Officers
President
Hon. Mary F. Foster
Vice Presidents
Jeanette L. Fairhurst
Jennifer L. Kasoff
Ann Mandel Laitman, M.D.
Tracey Wilmot
Treasurer
Meryl A. Allison
Secretary
Gerald Stern
Board of Directors
- Mary Jo Bramson
- David Carlucci
- David Flemister
- Greg Frisoli
- David Gerber, M.Ed. CASAC
- Patrice Ingrassia
- Sean Mayer
- Zyggi Nemzer
- Nicholas R. Pirrotta
- Steven Rabinowitz
- Jason M. Rimland
- Yvonne Tropp-Epstein
CEO
Stacey Roberts, LCSW
Stacey Roberts, LCSW
As Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Roberts is responsible for the overall leadership and management of the organization, corporate development, business operations and strategy. She has extensive operations and clinical experience across a wide variety of settings. Ms. Roberts, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, has spent the last 20 years in progressively more administrative roles with experience running direct services. She currently serves on Healthfirst's Westchester Behavioral Health Advisory Board and the Board of the New York State Coalition for Children's Behavioral Health. She earned her MSW from Columbia University School of Social Work and a post graduate certificate in the treatment of interpersonal trauma from Fordham University.
Vicki Penino, CPA
As Chief Financial Officer, Ms. Penino is responsible for the overall financial management of MHA, ensuring programs remain fiscally sound while providing quality service to the community. A Certified Public Accountant, Ms. Penino holds a BA in Accounting from Hunter College. She began her career at KPMG Peat Marwick and has served as an Assistant Vice President at the Bank of New York. She went on to be the Controller of ESL Investments. While raising her children, she was the controller of the family law firm. First joining MHA as an Accounting Manager in 2008, Ms. Penino worked in progressive leadership positions as Director of Finance and Deputy CFO before being appointed Chief Financial Officer.
Courtney Beach
As Chief Digital, Compliance and Privacy Officer, Ms. Beach ensures that digital initiatives support MHA's strategic priorities and utilizes digital innovation as a catalyst for agency growth. Responsible for establishing new ways of working in support of these values, Ms. Beach also leverages digital advancements in other industries to drive innovation in health care. Ms. Beach has worked in healthcare for more than 15 years and has extensive expertise in practice and operations management, compliance, workflow redesign and implementing and optimizing functionality within Electronic Health Records. She earned a BS from LeMoyne College.