Network Leadership

COHN’s work is guided by the staff, a Board of Directors, and a Steering Committee. People in these roles provide support in the areas of data, equity, communications, policy, and leadership to ensure initiatives and projects have what they need to succeed.

Staff: Becca Matusovich (Executive Director) and Kalie Hess (Associate Director)

Board of Directors: Andy Klingenstein, President; Dr. Barbara Crowley; Dr. Steve Mills; Eliot Brenner; Becca Matusovic (ex-officio).

Steering Committee: Sherry Laliberte, Simply Smiles; Dee Kerry, Maine Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics; Ayla Burke, Southern Kennebec Child Development Center; Kate Christiansen, Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention; Dr. Kailee Williams, Mainely Teeth; Sanaa Abduljabbar and Sarah Lewis, Maine Access Immigrant Network; Lyvia Gaewsky, MaineHealth From the First Tooth; Deqa Dhalac and Toni Gonclaves, Cross Cultural Community Services; Morgan Hynd, The Bingham Program; Tracey Jowett, University of Maine Augusta; Dr. Albert Abena, University of New England.

Supporting Organization: A small 501(c)3 non-profit organization provides backbone support for the Network. The official legal name of the 501(c)3 is the Harry E. Davis Partnership for Children's Oral Health in honor of Dr. Harry Davis, who was a beloved Maine pediatrician and the chief of pediatrics at Mercy Hospital from 1943-1963. Dr. Davis was the inspiration behind the creation of the Sadie & Harry Davis Foundation, COHN’s original core funder.