The Massachusetts Association of Health Boards

A non-profit organization providing local boards of health with education, technical assistance, and resource development.

Mission and Objectives

Massachusetts Boards of Health MAHB’s mission is to assist and support boards of health in meeting their statutory and service responsibilities, through programs of education, technical assistance, and resource development. 20 Walnut Street, Suite 110, Wellesley Hills, MA  02481.  All currently serving BOH members who are members of an MAHB Member Board in good standing (dues paid) are eligible for Regular Membership.  Regular members may vote and may serve on the Executive Committee and as Officers.  Individuals who are not current members of a Board of Health may join individually as Associate Members, but are not eligible to vote or serve on the Executive Committee or as Officers.  

MAHB Staff

Cheryl Sbarra JD

Cheryl Sbarra JD

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Senior Staff Attorney and Director of Policy and Law

Elaine La Coursiere

Elaine La Coursiere

FINANCIAL MANAGER

Chrystal LaPine

Chrystal LaPine

REGION 5 HMCC COORDINATOR

Officers and Executive Committee Members

Marcia Testa MPH, PhD.

Marcia Testa MPH, PhD.

PRESIDENT

Member Board: Chair, Wellesley Board of Health;  Executive Committee Member since 2006

Current Positions: Senior Lecturer on Biostatistics, Co-Director MPH Program on Quantitative Methods, Co-Director Emergency Preparedness Research, Evaluation and Practice *EPREP) Program, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts; Chairman, Phase V Technologies, Inc.

Past Positions: Governing Councilor and Past Chair, Statistics Section, American Public Health Association

Christopher Quinn M.D.

Christopher Quinn M.D.

VICE-PRESIDENT

 Past President MAHB, 2011 – 2017, Past Member Sherborn Board of Health

Current Positions: Sturdy Memorial Hospital Occupational Services, Attleboro Health Officer

Joan M. Jacobs

Joan M. Jacobs

SECRETARY/CLERK

Executive Committee Member since 1997

Norwood Board of Health

Marcia Rising

Marcia Rising

TREASURER

Member Board: Stow Board of Health; Executive Committee Member since 1987

Executive Committee Members

John Dougherty

John Dougherty

Executive Committee Member since 2012

Hanover Board of Health, Owner, Briggs Stable
Edward Cosgrove PhD

Edward Cosgrove PhD

Executive Committee Member since 2016

Needham Board of Health; Professor of Microbiology at Northeastern and Psychopharmacology at U Mass Boston; former Assistant Commissioner, MDPH

MAHB Associate Members and Former Executive Committee Members (Past 20 Years)

Peter Connolly M.D.

Peter Connolly M.D.

MAHB Associate Member, Former MAHB Executive Committee Member (2003 - December, April, 2012)

Former Needham Board of Health Member

Current Position: Internal Medicine Physician, Needham, MA

Richard Edgehille

Richard Edgehille

MAHB Associate Member, Former MAHB Executive Committee Member (2007 - May, 2015)

Past  Member, Hanson MA Board of Health and Past Secretary/Clerk MAHB;; Executive Committee Member 2007 – 2015

 

Mike Hugo J.D.

Mike Hugo J.D.

Former MAHB Executive Committee Member (2013 - November, 2017)

Past Member, Framingham MA Board of Health; Executive Committee Member 2013 – 2018; Past Vice President MAHB

Current Position:  MAHB Staff  for Mass DPH Statewide Capacity Building Contract

David Alper D.P.M.

David Alper D.P.M.

MAHB Associate Member, Former MAHB Executive Committee Member (2017 - April, 2018)

Past Member, Belmont Board of Health

Current Position: Podiatric Medicine Physician;

Marcia Benes

Marcia Benes

MAHB Associate Member, Former MAHB Executive Director (1987 - December 2019)

Former Board of Health Member

Current Position: Retired (We are saddened to report that Marcia Benes passed away on February 24, 2023) – Obituary can be accessed here.

Laura Housman MPH

Laura Housman MPH

MAHB Associate Member, Former MAHB Executive Committee Member (2016 - December, 2021)

Former Framingham Board of Health, Founder, Access Solutions Consulting. Ms Housman holds a Master of Business Administration with honors from Boston University Graduate School of Management, a Master of Public Health with specialization in Health Services from Boston University School of Public Health, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics with a minor in Business Administration from Boston University College of Arts and Sciences.

Ray Considine

Ray Considine

MAHB Associate Member, Former MAHB Executive Committee Member (2018 - May 2022)

Concord Board of Health

1989 – 2016: President and CEO, Health Resources in Action:  2017 – present: Managing Co-Trustee at Susan A. and Donald P. Babson Foundation; Adjunct Faculty, Regis College, Graduate Program in Health Administration-School of Health Sciences

Masters of Social Work and Bachelors of Political Science and Education.