STAFF & BOARD OF DIRECTORS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Pernet Family Health Service’s Board of Directors connect the organization to other individuals and entities committed to strengthening families and serve as ambassadors for the organization. The Board’s shared commitment nurtures the fiscal well-being so that collectively we may pursue our mission—to strengthen and enhance family and community life.
Patricia Vanasse, MSW, LICSW
Board Chair
Raymond Delisle
Treasurer
​Catherine Riordan, MD
Clerk
​Filomena Cesareo, Esq.
Director
​Donald Grady
Director
Donald Hamman
Director
​Margaret Ives, Esq.
Director
Sr. Margaret Leonard, LSA
Director
​John McCabe
Director
Sr. Jean McCormack, LSA
Director
Robert Mecca
Director
​Richard Parker
Director
Michael Rezkalla
Director
​John Smithhisler
Director
​Pierre Telemaque
Director
Rosalie Torres-Stone
Director

STAFF

EXECUTIVE & PROGRAM DIRECTORS

Sheilah Dooley, RN, BSN, MS             ​
Executive Director
Wanja Kiraguri
Director of Fund Development
Chris Nelson, LMHC     ​                             ​​
​Director of Family Support Services
Emilie Smiley, MPA    ​                ​​
​​​Director of Operations
Melissa Wenderoth, MEd​ ​              ​                ​​
​​Director of Early Intervention​

STAFF DIRECTORY

Phone: 508.755.1228

Administration                                                                                                   

Staff Member
Position
Ext.
​Email
Sheilah Dooley, RN, BSN, MS ​
​Executive Director
​250
​sdooley@pernetfamilyhealth.org
Wanja Kiraguri 
Director of Fund Development
253
​wkiraguri@pernetfamilyhealth.org
​​Emilie Smiley, MPA
​​​Director of Operations
​222
​​​esmiley@pernetfamilyhealth.org
​​Madelyn Cecelya 
Office Administrator ​​
​258
​mcecelya@pernetfamilyhealth.org
​​Yvette Roselund
​​Afternoon Receptionist ​
​254​
​​​​yroselund@pernetfamilyhealth.org​​
​Michael Finnegan
Housekeeper
-
​​​

Early Intervention                                                                                                

Staff Member
Position
Ext.
​Email
Melissa Wenderoth, MEd​ ​
Director of Early Intervention​
​249​
mwenderoth@pernetfamilyhealth.org​
​Lori Moran​
EI Administrative Assistant​
240​
​lmoran@pernetfamilyhealth.org
Ellen Cherry
Service Coordinator
​245
​echerry@pernetfamilyhealth.org
Colleen Fisher 
Service Coordinator 
241​
cfisher@pernetfamilyhealth.org
​​​Mary Jane Foley, MSW, LICSW
​​​Service Coordinator/
Parenting Class Facilitator
257
​​mfoley@pernetfamilyhealth.org
​Brittany Gleim
​​Service Coordinator
248
​​bgleim@pernetfamilyhealth.org
​​​​Tricia Maillet
Service Coordinator
259
​​tmaillet@pernetfamilyhealth.org​​
Becky Morganelli
​​​Service Coordinator
262
​bmorganelli@pernetfamilyhealth.org​​
​Kaylyn O'Neill, OTR/L
Service Coordinator​
​247
​​​​koneill@pernetfamilyhealth.org
​​​​​​​Renee Plaisance
​​Service Coordinator
242
rplaisance@pernetfamilyhealth.org

Family & Community Development

Staff Member
Position
Ext.
Email
Daniel Diaz​
​Youth Program Coordinator​​
225​​
ddiaz@pernetfamilyhealth.org
​Yildiz Laza
​​​​Emergency Assistance  Program Coordinator (Food  Pantry)
​226
ylaza@pernetfamilyhealth.org​​​​
​Melissa Galindez
Emergency Assistance Caseworker
​232
​​​mgalindez@pernetfamilyhealth.org
Tony Medina
Emergency Assistance Worker
-
-

Family Support Services

Staff Member
Position
Ext.
Email
​Chris Nelson, LMHC    
​Director of Family Support Services
231
​cnelson@pernetfamilyhealth.org
​Sandi Fleming
​Parent Aide/Homemakers Coordinator
236
​sfleming@pernetfamilyhealth.org​​
Natalia Lopez
Parent Aide
238
​nlopez@pernetfamilyhealth.org
Karen Morin​​​
​Parent Aide
234
kmorin@pernetfamilyhealth.org
​Carlos Ojeda
​Parent Aide
​235
​cojeda@pernetfamilyhealth.org
​​​​Denise Rowan
Parent Aide
233
​drowan@pernetfamilyhealth.org
​Julianne Sisley
​Parent Aide
​237
​​​​jsisley@pernetfamilyhealth.org

 Nursing

Staff Member
Position
Ext.
Email
Joan Perna, RN
​Maternal & Child Registered Nurse 
260
jperna@pernetfamilyhealth.org
LaDon Simeoni
Homemaker
-
​lsimeoni@pernetfamilyhealth.org
Susan Spence
Homemaker
-
sspence@pernetfamilyhealth.org