Early Intervention
Chief Executive Officer
Stan began his human services career working with adults with mental retardation in up state NY in 1971. He moved to Boston in 1975 to take a management position with the Greater Boston Association for Retarded Citizens (GBARC). This position was followed by two years as the Associate Executive Director of the Job Placement Project, a state wide organization that specialized in helping people with disabilities find employment.
Stan arrived at Bay Cove in the spring of 1979 as the Director of Mental Retardation Services. Within two years he was promoted to the position of Executive Director of Bay Cove and in December of 2001 he was appointed by the Board of Directors as President and CEO of the organization.
In addition to his leadership role at Bay Cove Stan has held a number of important state wide positions within the not- for- profit industry. These roles have included board membership with mental health, and mental retardation trade associations including serving as Chairman of the Board for the Mental Retardation Providers Council, the Massachusetts Association of Rehabilitation Facilities and for the years of 2001, 2002 and 2003 served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Council of Human Services Providers (MCHSP).
Executive Director
Bill began his career in Human Services at the South Middlesex Association for Retarded Citizens (SMARC) in 1979, working first in residential direct care, then in vocational training. After returning to school for a Masters in Rehabilitation Counseling, Bill joined Center House as the Manager of the Work Experience Program. At Center House, Bill held a number of positions through the 80’s leading up to his final role as Associate Executive Director. In 1991 Bill left Center House to become President of South Shore ARC (a small MR/DD Agency in Weymouth). Bill joined Bay Cove in 1993 as CFO, a position he held for six years before becoming Associate Executive Director in 1999 and the Agency’s Executive Director in 2001.
Bill served on the Board of the Mass. Association of Community Rehabilitation Organizations (MACRO) for several years including 3 years as President and has served on the Board of ADDP (Association of Developmental Disability Providers) for the last 10 years, currently serving as President. He is also President of The Resource Consortium, an LLC made up of 12 Metro-Boston Agencies formed to bid on Regional and State-wide contracts.
Director of Residential Services, Mental Health Division
Nancy Mahan has worked at Bay Cove Human Services for 26 years. She started at Bay Cove as a Program Director of a residential group home for adults with mental illness in the agency’s early years, and over the last twenty years, has developed a continuum of rehabilitation and treatment programs as the agency’s Director of Mental Health Services.
Under Ms. Mahan’s tenure, the Mental Health programs have grown from two group homes to 26 residential programs and feature a range of differing services including supported housing, group homes, specialized bilingual and bicultural residential services for Asian and Latino adults, and specialized group homes for adults with co-occurring mental health and addiction disorders. Additionally, she oversees the agency’s Crisis Stabilization Unit and Urgent Care Center, two integral components of the Boston Emergency Services Team (BEST), and the Boston Tenancy Prevention Project.
Ms. Mahan earned both her Bachelors and Masters (in Human Services Management) through UMass Boston’s College of Public and Community Services. She is an active member of the Residential Committee of the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Corporation of Massachusetts and her areas of significant expertise include program development, risk assessment and management, and staff training.
Chief Financial Officer
Gard Conley has been working in Human Services for 36 + years. In a career that he began as a direct care giver; he has been a counselor, supervisor, manager, and administrator.
He has consistently worked to promote, develop, and provide high quality, effective services which support people with disabilities and other special needs. He has been a strong advocate for sound, enlightened management and prudent business practices in community based human service providers throughout his career.
For the past 5 years he has been the Director of Administration and Finance and CFO at Bay Cove Human Services, Inc. in Boston. He is responsible for the administrative functions of BayCove; including, Budgets and Contracts, Accounting and Finance, Property Development and Asset Management, Information Systems and Technology, Safety and Health Administration, Corporate Compliance, and Security.
Gard holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Northeastern University and a Master’s degree from Antioch University.
Director of Human Resources
Bob Rutherford joined BayCove Human Services, Inc as the Director of Human Resources in May 1998. Bob brings a wealth of experience to the Agency having worked in Human Resources for more than 30 years. He honed his skills in the manufacturing and banking industry prior to moving to the not for profit arena.
