Cooley Dickinson CEO stepping down
MARQUSEE
Published: 1/29/2021 3:09:14 PM
NORTHAMPTON Cooley Dickinson Health Care announced Tuesday that Joanne Marqusee, its president and CEO of seven years, will be stepping down from her position in the next few weeks.
Marqusee is taking a job as executive vice president and chief integration officer for Wellforce, a health care system in eastern Massachusetts that includes Tufts Medical Center and four community hospitals, as well as other providers and agencies.
Her last day at Cooley Dickinson is not set in stone, but will likely be toward the end of February.
Marqusee said her new position was “an opportunity that was really intriguing to take the next step in my career,” and she is looking forward to living closer to her family in the greater Boston area.
Amherst health officials waiting on vaccine
Boxes containing the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. AP PHOTO/PAUL SANCYA
Published: 1/28/2021 9:06:56 AM
AMHERST After 692 vaccine doses were given in Amherst to first responders and other individuals in Phase 1 of the COVID-19 vaccination program earlier this month, the town’s health department is preparing for expanding access to the Moderna vaccine when possible.
While Health Director Emma Dragon informed the Town Council this week that preparation is underway, including identifying Amherst Regional High School as a possible mass vaccination site, any distribution to individuals in the next phases will be based on availability.
“Our plan has a capacity to do up to 2,500 vaccines a week, if we were to go to the high school,” Dragon said.
NORTHAMPTON Cooley Dickinson Health Care announced Tuesday that Joanne Marqusee, its president and CEO of seven years, will be stepping down from her position in the next few weeks.Marqusee is taking a job as executive vice president and chief.
Community vaccine rollout could begin next month
Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton has not turned away patients and is offering all non-COVID-19 related services, such as elective surgeries, with only rare exceptions, a hospital official said. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
By JACQUELYN VOGHEL
HADLEY Cooley Dickinson Health Care officials signaled last week that community rollout of a COVID-19 vaccine is likely to begin in early to mid-February and last for six months.
Cooley Dickinson Hospital has administered around 1,100 first doses of the vaccine in the first phase of the vaccination rollout, with 380 people having also received the second of the two doses, reported Dr. Estevan Garcia, chief medical officer at Cooley Dickinson Health Care. The first phase includes health care providers who work directly with patients, long-term care facilties and health care workers in non-COVID-19 facing care.
Banks, Credit Unions Ramp Up Philanthropy During Difficult Year
Checking on the Community
Paul Scully says much of Country Bank’s philanthropy in 2020 was directed at “COVID-related initiatives.”
Paul Scully says local philanthropy is baked into the DNA of this region’s financial institutions.
“Banks have always been great about supporting communities. And we are fairly philanthropic,” Country Bank’s president and CEO added, noting that the bank gave $1.3 million to local nonprofits last year, touching about 400 different organizations in some way.
Those numbers aren’t atypical. What made 2020 slightly different is where that money went.
“Of that, about a half-million went to what I would call COVID-related initiatives,” Scully said, citing causes ranging from equipping frontline workers at hospitals to meeting soaring demand at local food banks due to the pandemic’s economic impact on families.