Tine Hansen-Turton- President and Chief Executive Officer
Tine Hansen-Turton was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Woods in October 2016. Ms. Hansen-Turton is an Executive with more than 20 years of experience in health and human services senior management, executive leadership and consulting. She has founded and led several nationally recognized organizations and trade associations. A proven results-oriented strategic leader, Ms. Hansen-Turton is known for being an effective organizational change agent and policy and health and human services systems reform advocate.
Ms. Hansen-Turton formerly served as the Chief Operating Officer at Public Health Management Corporation, where she oversaw and led corporate strategy, operations, business development and M&A. Additionally, Ms. Hansen-Turton served as CEO of the National Nurse-led Care Consortium, a non-profit organization supporting the growth and development of over 500 nurse-managed and school health clinics, serving more than 5 million vulnerable people across the country in urban and rural locations. For the past two decades she has also been instrumental in positioning Nurse Practitioners as primary health care providers globally. Ms. Hansen-Turton still serves as the founding Executive Administrator for the Convenient Care Association (CCA), the national trade association of over 2200 private-sector retail clinic industry, serving 25 million people with basic health care services across the country. Ms. Hansen-Turton also teaches public and social innovations, leading nonprofits, health policy and the social innovations lab at University of Pennsylvania Fels Institute of Government and School of Nursing.
Ms. Hansen-Turton is founder and publisher of a social impact/innovation journal and has co-published eight books and is known as a serial social entrepreneur who has started several national social and public innovations in the health and human services sector.
Ms. Hansen-Turton has received several advocacy and leadership awards, the prestigious Eisenhower Fellowship, the Business Journal 40 under 40 Leadership and Women of Distinction Awards. She was named one of the 101 emerging Philadelphia connectors by Leadership, Inc. and American Express NextGen Independent Sector Fellow.
She received her BA from Slippery Rock University, her Master of Government/Public Administration from University of Pennsylvania Fels Institute and her Juris Doctor from Temple University Beasley School of Law.
Simon Kimmelman, Esq.– Senior Executive Vice President /Chief Administrative and Legal Officer
Simon Kimmelman was named Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Woods Services in March, 2016. Mr. Kimmelman develops and leads all corporate legal strategy for Woods. Prior to Woods, he was a member of Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. and served as Managing Partner of the Firm’s Princeton, New Jersey office. Mr. Kimmelman’s practice was focused on business bankruptcy, secured transactions, general corporate matters and commercial litigation. He has represented major entities involved in many of the most significant Chapter 11 cases filed in New Jersey as well as in several other jurisdictions. He served as thebankruptcy trustee for Kiwi International Airlines and John Z. DeLorean.
He is a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and former Chair of both the Bankruptcy Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association and the Lawyers’ Advisory Committee to the New Jersey Bankruptcy Court. Mr. Kimmelman has been involved in a variety of charitable endeavors and most recently served as President of Har Sinai Temple in Pennington, New Jersey. He also served as a long-standing Member and Board Chair of the Woods Resources Board of Trustees. Mr. Kimmelman received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and his law degree from Vanderbilt University Law School.
Tom Grant, MBA – Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer
Tom Grant was appointed Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer for Woods Services in March, 2016. Mr. Grant engages in short and long-range strategic and operational growth planning for the organization. He brings more than 20 years of finance and strategy consulting experience to the organization. Prior to coming to Woods, he ran his own management consulting firm specializing in efficiency initiatives, leadership, strategic planning, turn-arounds, and business development needs of both non-profit organizations and for-profit businesses. In this role, he served as the Chief Financial Officer for Archway Programs in New Jersey.
Before launching his own company, he held similar management consulting positions with a number of business development companies. Mr. Grant has counseled clients on a wide range of topics including process optimization, cash flow management, fund raising, structure, best practices, profitability and pricing arrangements. He also has worked as an emerging markets analyst in Thailand, Hong Kong, and a number of South American countries. Mr. Grant holds an MBA from the Darden School of Business of the University of Virginia and a bachelor’s degree from Davidson College.
