2019 Event Chairs
Michel Vounatsos
Chief Executive Officer, Biogen and 2019 Hope on the Harbor Co-Chair
Thomas A. Croswell
President and Chief Executive Officer, Tufts Health Plan and 2019 Hope on the Harbor Co-Chair
2019 Hope on the Harbor Executive Dinner Committee
Dora Bibila – VP Alzheimer’s Management at Biogen
Mary Lou Cavanaugh – VP Senior Relationship Manager, Fidelity Investments
Timothy Clark – Senior Director, Government Affairs, Policy and Corporate Advocacy, Eisai
Richard F. Connolly, Jr. – Managing Director – Financial Advisor, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management.
John M. Connors – The Connors Family Office
Thomas A. Croswell – President and Chief Executive Officer, Tufts Health Plan and 2019 Hope on the Harbor Co-Chair My Story
Marty Donohue – Partner and Creative Director, Full Contact
John Dunlop, Ph.D. – Vice President, Neuroscience Research, Amgen
Jeff Elton – Chief Executive Officer, Concerto Health AI
Jack Faer – Senior Vice President and Chief Security Officer, Iron Mountain and Member, Alzheimer’s Association National Board of Directors
Richard Fentin – Senior Advisor, Fidelity Investments
John Fish – President and Chief Executive Officer, Suffolk Construction, Inc.
Stephen F. Foley – Vice President, TD Bank – My Story
Barry Greene – President, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals My Story
Phillip Gross – Managing Director, Adage Capital Management, LP
Teresa Hassara – Head of Workplace Solutions, Mass Mutual
Karin Hellsvik – Director of Patient Advocacy, Biogen
Richard Hiersteiner – Partner, Sullivan & Worcester
Pierre Jacquet, M.D., Ph.D. – Managing Director, Global head of Biopharmaceuticals & Life Sciences, L.E.K. Consultant
Surya Kolluri – Managing Director, Policy and Marketing Planning, BACML Wealth & Investment Management and Member, Alzheimer’s Association MA/NH Board of Directors
Paul Kraft – Mutual Fund and Investment, Deloitte
Desmond Mac Intyre – Chief Executive Officer US Asset Management, BNY Mellon and 2018 Hope on the Harbor Family Champion
Brendan Manquin – VP US Alzheimer’s Franchise, Biogen
Carol M. Meyrowitz – Executive Chairman, The TJX Companies, Inc. and 2018 Hope on the Harbor Legacy Chair
Steven Paul, M.D. – President, CEO, Voyager Therapeutics
Jeremy Perisho – US FAS Leader Life Sciences and Health Care, Deloitte
John Power – Principal, Farley White Interests
Ana Radeljevic – Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Adventus Partners
Robert L. Reynolds – President and Chief Executive Officer, Putnam Investments
Clare Richer – Retired CFO, Putman Investments and Member, Alzheimer’s Association, MA/NH Chapter Board of Directors
Michael F. Ripp – Executive Vice President & Partner, CBRE/New England
Jim Ross – Executive Vice President, State Street Global Advisors, and Member, Alzheimer’s Association, MA/NH Chapter Board of Directors
John Stadtler – Partner, US Financial Services Industry Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Paul S. Stuka – Managing Partner, Osiris Capital Partners – My Story
Steve Wood – Principal Scientist, Neuroscience Discovery Research, Amgen
Michel Vounatsos – Chief Executive Officer, Biogen and 2019 Hope on the Harbor Co-Chair
Alzheimer’s Association, MA/NH Chapter
James H. Wessler, Chapter Executive, New England Regional Leader – My Story
Caitlyn Mosher Ellis, Director Corporate Initiatives & Foundation Relations
Pain has an impact on behavior, function and quality of life for people living with dementia, but is one of the most mismanaged conditions. The challenges of understanding and treating acute and chronic pain for those with dementia are complex and often overlooked. Identifying and treating pain requires the ability to listen to what individuals are communicating through behaviors and body language. To treat pain for someone with dementia we must look beyond the words. This keynote offers the opportunity to explore strategies for identifying and managing pain including the use of standardized tools for assessment and monitoring along with the use of medications for individualizing comfort measures.
Melanie Bunn, GNP, MS, RN, is a Consulting Associate at the Duke University School of Nursing, Certified Trainer, Coach and Consultant for Teepa Snow’s Positive Approach to Care, and has her own education consulting company, Bunn Consulting. She received her degree in Nursing from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Master’s degree in Family Health Nursing from Clemson University and a Post-Master’s Gerontological Nurse Practitioner Certificate from Duke University. She has provided primary care to older people in a variety of settings including retirement homes, long term care nursing, assisted living facilities, hospitals, and in the home as a gerontological nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist and staff nurse. In 2014, Ms. Bunn was awarded the Dr. Ewald W. Busse Award by the NC Division of Aging and Adult Services Department of Health and Human Services for her contributions to improving the care of older adults with dementia and their families.
James Wessler
Paul S. Stuka
Barry Greene
Thomas A. Croswell