Solutionhealth is a 501 c-3 non-profit, governed by a volunteer board of trustees with support of leadership team that draws on knowledge and expertise of provider organizations. Founding members of SolutionHealth include Elliot Health System and Southern New Hampshire Health.
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Board of Trustees
The Honorable Clifford R. Kinghorn
Chair, Board of Trustees
Senior Status Circuit Court Judge
Civic and Charitable Activities:
- Six year member of Board of SNHHS, SNHMC and FMP
- Former board memberships include: Hunt Home, Home Health And Hospice, and the Boys and Girls Club of Nashua
- Served on the New Hampshire State Advisory Group on Juvenile Justice and as Co-chair of the Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative
- Served as City Corporation Counsel for the City of Nashua
- Served in the United States Marines during Vietnam War; Was awarded the Purple Heart
Judge Kinghorn lives in Amherst with his wife, Laurie. They have two grandchildren who live in Colorado. In his spare time he enjoys hiking, sailing, golf, tennis and time with his grandsons.
Stephen Loosigian, DO
Vice Chair, Board of Trustees
Elliot Health System
Hospitalist
Civic and Charitable Activities:
- Medical Staff President
- Elliot Board of Directors Member
Stephen and his wife Kelly live in Concord. They have 3 children Avery, Daniel and Roffee, ranging in ages from 19 to 13.
Martha E. O’Neill, Esq.
Secretary, Board of Trustees
Clancy & O’Neill, PA
Attorney
Civic and Charitable Activities:
- Member of Rivier University Board of Trustees
- President of Mary A. Sweeney Home Board of Trustees
- Clerk of Nutt Hospital Fund Board of Trustees
- Member of Boys and Girls Club of Greater Nashua Foundation Board of Trustees
- Former board memberships include: Currier Museum Advisory Council, Girls Incorporated, Pennichuck Corporation and Nashua Senior Center
Martha lives in Merrimack, NH.
Timothy Whitaker
Treasurer, Board of Trustees
TD Bank
Director of Middle Market Banking for Northern New England
Civic and Charitable Activities:
- Board member and past chairperson of the Board, Southern New Hampshire Health
- Board member and treasurer, Nashua Chamber of Commerce
- Previous board member, Greater Nashua Boys and Girls Club
Tim has lived in Merrimack, NH with his wife Christina for the last 25 years along with his two adult children. He is an avid cyclist and outdoor enthusiast and enjoys spending time with his children.
Bobbie D. Bagley, RN, MS, MPH, CPH
Director of the City of Nashua Division of Public Health and Community Services
Southern NH Health Board of Trustees, Vice Chair
Civic and Charitable Activities:
- Governor’s Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission
- Governor’s Opioid Drug Overdose Fatality Commission
- Nashua Community College Nursing Advisory Board
- NH Charitable Foundation Regional Advisory Board Member
- NH Children’s Health Foundation
- Rivier University Public Health Advisory Board
- Rivier University Project REEP Advisory Board
- NH State Health Assessment/ State Health Improvement Council
- Association of Public Health Nurses
- NH Nurses Association Equity Task Force Member
- Nashua Lions Club
- NH Nursing Association, Former President
- Governor’s COVID Equity Response Team, Former Member
Bobbie and her husband Keith live in Londonderry, NH with their two young adults, Khaira and Khalique.
Howard Brodsky
CCA Global Partners
Civic and Charitable Activities:
- SolutionHealth, Board Member
- Cooperatives for a Better World, Founder and Chairman
- Floor Covering Industry Foundation, Chairman
- New Hampshire Better Business Bureau, Chairman
- Southern New Hampshire University, Board Member
- National Cooperative Business Association, Board Member
- NHPBS, Board Member
- MFF, Morgan Franklin Fellowship, Board Member
- ICDE, Institute for Cooperative Digital Economy, Board Member
- Palace Theatre, Emeritus
- Former NH Institute of Art, Board Member
Howard lives in Manchester, NH, with his wife Joan, and has 2 grown sons. In his “spare” time, Brodsky serves his community as a justice of the peace, performing wedding ceremonies. To date, he has a perfect record in this arena; the more than two dozen marriages he has performed all remain intact.
Paul W. Hoff, PhD
Bradley Kreick
SolutionHealth
Chief Executive Officer
Civic and Charitable Activities:
- Rivier University, Nashua, NH, Board Chair
Brad lives in Nashua with his wife Beth and spends his spare time as the head coach of the Bishop Guertin High School Girls Basketball Team.
Joseph Leahy, DO
Southern New Hampshire Health
Associate Vice President of Emergency Medicine
Civic and Charitable Activities:
- Medical Executive Committee, Member
- Foundation Board of Governors, Member
- United Way Community Advocacy Council, Member
- Nashua Police Department SWAT Team, Medical Director
- Milford Ambulance, Medical Director
- Granite State Children’s Alliance, Former Board Member
Joe lives in Amherst, NH with his wife, Kathleen. He has three adult children and enjoys traveling, playing ice hockey and spending time with family.
Dianne Mercier
People’s United, A Division of M&T Bank
President, NH
Civic and Charitable Activities:
- Rivier University, Board of Corporators
- The Riverwoods Group, Vice Chair
Dianne lives in Manchester, NH with her husband John and their Labrador Miya. They have two grown children and four grandchildren.
