Captions to photos above, from left: Richard Baron, M.D., presses a point regarding a grant application while Tine Hansen-Turton and Ludlow Miller look on.
Second photo: President of the Board of Trustees, Craig Johnson entertains a motion.
Third photo: Maitlon Russell, Cary Leptuck, and Francis Ballard ponder an issue.

Board of Trustees

The Chestnut Hill Health Care Foundation is a diverse board representing the various communities served by the Foundation. President is Craig Johnson; Vice President is Charlotte Betancourt; Secretary is Francis Ballard; Treasurer is Ludlow Miller. Committee Chairpersons are as follows:

Audit: Anita Crielly
Development & Communications: Ludlow Miller
Executive: Craig Johnson
Finance & Investment: Craig Johnson
Grants: C. Richard Cox
Governance: Francis Ballard

Francis Ballard, Esq. is a retired partner, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP. A long time community resident and contributor to many non profit boards, Francis is the Co-founder and a board member of the Wissahickon Hospice and currently a board member at Chestnut Hill Heath Care Foundation. Francis chairs the Nominating Committee and is a member of the Executive Committee. He serves as Secretary of the Board of the Foundation.

Charlotte Betancourt, is a retired Chemistry Teacher from The Baldwin School. She has been involved in multiple community organizations, including chairing the board at Springside School, and being involved with the Community Health Improvement Team at Chestnut Hill HealthCare. She continues her local dedication with Co-Chairing the Philadelphia Flower Show Information Booth, Vestry at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, board member at Wissahickon Skating Club and board member at Chestnut Hill Health Care Foundation. Charlotte is a member of the Nominating Committee.

C. Richard Cox, now retired, had a wonderful working history including being the Aide to Congressman Chaka Fattah as well as the Senior Program Officer & Vice President for Programs at the William Penn Foundation. A retired minister, he serves on several social service and foundation boards. He did a two-month work study in Israel and led monitoring teams to Haiti and the South African elections in 1994. A life member of the NAACP, he has received many awards. He chairs the Grants Committee and is a member of the Executive Committee.

Anita S. Crielly is the Deputy Director for Personal Health Services at Montgomery County Health Department. With an extensive background in public health, Anita has been honored by receiving many awards, the latest being the Harry Gehman Award. Crielly has always stayed active in her community with the American Public Health Association, the Community Health Education Association and currently as a board member for the Chestnut Hill Health Care Foundation. She is a member of the Grants and Executive Committees and chairs the Audit Committee.

Tine Hansen-Turton, MGA, is the CEO of the National Nursing Centers Consortium (NNCC), which grew from 11 regional health centers to a national representation of more than 200 nurse-managed health centers in the U.S. She is also Vice President of Health Care access and Policy for the Philadelphia Health Management Corporation. Tine's background within the health world is extensive. She has authored books and many articles on community health care. She teaches health policy, program planning and outcome evaluation to nursing students at La Salle University, School of Nursing. She was also responsible for ensuring that Advanced Practice Registered Nurses were defined as primary care providers in the Pennsylvania Patient's Bill of Rights Act, Act 68. She is also a recent Eisenhower Fellow. She is a member of the Grants Committee, the Nominating committee and the Development and Communications Committee.

Craig Johnson is a seasoned executive with experience in staff and consulting work, in line management as COO and CEO, as an investment banker, and as director with a number of profit and not for profit organizations. Craig was Managing Director and Partner of Glenthorne Capital, Inc. and now serves as Advisory Director. He currently serves on a number of boards, and is President of the Board of the Chestnut Hill Health Care Foundaiton, as well as chairman of the Finance & Investment Committee as well as the Executive Committee.

John Kimberly teaches at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and is the Executive Director of Wharton's strategid alliance with INSEAD, a business school outside of Paris. He has served on the boards of the Chestnut Hill Hospital; Chestnut Hill HealthCare; the Wissahickon Hospice; the Bach Festival of Philadelphia; and the Community Financial Bancorp. He currently serves on the boards of the OESO Foundation; the St. Regis Roundation; and the Arto Monaco Historical Society. John and his wife Barbaie are members of St. Paul's Church, where he has served on the Vestry. They live with their youngest daughter, Charlotte, in the Pearson House in Chestnut Hill.

