Leadership & Board of Trustees

DAVID V. HUNTER – President and Chief Executive Officer

MICHAEL A. O’BRIEN, FACHE-  Vice President of Chatham Place at Mary Wade

LYNN IVERSON – Vice President of Mary Wade Healthcare 

Over 40 years experience in long term care services , encompassing all levels of care: Skilled nursing, residential care, adult day program, assisted living, out patient therapy.

Majority of experience in the non profit sector, have also held regional clinical and operational positions. Previous President/CEO Hewitt Organization. Most recently VP Clinical Operations at Waveny Lifecare Network in New Canaan.

Have served on the Money Follows the Person advisory committee. Former member Board of Directors Leading Age CT. Current Board member The Hewitt Foundation

B.S. Southern CT State University,  Nursing, Registered Nurse. Long Term Care certificate program University of Connecticut, Licensed Nursing Home Administrator. M.B.A. University of New Haven

VALERIE SANTOS – Vice President Employee Relations

MARY ANNE STCHUR – Vice President Advancement

Mary Anne brings to Mary Wade nearly 25 years of fundraising experience cultivating and enhancing relationships with donors, foundations, board members and volunteers to create successful fundraising initiatives and annual funds.

Prior to joining Mary Wade, Mary Anne served as Chief Advancement Officer for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence, overseeing all aspects of fundraising for its 9 Clubs resulting in successful annual campaigns, golf tournaments, galas and the organization’s first capital campaign. Previously, she spent ten years as Director of Fundraising and Operations with Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, DE. During this time, she created and implemented the hospital’s first annual giving program, was instrumental in the successful completion of a $25 million capital campaign and created the hospital’s first $1 million endowment.

Mary Anne and her husband, Peter, and their two children, Peter IV and Madeline, live in Waterford, CT She holds a Bachelors Degree in Business & Healthcare Administration from Wilkes University in Pennsylvania.

KERREN A. RUFFNER, RN- Director of Clinical Services

WILLIAM GINTER – Vice President Finance

IVETTE OLIVERAS – Property Manager

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Joanne McGloin – Board Chair

Bruce Topolosky – Board Vice Chair

Barbara C. Adams – Board Treasurer

Jacqueline Henchel, M.D. – Board Secretary

MaryBeth Canavan

Bernadette DiGiulian

Marjorie Funk

Patricia A. GaNun

Rev. Thomas C. Jackson

Robert Kessler

Brandon McFarlane

Michael Morand

Nicholas R. Nicholson Jr., PhD

Michelle Lee Rodriguez 

Harold Spitzer

Pamela Stanton

Len Suzio

Dr. Steve Wolfson

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