North Country Health Consortium

North Country Health Consortium (NCHC)

Mission

"North Country Health Consortium leads innovative collaboration to improve the health status of the region."

History and Purpose

The North Country Health Consortium (NCHC) is a rural health network, created in 1997, as a vehicle for addressing common issues through collaboration among health and human service providers serving Northern New Hampshire. NCHC is engaged in activities for:

solving common problems and facilitating regional solutions
creating and facilitating services and programs to improve population health status
health professional training, continuing education and management services to encourage sustainability of the health care infrastructure
increasing capacity for local public health essential services
increasing access to health care for underserved and uninsured residents of Northern New Hampshire

Read our Annual Report!
North Country Health Consortium Programs and Projects
Directions to the North Country Health Consortium
NCHC Board of Directors Officers

Adele Woods, President (Coos County Family Health Services)
Charles Cotton, Vice President (Northern Human Services)
Russell Keene, Treasurer (Androscoggin Valley Hospital)
Gail Tomlinson, Secretary (North Country Home Health and Hospice)
Roxie Severance, Assistant Secretary (The Morrison Nursing Home)

North Country Health Consortium Staff

Directors
Martha McLeod, MOE, RD, Executive Director
Debra Simmons, B.Sc, Finance Director
Amy Holmes Community Public Health Director
Nancy Frank, BA, Director of Development
Dr. Jeremy Draper, DMD, The Molar Express Dental Director
Program Staff
April Allin, RPh Workforce & Education Program Manager
Amy Goyette Dental Office Manager
Bob Thompson, B.Sc., CPS North Country Prevention Coordinator
Diana Gibbs, BA ATOD Coordinator
Drew Brown, BA, Program Specialist - Evaluation and I.T.
Elaine Belanger, LPN, BGS, Coos County Public Health Coordinator
Gretchen Nellson Bunker, BA, Program Assistant
Kate McCosham, Program Specialist - Outreach and Media Relations
Valerie Herres, MEd, Community Substance Abuse Prevention Program Director
William Demers, ADN Public Health Emergency Response Coordinator

Updated January 14, 2010

N O R T H C O U N T R Y H E A L T H C O N S O R T I U M
7 Main Street, Suite 7 • Whitefield NH 03598 • 603-837-2519 (phone) • 603-837-9451 (fax)