Meet Our Board of Trustees
Lane A. Glenn, PhD, Chair
Dr. Lane A. Glenn is president of Northern Essex Community College (NECC), with campuses in Haverhill and Lawrence, Massachusetts. Dr. Glenn is focused on student success and passionate about finding ways to help students achieve their educational goals, especially students who are underprepared for college. In addition, he is a strong advocate for colleges and universities as engines of economic and workforce development — particularly in Massachusetts gateway cities.
Dr. Glenn has been responsible for significant expansion of NECC’s Lawrence campus, including the opening of the college’s $27 million El Hefni Allied Health and Technology Center and the renovated Dimitry building. He has led expansion efforts of partnerships with area high schools and four-year colleges and universities to expand educational opportunities in downtown Lawrence.
He was the visionary and founding board chair for the Lawrence Partnership, a coalition of businesses and organizations committed to economic development in the city of Lawrence.
He holds a Doctor of Philosophy in theater from Michigan State University, a master’s degree in speech from Oklahoma State University, and a bachelor’s in English and speech/theater from Northeastern State University in Oklahoma. He is proud to say he started his education at Rose State College, a community college in Midwest City, Oklahoma.
Dan Rivera, Co-Vice Chair
Dan Rivera is the CEO of the Coalition for a Better Acre and the immediate past president and CEO of MassDevelopment, a role he took on after serving seven years as mayor of the City of Lawrence. During his time as mayor, the city saw significant commercial development, record new units of housing, and tens of millions of dollars invested in economic development planning and projects. Dan’s focus on economic and community development as mayor included investments in housing, job creation, downtown redevelopment, transit-oriented development and equity, infrastructure, brownfields redevelopment, placemaking, and quality-of-life improvements, and establishing professional, transparent, modern, and streamlined permitting and licensing processes.
Dan was an invaluable member of the Baker-Polito Administration’s Reopening Advisory Board, bringing the municipal viewpoint to the group tasked with developing the Commonwealth’s strategy to reopen the economy during COVID-19, and the COVID-19 Vaccine Advisory Group. In 2017, Governor Baker tapped him to serve on the newly established Latino Advisory Commission charged with addressing concerns of the Massachusetts Latino community and promoting economic prosperity and well-being.
Prior to his two terms as mayor of Lawrence, Dan held various positions in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. Dan is a veteran of the U.S. Army, where he served in the first Gulf War, Desert Shield/Desert Storm, and a graduate of the UMass Amherst and Suffolk University’s Sawyer School of Management, where he earned his MBA. Dan lives in Lawrence with his wife, Paula, and their children, Daniel and Charlotte.
Marianne Paley Nadel - Co-Vice Chair
Marianne Paley Nadel is a longtime community leader in the City of Lawrence. For over a decade, she managed her family real estate holdings, the Everett and Stone Mills, bringing professional, educational, nonprofit and manufacturing space to the downtown. Her vision created a networked tenancy that supports youth engagement, workforce development, entrepreneurship, and urban manufacturing. In 1998, she became the founding executive director of Groundwork Lawrence, leading the organization’s growth from a small nonprofit start-up into a dynamic statewide and national model for sustainable community development and public-private partnership focused on environmental improvements, fresh food programs, youth education, employment initiatives, and community engagement.
Marianne joined the Board of Trustees in 2020. She also serves as vice chair of the Northern Essex Community College Board of Trustees, is a past board chair of the Lawrence Partnership, and a longtime board member of Groundwork Lawrence. Marianne holds a master's degree in urban planning from MIT and a bachelor's degree from Brandeis University.
Carol L. Powers, JD, Secretary
Carol L. Powers is a retired “country lawyer,” having practiced law for several decades on Boston’s North Shore focused on real estate and estate planning. She now devotes her professional time to an area of inquiry she is passionate about – medical ethics. Carol served as a community member on the Children’s Hospital Ethics Committee for over 20 years. She is currently the chairperson for the Ethics Committee of the regional office of the Department of Developmental Services (formerly the Department of Mental Retardation).
