Leadership

Walden Behavioral Care has assembled a leadership team of experienced psychiatric hospital professionals with extensive experience developing, acquiring and operating inpatient hospital services.

Walden / Corporate

Stuart Koman, Ph.D., President and CEO

Margaret Moran, R.N., M.H.S.A., Senior Vice President of Marketing and Contracting

Ronald J. Steingard, M.D., Chief Medical Officer/Vice President of Medical Affairs

Carol Pender, Assistant Vice-President of Human Resources

Paula C. Vass, MSW, LICSW, Assistant Vice President, Clinical Operations

Walter M. Henritze, Chief Financial Officer

Stuart Koman, Ph.D., President and CEO Co-founder, Choate Health Systems Principal, Koman Associates, organizational consultant to senior leaders in business and healthcare Senior Clinical Advisor, Public Consulting Group, providing strategic planning and systems re-engineering to state agencies throughout the northeast United States Former President, Charles River Health Management, a psychiatric contract management division of Community Care, Inc. Governing Board, American Psychological Association practice division (1992-2000) Author, co-editor, Handbook of Adolescents and Family Therapy [back to top]

Margaret Moran, R.N., M.H.S.A., Senior Vice President, Marketing and Contracting

• Nurse executive
• Former Vice President of Marketing, Choate Health Systems
• Developed the mental health program for Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Massachusetts
• Active in insurance and managed care associations, where she is well-known and widely respected for her industry knowledge and commitment to quality care

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Carol Pender, Assistant Vice-President of Human Resources

• Builds strong relationships with employees and management
• Assists management in achieving critical business strategies
• Former HR partner and consultant for both Genzyme Corporation and Codman (a Johnson & Johnson company)
• Served as Director of Human Resources for Adidas-Group/Reebok in Canton
• Served as HR Manager for both Covidien (formerly Tyco Healthcare) and Cabot Corporation

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Ronald J. Steingard, M.D., Chief Medical Officer/Vice President of Medical Affairs

• Provides clinical and administrative oversight of all medical services
• Former Chief Medical Officer, Associate Vice Chancellor, Director of the Center for Health Policy and Research for Commonwealth Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School
• Former Medical Director for MassHealth
• Served as Chief Medical Officer/Director of Strategic Planning for the Office of Medicaid, Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
• Served in Psychiatric Services at Massachusetts General Hospital, Children's Hospital in Boston and Cambridge Hospital
• Member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, National Institute of Mental Health, Society of Professors of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Massachusetts Health Collaborative
• Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in both psychiatry and child psychiatry
• Medical degree and bachelor's degree from Pennsylvania State University
• Psychiatric residency at Cambridge Hospital and Harvard Medical School

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Paula C. Vass, MSW, LICSW, Assistant Vice President, Clinical Operations

• Oversees all admissions for treatment of eating disorders
• Supervises clinical operations for patients receiving in-patient or residential care
• Previously served as Walden's Director of Social Work and Admissions
• Served as Clinical Director/Outpatient Therapist for Comprehensive Psychiatric Resources, Inc., Waltham, Mass.
• Served as Psychiatric Triage Clinician for North Shore Medical Center/Salem Hospital, Salem, Mass.

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Walter M. Henritze, Chief Financial Officer

• Supervises all financial and business operations, as well as many critical administrative functions
• Founder, president of Wave, Inc.
• Founder, president of ZMedia Group, Inc.
• Advisory CFO for the Joy of Music Program, Inc.; Lightspeed, Inc.; JumpJot, Inc.
• Founding member, board president of WCUW, Inc.
• Served on boards of Union Station Alliance and Rails to Trails Conservancy; treasurer of the former Bijou Cinema, Inc.
• Graduate of Clark University

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