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Laura M. I. Saunders, Psy.D. ABPP

Psychologist

Laura M. I. Saunders, Psy.D. ABPP is a staff psychologist working at the Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital and is also Board Certified in Clinical Psychology. She is the Director of the new initiative, the Center for Gender Health at Hartford Healthcare. In 2015, Dr. Saunders was named Employee of the Year for Hartford Hospital and in 2019, she was the recipient of the Ned Graffagnino Award for distinguished service in the areas of community-oriented work and collaboration with other mental health professionals.

Her areas of expertise include LGBTQ mental health, child psychopathology, behavior management, parent training, and family therapy. She appears regularly in local TV news to provide psychological input on topics relevant to youth and families and currently has two weekly segments on WFSB/Ch. 3 Great Day CT, related to child mental health.

Dr. Saunders received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Scranton, a doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Hartford and has been a board member at Integrated Health Services since 2019.

Dr. Saunders has resided in Wethersfield for the last 25 years. Her two children are currently in college, her son is a senior at Purdue University and daughter is a freshwoman at Rutgers University.

Kareen Wilson, RDH, MS

Secretary | Dental Hygienist

Kareen Wilson is a team leader, owner, and patient-therapist at Contemporary General Dentistry in West Hartford, CT, and Smile Studio Dentistry in Hartford, CT. Kareen also works as an adjunct professor in the leadership program at Goodwin University. She has over twenty-five years of experience in clinical dental hygiene and office management.

Kareen earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, California, and a master’s degree in organizational leadership from Goodwin University. She is passionate about dental health care and teaching future leaders how to be assertive yet empathic guides of the future.

Kareen is involved in organizations that believe in spreading the message of equal health opportunities for everyone. In addition to serving on the board of Integrated Health Services and Bethesda Medical Mission, she is a vital member of the Women of Strength organization that helps women deal with and survive breast cancer. When she is not serving, you can find her enjoying life in Bloomfield with her husband, Dr. Bryan Wilson. She also enjoys long-distance running, skiing, challenging her peloton, and raising two extraordinary young ladies, Kierra and Bryana.

Doug Edwards

Family Services Consultant

For over 25 years Doug Edwards has been a family services consultant who designs and facilitates fatherhood-focused programs. He provides professional development and training for family workers at state and non-profit human services agencies.

Doug earned certificates in Pastoral Counseling and Care, Infant Mental Health Home Visiting, Trauma Informed Family Support Practice, and Men’s Trauma and Recovery. And he is a Certified Family Development Credential Trainer and Parent Leadership Training Institute Master Facilitator.

Doug is the founder and director of Real Dads Forever, a Fatherhood Strategies Development organization. He serves on the advisory boards of the CT Maternal Child Health Coalition and ECHN’s Family Development Center. He is also a board member of the CT Association for Infant Mental Health. He enjoys spending time with his family in his hometown of Manchester.

Joe Murphy

IHS BOD Chairman | Vice President

Joe Murphy is a Certified Financial Planner™ at Gateway Financial Partners. He has over 40 years of experience in Wealth Management and Investment Planning, including working with teams in the bank investment arena.

Joe earned degrees in Sociology and Mathematics at Colgate University, a master’s degree in Financial Planning from Northeastern University, and the Certified Financial Planning designation from The Center for Financial Planning. He has a passion for teaching and helping others pursue their financial goals.
Joe believes in getting involved in the community and making a difference.

Besides serving as Board Chair for Integrated Health Services, he is a Board Member of the 21st Century Tolland Fund that serves disabled individuals who participate in sports. Joe and his wife, Sharon, are proud parents and reside in South Glastonbury, Connecticut.

Mara Sadloski

Practice Manager

Ms. Sadloski brings over a decade of experience managing client services and healthcare billing to her role as Practice Manager for Integrated Health Services.

As a valuable member of the team, Ms. Sadloski oversees billing and coding for a variety of medical services, maintains critical systems, and coordinates the function of various medical, dental, and behavioral health functions. Ms. Sadloski’s dedication to fostering a positive healthcare setting immersed in an educational environment is evident in each interaction with her colleagues and students.

Sherry Linton-Massiah, MS

President | CEO

Sherry Linton-Massiah has extensive education and experience in non-profit program management, policy, and systems building in the areas of early childhood education and behavioral health. Mrs. Linton-Massiah has been an ardent and passionate advocate in her quest to improve access to high quality education and health services for children and families. Most recently Mrs. Linton-Massiah served as the Director of Communication and Partnerships at the Child First National Program Office, where she strategically cultivated key partners with the shared mission of expanding the continuum of behavioral health services to young children and oversaw all communication initiatives. Additional expertise arose from her positions as the Manager of Training, Quality Assurance, and Appeals in the Xerox Healthcare Division; Project Director of the Governor’s Early Childhood Cabinet; Policy Analyst for the Connecticut Association for Human Services; and the Director of Early Head Start, a program of Eastern Connecticut Health Network (ECHN).

Mrs. Linton-Massiah’s experience at the national, state, and community levels positions her well to lead Integrated Health Service in the mission of improving community health and wellness by reducing and addressing barriers to care.

Mallory Breitmaier, APRN

Manager of School Based Health Centers

Mallory Breitmaier is an experienced Registered Nurse (RN) and an AANC Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), who oversees and provides medical services to students in the Goodwin University Magnet Schools. Mallory has experience in pediatric and adult emergency medicine and school-based health for the pediatric and adolescent populations. She received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from the University of Rhode Island in 2006; for the next six years, she worked as an RN at the Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence, RI, where she was also Charge Nurse in the Emergency Department. Mallory was awarded her Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) from Boston College in 2012. After obtaining her Family Nurse Practitioner license, she worked at the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in the Emergency Department as a Nurse Practitioner. While there, she was a member of the department’s Behavioral Health and Quality Improvement professional workgroups.

Since 2015, when Mallory started with Integrated Health Services as an FNP, she has worked in elementary, middle, and high school settings. She loves teaching her adolescent patients about preventative care and has become a strong advocate for nursing in the school-based setting.

Jill Holmes Brown, MSW, LCSW

Chief Operating Officer

Jill Holmes Brown is a licensed Clinical Social Worker has been working in Health Care and with Children & Adolescents for over 25 years. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Social work from Western New England University and her Masters degree from the University of Connecticut. Her experience with crisis and families in both inpatient and outpatient led her to pursue a career in School Based Health where she opened the first Elementary School Based Health Center in East Hartford CT in 1998. In 2006, she was hired to serve as the Director of the SBHC Program that managed a three-quarter-million-dollar Department of Public Health Grant. Ms. Holmes Brown was part of the team that developed Integrated Health Services a nonprofit to take over the operation of the grant.

Ms. Holmes Brown oversees SBHC and Nursing Services at Goodwin University Magnet School System as well as the Goodwin Counseling Center. Under her direction, a full self-sustaining dental restorative program has been implemented.

Ms. Holmes-Brown sits on many boards to name just a few are the CASBHC (Connecticut Association of School Based Health Centers), and The Goodwin University Early Childhood Education Advisory Board, School Readiness council and was appointed by Senate President Martin Looney to sit on the Behavioral Health Partnership Oversight Council, and most recently was named the Government Liaison and Advocacy Chair for the Connecticut Association of School Based Health Centers.

Ms. Holmes Brown has a passion for wellness and addressing barriers to care. She strives to ensure that ALL students and scholars have their complete medical, mental health and dental needs addressed and met. Healthy students make better Learners!