Meet our leaders!
The CT Healthcare Financial Management Association (CTHFMA) is pleased to announce the 2026 – 2027 Officers and Board of Directors. These individuals are very dedicated volunteers whose purpose is to improve the association and the healthcare industry. Congratulations and we look forward to their leadership and commitment.
OFFICERS
Kyle Dunleavy
President
Director of Single Billing Office
UConn Health
Chad Bianchi, CPA, CSAF, CHFP
President-Elect
Controller
UConn Health
Taryn Smith, CPA
Treasurer
Director
BakerTilly
Paul Krsiak, MBA-HCM
Secretary
Manager, ITS Applications Business Intelligence & Analytics
Middlesex Health
Matt Schuster
Immediate Past President
VP of Strategic Development
Eastern Account System
Directors (Term Expires 2027)
- Howard Gaines – Regional Director of Financial Planning at Trinity Health of New England
- John Koliani, CPA, ABV – Partner at CohnReznick LLP
- Regina Mathieson, FACHE, CHC – Principal at BerryDunn
- Chris Whitton – Account Manager at MedixTeam
- Bill Wollman, FHFMA – Executive Director at Digestive Disease Associates Endoscopy Suite
Directors (Term Expires 2028)
- Lillanya (Lily) Dantzler, CRCR, MSW, MBA – Senior Performance Management Consultant at Trinity Health of New England
- Chris Sdao – Managing Director at FTI Consulting
- Erin Squires – Regional Director of Patient Access/Admitting and Registration at Trinity Health of New England
(All voted in by membership 3.1.2026)
| Past President | Year |
| Matt Schuster | 2025-2026 |
| Paul Krsiak | 2024-2025 |
| Susan Prior | 2023-2024 |
| Matt Schuster | 2022-2023 |
| Denise Smith | 2021 – 2022 |
| Andrew Lis | 2020 – 2021 |
| Christina Steiner | 2019 – 2020 |
| Megan Budd | 2018 – 2019 |
| Sarah Ginnetti | 2017 – 2018 |
| Susan Prior | 2016 – 2017 |
| Frank Miceli | 2015 – 2016 |
| Shannon St. Hilaire | 2014 – 2015 |
| Eric Wetherell | 2013 – 2014 |
| Stephen W. Vargo | 2012 – 2013 |
| Joseph M. Pajor | 2010 – 2012 |
| James Harris | 2008 – 2010 |
| Lou D’Auria | 2006 – 2008 |
| Mary Lou Sanders | 2004 – 2006 |
| Roger Sliby | 2002 – 2004 |
| Kathleen Pajor | 2001 – 2002 |
| Sue Stanley | 2000 – 2001 |
| Robert M. Halko | 1999 – 2000 |
| Robert Haley | 1998 – 1999 |
| Joseph Pelaccia | 1997 – 1998 |
| Cynthia R. Bober | 1996 – 1997 |
| Michael Rosadini | 1995 – 1996 |
| John R. McNeff, Jr. | 1994 – 1995 |
| Stephen B. McPherson | 1993 – 1994 |
| Charles N. Starbranch | 1992 – 1993 |
| Joseph R. Sarno | 1991 – 1992 |
| Honey Pivirotto | 1990 – 1991 |
| Robert A. Barrio | 1989 – 1990 |
| Patrick G. McKeever | 1988 – 1989 |
| Marianne D’Eugenio | 1987 – 1988 |
| George W. Pace | 1986 – 1987 |
| Leila McGehe | 1985 – 1986 |
| Richard Werkowski | 1984 – 1985 |
| Robert Nelson | 1982 – 1984 |
| Edward Simonds | 1980 – 1982 |
| John Stairs | 1978 – 1980 |
| Patrick Colangelo | 1976 – 1978 |
| Arlene Sayers | 1974 – 1976 |
| Robert Pearce | 1972 – 1974 |
| Alfred Fasulo | 1971 – 1972 |
| Charles Scranton | 1970 – 1971 |
| Louis Affinito | 1969 – 1970 |
| Walter Dwyer | 1968 – 1969 |
| Richard Peterson | 1967 – 1968 |
| Frank Pagliaro | 1966 – 1967 |
| Anton Zidex | 1965 – 1966 |
| Anthony Pepe | 1964 |
| Thomas Keating | 1963 |
| Raymond Farrell | 1962 |
| Robert Connor | 1959 |
| Donald Berkowitz | 1958 |
| Harold Larsen | 1957 |
| Robert Patiemo | 1956 |
| Arlene Sayers | 1955 |
| John Evans | 1954 |
| Stanley Shepard | 1953 |
| Charles Rogers | 1952 |