Hartford HealthCare Board of Directors
Ramani Ayer, Chair of the Board Ramani Ayer is the retired chairman and CEO of The Hartford, one the nation's oldest and largest investment and insurance companies. He spent his career at The Hartford, serving in a number of leadership roles, including vice president of HartRe, The Hartford's reinsurance subsidiary; president and later, executive vice president of Hartford Specialty Company; and president and chief operating officer of The Hartford's property-casualty operations. Mr. Ayer is a member of the boards of XL Insurance Group in Bermuda, the David Lynch Foundation, the Maharishi University of Management and the Connecticut Council of Educational Reform. He is a former member of the boards of directors of Hartford Hospital, the American Insurance Association and the Insurance Information Institute and is a former member of the Business Roundtable. Mr. Ayer earned his master's and doctorate degrees in chemical engineering from Drexel University in Philadelphia and a bachelor's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay.
William A. Conway, M.D.
William A. Conway, M.D., is a member of the Hartford HealthCare Board of Directors. Hartford HealthCare is the premiere health care network in Connecticut with 15,000 employees and $2 billion in net revenue. In addition to Hartford Hospital, the HHC system includes The Hospital of Central Connecticut; MidState Medical Center; Windham Hospital; The Institute of Living psychiatric center; VNA HealthCare; Hartford Medical Group; MidState Medical Group; the Doctors of Central Connecticut; Central Connecticut Senior Health Services, which includes five assisted-living and skilled-nursing facilities; Clinical Laboratory Partners with more than 80 locations statewide; Eastern Rehabilitation Network; and two regional behavioral health centers, Rushford and Natchaug Hospital.
Dr. Conway is a pulmonary-critical care physician and has held many leadership positions with the Henry Ford Health System in Michigan. He currently is senior vice president and chief quality officer for the system and chief medical officer for Henry Ford Hospital.
Dr. Conway received the 2006 Keystone Center Patient Safety and Quality Leadership Award from the Michigan Health and Hospital Association (MHA) and was recognized as a Health Care Hero by Crain’s Detroit Business for his leadership in surgical infection prevention. He has held leadership positions in group practice, including serving as president of the American Medical Group Association and is cofounder and initial chair of the Group Practice Improvement Network. He is a member of the work group for the Council of Accountable Physician Practices and serves as a board member of the MHA Patient Safety Organization.
Dr. Conway is a graduate of the Creighton University Medical School in Omaha.
Nancy Gateley Dean Nancy Gateley Dean was cofounder of the Trust Company of Connecticut and served as its president, CEO and director. Her former positions include serving as vice president, Finance for the Bank of New England/Connecticut Bank & Trust in Boston and Hartford and vice president, Strategic Planning for Bankers Trust Company in New York. Ms. Dean is vice president of The Town and Country Club in Hartford, treasurer and founding member of the Lyman Heritage Preservation Foundation, trustee and board member of the Reynolds Family Foundation and Duncaster Foundation, and member of the Pension Board for the Town of West Hartford. Among her many former affiliations, she served as chairman of the board of VNA HealthCare Inc., member and president of the Estate Planning and Business Council of Hartford; board member and chair for the Investment Committee for Junior Achievement; a founding member and board member for the Foundation for West Hartford Public Schools; and board member of Church Homes Inc., PLAN Inc. and the New Britain Museum of American Art. Ms. Dean graduated cum laude from Boston College with a Bachelor of Science in accounting.
John Dillaway John Dillaway currently is executive vice president of Ascend Laboratories, a division of The PharmaNetwork. He formerly served as president of Medical Specialty in Newington and as senior vice president of Moore Medical Corporation in New Britain. Mr. Dillaway serves as board vice chair for the Central Connecticut Health Alliance Inc. and The Hospital of Central Connecticut. Formerly, he served as board chair and board member of VNA of Central Connecticut and as a member of the United Way Allocations Panel. Mr. Dillaway earned a Bachelor of Arts in biology from Assumption College in Worcester, Mass. and completed the Executive Strategies Program at Cornell University.
Laura R. Estes Laura R. Estes formerly served as senior vice president of Aetna Life and Annuity Company, Pensions and held several investment management positions at Aetna, including in business development and portfolio management. She currently is chair of the YMCA Capital Region Campaign and formerly served as chair of the Hartford Hospital Board of Directors and Board of Governors, the UConn Foundation, the UConn R&D Corporation, the Hartford Educational Foundation and Duncaster Inc. She also was director of Y-USA Investments and a trustee of Williams College and the Connecticut Science Center. Ms. Estes attended Williams College and earned her Bachelor of Arts from Wellesley College and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Connecticut.