Tinesha Banks, DrPH, MPH – Executive Vice President/Chief Quality & Performance Officer
Dr. Banks comes to Woods with a Doctorate in Public Health and over two decades of experience in executive leadership roles which includes her most immediate past role as the President & CEO of Tabor Services, a Woods affiliate centrally located in Philadelphia. In her role at Woods, Dr. Banks is responsible for helping the organization better understand its data and how to use that data to drive organizational decision-making and enhance performance. She will do this by working in partnership with teams across the organization to look at macro and micro data points that improve or detract from organizational performance.
Dr. Banks received a Doctorate in Public Health from the University of Illinois at Chicago, a Master’s in Public Health from Temple University, and a bachelor’s from the State University of New York at Albany.
Dawn M. Diamond, MS – Executive Vice President of Operations
Ms. Diamond is a seasoned professional with a broad range of work experiences both at Woods and with other organizations. In her current role, she is responsible for driving Woods forward and inspiring a culture that embraces change. She is responsible for providing leadership, management and execution of Woods’ residential services, Beechwood NeuroRehab, Support Services, Vocational Services, and Healthcare Services.
Ms. Diamond started her career at Woods in 1997 as the Director of Quality Improvement for the Crestwood Program. In addition she has worked in program support services and business development while at Woods. Ms. Diamond holds an M.S. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Florida Institute of Technology and a B.A. in Psychology from Salisbury State University in Salisbury, Maryland.
Dr. Stephen J. Kolesk – Vice President for Medical Affairs and Managed Care/Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Kolesk, a N.J. family physician for two decades, who later had a distinguished career as a hospital administrator with Virtua Memorial Hospital and Virtua Health in Marlton, N.J., oversees Woods’ population health management strategy, which includes the integration of primary and specialty care with behavioral health, and becoming a specialized patient-centered medical home in Pa. and N.J. He also oversees Woods’ health care professionals at the Medical Center at Woods in Langhorne to ensure the on-going delivery of quality care to the individuals Woods serves.
In addition, Dr. Kolesk guides the launch and expansion of Woods’ primary care centers in N.J. in partnership with Woods’ affiliate, Legacy Treatment Services, as well as collaborations with N.J. hospitals and medical centers for the provision of medical services to people with IDD and patients with behavioral challenges.
Dr. Sailaja Musunuri, Executive Vice President of Integrative Medicine and Chief of Psychiatry
In her role at Woods, Dr, Musunuri leads and oversees integrative health care both at Woods and across its system of care in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Her responsibilities include maintaining a caseload of patients needing psychiatric services, managing and approving psychotropic and related medications, creating new and innovative programs and services, bolstering current clinical models and modalities, conducting medication reviews, and developing strong relationships with funders and Managed Care Organizations to ensure compliance and programmatic integrity.
Dr. Musunuri received her M.D. from Siddartha Medical College at Nagarjuna University in Vijayawada, India. She completed residencies in Adult Psychiatry at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield, Ill., and Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia. She also held a Fellowship in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at Drexel. She resides in Chester Springs, Pa.
Cheryl M. Kauffman – Senior Vice President of Communications and Development
Ms. Kauffman oversees advancement efforts that include communications and public relations, fundraising, and collaboration with community and business partners in order to engage stakeholders and individuals on behalf of Woods. She has broad experiences in building and sustaining brand awareness, strategic communications, and external relationships.
She joined Woods in 2002 after directing construction systems for Dominion Homes in Columbus, OH. Prior to that, she was Associate Vice President of Alumni Programs and Advancement at Franklin & Marshall College. She earned a B.A. in Sociology from Franklin & Marshall College.
