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Associate Director
Lunder-Dineen Health Education Alliance of Maine
Denise O’Connell, MSW, LCSW, CCM, CCM is the Associate Director of the Lunder-Dineen Health Education Alliance of Maine, a program of Massachusetts Hospital. OConnell is a clinical social worker, a certified case manager and a chronic care professional health coach. She has a broad base of experience as a social work planner and presenter for educational programs including nursing, interprofessional and support staff educational programs. Experiences include managing interprofessional teams in sub-acute and community-based care settings, leading accreditation teams, and program development. Her efforts at Lunder-Dineen entail leading the development, implementation and assessment of the two programs. Based in Maine, she serves as the on the ground presence for Lunder-Dineen, identifying and building relationships with key stakeholders to create communication mechanisms for continuously receiving their feedback and for implementing changes to the plans as programs evolve. OConnell provides the onsite coaching to program sites. She has provided many of the photos used in the program’s annual reports and on the website. OConnell is a member and past president of the Maine Chapter, Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care and two-time recipient of their Social Work Leader of the Year Award. She serves on the board of Unlimited Solutions Clubhouse, a program of Penobscot Community Health Care, is a member of the AgingME Advisory Council and is a Literacy Volunteer. She is a professional musician, lover of dogs and gardening.
