Foundation Staff
Senior Vice President & President
Covenant Health Foundation
Brad leads philanthropy for Covenant Health Foundation and its members, including St. Joseph Foundations. Brad was hired in 2015 after spending 15 years raising philanthropic support for healthcare and higher education. He has been an attorney licensed to practice law in Maine since 1993 and is a graduate of the George Washington University and the University of Maine School of Law. His wife, Elizabeth, and he reside in Bangor, and they have three children, Madeleine, Gabriel and Tobias.
Grants Manager
Covenant Health Foundation
Sarah joined St. Joseph Healthcare in March 2022 as a Grants Manager; seeking and writing grant proposals for St. Joseph Hospital and Covenant member organizations. She is an experienced chronic disease epidemiologist and grant writer/reviewer with over 30 years of experience in population health. She began her career at one of the nation’s first community health trials and served as a federal health scientist for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the early 2000s.
She has authored more than 70 peer-reviewed articles and books and is a reviewer for several health-related journals and a grant reviewer for the federal government. Her research focuses on substance use disorders, health equity, and the assessment of health-related needs in rural settings in the midst of the changing healthcare environment. She received an AB from Brown University, an MS from the University of New Mexico, and a PhD from the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina.
When she is not at work she is home on Martin Woods Farm in Starks, feeding animals or processing farm raised foods.
Covenant Health Acute Facilities Events and Financial Stewardship Manager/St. Joseph Foundation Fundraising Coordinator
Covenant Health Foundation
Jana joined St. Joseph Healthcare Foundation in August 2023 as the Fundraising Coordinator/Events Manager and was promoted in 2024 to her current role. Jana was born and raised in Aroostook County and graduated from Johnson and Wales University in 1996 with a degree in Hospitality Management. After returning to Maine in 2004 she worked in the hospitality industry in Bar Harbor and the Greater Bangor area for many years and is thrilled to bring her hospitality stills to a team that is so dedicated to its Mission. Jana leads efforts with events at St. Joseph Healthcare and other Covenant Health facilities, while helping to ensure that operations at St. Joseph Healthcare run smoothly for the benefit of all donors.
Annual Fund and Stewardship Manager
Covenant Health Foundation
Erin joined Covenant Health Foundation in 2020 and oversees the Annual Fund for all Covenant Health member organizations.
Erin earned her master’s in International Development and Social Change from Clark University and her undergraduate degree from Niagara University.
She works remotely from her home in Massachusetts, where she resides with her husband, Paul, and their cat, Sennie.
Executive Director, Philanthropy, Operations and Strategy
Covenant Health Foundation
Susan is responsible for executing a comprehensive philanthropy program for Covenant Health’s post-acute care facilities and leading operations and strategic planning for the Covenant Health Foundation. Previous roles include Vice President at Graham-Pelton Consulting, a global non-profit management consulting firm. Service to clients included executive coaching, development assessments, campaign studies, campaign management, performance management and strategic planning.
Susan also served Saint Anne’s Hospital in multiple vice president roles, including Vice President, Development, providing strategic and operational leadership of philanthropy and as Vice President for Mission/Community Partnerships, providing leadership of Mission, Faith Community Nursing, Continuing Medical Education, Community Benefits, Volunteer Services and a residential program for individuals diagnosed with HIV/AIDS.
Susan received her BA in psychology from Bridgewater State University and completed a graduate program in Executive and Organizational Coaching in the School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas.
When not deriving joy from her work, Susan is most happy sharing time and adventures with her family and friends, working out, traveling and cooking.
Director of Grants Administration
Covenant Health Foundation
Karen joined the Foundation in 2018 in the newly created Grants Associate role at St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua, NH. In 2021, she became the Grants Manager, as well as the grants administrator for Covenant Health’s Post-Acute Care facilities. In 2024, Karen became the Director of Grants administration supporting the grant writers for all of our facilities and continuing to write for St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua and the Post-Acute Care Facilities.
With 20 years of administrative and fundraising experience in non-profit settings, including Brown University and her alma mater Clark University, Karen now enjoys the more focused aspect of grantmaking and management as it supports an organization’s fundraising goals.
In addition to her B.A, Karen holds a Master’s in Museum Education, and is trained as an English Language Teacher to Adults, where she previously served as an instructor to diplomatic staff at the United Nations in New York City.
Karen works remotely from her home in Southern New Hampshire. In addition to local hiking and traveling with her husband and son, reading any kind of historical fiction and engaging Fergus, their border collie/poodle mix, occupies her free time.
