She received her LMHC in 2012 and in 2015 became the Clinical Director at The Megan House working with young women who suffer from substance use disorder. In 2023 Kim returned to a career in the public school system as a School Adjustment Councilor. Riverbend, formerly Lowell House, has been providing high-quality, accessible, and affordable addiction services and related support to the Greater Merrimack Valley community since 1971. Our programs cover a broad range of inpatient and outpatient treatment and living options that support recovery across a lifetime. She attended Lowell Public Schools and graduated from UMASS Lowell with a degree in Business Management with the Class of 2004. She is a Commercial Lending Officer, SVP at Enterprise Bank where she has worked to serve the business community for over 20 years.
- After hearing former NBA player, Chris Herren speak about his recovery at her local high school in 2013, she decided to help raise funds for treatment navigation by running her first every 5k.
- As Commercial Lender, Alison provides personalized lending solutions to businesses, professionals, and non-profits throughout the greater area.
- He is currently a retained consultant as Vice President of Business Development for Visual Clinic.
- Martha Crowe Hyslip was born and raised in Lowell, where she currently resides.
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She started a program at NDA that allows her students to complete charity work through the Sisters of Notre Dame De Namur Hallmarks. Danielle Murphy Coimbra was born and raised in Lowell, MA where she currently resides with her mother, son and golden retriever Winston. She has been volunteering for charitable organizations from an early age and has focused on the youth in her community as well as her prior residence in North Conway, New Hampshire. The Megan House Foundation operates and manages two “Success Homes” (sober homes) for women 18+ who have completed treatment at Megan’s House or another program for substance use disorder. Hope House is a sober home only and we do not provide addiction services or addiction treatment of any kind.
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For Emma, Megan’s House “gave her back hope,” Jim Franchek said, and to have this new residence carry his daughter’s name is both an honor and an opportunity to keep her spirit alive. Emma Franchek came through the program in early 2016, and Murphy remembers her kindness, beauty, sense of humor and, above all, her youth. Franchek passed away only months after she graduated from Megan’s Hope House Boston Review House.
all of life’s ebbs and flows.
She has been with Jeanne D’Arc since 2010 when she began her career as a teller at the Lowell branch. She has since navigated through various positions within the Credit Union, including Lead Teller, Assistant Branch Manager, Branch Manager, and now AVP, Financial Wellness. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Curry College, majoring in communication with a concentration in journalism and minoring in business management, graduating Magna Cum Laude. The home took a village, as well as a collective lot “of blood, sweat, tears and cash,” said Robert Gignac, chair of the foundation’s board of directors. The Sudbury native spent time in prison, experienced homelessness and attended several detox and rehabilitation programs across Massachusetts, none of which seemed to worked.
Working Cities Lowell was a cross-sector coalition of 13 core institutions working with residents and business owners in the Acre neighborhood of Lowell. Paul is also a strong supporter of many non-profits throughout the Merrimack Valley, serving as the Entertainment Director for the Salvation Army radiothon, which helps so many families in need in the region. While he is very busy professionally working as a truck driver, professional musician and fishing boat captain, Paul stills find time to give back to his community.
Anthony is originally from Biddeford, ME and attended Bentley University in Waltham, MA where he graduated in 2011 with a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and a minor in Law. He has worked at Clark Insurance since 2011, starting in the Portland, ME HQ before relocating to Lowell in 2015 when Clark purchased the James L Cooney Insurance Agency. A.J.’s role within Clark Insurance has him working directly with business owners throughout the Merrimack Valley to help mitigate/manage risk, specifically in the non-profit, construction, and property management industries.
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The field of substance use has been a strong passion of mine, as well as working with young women to help them succeed and show them anything is possible as people did for me. She started her career within the Arlington Public School system as a paraprofessional in a special education classroom. In 2002, she began working at a homeless family shelter, and it was there she realized she wanted to pursue a career in mental health. In 2010, Kim graduated from Cambridge College with a Master of Ed all while raising her three amazing sons.
Visual Clinic is a Massachusetts based Company specializing in LEAN methodologies and products for Hospitals, Surgical Centers and Physician practices. Previous to Visual Clinic Dan was Vice President of Global Sales and Corporate Development atAMD Global Telemedicine Inc. (AMD). Dan’s vision, creativity and leadership inspired the development of the industry leading, browser based clinical telemedicine platform with true, real time communications and medical device aggregation; AGNES Interactive®. Additionally, he has conceptualized and has the lead the rollout of the first product to combine Lean, Six Sigma methodologies, patient/doctor workflows and clinical telemedicine; ExamFlow. Sue is currently the Vice-President of Finance for Water Analytics, a local manufacturer located in Andover. Sue started her business career at Price Waterhouse Coopers in their Boston office.
