OFFICERS AT LARGE
WALTER CUNNINGHAM
Genesis Member
Worcester, MA
ROGER TRAHAN, Jr.
Unum Corp.
Worcester, MA
WILLIAM TSAKNOPOULOS
Dir. Dept. of Auxiliary Services / UMass Medical School
Worcester, MA
PAST PRESIDENT
PATRICE MUCHOWSKI, Sc.D
AdCare Hospital
Worcester, MA
THOMAS D. MANNING
Vice Chancellor/ UMass Medical School
Worcester, MA
THOMAS MCCARTHY, Sc.D.
Asst. Coordinator for RCEP/ Dept. Social Rehab
Assumption College, Worcester, MA
KATHIE METZGER
Senior VP Medicare/ Fallon Community Health Plan
Medicaid Programs, Worcester, MA
BRENDA COLE-MILNER
Greendale YMCA
Worcester, MA
MARTHA PIKE
STEVEN ROTMAN
President/ Rotman's Furniture
Worcester, MA
JANE RUDY
Genesis Member
Worcester, MA
EDWARD SANBORN
Genesis Member
Worcester, MA
OFFICERS:
CHARLES LIDZ, Ph.D (president)
Director, Center for Mental Health Services
UMass Medical School
Worcester, MA
TOM J. PIER (vice president)
Dir. Information Systems/ Saint-Gobain Abrasives
Worcester, MA
KAREN KENNEDY (secretary)
Genesis Member
Worcester, MA
ROY BOURGEOIS, Esq. (treasurer)
Attorney/Bourgeois, Dresser, White & Beard
Worcester, MA
DIRECTORS:
LAURA BLOCKEL
Genesis Member
Worcester, MA
JOHN CASEY
SUZANNE CRAPSER
WALTER CUNNINGHAM
Genesis Member
Worcester, MA
JEFFREY GELLER, M.D.
Director of Public Sector Psychiatry
UMass Medical School/ Worcester, MA
JOYCE GREENBERG, M.Ed.
Community Volunteer/ Family Member
Worcester, MA
JEFFREY HALL
Winslow, Evans, & Crocker
Boston, MA
JOSEPH KRASKOUSKAS
Regional Director Chartwells
Worcester, MA
PAUL LETOURNEAU
Genesis Member
Worcester, MA
Patrice M. Muchowski
President (former)
Genesis Club Board of Directors
(message from 2009 annual report)
What an incredible year 2009 has been! Genesis has continued to make new friends, find new support in the community and become more visible to those who live in the Worcester area. Building Dreams Tours have become a regular activity at Genesis with members and staff “showcasing” the outstanding services that Genesis provides.
Our Board has been strong, supportive and proactive throughout the last year. We have added new Board members with energy, knowledge and resources that will be used as we move into 2010. Genesis has new leadership to direct its activities. Chuck Lidz is our new President and I am proud to be passing the gavel to him as we move to another year.Genesis faced difficult times during the year with funding cuts from both the Department of Mental Health (DMH) and Foundations. However, as you might have expected, the staff, members and Board continued to accept referrals and rose to the challenges, never missing a beat. This “can do” attitude from staff gives a wonderful message to members about creating opportunities out of challenges. Once again, I am writing this year’s Annual Message during the Thanksgiving Holiday and am truly amazed at how much we at Genesis have to be thankful for. Members, Staff and the Board of Directors have seen dreams become reality during this past year. I have been truly blessed by my involvement in Genesis and look forward to “ongoing miracles”.
Genesis Leadership
Kevin L. Bradley,
Executive Director
It is my hope that you may spend a few minutes and read about the real heroes of the Genesis Club. These heroes are our members in recovery and our staff who provide the support.
Imagine that you are one of five Americans who struggle with a mental disorder. Imagine that your symptoms of schizophrenia have left you so confused you are unable to work. Imagine staying in your room for months and losing contact with your family and friends. Imagine spending all your money in a manic high and you are unable to pay rent and are facing homelessness. Imagine struggling with the symptoms of mental illness and obesity, diabetes, lung disease and addiction.
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Chuck Lidz
President
Board of Directors
Genesis has had a very good year. In spite of the very difficult economic times and the 15th year of level funding from our primary funder, we have continued to grow and develop new programs and opportunities for our members. We have been able to expand employment opportunities even in the face of very high unemployment for the country as a whole. Our wellness program continues to improve the physical well-being of many members. The Genesis Young Adult Program has become a model for clubhouses around the country and we are all extremely proud of it.
Our ability to grow our membership and our services is due in large part to the diligent work of our members. Genesis is largely a service that members provide support to each other. However, it has also been facilitated by better fund raising. Our Building Dreams Breakfast, headlined this year by singer songwriter Meg Hutchinson, was an enormous success and we have been able to get more grant funding. Both of these contribute to organizational flexibility that is so important in our ability to innovate.
Because Genesis members work in partnership we have been able to function with a relatively small staff and this past year we have been able to modestly increase their salaries and benefits. The entire Board of Directors understands the commitment and passion of the entire staff in fulfilling the Genesis Club mission of hope and recovery.
Dr. Charles W. Lidz is a Research Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts. He graduated from Yale with a BA, and received a PHD from Harvard. He has been an active and productive member of our board since 2002, serving as our vice president for the past 3 years.
Now imagine that somehow you find the Genesis Club. And maybe, just maybe you will find your way. And if you stumble, then the Genesis Club Community of staff and members will offer the needed guidance, support and encouragement.
Last year, over 700 individuals found that support by walking through our front doors. 197 individuals joined us for the first time. 158 members returned to employment earning over $1.1 million dollars, our highest in our 22 year history. We had many members living in their own apartments, attending post secondary education, completing their degrees, participating in our wellness initiatives and teaching international colleagues about our Clubhouse standards and values.
Of course this would not be possible without our major funders, foundations and the hundreds of private donors who help us sustain our services. This means the world to me and to hundreds of Genesis members in their recovery.
Patrice Muchowski, Sc. D.
Vice President, Clinical Services
AdCare Hospital