David B. Hyman, DDS, Vice Chair
David B. Hyman, DDS is a member of the Hartford HealthCare Board of Directors. Hartford HealthCare is the premiere health care network in Connecticut with 15,000 employees and $2 billion in net revenue. In addition to Hartford Hospital, the HHC system includes The Hospital of Central Connecticut; MidState Medical Center; Windham Hospital; The Institute of Living psychiatric center; VNA HealthCare; Hartford Medical Group; MidState Medical Group; the Doctors of Central Connecticut; Central Connecticut Senior Health Services, which includes five assisted-living and skilled-nursing facilities; Clinical Laboratory Partners with more than 80 locations statewide; Eastern Rehabilitation Network; and two regional behavioral health centers, Rushford and Natchaug Hospital.
Dr. Hyman has a family and cosmetic dental practice in Meriden, where he has been in practice for 29 years. Dr. Hyman is director emeritus of MidState Medical Center and previously served as chairman of its board of directors. During his many years with MidState, he was chairman of the Planning and Governance committees and Community Advisory Council and was a member of several standing ad hoc committees, including Medical Needs Assessment, Physician Credentialing and the Building Committee. He was a member of the MidState/Radiology Imaging Partnership Advisory Board and vice chair of the Meriden Visiting Nurses Association Board of Directors.
Dr. Hyman is past president of the Meriden, Wallingford and Cheshire Dental Association where he served as chairman of the Peer Review Committee. He currently is a member of the Constitution and Bylaws Committee of the Connecticut State Dental Association.
Dr. Hyman earned his bachelor’s degree at Clark University and graduated from the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery at the University of Maryland.
Elliot T. Joseph Elliot T. Joseph is president & CEO of Hartford HealthCare (HHC), a $2 billion health care system with 15,000 employees in more than 80 communities throughout Connecticut. The premiere health care system includes Hartford Hospital, a leading medical and research center; four community hospitals; behavioral health centers; laboratories throughout the state; rehabilitation services; visiting nurse associations; several physicians' practices; and long-term care facilities. Mr. Joseph previously served as president and CEO of St. John Health (SJH), a $1.8 billion Southeast Michigan health care system. While there, he placed two SJH hospitals in the top 15 of Thomson Reuter's Top 100 Hospitals in the United States and SJH was named one of Verispan's Top 100 Health Care Systems. Mr. Joseph is a member of the Greater New York Hospital Association Board of Governors, the Connecticut Hospital Association Board of Trustees, the Metro Hartford Alliance Board of Directors and the Bushnell Performing Arts Center Board of Trustees. He recently was named one of Hartford's 50 most influential people. Mr. Joseph earned a master's degree in health services administration from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and a Bachelor of Science from the State University of New York at Binghamton. He is an alumnus of the Wharton CEO Program for Health Care Leadership.
Brian MacLean Brian MacLean is president and chief operating officer of Travelers, where he is responsible for all insurance operations, including the Personal Insurance; Business Insurance; and Financial, Professional and International Insurance divisions, as well as Claims Services and the company's runoff businesses. Mr. MacLean has held a variety of senior financial leadership positions at Travelers, including executive vice president of Claim Services and senior vice president for Commercial Lines Select Accounts, one of the nation's leading providers of property casualty insurance to small businesses. Mr. MacLean serves on the President's Council at Fordham University, where he also is an adjunct professor. He previously served on the Hartford Hospital Board of Directors. He holds a bachelor's degree from Fordham University and a master's degree from the University of South Carolina.
Lawrence M. McGoldrick Lawrence M. McGoldrick was a founder and former Chairman, President and CEO of Castle Bank and Trust Co., a community commercial bank headquartered in Meriden, Conn. Castle Bank and Trust was sold to Nutmeg Financial Corp. in 2006. Previously, Mr. McGoldrick held senior management positions in the financial services industry with Bank of Boston, Merrill Lynch and Connecticut Savings Bank. He has served as a director and chairman of the board of MidState Medical Center. Mr. McGoldrick currently serves as a director of the Meriden Economic Development Corp. and Girls Inc. of Meriden. He also is a member of the Cuno Foundation Distribution Committee and is a Trustee of the Connecticut Hospital Association. Mr. McGoldrick was formerly a Director, Trustee and Chairman of the Meriden YMCA as well as several community boards. Professionally, he formerly served as a director of the Connecticut Community Bankers Association and as a member of the Advisory Board of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors. As a member of the board of Hartford HealthCare, Mr. McGoldrick chairs the Strategic Planning and Community Benefit Committee, as well as the Pension Sub-Committee and is a member of the Audit and Compliance Committee.