Charla Bizios Stevens
Charla Stevens Consulting, LLC
President, NH
Civic and Charitable Activities:
- SolutionHealth, Board Member
- Granite United Way, Board Chair
- New Hampshire Lawyers’ Assistance Program, Commissioner
- Southern New Hampshire Health System, Former Vice Chair of Board of Trustees
- Families in Transition, Former Board Co-Chair
- Amoskeag Health (formerly Child Health Services and Manchester Community Health Center), Former Board Chair
Charla lives in Bedford, NH and sometimes Delray Beach, Florida with her husband David. After having practiced law in New Hampshire and Massachusetts for 38 years (most recently at McLane Middleton), she has retired and started a Human Resources Consulting Business which allows her the flexibility to do what she loves: run marathons, ski, hike, travel, golf, and advocate for the mental health and well-being of all workers, but especially those in the legal profession.
Executive Leadership
Bradley Kreick
Chief Executive Officer
SolutionHealth
Brad has served in multiple executive management roles in publicly traded and privately held healthcare provider and payor organizations throughout his career. He comes to SolutionHealth with more than 25 years of healthcare business management experience, with prior executive leadership positions at Apria Healthcare, Oxford Health Plans and Healthsource, Inc. He is a native of southern New Hampshire and brings a wealth of experience in strategy, business development, and network management. As CEO, Brad is responsible for providing leadership and strategic direction that will position SolutionHealth’s future growth and success. He will work in collaboration with executive leadership at member organizations to provide resources needed to deliver care for patients and support for employees.
Greg Baxter, MD
Chief Clinical Officer
President, Elliot Health System
Dr. Baxter, a board-certified emergency medicine physician, was named President of Elliot Health System after serving for 10 years as Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Baxter has been with Elliot Health System since 2003 when he joined and led the emergency physician provider group, growing it to 17 physicians and 10 advanced care providers by 2008. At that time, he was named Vice President of Medical Affairs serving as a liaison to the medical staff, Elliot Board of Directors, and management. In 2009, Dr. Baxter was appointed Chief Medical Officer and has served in this leadership role for nine years. In 2020, he took on the role of Chief Clinical Officer.
Colin T. McHugh
President & CEO, Southern New Hampshire Health
Colin McHugh, a trusted healthcare executive with more than 25 years of experience, joined Southern New Hampshire Health (SNHH) as president and chief executive officer in April 2022. Prior to this role, McHugh was senior vice president and chief value officer for SolutionHealth, the regional health system created when SNHH and Elliot Health System combined in 2018. While with SolutionHealth, McHugh stepped in as interim president of SNHH in 2020, leading the organization through a leadership transition, the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the implementation of the Epic electronic medical record.
Prior to joining SNHH and SolutionHealth, McHugh served in various executive leadership roles, gaining a wealth of experience in integrated health care delivery and value-based payment models. These previous roles include senior vice president of network development and contracting at MaineHealth; interim president & CEO of Synernet, Inc.; and vice president of provider engagement and contracting for Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield.
He holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of New Hampshire and a Master of Arts from The University of Connecticut.
Debra Dulac
Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer
Debra first joined the organization in 2017 initially serving as Chief Nursing Information Officer at Elliot Hospital, and later took on the role of leading the EpicONE implementation for Southern NH Health. She later served as Vice President of Applications, Clinical Informatics and Training for SolutionHealth. She assumed the Interim Chief Information Officer role last June. Debra brings an impressive background in health informatics, application technology and information systems leadership. Debra’s prior experience includes working in information system leadership positions with Vidant Health in North Carolina, The University of Vermont Medical Center in Vermont, and Dartmouth Health here in New Hampshire. She also brings clinical expertise as she spent nine years in nursing leadership positions during her time at Dartmouth.
Jason Elliott
Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer
Jason joins SolutionHealth from WellSpan Health in Pennsylvania where he was Vice President of Human Resources since 2017. In this role, he was responsible for direct leadership of 70 human resources professionals including all field-based human resources teams, talent acquisition, workforce development, labor relations and employee health and safety for this eight-hospital integrated delivery system. He brings a wealth of knowledge in Human Resources operations as well as culture transformation, employee engagement and system integration. Prior to joining WellSpan, Jason held senior Human Resources leadership roles at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio and at Maine Health/Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine.
John Friberg, Esq.
Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel
John joined Elliot Health System in 2007 as Senior Vice President and General Counsel. During his tenure at Elliot, John held a number of leadership positions in addition to his role as General Counsel, including Interim Co-Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining Elliot Health System, he was a partner in the national law firm of Nixon Peabody and an intelligence officer with the Central Intelligence Agency.
Michael Turilli, MBA
Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President
Mike Turilli joined Elliot Health System in March 2018 and served more than three years before taking a chief financial officer role at a Massachusetts hospital. In June 2022, he returned as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Elliot Health System. Mike was named SolutionHealth Chief Financial Officer in January 2023. Mike brings more than 30 years of healthcare operations and finance expertise. He is helping SolutionHealth entities to meet the varying community healthcare needs and delivering on other strategic priorities by overseeing financial operations and organizational performance. Mike has a BS in Accounting and an MBA, both from Suffolk University.
System Leadership
Sidi Cuko
Vice President, Supply Chain Operations
Alisha Feightner
Vice President, Operational Excellence
Dawn Fernald
Vice President, Marketing and Communications