Senior Staff
President and CEO Kathy Callnan
Kathryn Callnan is president and CEO of The Cedars. She began her work with the community’s elderly at The Jewish Home for Aged on Portland’s Eastern Promenade, before the nursing home moved to Ocean Avenue in 1991 and was renamed Cedars. Kathy is a visionary leader and a passionate advocate for Maine’s seniors. A recipient of the Dr. Herbert Shore Young Executive Award for her accomplishments in the field of long-term senior care, Kathy draws on her years of experience as a registered nurse as well as her years of executive leadership in senior care as she charts the course for our community.
Joseph Rubin, M.D., is medical director of The Cedars, responsible for overseeing the administration of the medical care of everyone in the community and ensuring that The Cedars attending physicians are doing what regulations require. He also advises the director of nursing on medical care policies. Dr. Rubin, a psychiatrist, is active in the Assembly of the American Psychiatric Association.
Angela Hunt is the Chief Operating Officer at The Cedars. With an MS in Physical Therapy from Boston University’s Sargent College, Angie has published several articles involving pulmonary rehabilitation. Angie has been with The Cedars for over eleven years, managing clinical operations and is the Administrator for The Osher Inn, The Rahabilitation Center and The Skilled Care Center.
John Watson, Chief Operating Officer, has been with the Cedars since 1987, overseeing financial services and human resources. Prior to coming to The Cedars, he attended Middlebury College, Northeastern University’s graduate school for public accounting and worked for several years in both public and private accounting. John currently serves on the Governmental Affairs Committee for Leading Age Maine and New Hampshire and frequently provides testimony regarding budgetary and funding issues on behalf of nonprofit long term care providers in Maine, including Cedars.
Board of Trustees
Lawrence Adrian
Rena Levy Becker
Jaime Shapiro Berg
Suzie Levenson Berzinis
Richard Borts
James Burns
Kathryn Callnan
Jennie Clegg
James Freilinger
Elizabeth Geller
Sidney Geller
Stuart Gilbert, MD
Bernard Givertz, MD
Stephen Levine
George Marcus
Hilary Rapkin
Gregory Shapiro
Barry Zimmerman
Emeritus
Linda Abromson
James Broder
Judge Louis Kornreich
Alan Levenson
David Lewis
Myer Marcus
Gerald Slivka
Melvin Stone
David Turitz
Stephen Willis
The Cedars Auxiliary Board
President: Suzie Levenson Berzinis
VP Fundraising: Dee Emple
VP Special Events: Cathy Cohen
Corresponding Secretary: Diane Dussault
Recording Secretary: Candace Henriksson
Immediate Past President and Interim Treasurer: Renee Givner
Past President: Rena Levy Becker
At-Large Members
Prudy Andrews
Diane Boucher
Marjorie Ferris
Zelda Greenspun
Sheryl Haas
Nancy Ravin
