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Linda came to Boston Senior Home Care with a strong background in health care administration and quality assurance and management. A registered nurse, she has worked in both acute and chronic health care settings in Colorado and Massachusetts. She holds a national certification in Nursing Administration from the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
Prior to assuming the position of Executive Director in October 2004, Linda was the Associate Director of Boston Senior Home Care. She held that position for over twelve years. Linda was the Associate Director of Nursing at Middlesex County Hospital. She has developed education and training programs at the care provider and administrative levels of organizations and is skilled in systems analysis.
Linda has an undergraduate degree in Psychology from Loretto Heights College
and a Masters Degree in Health Care Administration from Framingham State
College.
Joanne
McMahan oversees Boston Senior Home Care's fundraising efforts, marketing and
volunteer development, and special projects, including the agency's supportive
housing initiatives. She also works closely with the agency's Board of
Directors in the area of donor
development
Joanne brings over 25 years of public service experience to Boston Senior Home Care, and previously served as the agency's Associate Director. In this capacity, she was responsible for all of the agency's direct care programs.
Prior to joining Boston Senior Home Care in December of 05, Joanne served as an Interim Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Office of Child Care Services (OCCS). As Interim Commissioner, she was responsible for ensuring the health and safety of more than 300,000 children in early education and care programs across the Commonwealth, as well as the administration of the State's $366 million child care subsidy system. Joanne also served as the OCCS's Chief Operating Officer, and Director of Procurement and Contracting. Prior to her tenure at OCCS, Joanne worked at the Department of Public Health in contract administration, and at the Department of Social Services, where she worked in various areas including contract management and foster parent training and recruitment.
Joanne graduated from Worcester State College with a Bachelor's Degree in
Sociology and from
Anna Cole joined Boston Senior Home Care in October of 2001 as Director of Finance and Administration bringing with her more than fifteen years of experience in various areas of Accounting with special emphasis in financial reporting and management. Anna's current responsibilities include oversight of the agency's Fiscal Department, Human Resources Department, and Provider Contracts.
Anna's extensive background includes prior home care experience as she spent three years as the Fiscal Director for Ethos (Southwest Boston Senior Services). She also spent eleven years building a career at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts holding various positions starting with that of Staff Auditor, Financial Analyst, Supervisor of Budgets and Cost Accounting, and Financial Administrator.
Anna also has entrepreneurial experience as a Self-Employed Financial Consultant and Tax Specialist. She lived overseas for three years as an expatriate and occasionally taught at TASIS England American School and served as a Business Career College Counselor for the Upper School.
Anna holds a Bachelor of Science Degree (BS) with a Major in Accounting from Johnson and Wales University, where she was named to "Who's Who Among American Colleges and Universities". She is a Notary Public, Bi-lingual in English-Portuguese, and is licensed in Real Estate Sales.
Abigail has a strong background in management, business development and communications. She has over 10 years experience in managing large groups of people in both the non-profit and corporate sectors.
Abigail's background includes in-patient social work Resource Specialist at Boston's Children's Hospital, interpreter services for Boston Senior Home Care, Admissions, Public Relations, Outreach and Marketing for the Boston Public schools, and Business Development and Management for Pepsico.
Prior to assuming her position at Boston Senior Home Care in 2008, Abigail managed a three million dollar business across the Northeast Region. She helped with the implementation of targets, forecasting, goals and strategies for a fortune 500 company. Throughout her career she has helped develop recruitment and retention strategies for both employees and consumers. Abigail has served as a motivational speaker, and is certified in Diversity & Inclusion Training.
Abigail has an undergraduate degree in English with a minor in Communications from Alvernia College and has a Masters in Business Administration with a concentration in Health Care management. She is also Bi-lingual in English and Spanish.
Esther C.G. Larios is the Human Resources Director for
Boston Senior Home Care. She started with the Agency in
2007.
Esther came to BSHC with experience from
the public and non-profit sectors having worked at Intel, Millipore, GTE and
other companies in a variety of functions. She has
experience in company start-ups, downsizing, and merger and acquisitions.
She has hands-on experience in executive recruiting, staff
training and development, employee relations, diversity, compensation and
benefits, performance management, process improvement, senior level
strategic planning and facilitating cross-functional teams.
Esther has a BA in Education and a minor in Chemistry from the

