FOUNDATION BOARD

The success of the SVHC Foundation is made possible only through the efforts and guidance of many dedicated volunteer leaders. They provide ideas to improve our health system, serve as ambassadors in the communities we serve, provide opportunities for others to learn of our health system's exciting work, organize and host events, and drive the success of our fundraising efforts. 

Andrew King was born and raised in Manhattan and spent winter weekends at Stratton Mountain. He attended the Buckley School and the Taft School before attending the University of Vermont for resort management. He worked for Vail Associates in Colorado and for The Equinox Hotel in Manchester, VT. In 1999, he started in real estate sales for Stratton Real Estate, where he quickly became the director of sales and marketing. He currently works as the company’s general manager and principal broker.

Michael McKenna is a financial advisor at D.B. McKenna & Co., Inc. in Bennington. Michael graduated from Mount Anthony Union High School in 1983, and went on to earn his bachelor's degree in business administration from Bryant College in Smithfield, RI. He spent six years as a district manager and major account district manager for Automatic Data Processing, Inc., before joining D.B. Mckenna & Co. in 1994. He serves his community as a director for the Bennington Chamber of Commerce, and is a director of the Bennington Catamount Rotary Club. Past community positions include president of the local Dollars for Scholars chapter, president of Hospice of Bennington County, Inc., director of Bennington Lions Club, and director of Big Brothers Big Sisters. Michael resides in Bennington, Vermont, with his wife, Susan, and two boys, Michael John and Peter.

 
Thomas A. Dee joined Southwestern Vermont Health Care as its chief executive officer in 2009. Since then, he has led SVHC to several national and regional recognitions, including as a five-time Magnet for Nursing Excellence designee, a Joint Commission Top Performer on Key Quality Measures, one of Vermont Magazine’s Best Places to Work, and one of the “Top 150 Places to Work in Health Care” as noted by Becker’s Hospital Review. Among the notable projects of the past three years, Tom has worked with his team to expand the health system’s partnership with Dartmouth Health, increase access to primary care, improve patient safety and experience, enhance employee engagement, and maintain a strong financial operation. Before SVHC, Tom worked for Health Alliance in Kingston, NY, an integrated health system of three hospitals. Tom was president and chief executive officer of the 222-bed Benedictine Hospital for more than 17 years. He has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a master's in Healthcare Administration, both from Xavier University in Ohio.
Jason Dohaney joined MountainOne Investments in 2007 as an investment advisor. He earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and his MBA from Quinnipiac University. He holds the FINRA Series 7 and 66 securities registrations as an Investment Advisor Representative of Commonwealth Financial Network® and is a Massachusetts- and New York-licensed insurance agent for life, health, and annuities.
 
