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Capital Link's staff is comprised of dedicated professionals who are experienced in working with health centers to complete capital projects. Brief narratives describing the background and responsibilities of each staff person are included below: Allison Coleman, MBA Allison Coleman is one of the founders of Capital Link and is responsible for overseeing the organization’s services provided through nine offices located in Massachusetts, California, District of Columbia, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina, Washington, West Virginia. To date, Capital Link has assisted health centers in planning and obtaining financing for 136 capital projects totaling over $432 million. Ms. Coleman also serves as the Managing Director of the Community Health Center Capital Fund (CHCCF), a nonprofit organization that offers a tax-exempt bond and direct loan programs for health centers in Massachusetts. Her leadership at CHCCF led to the founding of Capital Link in 1998 to provide capital development expertise to health centers on a national basis. Prior to her work at CHCCF and Capital Link, Ms. Coleman worked for the Massachusetts Industrial Finance Agency (MIFA, now MassDevelopment), an issuer of tax-exempt bonds for educational institutions, human service providers, and small businesses in the State of Massachusetts, while also serving as Vice President of MassCare Capital, a nonprofit development affiliate of MIFA. Ms. Coleman holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from the Yale School of Management and a Bachelor's degree from Yale College.She is located in Capital Link’s Boston, Massachusetts office. Mark
Lurtz Prior to joining Capital Link, Mr. Lurtz served as
Economic Development Specialist for the Economic Development Council for In addition, Mr. Lurtz has training in marketing and over four years experience working as a Market Research Analyst for DIMAC Direct and a Marketing Coordinator for RBF-St. Louis. Mr. Lurtz received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration - Marketing from Central Missouri State University. He is located in Capital Link's Missouri office. Susan
Petrie, MBA Susan Petrie oversees the management of all financial, administrative and information systems functions at Capital Link. Since joining Capital Link in 2005, her overall responsibilities include coordinating operations at Capital Link's nine offices, overseeing the organization's accounting and financial reporting, contracts and grants management, payroll and human resources functions, budgeting, technology and information systems and office services. Ms. Petrie has extensive experience in all aspects of finance, accounting, and budgeting. Prior to joining Capital Link she was publisher of MIT’s Sloan Management Review journal where she directed editorial, circulation, and business operations and managed a staff of ten. At International Data Group, a $3 billion global information services provider, Ms. Petrie managed worldwide financial planning and analysis in her role as corporate vice president and member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Ms. Petrie earned an MBA and BS/Finance with highest honors from Babson College and is located in Capital Link’s Boston office. Christine Long, MHRM Christine Long joined Capital Link's Administration & Finance department in November, 2006. She is responsible for all human resources and accounts receivable functions. Prior to Capital Link, Ms. Long lived in Wisconsin and served in both accounting and human resources functions, including roles as a mutual fund accountant for Firstar Bank, an accountant with human resources responsibilities for Crabel Capital Management, and a controller for Kranz, Inc. Ms. Long received her Bachelor's degree in Accounting from Kent State University and her Master's degree in Human Resources Management from the University of Maryland University College. She is located in Capital Link’s Boston office. Joey
Moldovan Joey Moldovan joined Capital Link as an Administrative Assistant in January 2004. Since that time, Mr. Moldovan has increased his duties as Administration & Finance Assistant and most recently to Administration & Finance Coordinator. Mr. Moldovan performs many accounting and reporting activities for Capital Link, including all processing all accounts payable transactions. He develops administrative forms for the organization and assists in the updates of Capital Link policies. In addition, he maintains many of Capital Links databases. Prior to joining Capital Link, Mr. Moldovan worked at The Home for Little Wanderers both as an Administrative Coordinator and later as an Office Manager. Mr. Moldovan is located in the Boston office. Falayi
Adu, MS, MPH Before joining the Community Health Center Capital Fund (one of Capital Link's founding partners) in June 1998, Mr. Adu worked as a project expert and consultant for the Health Division of the German Technical Cooperation Agency where he was responsible for several health and socioeconomic data collection and evaluation surveys. He also supervised capital development projects of primary health facilities including space planning, proposal review, contractor selection, budget and schedule monitoring and regular site inspection visits.< Falayi Adu has extensive experience in primary health care project management, financial performance assessment of health centers and in the development, implementation and evaluation of operational research surveys. He is instrumental in refining and maintaining Capital Link’s financial and statistical database on community health centers. Mr. Adu is involved in the evaluation of the financial capacity of health centers nationally, the review of business plans, the identification of federal, state, local and private financing resources. He assists partner organizations in the analysis of capital needs of community health centers, and participates in national and regional facility development seminars. Mr. Adu holds a Master's Degree in Public Health with a concentration in Health Care Management from the Harvard School of Public Health. He is located in Capital Link's Maryland office. Amy Harbaugh, MBA As the Director of Strategic Projects, Actively participating in the
development of Capital Link since it inception, Ms. Harbaugh began as its
second employee in October, 1995 as the Director of Lending of the Community
Health Center Capital Fund, one of Capital Link’s founding organizations.
