Carroll Center Leadership
Meet the dynamic team leading The Carroll Center for the Blind
To best serve the needs of the people we help, our leadership team embraces a broad collaborative spirit by joining together a distinct group of leaders, executives, advisers, visionaries and community members with widespread knowledge in human services, strategy, business, health care, public policy and advocacy.
Leadership Team
Board of Directors
Carol A. Covell, R.N., M.S.
Chair, Board of Directors
Formerly, Chief Nursing Officer and Executive Vice President for Patient Services and Quality Care, Massachusetts Eye and Ear. Previous business owner, MicroEndo Technologies, Limited
Peter Chinetti
Treasurer
Retired, Chief Financial Officer, Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Robb A. Suchecki, MBA
Senior Vice President, Multinational Benefits & HR Consulting, Gallagher
Bruce Howell
Retired, Former Accessibility Manager, Carroll Center for the Blind
Umesh A. Kurpad
Retired, Chief Financial Officer, Point32Health
Eileen Y. Lee Breger
Attorney, Bowditch & Dewey LLP
Scott A. Faust
Vice Chair, Board of Directors
Retired – Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP
Arthur O’Neill
Secretary, Board of Directors
Retired, Vice President/Interim President, Carroll Center for the Blind
Taraneh Satvat
President & CEO, MIS Technologies Corporation dba MIS Alliance
Kim Holloway, Ph.D.
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Innovation and Acceleration, UMass Lowell
Paul R. Cheek Jr.
Executive Director, Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship
Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management
John “Jay” Schwartz, Ph.D.
CEO & President, AcuityBio Corporation
Chris Andreoli, M.D., MBA
Chief Executive Officer at Optum Massachusetts
Joe Prestejohn
Previous Long-Time Owner, Cabot’s Ice Cream and Restaurant
Evan J. Haberman
Senior Vice President
Wealth Management Advisor
Merrill Lynch
Ambassador Council
Deborah Coogan
Ambassador Council
Paul Donahue, Sr.
Ambassador Council
Founder, Weston Associates
Sheila Dunn-McNeil
Ambassador Council
President, Golfers for Vision, Retired, Vice President Enterprise Sales, United Parcel Service
Lawrence Heimlich
Ambassador Council
Principal, Chiswick Services LLC
Thomas Hines, M.D.
Ambassador Council
Program Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Boston Medical Center
Ryck Lent
Ambassador Council
Senior Strategist, Leader Networks
Joanne McCarthy
Ambassador Council
Paul McMahon
Ambassador Council
Principal Consultant, MAM Communications
Janet Perry
Ambassador Council
Retired, Chief Human Resources Officer, Carroll Center for the Blind
Joseph Rizzo, M.D.
Ambassador Council
Director, Neuro-Ophthalmology Service, Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Professor of Ophthalmology in the Field of Neuro-Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
Rachel Rosenbaum
Ambassador Council
Retired, Executive Director, Carroll Center for the Blind
Karen Ross, Ph.D.
Ambassador Council
former Director of Education Services (retired), Carroll Center for the Blind
