Community Benefits Advisory Committee
About Our Advisory Committee
The Community Benefits Advisory Committee (previously known as the Community Advisory Committee) informs and guides BIDMC's Community-based Health Initiative process. The committee includes leaders and local residents from BIDMC's Community Benefits Service Area who represent local public health departments, municipalities, education, housing, social services, regional planning and transportation agencies, community health centers, the private sector, and community-based organizations. Committee members are committed to engaging residents to make sure their voices are heard.
Community Benefits Advisory Committee meetings are open to the public with time dedicated for public comment at the beginning of meetings. If you would like to submit a written comment to the committee for discussion, you may do so at any time, but only those received more than five (5) business days before a meeting will be considered by the Community Benefits Advisory Committee for that meeting.
All meeting agendas, attendance and minutes are posted on this web page.
The next Community Benefits Advisory Committee Meeting will be held on September 22, 2020 from 5:00 - 7:00 pm. If you would like to join the meeting, please RSVP below.
Community Benefits Advisory Committee Meeting Information
Past Community Benefits Advisory Committee Meetings:
- April 9, 2019: Agenda, Attendance, Meeting Minutes
- May 21, 2019: Agenda, Attendance, Meeting Flyer, Meeting Minutes, Meeting Slides
- June 25, 2019: Agenda, Attendance, Meeting Flyer, Meeting Minutes, Meeting Packet
- July 23, 2019: Agenda, Attendance, Meeting Flyer, Meeting Minutes, Meeting Packet
- September 24, 2019: Agenda, Attendance, Meeting Flyer, Meeting Minutes, Meeting Packet
- October 22, 2019: Agenda, Attendance, Meeting Flyer, Meeting Minutes, Meeting Packet
- January 28, 2020: Agenda, Attendance, Meeting Flyer, Meeting Minutes, Meeting Packet
- April 28, 2020: Agenda, Attendance, Meeting Minutes, Meeting Packet
- June 23, 2020: Agenda, Attendance, Meeting Packet
Community Benefits Advisory Committee Members
- Walter Armstrong – BIDMC, Senior Leadership Designee
- Elizabeth Browne – Charles River Community Health
- Chaplain Tina Chery – Louis D. Brown Peace Institute
- Lauren Gabovitch, LICSW – BIDMC, Social Work
- Richard Giordano – Fenway Community Development Corporation
- Nancy Kasen – BILH, Community Benefits and Community Relations
- Barry Keppard – Metropolitan Area Planning Council
- Phillomin Laptiste – Bowdoin Street Health Center
- Angie Liou – Asian Community Development Corporation
- James Morton – YMCA of Greater Boston
- Sandy Novak, MSW – Universal Access Council
- Holly Oh, MD – The Dimock Center
- Alex Oliver-Davila – Sociedad Latina
- Triniese Polk – Boston Public Health Commission, Office of Health Equity
- Joanne Pokaski – BIDMC, Workforce Development and Community Relations
- Jane Powers, LICSW – Fenway Health
- Luis Prado – City of Chelsea
- Richard Rouse – Mission Hill Main Streets
- Jerry Rubin – Jewish Vocational Services
- Robert Torres – BIDMC, Community Benefits
- LaShonda Walker-Robinson, LICSW – BIDMC, Social Work
- Fred Wang – BIDMC Trustee Emeritus