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

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