MOLST Leadership
Management of the Massachusetts MOLST program is a collaboration of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs, and the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Commonwealth Medicine Division.
Oversight for MOLST development is provided by the a Steering Committee representing a range of health care professions, organizations and expertise.
Chairs
- Andy Epstein, RN, M.P.H., Special Assistant to the Commissioner, Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
- Ruth Palombo, Ph.D., M.S., Assistant Secretary, Program Planning and Management, Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs
MOLST Expansion Project Director
- Christine McCluskey, RN, MPH, Community Outreach Director, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Commonwealth Medicine division, Center for Health Policy and Research unit
Members
- Jena Adams, M.P.H., MOLST Expansion Project Education & Training Consultant
- Joanne Calista, MSW, Executive Director, Centeral Massachusetts Area Health Education Center
- Laurie Herndon, RN, M.S.N., GNP-BC, Director of Clinical Quality, Massachusetts Senior Care Foundation
- Joanne McMahon, M.P.A., Director of Development and Quality Assurance, Boston Senior Home Care
- Peg Metzger, J.D., MOLST Expansion Project Legal Consultant
- Margaret C. Murphy, Executive Director, Hospice & Palliative Care Federation of Massachusetts
- Iyah Romm, Special Assistant to the Director, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
- Craig Schneider, Ph.D., Director of Health Care Policy and Research, Massachusetts Health Data Consortium
- Judith Steinberg, MD, Senior Director Clinical Affairs, Commonwealth Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School
- Mary Valliere, M.D., MOLST Expansion Project Medical Consultant