Ms. Harbaugh also served as Capital Link’s Senior Director of Project
Consulting, leading the team of Project Consultants who providing consulting
services to health centers and Primary Care Associations. Ms. Harbaugh was also an adjunct professor at the Harvard School of
Public Health, where she taught a course in the Financial Management of
Healthcare Organizations for several years before moving to the Ms. Harbaugh received a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in Economics from Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania and holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from the Yale School of Management. A native of Pennsylvania, Ms. Harbaugh is located in Capital Link's Bethesda, Maryland office. David Kleiber, MBA Prior to joining Capital Link in May 2004, David Kleiber held various positions at Cascadia Revolving Fund, a Community Development Financial Institution based in the Pacific Northwest. There he was a Portfolio Manager, Senior Lender and then Associate Director before designing and implementing Cascadia's Rural Development Investment Fund (RDIF), starting in 1996. The RDIF is a quasi-equity source of high risk capital for manufacturing businesses located in the rural areas of Washington and Oregon. Mr. Kleiber also worked in the wood products industry and as an Assistant Vice President at Rainier National Bank, Seattle, in their Corporate Banking Group. From there, he spent three years in Nepal serving in the Peace Corps and working with the World Bank and United Nations Development Program. Mr. Kleiber earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Michigan State University and later went on to obtain his MBA from the University of Washington. Mr. Kleiber is located in Capital Link's Seattle office. Laura
Brogni Koundinya,
MBA Laura Brogni Koundinya joined Capital Link in July 2002. In her consultant role, Ms. Koundinya works directly with health centers by providing a variety of technical assistance, including market assessments, feasibility analyses, financial forecasts and business plans. Ms. Koundinya also works with state primary care associations to provide data analysis and program development related to community health center capital projects. Before joining Capital Link, Ms. Koundinya worked as a healthcare lender at FleetBoston Financial. Prior to joining the bank, she worked at the Massachusetts Division of Health Care Finance and Policy analyzing the financial health of hospitals using data from audited financial statements and other sources. Ms. Koundinya also worked in Global Risk Management for Banker's Trust in New York for a number of years. Ms. Koundinya holds a Bachelor's of Science degree in Finance from Georgetown University in Washington, DC and a Master's degree in Business Administration with a specialization in Health Care Management from Boston University. She is located in Capital Link's Maryland office. Cindy Barr, RN Cindy Barr joined Capital Link in March 2006. Ms. Barr specializes in assisting health centers with program, staff and space planning for new, renovated or expanded facilities. A nurse by training, Ms. Barr has extensive experience in health care delivery and health center facility management and space planning. Prior to joining Capital Link, she was Operations Director for Shenandoah Valley Medical System, Inc. (SVMS) in Martinsburg, West Virginia. In this capacity she held primary responsibility for Program and Facilities Development, including the expansion of three satellite service sites and the transition of five service sites to one 48,000 SF consolidated ambulatory care facility. Prior to her role as Operations Director, Ms. Barr was the Director for Shenandoah Maternity Center, a midwifery-model comprehensive perinatal service operated by SVMS. Ms. Barr has also worked as an acute care staff nurse, nurse educator and in various roles in campus and long-term care facilities. She holds a BA from Shepherd College in West Virginia and a Certificate in Healthcare Administration from West Virginia University and operates out of Capital Link’s West Virginia office. Jonathan Chapman, MBA Jonathan Chapman works directly with individual health centers in providing technical assistance with market research, planning and obtaining financing for capital projects. Mr. Chapman also works with state primary care associations to provide data analysis and program development related to community health center capital projects. Before joining Capital Link in early 2007, Mr. Chapman served for eight years within Louisiana's Bureau of Primary Care and Rural Health. During this time he was involved in cost analysis, software and database implementation, health indicator and demographic research, Medicaid data decision support system (DSS) and economic modeling. He also developed the annual Parish Data Source Book, introduced and advanced various geographic information system (GIS) capabilities and was engaged in numerous recovery efforts related to the 2005 hurricanes. Prior to his state government experience, Mr. Chapman spent five years in hospital and retail pharmacy management. He has earned both a Bachelor of Arts degree in marketing and Master of Business Administration degree from Southeastern Louisiana University. He is located in Capital Link's Baton Rouge, Louisiana office. Terry
