BIA-MA Leadership Team

Nicole M. Godaire, CBIS, Chief Executive Officer of the Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts (BIA-MA), has been with BIA-MA since 2005.  She has most  recently served as the Assistant Executive Director prior to being named to this position in 2013.  

Advocating for the brain injury community is Nicole’s passion.  Her most recent accomplishments in advocacy include increases in both the Head Injury Treatment Services Trust Fund (HITS) and the FY’16 Statewide Head Injury Program (SHIP) budget. These increases have made more programs and services available to survivors and caregivers in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Nicole’s relationships within the provider community have made it possible for for BIA-MA to increase brain injury awareness and close gaps in services for individuals in Massachusetts who live with brain injuries.

Board of Directors

	David Dwork, Esq. Board Chair		Laura Herman CEO Insurance Marketing Agencies Board Chair-Elect
	David "Chip" Bradley, Jr. Survivor Council, Co-Chair		Teresa Hayes, MSW, LICSW Secretary
	Shelly M. King, MA, LMHC Treasurer		Marilyn Spivak Family Member, BIAA Founder
	Harold Wilkinson, MD, PhD Neurosurgeon		Kenneth Kolpan, Esq. Law Office of Kenneth Kolpan
	Eileen Chernoff, RN, MBA, LicNHA President/Owner, Community Rehab Care		Jody Crowley, MS Vice President Atlas Lift Tech

 

Board of Directors - Members

John C. Byler
Survivor and Author

Robert C. Cantu, MD, MA, FACM
Neurosurgeon & Co-Founder, Sports Injury Institute

John Paul Weaver, MS, MD
Department of Neurosurgery, UMass-Memorial Medical Center
University of Massachusetts Medical School