Executive Committee Members

The Executive Committee is the governing body responsible for the overall governance of the Coalition. Currently, the members are:

Barry Feldman, Ph.D. – Chair
Director of Psychiatry Programs in Public Safety,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Psychiatry
University of Massachusetts Medical School

Alan Holmlund
Director , Suicide Prevention Program,
Injury Prevention and Control Program, MA Dept. of Public Health

Ellen Connorton, ScD, MSW, MPA – Founder
Research Fellow
Harvard School of Public Health and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Kimberly Gleason
Eastern Division Director,
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Debbie Helms
Director,
Samaritans of Merrimack Valley, a program of Family Service, Inc.

Roberta Hurtig
Executive Director, Samaritans, Inc.

Janice Ventre
Suicide Prevention Program Program Coordinator
MA Dept. Public Health

Tim Lineaweaver, LMHC, Quissett Counseling and Consulting

Peggy Morse, Survivor support group facilitator and Chair of the Berkshire Coalition for Suicide Prevention

Robert Reardon, Tapestry Health