Bob has the responsibility to develop and implement agency human resource policies and programs including but not limited to employment, employee relations and benefits. Bob is available to consult and advise managers and employees on complex employee relations issues.
Director of Development
Marion Nierintz has worked as the Director of Development, Marketing and Public Relations for Bay Cove Human Services since 2001. She is responsible for all activities related to fundraising, as well as key aspects of internal and external marketing and communications. Marion also serves as the organization's major gift officer with respect to individuals, foundations and corporations. She assists the president and CEO in developing and implementing the agency's long-range plan, agency-wide projects and aids in fostering and maintaining board relations. She served as Chair of the Small Wonders Capital Campaign, which raised $3.5 million to create a new child development center in Dorchester.
Chief Information Officer
Hilary Croach began at Bay Cove Human Services in 1996 as the agency's first Director of Information Services. Recently promoted to CIO, he now leads a team of eleven programmers, engineers, technicians, managers & help desk professionals who are responsible for creating and maintaining an infrastructure of hardware, software, communication and information that enhance the Bay Cove's mission.
In 2003 Hilary and his development team created a web-based clinical practice system for the Boston Emergency Services Team (BEST) that was called an example of "best practice" by Lori Button-Szczygeil of the Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership.
Before coming to Bay Cove, Hilary developed tracking systems for the Metro Boston Area of the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, managed a Boston City Council campaign and held a number of other positions in the for-profit sector.
Director of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Division
Mary Jo Cooper graduated from George Washington University with a Master’s Degree in Experimental and Developmental Psychology. Prior to coming to BayCove, Mary Jo worked in the field of adult development and ageing including adult day health programs and nursing homes. She came to BayCove in 1987 as a case manager in the Mental Health division. She worked in both day and residential settings before moving to the MR division as a clinician. In 1993 she parlayed her MR and MH experience into running and developing group homes for people funded by DMR but with a primary mental health diagnosis. During this time she developed an agency wide Human Rights program which included the Center House, MR and MH divisions. In 1999 Mary Jo became the Associate Division Director for the MR residential programs. In 2004 Mary Jo became the Director of MR Services and currently oversees the MR Residential, Family, and Independent Supports contracts that include 31 different programs ranging from 24 hour group homes to Self Determination Voucher programs to community resource programs and parent support groups. The division now serves over 700 individuals and families with a budget of $14.8M. Services are delivered from Winthrop to Weymouth, Revere to Taunton with the majority of services delivered in the greater Boston Area.
Mary Jo sits on the Central Middlesex DMR Advisory Board and the CMARC Board of Directors. She has been involved in several statewide committees and panels on Human Rights, Self Determination, Trends and Best Practices.
Director of Substance Abuse
Ronnie Springer has worked in the field of substance abuse since 1972 where she began as the Assistant Director of the River Street Detoxification Center. In 1983 she joined BayCove Human Services as the Division Director of Substance Abuse Services where she remains today. During the past 23 years the Division has grown from a 20 bed detoxification center and outpatient program servicing elder alcoholics with a total budget of under $500,000 to a full spectrum of services specializing in services to those individuals suffering with the complications of mental illness as well as addiction. The Division budget has increased to $8.6m and includes specialized programming for the dually diagnosed at Andrew House a 30 bed ATS program specializing in Dual diagnosis treatment, Bridge to Recovery an additional 30 bed ATS specializing in homeless services, methadone treatment at the BayCove Treatment Center servicing 300 clients with addictions to opiates, bi-lingual outpatient, prevention and youth programming at Chelsea ASAP, and finally a 50 bed Transitional Support Services Program, New Hope in Weymouth.
Ronnie was an active member on the ADAA Board of Directors for 16 years serving on the Executive Committee, as Vice-President in 1994 and President from 1995-98. She currently sits on the Board of Directors for the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Corporation of Massachusetts. Committees of special interest have been the finance and managed care committees.