In addition, as a fellow with the Center for Bioethics at Harvard’s Medical School, Carol co-founded and chairs the Community Ethics Committee. The committee is a group of volunteers from the greater Boston area with diverse ages and backgrounds that has been providing consulting services to the Harvard teaching hospitals since 2007. The group has provided review of policies on such diverse topics as pediatric organ donation on cardiac death and access to medical care for undocumented individuals. In addition, it has provided community responses to the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues in their review of the Guatemalan syphilis study and Ebola pandemic policies. Group members also aided the Massachusetts Department of Public Health in its review of implementing regulations governing "crisis standards of care" in the context of the COVID pandemic. Carol has also contributed to academic journals with articles in the American Journal of Bioethics, the Annals of Surgery, and Dignitas.
She lives in Rowley and has three adult children and a son-in-law.
Michael Sklar, Treasurer
A 40-year CEO of health care staffing agency AP Healthcare (Cross Country Staffing), Michael Sklar founded his own Andover-based business, Black Diamond Networks, in 1999 to provide high-level contracting services to companies in the life sciences, hardware/software, mechanical engineering, and IT fields. He joined the Lawrence Hospital Board of Trustees in January 2024.
When he’s not working, Michael volunteers his time and talents at the Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence, Lazarus House Ministries and CLASS (Community Living and Support Services), among others.
Richard J. Santagati, Chair Emeritus
Richard Santagati has served on the Board of Trustees since 1988. In that time, he has been a member and chair of every board committee and was the board chair from 2006 until 2013. As the result of his length of service, he now serves in the role of chairman emeritus. He was president of Merrimack College from 1994 to 2008 and has served on the boards of several national corporations, including Revlon.
Mr. Santagati is a strong supporter of local health care and Lawrence General in particular. He was the lead donor in the campaign to build the new surgery center at Lawrence General, which bears his family’s name in honor of his years of service and generosity. In 2015, Mr. Santagati was recognized for his philanthropic leadership by the New England Association for Healthcare Philanthropy, receiving its Distinguished Service to Philanthropy Award. In addition, in 2014 Lawrence General instituted an annual award for civic leadership in Mr. Santagati’s name.
A lifelong resident of Methuen and a former Holy Family Hospital Board Member from 2011-2024, including a one-year term as chair, Maria has a unique background to assist Merrimack Health in this phase of integration and communication to the local communities.
In 2012, Maria became a partner with the firm, Manzi Bonanno & Bowers. In 2021, she formed Bonanno Law & Title, P.C. Maria is a full-service real estate attorney, and her practice of law encompasses the formation and counseling of trusts, corporations and LLC's in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Maria has a background and interest in resource development, government relations, and strategic initiatives.
Carlos is the chief behavioral health officer at Lynn Community Health Center (LCHC). In his role, Carlos leads a team of over 70 behavioral health professionals, providing a comprehensive range of integrated behavioral health services in primary care and in school-based health centers.
At LCHC, Carlos continues to evolve its behavioral health services through clinical and operational integration, adoption of integrated telehealth services, and the expansion of a behavioral health workforce pipeline to recruit and retain professionals in community-based settings.
Carlos is also a member of the Health Equity Compact, a statewide coalition seeking the advancement of health equity and just health outcomes in Massachusetts through transformational legislation, budget, and advocacy efforts.
A native of Puerto Rico, Carlos received his doctoral degree from Ponce Health Sciences University in Puerto Rico and is a graduate of the UMass Chan Medical School’s Fellowship in Clinical Health Psychology. He holds a master’s degree in business administration from UMass Boston.
Eduardo Haddad, MD
Eduardo Haddad, MD, is president of the Lawrence General Medical Staff, chair of the board of the Lawrence Integrated Health Provider Network (LIHPN) and serves as the physicians’ representative on the Board of Trustees. A resident of North Andover, Dr. Haddad has been seeing patients in Lawrence and the Merrimack Valley for three decades. He is a practicing nephrologist who trained at Massachusetts General Hospital and strongly advocates for the value of locally delivered health care. Dr. Haddad serves as medical director for DaVita dialysis in North Andover, and for the acute dialysis unit at Whittier Rehabilitation hospital in Bradford, MA.
