Executive & Advisory Committees

NH-ME LEND Executive Committee 2021-2026

The Executive Committee meets annually to ensure the success of NH-ME LEND and address institutional barriers that may arise. The committee comprises university leaders from Dartmouth, UNH, and UMaine.

Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine

  • Keith Loud, Interim Chair, Department of Pediatrics
  • William Torrey, Interim Chair, Department of Psychiatry

University of New Hampshire

  • Kirsten C. Corazzini, Dean, College of Health and Human Services
  • Director, Institute on Disability

University of Maine

  • David Harder, Director, University of Maine Institute of Medicine

NH-ME LEND Advisory Committee 2021-2026


The Advisory Committee meets annually to advise NH-ME LEND's leadership on the changing post-graduate education, continuing education, and in-service training needs of the state and region.

  • Louise Brassard, Family Member, LEND Graduate
  • Tucker Conley, Family Member, LEND Graduate, Maine
  • Nancy Cronin, Executive Director, Maine Developmental Disabilities Council
  • Laura Davie, Interim Director of the Institute for Health Policy and Practice, UNH
  • Reuben Hampton , Director, NH Office of Health Equity
  • Maryann Harakall, Title V CSHN, Maine Department of Human Services
  • Shawn Kalback, Assistant Medical Director, Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, Edmund Ervin Pediatric Center, Maine
  • Roberta Lucas, Acting Director of CDS & 619 Coordinator, Child Development Services, Maine
  • Susan Moore, Public Health Manager, Clinical Coordinator, NH DHHS, Bureau of Family Centered Services
  • Sylvia Pelletier,  NH Family Voices
  • Greg Prazar, Elliott Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics
  • Kate Quinn-Finlay, Family Member, LEND Graduate
  • Rhonda Siegel, Director, NH DHHS – Maternal and Child Health
  • Amy Spencer, Early Intervention & Family Services Coordinator, The Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
  • Carrie Woodcock, Executive Director, Maine Parent Federation, Inc.