Director of Center House Division
Bob Schueler has widespread experience at all levels of public sector mental health services, and has worked continuously for 35 years in programs for individuals with psychiatric disabilities. He was founding director of Cornerstone House, an early clubhouse effort (1978-1984) that was funded by RSA and later the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission, and later was founding director of the Rendezvous Club in Attleboro. He is a past president of the board of directors of the New England Chapter of IAPSRS (now USPRA) and served on the national board of that organization for 12 years. He is now President MassPRA. Mr. Schueler was a co founder of the Mental Health Job Placement Project, which helped introduce Transitional Employment to Massachusetts in the mid 1970s. He began and chaired the Bioethics Taskforce for IAPSRS, and has presented on human subject research issues at national conferences. He has been Director of Rehabilitation Services for Center House since 1992, and Director of the Center House Division of Bay Cove Human Services since 1996. Services provided by the division include two clubhouses, two SEE (Services for Education and Employment) programs, two day rehabilitation programs, a day treatment program, and a PACT team. The Division also operates three rehabilitation day services for adults with Mental Retardation: Center House Enterprises, the Education and Training Program, and the Work and Education Program. Center House also provides administrative support to the Mental Patients' Liberation Front and it's programs, Ruby Rogers Advocacy and Drop-in Center and Homelessness Empowerment Advocacy Project. He holds an M.Ed. in Rehabilitation Counseling from Northeastern University and is a Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner (CPRP).
Director of Training
"Lou" has been working and doing research in the education and training field for the past 25 years. She began her career in special education teaching emotionally disturbed children. This was followed by a number of years in various special education positions in elementary and secondary schools. Thinking that she was ready for a professional change, she became a psychotherapist and certified hypnotherapist. She then worked for eight years at the New Jersey Pain and Rehabilitation Institute where she developed a hypnotherapy/biofeedback model for chronic pain management called Auto-regulation Training. After moving to Massachusetts, she returned to the field of education, developing hypnotherapeutic applications for accelerated learning and athletic performance.
Lou started working at Bay Cove in 1990 as Assistant to the President. In this capacity she assumed the role of Corporate Secretary and Director of Publications.
In 2001, she became Director of Corporate Training, a newly created position within the agency. She developed the current training model, comprised of over 60 courses taught in diverse learning environments, including classroom training, on-site coaching, computer based training, and on-line learning. Many of these courses and workshops, including Stress Management in the Workplace, which Lou teaches, are now taught at other human service agencies across the state.
Director of Early Intervention
Candace Chang, Division Director of Child and Family Services, has over 25 years of experience in planning, management and provision of services to children and families. After beginning her career in child welfare in Connecticut, Candace received her Master’s degree in Social Work from Boston University, then moved to Oregon where she worked for the Children’s Services Division as a full time Parent Trainer for two years. After returning to Massachusetts, Candace worked for both DSS and as a program manager for MSPCC before becoming a Program Director at Beaverbrook guidance Center and then Vice President for Clinical Services of Children's Behavioral Health Care in Waltham, MA. In 1994, Candace came to Bay Cove Human Services as Director of their Early Intervention program, and in 1997 became Division Director for Child and Family Services with additional responsibility for the Family Support program which subsequently expanded to include the Parent Support and Project Able programs. In 2002, the Early Intervention program moved to its current home at the Daniel Boynton Child Development Center and added to its services the Small Wonders Nursery School which provides fully integrated services for children with and without disabilities.
Candace was for many years on the Board of Massachusetts Parents Anonymous, and is currently a Board member of the MA Early intervention consortium.
Bay Cove Academy Principal
Judy has worked with Bay Cove for over 20 years at Bay Cove Academy, providing something that is increasingly unique in today's world: an educational program for troubled youth, backed by a strong and vibrant clinical support program. Under Judy’s supervision, our Masters-level social workers provide individual, group, and family therapy as well as crisis intervention and case management. The National Crisis Prevention Institute certifies every staff member in non-violent crisis intervention.