Elsa M. Nuñez Elsa M. Nuñez is president of Eastern Connecticut State University. Under her leadership, the university has received several national recognitions, including being named one of the top 100 regional universities in the North by U.S. News and World Report. Dr. Nuñez has held several academic leadership positions, including vice chancellor for Academic Affairs with the University of Maine system, provost and vice president of Academic Affairs with Lesley University in Boston, and dean and vice president for Academic Affairs with the City University of New York. Among her numerous awards, Dr. Nuñez was named one of Three Outstanding Women of the Year by New Jersey Gov. Thomas Kean. She serves on the boards of directors of the Girl Scouts of Connecticut, the Mark Twain House, the Village for Families and Children, Connecticut Campus Compact and Leadership Greater Hartford. She is a corporator for Windham Hospital. Dr. Nuñez earned a Bachelor of Arts in English at Montclair State College, a Master of Arts in English at Fairleigh Dickinson University and a Ph.D. in linguistics at Rutgers University.
John J. Patrick Jr. John J. Patrick Jr. is chairman, president and CEO of Farmington Bank, a full-service community bank with $1.7 billion in assets and 16 branches throughout Central Connecticut. He also is chairman, president and CEO of First Connecticut Bancorp Inc., Farmington Bank’s parent company, which completed its initial public stock offering and began trading shares on the NASDAQ last year. Mr. Patrick formerly served as president and CEO at TD Banknorth Inc. for 10 years and president of Glastonbury Bank, which become Banknorth Connecticut. Under Mr. Patrick’s leadership, Banknorth Connecticut has grown from the 17th largest bank in the state to the sixth largest. Mr. Patrick also managed banking services for Connecticut Bank and Trust, BayBank and First Financial Group. Mr. Patrick serves as chairman of the board of Vantis Life Insurance Company, director of the Hospital of Central Connecticut, trustee of Hebrew Health Care Inc. and director of Central Connecticut State University Foundation Inc. He is a member of the Connecticut Bankers Association Executive Committee. He was named one of Hartford’s 50 Most Influential People in 2010 by Hartford Magazine and received the 2009 Greater Hartford Human Relations Award from the National Conference for Community and Justice of Connecticut and Western Massachusetts. He also was named Distinguished Citizen of the Year by the Connecticut Rivers Boy Scout Council and the New Britain Chamber of Commerce and received the Civic Achievement Award from Yeshiva New Haven. Mr. Patrick graduated from Central Connecticut State University with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He attended the New England College of Banking at Williams College and obtained a graduate degree in banking and financial services from Bentley College.
Steven C. Preston
Steven C. Preston is a member of the Hartford HealthCare Board of Directors. Hartford HealthCare is the premiere health care network in Connecticut with 15,000 employees and $2 billion in net revenue. In addition to Hartford Hospital, the HHC system includes The Hospital of Central Connecticut; MidState Medical Center; Windham Hospital; The Institute of Living psychiatric center; VNA HealthCare; Hartford Medical Group; MidState Medical Group; the Doctors of Central Connecticut; Central Connecticut Senior Health Services, which includes five assisted-living and skilled-nursing facilities; Clinical Laboratory Partners with more than 80 locations statewide; Eastern Rehabilitation Network; and two regional behavioral health centers, Rushford and Natchaug Hospital.
From 2008-2009, he served as the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Arriving at HUD as housing prices were declining and foreclosures surging, HUD’s Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage insurance program and Ginnie Mae operation were becoming an essential source of capital to homeowners. FHA volumes grew five fold in two years, straining capacity. Preston launched an aggressive, outcomes-oriented plan which resulted in significantly greater efficiency and throughput rates. During his tenure, HUD broke ground on major public housing developments in New Orleans which had been stalled, expanded its mission in assisting victims of natural disasters, and completed regulations requiring clearer disclosure of mortgage terms to borrowers. He also served on the Oversight Board of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) in 2008.
