HealthReach welcomes Bethany Shalit to Governing Board of Directors

Bethany Shalit

Waterville – Connie Coggins, President & CEO of HealthReach Community Health Centers, and the HealthReach Governing Board of Directors are pleased to welcome Bethany Shalit as their newest volunteer Board Member.

Shalit brings a wealth of experience to HealthReach, including from her work at Redington-Fairview General Hospital — a longtime organizational partner of HealthReach — as their current Director of Education and former HR Recruitment Coordinator. She is also a current member of the Board of Directors for the Skowhegan Regional Chamber of Commerce.

Shalit shares, “I am honored to join the HealthReach Board of Directors, and look forward to working with such a talented group of leaders who are committed to making a difference in rural healthcare in Maine.”

The HealthReach Governing Board of Directors is comprised of an incredible group of volunteer leaders, the majority of whom are patients of HealthReach. This model of patient representation ensures that the most important perspectives — those of rural Maine communities and, especially, of patients — form the basis for all major organizational decisions made at HealthReach.

Working alongside Shalit on the HealthReach Board are: Jack Ducharme, Chair; Bruce Harrington, Vice Chair; John Opperman, Secretary & Treasurer; Jenny Boyden, Jim Higgins, Michelle Kelley, Juliana Richard, Candy Sherman, Brenda Stevens, Carolyn Tranten, and Allen Wicken, Members.

HealthReach Community Health Centers is a Federally Qualified Health Center consisting of twelve community health centers located across Central and Western Maine. Dedicated clinicians deliver high-quality healthcare — inclusive of behavioral health, substance use disorder treatment, dental, and podiatric services — to residents from 9 of Maine’s 16 counties. To ensure access for everyone, HealthReach accepts Medicare, MaineCare, and major insurance providers. An Affordable Care Program is available to both uninsured and underinsured people. Assistance is available for applications to programs that help with your healthcare and medication costs — including enrollment support for Maine’s Health Insurance Marketplace.

A private non-profit with a 49-year history, HealthReach is funded by patient fees, grants, and by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) as part of an award totaling $4,815,606 with 82.2% financed by non-governmental sources.

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