Joan Henley Mattoon grew up and raised her family on Philadelphia’s Main Line. Her three sons attended Episcopal Academy where she served on the Board of Parents for 15 years, as President for three, and on the Board of Trustees. Joan also served as a member of the Alumni Board of Friends Central School. Moving to the Chestnut Hill area more than 20 years ago, Joan continued to serve the community as a member of the Auxiliary Board of Chestnut Hill Hospital. She was a Chair and in that role served on the Hospital’s Board of Trustees. Joan is now Co-Chair of the Friends of the Chestnut Hill Health Care Foundation and a member of the Foundation’s Development Committee

Ludlow Miller retired from PNC Advisors as Senior Vice President in 2007. Prior to that, he was National Sales Manager for Jack Frost Sugar. Miller has stayed dedicated to the community that he raised his family in and serves on the boards of Springside School and Outward Bound. He served for 8 years on the System Board of Chestnut Hill Hospital prior to joining the Chestnut Hill Health Care Foundation Board. He chairs the Development & Communications Committee and sits on the Executive Committee. He is also Treasurer of the Board of the Foundation.

Maitlon T. Russell is co-founder and Principal of The Melior Group. Mailton has more than thirty years of experience in the creative and strategic aspects of marketing and provides analytical and interpretive skills honed in a lengthy career in corporate marketing management. He is past chairman of the Philadelphia Parking Authority, former member of the Philadelphia Airport Advisory Committee and currently serves on the board of the Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Center in the Park and Chestnut Hill Health Care Foundation. Maitlon serves on the Executive Committee as well as the Development & Communications Committee.

Elizabeth (Beth) L. Thorp is a founding partner of PharmaPro, Inc., a firm specializing consulting and placement services for pharmaceutical companies and pharmaceutical service agencies such as healthcare data providers and market research firms. Beth has lived in the Chestnut Hill area virtually her whole life, and has been involved in a number of community organizations. She was a long-time member of the Wissahickon Skating Club, and served several terms on their Board of Directors. She is currently Treasurer of the Wissahickon Figure Skating Fund. Beth also serves as class agent for Springside School. She was a member of the board of the Auxiliary of Chestnut Hill HealthCare, and is now Co-Chair of the Friends of the Chestnut Hill Health Care Foundation. Beth also serves as a member of the Foundation’s Development Committee.

Walter Tsou, MD, MPH, has a distinguished public health history. He is President of the American Public Health Association and currently serves on the visiting faculties of the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel School of Public Health. He served as Health Commissioner of Philadelphia and was the founding Deputy Director for Personal Health Services and Medical Director of the Montgomery County Health Department. Walter also has served on several boards including the Maternity Care Coalition, and the Philadelphia HIV Commission. Walter serves on the Audit and the Governance Committees of the Chestnut Hill Health Care Foundation.

Cheryl H. Wade is Director for Philanthropy at the Kendal Corporation, a Quaker-related system of continuing care retirement communities. An ordained Baptist minister, she has served as an associate pastor for a large urban congregation and held executive positions with the Ministers and Missionary Board of the American Baptist Churches USA. Ms. Wade holds an MBA in non-profit management from Columbia University. She was a former board member of Northwest Interfaith Movement and is the current board chair of Build-a-Bridge. Ms. Wade serves on the Foundation communication and development committee. She resides in Germantown with her husband Richard, Headmaster of Germantown Friends School.

English D. Willis, MD, is a pediatrician in private practice. She earned her medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania, completed her internship and residency at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, and completed her fellowship at Johns Hopkins Medical Institution in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Willis has been recognized several times by Philadelphia Magazine as a “Top Doc.”

A strong advocate for maternal child health rights, Dr. Willis serves on the board of the Maternity Care Coalition and is a member of the Governor’s Commission of Children and Families and the Health Care for the Homeless Advisory Committee for the Philadelphia Health Management Corporation. She is the former Director of the Pediatric Residency Program and former Chair of the Graduate Medical Education Committee at Crozer-Chester Medical Center. Dr. Willis is a member of the Foundation grants committee. She resides in Mt. Airy.