Health Foundation of Central MA Names Becker, Dimitri as New Directors
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Sunday, January 22, 2017
GoLocalWorcester News Team
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Board of The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts named Randall Becker, C.P.A., M.B.A. and Dennis Dimitri, M.D., F.A.A.F.P. two new directors.
Becker served as Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President and Director of MAPFRE U.S.A. Corp until he retired in 2016. He currently serves as a selectman for the town of Webster.
Dimitri is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and Vice Chair of the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Massachusetts/UMass Memorial Medical Center.
He served as president of the Massachusetts Medical Society from 2015-16 and had his own private practice in Worcester for almost 25 years.
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Dennis Dimitri
The Board also elected these Officers and members of the Executive Committee: Michael Mutchler, M.D. as Chairman; Francis M. Saba, M.H.S.A. as Vice Chairman; Ann K. Tripp, M.B.A. as Treasurer; and Barent W. Walsh, Ph.D. as Secretary.
Others who continue to serve on the Board of Directors are: Sarika Aggarwal, M.D., M.H.C.M.; Timothy M. Bibaud, J.D.; Anthony Emerson, D.B.A.; David N. Grenier; Jay S. Himmelstein, M.D., M.P.H; Jennifer J. Hylton, Psy.D.; Jean G. McMurray; and Gisela Velez, M.D., M.P.H.
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