Seth Haber (President) is a health law attorney who has represented government agencies and healthcare organizations, with extensive expertise in Medicaid, health care transactions, financing and regulatory compliance. Seth has co-authored publications on rent control and education of children with special needs and received the Reginald Heber Smith Community Lawyer Fellowship. Seth has served on the PLAN Board since 2011.
Charles Silsby (Vice President) is director of Specialized Housing Inc., and serves on the Board of the Massachusetts Association of Community Residences for Independent Living. His extensive experience includes work with Maine’s disabled and at-risk youth populations, where he supervised and trained staff, performed clinical assessments, developed treatment plans, and facilitated individual, group and family counseling sessions.
Harold (‘Hal’) Fortna (Treasurer) is an electrical engineer with significant management experience, as well as expertise in developing funding and business development proposals. Hal is the treasurer of a local affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
Anna Bauer-McTigue (Clerk) is currently a Director of Special Education, K-8 in the Public Schools of Brookline, MA. She has helped school districts employ inclusive educational practices, and has consulted with state departments of education on issues related to special education and inclusive practice.
Pamela A. Booth currently serves on the Boards of the Arc of Greater Brockton, Massasoit Community College’s Massachusetts Inclusive Concurrent Enrollment Initiative (MAICE), and the 3-21 Foundation. She also serves as a member of the DDS (Department of Developmental Services) Brockton Regional Citizens Advisory Board.
Carol Covell has been a senior healthcare executive for more than 20 years, serving as executive vice president for patient care and chief nursing officer at Mass Eye and Ear Infirmary. She currently serves as chair of the Board of Directors for the Carroll Center for the Blind, where she has been a Board member for 9 years.
Dan Galli is a Certified Financial Planner™ practitioner and Principal of Daniel J. Galli & Associates. He has served on the FPA Board of Directors as Director of Pro Bono Services and Director of Community Outreach. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Financial Planning Association.
Bob Loeb has extensive experience in the not-for-profit sector, and currently is the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst MA. Bob formerly served for 20 years as Controller, CFO and Treasurer at the Baim Institute for Clinical Research, a non-profit academic research entity conducting clinical trials.
Kristen Moonan is a partner at Moonan | Stratton, LLP, a prominent Providence-based law firm. Her commitment to community involvement is further demonstrated through her role on the Board of Trustees for the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce and her past role on the Professional Advisory Council for the Rhode Island Foundation.
Todd Spencer is an operations-focused healthcare finance executive. He is currently Director of Finance for Mass General Brigham Home Care, a not-for-profit home healthcare agency providing visiting nursing and therapy services to patients in their homes.
David Wizansky is the co-founder and president of Specialized Housing, Inc., which organizes and maintains numerous community-based supportive living arrangements for people with special needs. Founder of the first self-advocacy group for people with developmental disabilities in the United States, he created residential programs, and community diversion and treatment programs for youth-at-risk and disabled adults.