Glasscock Terry Glasscock joined Capital Link in October, 2005 as a Project Consultant. He provides a variety of capital development services to community health centers in New England. Prior to joining Capital Link Mr. Glasscock was CEO of the HealthChange Institute, a Boston area health care think tank, where he continues to serve as Senior Fellow. He has many years experience in banking as a commercial bank CEO. He also founded a nationwide commercial mortgage banking company that he operated for fifteen years. Mr. Glasscock has served in government both as an elected official and as Deputy Secretary for the Department on Aging in a Midwestern state. Mr. Glasscock received a post-graduate degree in Business with a focus on finance from Kansas State University, in Manhattan, KS and is based in Capital Link's Boston office. Joe
McKelvey Joe McKelvey joined Capital Link in May, 2005. Mr. McKelvey works on an individual basis with Community Health Centers (CHCs) to determine strategies for accessing capital from federal government resources. Mr. McKelvey works to identify historically underfunded states and congressional districts and helps connect CHCs in identified areas with their political resources. Mr. McKelvey also works closely with all Capital Link clients to determine health centers’ federal funding possibilities. Where opportunities exist, Mr. McKelvey helps guide and coordinate CHCs through the entire application process from the initial planning stages until the receipt of federal funds. Prior to joining Capital Link, Mr. McKelvey served as Senior Legislative Assistant to various Members of Congress. In that role, he specialized in identifying sources of federal funding and connecting local projects with those funding streams. Mr. McKelvey also assisted Members before the House Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Government Reform Committees with health care and environmental issues. Mr. McKelvey received a B.A. from Johns Hopkins University and works out of Capital Link’s Washington, D.C. office. Tony
Skapinsky, MBA Tony Skapinsky joined the staff of Capital Link as a Project Consultant in May 2004. In this capacity, Mr. Skapinsky works directly with health centers by providing a variety of technical assistance, including market assessments, feasibility analyses, financial forecasts and business plans. Mr. Skapinsky also works with state primary care associations to provide data analysis and program development related to community health center capital projects. Prior to Capital Link, Mr. Skapinsky worked for five years as a Business Lender for Cascadia Revolving Fund, a community development financial institution located in Seattle, Washington. Mr. Skapinsky’s background also includes a position as Deputy Director/Program Director with the Alistar Foundation, in which he oversaw several community enterprise development programs in rural Nicaragua. In the late 1980’s, Mr. Skapinsky spent several years with the US Peace Corps in Costa Rica as a Cooperative Business Consultant before becoming Program Manager for USAID’s rural community facility grant program in Costa Rica. Mr. Skapinsky received an MBA from the University of California at Berkeley. He is located in Capital Link's California office. Steven
E. Smith, MHA Steven Smith joined Capital Link in May 2001 and has a background including finance, healthcare and consulting. Mr. Smith's financial experience includes working as a CPA for a Big Eight public accounting firm. He also has healthcare experience in a staff role, as an operational manager and a consultant. Mr. Smith has over ten years consulting experience including developing business plans and conducting operational and financial analysis for numerous healthcare organizations. He has a strong background in operations and process improvement as well as managing complex projects for a variety of organizations. As a Capital Link Project Consultant, Mr. Smith focuses on assisting Primary Care Associations and Community Health Centers in identifying capital needs, developing business plans and preparing other documents necessary for health centers seeking to obtain financing for capital projects. Mr. Smith earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of William & Mary in Virginia and a Master of Health Administration (MHA) from the Medical College of Virginia. He is located in Capital Link's North Carolina office. Dan Woodman Dan Woodman joined Capital Link in May, 2007. In his consultant role, Mr. Woodman works directly with health centers by providing a variety of technical assistance, including market assessments, feasibility analyses, financial forecasts and business plans. He also works with state primary care associations to provide data analysis and program development related to community health center capital projects. Before joining Capital Link, Mr. Woodman was the Vice President of Investments for a Community Development Financial Institution focused on the provision of capital to small businesses for start-up or expansion purposes He also has many years of experience in real estate valuation and finance. Mr. Woodman holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Economics from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. He also holds certification Economic Development Finance and is a Certified Real Estate Appraiser. He is located in Capital Link's Boston office. |
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