Prior to joining HUD, Mr. Preston served as the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA). In addition to lending, procurement and counseling services for small businesses, SBA provides low-interest disaster loans for homeowners and businesses that have suffered damage from a natural disaster. Preston went to SBA 11 months after Hurricane Katrina, when most families seeking a disaster loan had not yet received it. Preston spearheaded a reform agenda to make the agency more responsive to customers, accountable for results, and efficient in the delivery of services. As a result, families received the disaster assistance they needed in a timely, compassionate manner; lenders had products that are easier to use; and small businesses had better access to the resources they needed to grow and succeed. Following his tenure, SBA was named the Most Improved of 31 major federal agencies in the Best Places to Work survey. Prior to serving at SBA, he was Executive Vice President of The ServiceMaster Company, where he also served as Chief Financial Officer during a period of expansion, restructuring and significant change in the regulatory environment.
Mr. Preston graduated with Highest Distinction and Phi Beta Kappa from Northwestern University with a political science degree and received an MBA from the University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business. He also studied at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, Germany.
He is Chairman of the Board of Visitors at the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University and serves on the Board of Trustees for Wheaton College as well as the boards of the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) and the Urban Land Institute Terwilliger Center for Workforce Housing. He also serves as a senior advisor to New Mountain Capital, a private equity firm with $9 billion under management. Mr. Preston recently served on the Connecticut Commission on Educational Achievement, which recommended comprehensive reforms to address disparities in educational performance in Connecticut.
Mr. Preston and his wife, Molly, have five children, ages 8-16, and currently reside in Farmington, Connecticut.
William H. Trachsel
William H. Trachsel is a member of the Hartford HealthCare Board of Directors. Hartford HealthCare is the premiere health care network in Connecticut with 15,000 employees and $2 billion in net revenue. In addition to Hartford Hospital, the HHC system includes The Hospital of Central Connecticut; MidState Medical Center; Windham Hospital; The Institute of Living psychiatric center; VNA HealthCare; Hartford Medical Group; MidState Medical Group; the Doctors of Central Connecticut; Central Connecticut Senior Health Services, which includes five assisted-living and skilled-nursing facilities; Clinical Laboratory Partners with more than 80 locations statewide; Eastern Rehabilitation Network; and two regional behavioral health centers, Rushford and Natchaug Hospital.
Mr. Trachsel is retired senior vice president, secretary and general counsel of United Technologies Corporation (UTC). He held several leadership positions with UTC, including vice president-counsel at Hamilton Standard, vice president-counsel for UTC’s automotive business, and vice president and deputy general counsel at UTC’s headquarters.
Mr. Trachsel is a member of the board of directors of the Connecticut Bar Foundation and the University of Connecticut Foundation and is a former member of the Hartford Hospital Board of Directors.
He earned his bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Florida and a J.D. degree from the University of Connecticut Law School.
Jennifer Smith Turner Jennifer Smith Turner is chief executive officer of the Girl Scouts of Connecticut. She formerly served as president and CEO of Smith & Associates LLC, a company specializing in management consulting, strategic planning and executive coaching. She is the former deputy commissioner for the State of Connecticut's Department of Economic and Community Development and served as president and CEO of BerkleyCare Network and vice president of W.R. Berkley Corporation. Ms. Turner also held several executive positions at Aetna Life & Casualty, including chief operating officer for HealthWays/Aetna Professional Management Corporation, vice president of Aetna Health Plans and chief of staff to the CEO of Aetna Health Plans. In addition, Ms. Turner held a number of management positions at Travelers Insurance over 10 years. Ms. Turner serves on the central board of Achievement First and is a board member of the Greater Hartford Arts Council. She also serves on the board of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and as a regent at the University of Hartford. She is president of Media Vision, a company affiliated with Connecticut Public Broadcasting. She also is a former president of the board of The Hartford Stage Company and was appointed by former Gov. Lowell P. Weicker as a trustee of the University of Connecticut, where she established two endowments in her name and serves as a member of an international board for the university's African National Congress Partnership with South Africa. Among her numerous community activities, Ms. Turner is a former board member of the University of Connecticut Foundation, St. Joseph's College, Hartford College for Women, Union College, Connecticut Public Television and Radio, the Connecticut Golf Foundation, the Porrath Cancer Foundation, the Foundation for Mental Health, the American Heart Association, the Boys and Girls Club of Hartford, and the United Way of the Capital Region. A published poet, Ms. Turner is a graduate of Union College in Schenectady, N.Y. and received her master's degree from Fairfield University.
