Mass Aging & Mental Health Coalition Member Directory

Frank Baskin

National Association of Social Workers
Gerisocialwork@yahoo.com

Jim Callahan

Vice President, Elder Services
Center for Human Development
332 Birnie Avenue
Springfield, MA 01107
jcallahan@chd.org
(413) 439-2165

Elizabeth (Betsy) H. Connell

Assistant Director
Division of Elder Affairs
City of Worcester
128 Providence Street
Worcester, MA 01604
connelle@ci.worcester.ma.us
(508) 799-8030

Pat Edraos

Mass League of Community Health Centers
40 Court
Boston, MA 02108
pedraos@massleague.org
(617) 426-2366

Mary Ellen (Meckle) Elston, LCSW

Manager, Geriatric Outpatient Psychiatry
Cambridge Health Alliance
Central Street Health Center
26 Central Street ~ 3rd floor
Somerville, MA 02143
Melston@challiance.org
(617) 591-6415

Ruth Grabel, MPH

Program Specialist
Health, Aging and Disability Unit
Department of Public Health
250 Washington Street – 4th Floor
Boston, MA 02118
Ruth.Grabel@dph.state.ma.us
(617) 624-5488

Stephanie L. Hirst

Senior Director for Public Policy & Research
Mental Health & Substance Abuse Corporations of Massachusetts, Inc.
251 West Central Street ~ Suite 21
Natick, MA 01760
shirst@mhsacm.org
(508) 647-8385 x14

Chet Jakubiak

Director, Mental Health Programs
Massachusetts Association of Older Americans
19 Temple Place – 4th Floor
Boston, MA 02111
chet.jakubiak@verizon.net
(617) 426-0804

Kathy Kuhn, MSW, LICSW

Director of Education & Training
Institute of Geriatric Social Work
Boston University School of Social Work
232 Bay State Road ~ Room 423
Boston, MA 02215
kkuhn@bu.edu
(617) 358-2632

Darlene O’Connor, PhD

Associate Professor and Director Long-Term Care Policy
University of Massachusetts Medical School
333 South Street
Shrewsbury, MA 01545
Darlene.oconnor@umassmed.edu
(508) 856-8148

John O’Neill

Director
Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services
61 Medford Street
Somerville, MA 02143
Joneill@eldercare.org
(617) 628-2601

Philip Shea

President/CEO
Community Counseling of Bristol County, Inc.
One Washington Street
Taunton, MA 02780
pshea@comcounseling.org
(508) 977-8100

Sue Temper

Springwell
125 Walnut Street
Watertown, MA 02472
stemper@springwell.com
(617) 926-4100

Alison Theberge, LICSW

Assistant Clinical Director
Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley, Inc.
360 Merrimack Street ~ Bldg. 5
Lawrence, MA 01843
atheberge@esmv.org
(978) 946-1414

Sandra Vickery

Council on Aging
P. O. Box 806
Monument Beach, MA 02553-0806
svickery@townofbourne.com
sandravikery@aol.com
(508) 759-0655