Board of Directors
Julie Reynolds, President
Cornerstone VNA
Jennifer Legassie, Vice President
Central New HVNA and Hospice
Dimitri Panacopoulos, Treasurer
Berry Dunn
Donna Frizzell, Secretary
VNA of Manchester & Southern New Hampshire
John Getts, Member -At- Large
Home Health & Hospice Care
Michelle August
Home Healthcare, Hospice & Community Services
Mary Bendel
Healthy at Home, Inc., A Harbor Care Program
Johanna Beliveau
Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire
Tiffany Haynes-Hicks, MSN, RN, Vice President of Operations
North Country Home Health & Hospice
Andrea Huertas, RN, BSN, CHPN
Individual Member
Amy Moore, Director
Ascentria In-Home Care
Beth Slepian, MBA, PT
Concord Regional VNA
Gina Balkus, CEO
Gina Balkus joined the Home Care Association as CEO in 2011. She has more than 30 years of healthcare public policy experience. Prior to her position with the Home Care, Hospice & Palliative Care Alliance of New Hampshire, Balkus was Director of Government Relations for Dartmouth-Hitchcock, a statewide hospital and physician health system, and Vice President, Public Affairs for the NH Hospital Association.
Leslie Hammond, Director of Education & CommunicationsLeslie Hammond came to the Home Care Association in 2015 to build on communication, branding and marketing efforts. Since then she has become responsible for all of the Alliance’s education programs, website, marketing materials as well as developing initiatives to enhance the visibility of home health & hospice in New Hampshire. Leslie has held public relations and public policy positions with the Vermont Health Care Association and the Alzheimer’s Association of Vermont and New Hampshire.