An active member of the local community, he is the current vice-chair of the MCLA Foundation, president of the SteepleCats, a member of the Northern Berkshire Regional Advisory Board for Southwestern Vermont Health Care, and former president of the Williamstown Chamber of Commerce, Northern Berkshire United Way, and Fund for Williamstown. He lives in Williamstown with his wife, Danielle, and two daughters, Iris and Sloane. He is an avid golfer and fitness enthusiast and enjoys spending his free time with his family. 
Crista Gannon, a marketing executive with more than 25 years of experience in solutions marketing at Unisys and IBM. Most recently she was responsible for strategy, messaging, and marketing plans in support of the IBM’s Global Government division. Gannon is currently Co-Owner of Happy Dog Farm LLC, in Wilmington, Vermont. She is vice chair of the Wilmington Trails Committee and a member of Deerfield Valley Rotary Club. Gannon also served for six years as Commissioner of Youth Lacrosse in Falls Church, Va. and has volunteered with numerous community organizations. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where she was a Morehead Scholar.
Thomas H. Green III served for 22 years as Managing Director and Head of Infrastructure Finance for Public Finance at Citigroup, prior to his retirement. At Citi, Mr. Green was a lead banker on several notable transactions, including financings for hospital obligated groups, community hospitals, cancer research facilities, higher education institutions and K-12 schools, as well as state and local governments and their authorities. Before joining Citi, Green was the First Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts from 1992-1998 when he served as the lead government attorney in the Commonwealth’s successful lawsuit against, and national settlement with, the U.S. tobacco industry. A resident of Williamstown, MA, Green is Treasurer of Images Cinema and a board member and chair of grant allocations for Williamstown Community Chest. Green is also a research associate at Williams College on a student-led project seeking to restore inter-city passenger rail service from Boston’s North Station to North Adams, MA. Green holds undergraduate, business and law degrees from Harvard University..
Charles La Fiura grew up in Ridgewood, NJ, a suburb of New York City, where he met his wife, Judy, while they attended the public high school. Judy and Charles have two sons and three grandchildren and in July of 2016 celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Charles graduated in 1965 with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College and in 1968 with a juris doctor degree from New York University Law School. Following active duty service with the U.S. Army reserves, he began a 40 year practice of law as a partner with law firms in northern New Jersey. He advised businesses and financial institutions on a broad range of commercial and business law matters involving mergers and acquisitions, day to day business operations, raising capital, securities law compliance, corporate governance, real estate acquisitions, tax exempt bond financing, and commercial lending. In 2005, Charles and Judy retired to East Dover, Vermont where for a few years Charles continued to practice law on a limited basis for his New Jersey law firm. In Vermont, Charles has been active in community affairs, serving on the Board of the local chapter of Habitat for Humanity as the chairman of its real estate acquisition committee, on the Dover and Wilmington Bi-Town Economic Development Committee, and as the President of the Rotary Club of the Deerfield Valley.
Robert Laba joined Southwestern Vermont Health Care in 2023 as its Chief Financial Officer. Bob formerly held the position of Vice President of Finance/CFO at Adirondack Health in the Saranac Lake region in New York. He has been the CFO at Adirondack Health, a 95-bed sole community hospital since 2018 after previously serving as their Assistant VP of Finance and Controller.
Scott Seidel divides time between Arlington, VT and Springfield, NJ. He has been a commercial real estate broker and developer with Cardinal Land Properties, his family company, since 1979. He also has been a licensed real estate broker in Vermont since 1993. In addition, he is the emergency management coordinator for the Town of Springfield. In that role, he oversees the town’s emergency operations plan; heads the auxiliary police unit and other volunteers; and coordinates police, fire, department of public works, and administration resources and chairs the Fourth of July committee. He is a founding member of Springfield H.O.P.E., a non-profit that aims to provide financial aid to those in need, and the chairman of the Springfield Mayor’s Day at Baltusrol committee, which provides scholarships to high school seniors in Springfield. He is a trustee of the Arlington Rescue Squad Board.
Kathy Fisher had a four-decade career in the financial services industry. In 2020, she retired from AllianceBernstein as National Managing Director and Head of Wealth and Investment Strategies for Bernstein Private Wealth Management. In this role, she led the team responsible for developing asset allocation and investment strategies for high-net-worth individuals as well as for endowments and foundations and was a frequent commentator regarding market trends on Bloomberg and CNBC. Before joining Bernstein in 2001, Kathy spent 15 years at JPMorgan as a Managing Director advising banks and investment management firms on acquisitions, divestitures, and financing techniques. Earlier in her career, she was an equity analyst at Morgan Stanley, covering bank stocks, and an economic research analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Kathy graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Bates College with a BA in Economics, magna cum laude, and earned an MBA in Finance from NYU Stern School of Business. She currently serves on the board of Hildene, The Lincoln Family Home, and is a former trustee of Bates College, the Aloha Foundation, and the Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service. Kathy and her family have had a home in southern Vermont since 1986.

Marny M. Krause
David J. Newell

Leslie Keefe has more than 25 years of marketing, management and strategic business consulting experience in the corporate and non-profit fundraising sectors. Keefe, who is a Vermont native, ran a successful consulting business focusing on organizational development, including strategic planning, governance, fundraising, training and marketing before joining Southwestern Vermont Health Care as the Vice President of Corporate Development in January, 2014.

Keefe, who lives in Manchester, has a long history of successful marketing and fundraising in Bennington County, raising several million dollars in annual, capital and endowment initiatives for several local organizations. As executive director of the Manchester and the Mountains Chamber of Commerce for seven years, she quadrupled membership and led a variety of successful economic development initiatives.

Keefe launched her career in the retail industry, completing the Bloomingdale’s executive training program in New York City before spending nearly a decade with San Francisco-based clothing chain, Esprit De Corp. Keefe oversaw the entire East Coast and Midwest operations, opening numerous outlet stores and managing over 200 employees and several million dollars in revenue.

Active in the both her local and statewide community, Keefe currently serves on the Board of the Southern Vermont Arts Center and served on the board of the Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation for several years assisting the organization with its vision of becoming a nationally recognized institution, as well as volunteering with various community organizations. She also serves an alternate commissioner on the District 8 Act 250 Commission, a position she has held since 2007.

SVHC Foundation Mission

The sole purpose of the SVHC Foundation shall be to engage in development and fundraising activities exclusively for the support of the Southwestern Vermont Health Care Corporation.

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