Correctional Health Services – Leadership
Senior Leadership
Patricia (“Patsy”) Yang
DrPH
Senior Vice President
Nancy Arias
RN
Chief Nursing Officer/Senior Assistant Vice President
Carlos Castellanos
MBA, CCHP
Chief Operations Officer/Senior Assistant Vice President
Jeremy Colley
MD
Director of Service, Forensic Psychiatric Evaluation Service (FPES)
Maria Creta
RPH, CCHP
Director of Pharmacy Services
Ellie Epstein
MPH
Senior Assistant Vice President, Reentry and Transition Services
Jessica Laboy
MBA
Chief Administrative Officer/Senior Assistant Vice President
Jeanette Merrill
MPH
Senior Assistant Vice President, Communications & External Affairs
Timothy O’Leary
BS
Chief Financial Officer/Senior Assistant Vice President
Joseph Otonichar
DO
Chief of Service, Mental Health
Zachary Rosner
MD
Chief of Service, Medicine
Correctional Health Services Senior Staff
- Kate Axelrod, LMSW, Director of Clinical Court Advocacy and Transition Services
- Barbara Bethea, PhD, Director of Creative Arts Therapy, Mental Health
- Tanisha Bowen, RN, Deputy Director of Nursing
- Consuelo Butron, RN, Deputy Director of Nursing
- Heather El-Amamy, MD, Medical Director, Mental Health
- Virginia Fineran, PhD, Clinical Director, Mental Health
- Cecilia Flaherty, BA, Deputy Director of Reentry and Transition Services
- Rosemary Grant, BA, Director of Central Administration
- Jeffrey Herrera, BA, Senior Director of Information Technology
- Jennifer Hobbs, BS, Senior Director of Employment Relations
- Chelsea Kraimer, LMSW, Director of Special Populations, Reentry and Transition Services
- Danielle Kushner, MD, Associate Chief, Mental Health
- Nicole Levy, MPH, Director of Communications & Intergovernmental Affairs
- Clarence Muir, CCHP, Director of Health Service Administration
- Diana Novak, MA, Director of Mental Health Administration, Mental Health
- Colette Raspanti, RN, Deputy Chief Nursing Officer
- Shavon Reid-Smith, BS, Executive Assistant
- Wilma Soto, BA, Senior Director of Human Resources
- Meg Thompson, MS, Senior Director of Finance
- Sophia Trifonas, MA, Senior Director of Health Information & Risk Management
- Diane Tumasar, MS, Director of Patient Relations
- Melissa Pressimone, MBA, Director of Central & Strategic Operations