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2024 Annual Awards Gala

2024 Annual Awards GalaOn Friday, June 7, 2024, the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers (Mass League) will celebrate the single largest yearly gathering of community health centers in the Commonwealth: the Annual Awards Gala.

The Mass League gala embodies and promotes our mission through the recognition of our committed workforce, organizations which are critical to our success, and the innovation generated across our one million-plus patient network to achieve health equity for all.

When: Friday, June 7, 2024 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm

Where: The Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA, 10 Huntington Avenue, Boston

A limited number of overnight rooms for Friday, June 7th are available until May 17th at a rate $349 for the night and can be reserved by clicking Here

Purchasing Tickets

Tickets for the Gala are $250/ ticket or $2,500 for a table of 10. You can purchase online Here

Awardess for 2024:

2024 State Public Service Award:
Representative Aaron Michlewitz, Chair House Committee on Ways and Means

Edward M. Kennedy Founder Award:
Sue Joss, CEO Brockton Neighborhood Health Center

CEO Award:
Guale Valdez, Mattapan Community Health Center

Community Health Center Board Member Award
Joseph Scardino, Family Health Center of Worcester

Community Health Center Clinician Awards:
Cynthia Slaga, NP, School-Based Health Center - Lowell Community Health Center
Stephanie Billings, MD, Family Medicine, Holyoke Health Center

Community Health Center Employee Awards:
Jessica DaRosa, Director of Operations, Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center
Joanne Mazar, Chief Human Resources Officer, Community Health Center of Cape Cod

Gala Host Committee

Co-Chair Karen Gardner, CEO Community Health Center of Cape Cod
Co-Chair The Honorable Martin J. Meehan

Name Title Organization
Louis Brady President & CEO Family Health Center of Worcester
James T. Brett President & CEO New England Council
Alastair Bell, MD, MBA CEO & President Boston Medical Center Health System
Kendalle Burlin O'Connell, Esq. CEO & President MassBio
Bithiah Carter President & CEO New England Blacks in Philanthropy
Guy Fish, MD, MBA CEO & President Greater Lawrence Family Health Center
Sarah Iselin President & CEO Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Jackie Jenkins-Scott President Roxbury Community College
Sandy Lish Principal/Co-Founder The Castle Group
Imari Paris Jeffries Executive Director Embrace Boston
Christina Severin President & CEO Community Care Cooperative
Guale Valdez CEO Mattapan Community Health Center

Gala Sponsorship Opportunities

Please join us for this celebration, and consider a sponsorship that will help advance the critically important work of community health centers in Massachusetts, as well as health access and equity. Click here to See Sponsorship Opportunities

Sponsors to Date

Premier Sponsors:

Blue Cross Blue Sheild of Massachusetts Logo
Community Care Cooperative
Point32Health

Legacy Sponsors:

BMC Health System Logo
Vertex logo
Amazon logo
Beth Israel Lahey Health logo
Citizens logo
SWH by Molina Logo
Insource Logo

Recognition Sponsors:

CareQuest logo
Rockland Trust Logo
Boston Childrens Hospital Logo
MassBio Logo
Meet Boston Logo
New England College of Optometry Logo

Supporter Sponsors:

Stay tuned for more information!