Down East Community Hospital
11 Hospital Drive, Machias, ME 04654
Phone: 207.255.3356


Administrative Staff

  • Douglas Jones, President & Chief Executive Officer
  • Lynnette Parr, Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
  • Robert Janssen, Chief Nursing Officer
  • Ernestine Reisman, Vice President, Human Resources
  • Geraldine Bryant, Vice President, Long-term Care
  • Nicole Shaw, Vice President of Physician Practices and Ancillary Services
  • Karen Burke, Director of Quality Improvement
  • Angela Fochesato, Executive Assistant
  • Anne Wilson, ED/OB Nursing Director
  • Kristi Anderson, Physician Billing Supervisor
  • Chasity Tuell, Enviromental Services Manager
  • Jane Brissette, Maine Families Coordinator
  • Susan Huber, Women’s Health Diagnostic Supervisor
  • Jesse Burns, Milbridge Medical Center Manager
  • Vicki Brown, Patient Financial Services Manager
  • Terry Leahy, Physician Practice Administrator
  • Desiree Bassett, Director of Inpatient Care
  • Laurie Hayward, Case Management Manager
  • Susan Huber, Imaging Manager  
  • Gwendolyn Jones, Director of Rehabilitation Services
  • Donna Kelley, Infection Prevention & Employee Health
  • Stephen King, Nursing Supervisor
  • Suzanne Lee, Accounting Manager
  • Cody Stow, Director of Support Services
  • Janet Monaghan, Director of Nutrition Services 
  • Jeremy Look, Information Services Manager
  • Michael Dudzik, Director of Pharmacy
  • Karen Theriault, Director of Health Information/Compliance Officer
  • Paula Flaherty, Sunrise Care Facility Director of Nursing
  • Christy Verburgt, Physician Practice Coordinator 
  • Erin Ingalls, Director of Surgical Services
  • Heidi Schwinn, OR Clinical Coordinator
  • Lucy Coxton, ED Clinical Coordinator
  • Monique Mills Med/Surg Clinical Coordinator
  • Tamara Wilder, Patient Access Supervisor
  • Julie Hixson, Community Relations & Marketing Coordinator