro
Monigle
Schwartz Compassionate Caregivers 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*
CRC Wholesale Group
Fran and Michael Goldberg
Jean Karpas Siegel Fund at The Boston Foundation
Tufts Medicine
Lynn Wiatrowski and Joren Madsen, MD
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
Consigli Construction Co., Inc.
Coverys
CVS Health
Ethan E. Crain
Jean and Michael Dandorf
Diedrich & Donohue LLP
Andrew Dreyfus
Eastern Bank
Epstein Becker Green
Faggiano & Associates, P.C.
Rushika and Maria Fernandopulle
Melissa Fitzpatrick, MSN
Foley & Lardner LLP
Graham Gardner, MD, MBA
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
Kim Marshall and Rhoda Schneider
Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute
Sharon and Brian McNally
Middleton & Company, Inc.
Mintz
Mirick
Joyce Murphy – in loving memory of Bill Melanson
Murphy & Riley, P.C.
Reena L. Pande, MD
Angela Patterson, DNP
Point32Health
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
Peter and Ellen Zane
Bronze
Anonymous
Boston Children’s Hospital
William and Janene Burke
Howard Cohen and Myra Musicant
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Michael S. Feldberg and Ruth Lazarus
Betsy P. Frawley and James M. Litton – in memory of Ruth Kilduff
Michael Gustafson, MD, and Scott Quint
Brent Henry and Minnie Baylor-Henry
Joint Commission
Legacy Lifecare
Southcoast Health
South Shore Health System
Daniel and Colette Stanzler
Michael and Audrey Straight
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital
Patron
Tom and Midge DeSimone
Drs. Jon and Heidi DuBois
Other Supporters
Marcia Allar
Aon Risk Services
Larry and Betsy Athan
Michele Babineau
Mimi Bartholomay
Berkley Healthcare
Peter and Lisa Biagetti
Drs. Brad and Andrea Buchbinder – in memory of Frances and Jerry Gold
Gary Cohen
Robert I. Cohen and Julie A. Watts
Deborah Curran
Charles Doherty, Jr.
Rich and Kris Doherty
EPIC Insurance Brokers
Nanne Finis
Focus Partners Wealth
David Fryburg
David and Nancy Fulton
Hilary and Dick Glovsky
Brett and Abby Gordon
Tina and David Governo
Barbara Guilfoile and Bernard Lebow
Elizabeth Hickman
Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, P.C.
Connie Howes and Kelly Sheridan
Barbara Jones
Christopher Keele
Susan M. Kenyon
Michele and Michael Klau
Larry and ML Krakauer
Jeff Levin-Scherz
Steven and Marjorie Levin
Alan D. and Susan Lewis Solomont Family Foundation
Beth Lown, MD, and the Piken Family
Sarah Lukas
Thomas Lynch, Jr. MD, and Laura Pappano
Christine Madigan and Stephen Callahan
Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association
Massachusetts Medical Society
McCarthy Bouley Barry + Morgan
Richard McCready and Rosemary McCarthy
Mr. and Mrs. Terence McDermott
National Development
Olajumoke Ogunbodede
Pro-Praxis Insurance
Propel Insurance
Thomas P. Quinn
Susan and Jim Rapoport
Red Sox Foundation
Anne G. Romney and Timothy Hayes
George Rosenthal, MD
Eric and Kim Schultz
Fleur Segal
Robert N. Shapiro
Nutan Sharma, MD, PhD and Antonio Aldykiewicz
Jo and Mike Solet
Kathryn Sweeney
Marsha Tucker
Tufts University
Angela Turner
Peter Underhill and Nancy Gladyszak
Wendy Warring, JD and Troy Brennan, MD
Mark B. Wenneker and Amy Billett
Martha and Jeff Winokur
Daniel Wofford and Sarah Peck
Alfred Wojciechowski
Charlotte Yeh, MD, FACEP
*deceased
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