A certified EMT and paramedic for more than 35 years, Brenden Hayden has served as both a provider and leader in municipal, private, hospital-based and volunteer settings over the course of his career. Currently the chief operating officer for mobile health company Estella Health, Brenden oversees all aspects of corporate operations, strategic vision and new-market implementation.
Brenden holds a bachelor’s degree in health administration from Southern New Hampshire University and a master’s certificate in human resources and organizational planning from Villanova University.
In addition to serving as a member of the Board of Trustees, Brenden is an appointed member of the National EMS Advisory Council and serves as the elected chairman of the council. This council, appointed by the United States secretary of transportation, is made up of 25 industry experts and advises the federal government and White House on all relevant matters of EMS and develops advisories that are presented to U.S. Department of Transportation for implementation within the U.S. EMS architecture.
Margaret M. Hogan is a mission-driven executive leader with over three decades of experience advancing equitable health and social care systems across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. She currently serves as chief executive officer of Boston Senior Home Care (BSHC), one of the state’s largest Aging Services Access Points (ASAPs), where she leads a diverse team in delivering home- and community-based services to over 12,000 older adults, individuals with disabilities, and caregivers annually.
Prior to BSHC, Margaret held other leadership positions in the nonprofit and healthcare sectors. She served as vice president at the Home Health Foundation, where she oversaw strategic partnerships and innovation in home-based care, including visiting nurse, hospice and home care. Earlier in her career, she was chief operating officer at the National Patient Safety Foundation, leading national initiatives to reduce medical errors and advance healthcare quality.
She has also held a leadership role on the state-level advisory body, the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission Advisory Council.
Throughout her career, Margaret has prioritized cross-sector collaboration and innovative service delivery models to ensure that vulnerable populations, especially older adults with complex needs receive dignified, person-centered care.
Margaret holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and a master’s degree from Western New England University.
Community advocate Vilma Martinez-Domiguez joined Lawrence Hospital’s Board of Trustees as a member in June 2024. A local mainstay through her work on the Lawrence Mayor’s Health Task Force during her work as the city’s community development director, Vilma continues to use a lens of social justice and equity as she serves area residents as the executive director of the Greater Lawrence Community Action Council.
Here at Lawrence Hospital, Vilma is a Board of Trustees representative to the hospital’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion subcommittee.
She also sits on the MassHire Merrimack Valley Workforce Board and the Lawrence Partnership Board.
Throughout his 30-year career, Juan Montanez has driven improvements in operations and service delivery across the entire health care ecosystem through his use of information technology (IT) and the optimization of organizational processes. Juan has an extensive knowledge base that encompasses strategic planning; process and system analysis and engineering; cost-benefit and decision analysis; acquisition and contract management; project management; and data analytics.
In addition to his extensive consulting career, Juan has held multiple director and manager-level positions in government and private-sector organizations. Born and raised in Puerto Rico, he is committed to working with nonprofit health care providers and human services organizations with the goal of promoting integrated service delivery that positively impacts the lives of underserved populations.
Prior to joining FTI Consulting, where he currently serves as the senior managing director of health care, Juan led the IT Advisory Services practice at Health Management Associates and served as senior consultant at Mercer. He has also served as executive consultant to the State of Georgia’s chief information officer, director of Strategic Research and Analysis for Georgia’s Department of Community Health, director of budget and reimbursement for Southern Regional Health System, and manager of IT planning and decision support for PROMINA Health System.
Glenn S. Newsome, MD, MPH, FCCP, is a board-certified pulmonologist and internist with senior staff privileges at Merrimack Health. His roots in the Merrimack Valley roots run deep, having practiced at Greater Lawrence Family Health Center from 1989-1996 and privately at Merrimack Valley Pulmonary Associates from 1992-2022. He consults for both Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital and Cedarview Rehabilitation Center.