Julia D. Pfister, PHR – Senior Vice President of Human Resources
Ms. Pfister’s responsibility is to provide vision for and lead all functions of the Human Resources department. She holds a Master’s degree in Personnel and Human Resource Management and a B.A. in Business Administration from American University and has over 20 years of experience in the field. Before coming to Woods in 2001, Ms. Pfister served as Senior Consultant Human Resources Manager for Comsys Information Technology Services.
Roy Leitstein, MS – Executive Vice President of Behavioral Healthcare
Mr. Leitstein provides the strategic direction and administrative oversight of the Woods System of Care behavioral health. This includes preventing, diagnosing, and treating mental illness or trauma and substance use disorders.
He has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a Master’s in Human Services. He began his career in social services while serving in the United States Army and volunteering for the Exceptional Family Member Program. Since its inception, Mr. Leitstein has served as Chief Executive Officer of Legacy Treatment Services. As a part of the Woods System of Care, Legacy is a nonprofit behavioral health organization serving more than 16,000 people annually and operates over 70 programs across New Jersey.
Ryan J. Garrison, MS, NCC, LPC – Vice President of Admissions and Clinical Services
Mr. Garrison has worked in Woods’ Admissions Department since 1996 when he started as an Admissions Counselor. He was appointed Vice President of the Department in 2018. Mr. Garrison is responsible for developing and implementing a referral development and admissions strategy for Woods’ residential, school and vocational programs. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor and has extensive clinical experience in private practice providing individual, family, and relationship-based counseling for adolescents and adults. He is responsible for developing a highly successful therapy program for at-risk adolescents called PROGRESS that was recognized for outstanding achievement by the Juvenile Court Judges Commission and the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Probation in 2008.
Mr. Garrison has a bachelor’s degree from Gwynedd Mercy College where he also earned a Master’s in Mental Health Counseling.
Kristen Erway Farry, M.S. – Vice President of Policy & Government Relations
Ms. Farry joined Woods in 2017 to develop and oversee Woods’ government affairs and advocacy strategies at the national, state and local levels. She has a history and reputation for developing and managing effective legislative initiatives. She has been recognized for her ability to develop successful government affairs strategies aimed at improving the lives of people with disabilities at the national level as a 2019 recipient of ANCOR’s Suellen Galbraith Award for Exemplary Public Policy Work.
Prior to coming to Woods, Ms. Farry served in Pennsylvania’s Executive Branch in the positions of Deputy Secretary for Legislative Affairs and Insurance Department Director of Legislative Affairs in two different Gubernatorial Administrations. She also has experience in the non-profit, private and public sectors including as a Congressional staffer in Washington, a contract lobbyist in Harrisburg and a legislative and policy assistant at PAR (Pennsylvania Advocacy and Resources for Autism and Intellectual Disability).
She received her Master’s in Nonprofit Leadership and Population Health Management from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and her B.A. in Political Science from Lebanon Valley College.
Scott Spreat, Ed. D. – Vice President of Evaluation and Research
The Woods National Research and Evaluation Center, led by Dr. Scott Spreat, has been developed to promote and conduct policy related research. Work is done both independently and collaboratively with other research organizations. In addition to conducting research, the mission of the Center is to help inform decision-makers who have an impact on policy and legislation that affect the people served by Woods. He has been a valued member of our Woods team since joining us in 1992 as the Administrator of Clinical Services. He was responsible for designing, opening and running our Woodlands program and served as its Executive Director before being promoted to Vice President for Behavioral Health in 2005.
In recent years, Dr. Spreat has been our key liaison with Harrisburg legislators and lobbyists and serves on the board of PAR (Pennsylvania Advocacy and Resources for Autism and Intellectual Disability). He was a member of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disability’s Terminology and Classification Task Force and served in the work group that developed the definition of Intellectual Disability.
Dr. Spreat received his doctorate in Educational Psychology and is a licensed psychologist who worked for Temple University’s Woodhaven Center, conducting research, directing the clinical services department, and serving as the Executive Director of the 284-bed program before coming to Woods.