Vision Statement
Our vision is a healthy community with seamless, complementary, coordinated and accessible health and wellness services for the residents of Martha' s Vineyard.
Mission Statement
The Dukes County Health Council is a coalition of community members, public officials, health practitioners, and health organizations working together to promote community-wide health and wellness.
The Dukes County Health Council, founded in 1966 by the Dukes County Commissioners, is a coalition of 37 appointed members representing consumers, public officials, health care practitioners, and agencies of Martha’s Vineyard. The full council meets in round table fashion once a month (third Thursday of the month at 7:30am, Zoom), and explores ways to improve health care on the Island.
To apply for a position on the Health Council click here
Members
Kathleen Samways, Chief Public Health Officer, Island Health Care
Robert Laskowski, MD, Healthy Aging, MV, Health Information Committee
Betsy Edge, Counselor, Health Imperatives, Family Planning
Beth Folcarelli, Director, Martha's Vineyard Community Services
Marcy Holmes, NP, Martha's Vineyard Hospital & Family Planning Clinic
Lisa Nagy, MD, Environmental Health Center of Martha's Vineyard
Chantale Patterson, Clinical Director, Hospice of Martha's Vineyard
Dan Pesch, OBGYN MD, Quality Control, Martha's Vineyard Hospital & Rural Scholars
Susan Sanford, Director, Vineyard Complimentary Medicine
Cindy Trish, Executive Director, Healthy Aging MV
Martina Thornton, County Manager, Dukes County
Christine Todd, County Commissioner, Dukes County
Mary Jane Williams, RN, Consumer
Jim Wolff, MD, Chief Medical Director, Island Health Care
James Butterick, MD, Retired anesthesiologist
Angela Knapp, Youth Taskforce
Fran Copeland
Christian Brown
Alexandra Bullen Coutts Executive Director, ACE MV
Nury Carreno Executive Director, Alliance HMS
Melissa Moore, RN
Lisa Belcastro, Author
Paddy Moore
Robert Cropper, Red House
Michael Wertheimer, MD
Brian Morris
Diane LaCivita