Dr. Newsome, who is bilingual in English and Spanish, previously held leadership positions at Lawrence General as the chief of medicine, director of respiratory therapy and director of critical care. He has also worked in patient care at the Georgetown AIDS Clinic in Washington, D.C., and as the chief extern at Richmond Ear & Eye Hospital in Richmond, Virginia.
Dr. Newsome received a bachelor’s degree from Colby College before going on to Yale University for a Master of Public Health degree. He earned his medical degree in 1984 from the Medical College of Virginia, VCU. Dr. Newsome later completed an internship, internal medicine residency and fellowship at Washington, D.C.’s Georgetown University Hospital.
He is a fellow within the American College of Chest Physicians and a member of both the American Thoracic Society and the American College of Physicians. Dr. Newsome has been recognized with a Greater Lawrence Family Health Center Resident Teaching Award and an Andover Chamber of Commerce Community Service Award (2021), among many medical and community service accolades.
After obtaining his bachelor’s degree in the Preprofessional Scholars Program in Dentistry at Case Western Reserve University, Dr. Samuels received his DMD from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in 1987. He went on to be the president of the postgraduate program in periodontology at Tufts. Dr. Samuels has placed over 6,000 implants, and currently practices in Boston and Martha’s Vineyard, specializing in periodontics, implant dentistry and oral medicine.
From 2009 to 2010, he served as president of the Massachusetts Dental Society and was appointed by the governor to the Board of Registration in Dentistry for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, serving as its chair. He continues to be recognized as a leader for the enhancement of oral health and the dental profession.
In addition to the American Dental Association, Dr. Samuels is a fellow of the American Society of Osseointegration, an active member of the American College of Oral Implantology, the International Congress of Oral Implantologists, and the American Academy of Periodontology. He has received numerous awards from organized dentistry, including the John Golden Award in 2023, one of the highest honors bestowed among New England dentists.
Dr. Samuels has served as an associate clinical professor in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology and has lectured in the department of Oral Pathology at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine.
Greg Sebasky
A recognized business leader in health care, technology, and education,
Greg Sebasky brings more than three decades of transformational leadership to his role on the Board of Trustees, which he assumed in April 2025. He will provide strategic insight as the hospitals continue to evolve in a rapidly changing healthcare landscape.
Greg currently serves as chairman of the board at Ascend Learning, a leading provider of online educational content, simulations, and analytics for health care professionals, following his recent retirement as the company's CEO. Since joining Ascend in 2014, he has driven significant innovation and growth, with specialized expertise in understanding what creates value for companies and executing strategies that deliver consistent, steady, and sustainable results.
Additionally, Greg has extensive experience leading global organizations—previously as chairman of Philips North America and executive vice president for Philips Healthcare.
Greg holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor's in business administration from the University of Notre Dame. He has a longstanding passion for mission-driven organizations and a deep commitment to improving health care access and outcomes.
Joyce Shannon currently serves as president and CEO of Nevins Family of Services, a Methuen-based nonprofit serving elders and those living with disabilities. The organization includes a skilled nursing facility, subsidized elderly housing and a PACE adult day health program.
She previously served as a senior vice president for the Lahey Clinic in Burlington, overseeing inpatient, outpatient, and hospital infrastructure. Joyce was also the vice president of managed care and sub-acute services for The A-D-S Group, where she worked for 12 years in a variety of roles at the health care management and consulting company. During her time there, she liaised with more than 25 hospital clients and 50 skilled nursing and rehab facilities, advising them on continuum of care issues related to post-acute services.
Her nursing career includes roles as the director of nursing at Nevins Nursing & Rehabilitation Centre in Methuen, and staff/charge nurse positions at Hampstead Psychiatric Hospital in Hampstead, New Hampshire, and here at our very own Lawrence General from 1974-1976.
Joyce graduated from the Lawrence General Hospital School of Nursing in 1974 before receiving her bachelor's degree in administration from Merrimack College in 1978. She holds a master's degree in management from Lesley College.