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Cambridge Health Alliance Board of Trustees Attracts Distinguished New Appointees

Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Medford, Revere, Somerville, Winthrop, MA…Francis H. Duehay, Chair of the Trustees of Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), today announced new appointments to CHA's Board of Trustees.

Robert W. Healy, City Manager of Cambridge, appoints the Trustees and was pleased to name them recently. The new appointees are Paula Paris, Deputy Director of JFYNetWorks, Boston, and Joshua Posner, Founder and CEO of Rising Tide Development LLC, Cambridge, both of whom bring a wealth of experience in community improvement and social justice issues.

"Cambridge Health Alliance covers a broad spectrum of health care services. We are invested in the health status of our communities; we care for people of all ages, incomes, and backgrounds during well visits and in sickness; and we are acknowledged leaders in the education of health professionals. We are delighted to attract new Trustees who understand the diversity of our community, the complexity of our services, and who complement the composition of our Board of Trustees," said Duehay, Chair of the Trustees.

Paula Paris is Deputy Director of JFYNetWorks, one of Boston's leading nonprofit education and training organizations. She is responsible for the company's institutional advancement and strategic planning. Ms. Paris is also an adjunct faculty member of the School for Community Economic Development at Southern New Hampshire University. Following a brief career as a commercial banker, she held positions as a financial analyst for Blue Cross Blue Shield, and as Director of Development for both Jobs for Youth-Boston, Inc. and the Cambridge Friends School. She earned a Master of Management in Human Services at Brandeis University's Heller School for Social Policy and Management.

Joshua Posner is Founder and CEO of Rising Tide Development LLC, Cambridge. He has developed affordable housing for over 25 years in a wide variety of settings in New England and elsewhere, and he established Rising Tide Development in 2001 to focus on the creation of new small-scale, mixed-income residential communities in Massachusetts. Mr. Posner previously held a number of senior roles at The Community Builders, a leading regional and national nonprofit developer of affordable housing. Mr. Posner has also served as Board President and Director of The Guidance Center, the largest mental health and family support social service organization in Cambridge and Somerville. He holds a master's degree in public administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Mary Cassesso and Jonathan Stearns (Somerville Trustees), Maxwell Solet (a Cambridge Trustee) and Ronald Weintraub, MD (CHA Medical Staff Trustee) have all been reappointed to the Board.

In addition, CHA acknowledges Mary Ann Hart, RN, a Cambridge resident, who is stepping down after years of dedicated service.

Cambridge Health Alliance is a regional healthcare system with three hospitals and more than twenty primary care practices in Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston's metro-North communities. As a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, Cambridge Health Alliance offers medical residency/training programs and undergraduate learning experiences in hospital and community settings. Cambridge Health Alliance also includes the Cambridge Public Health Department, CHA Physician's Organization (CHAPO), and Network Health, a managed Medicaid and Commonwealth Care plan.