Secretary Marylou Sudders Announced as Keynote Speaker for AAFCPAs Nonprofit Seminar
AAFCPAs is excited to announce the Executive Office of Health & Human Services (EOHHS) Secretary Marylou Sudders will serve as Keynote Speaker for our 10th Annual Nonprofit Educational Seminar & Reception, Thursday, April 26th at the Newton Marriott!
Marylou Sudders leads the largest executive agency in state government, overseeing a $22 billion state budget, twelve agencies and 22,000 public servants. EOHHS services directly touch the lives of slightly more than 1 in 4 residents of the Commonwealth.
Sudders’ responsibilities include the state’s MassHealth (Medicaid) program that provides health coverage to 1.9 million low income or disabled residents. She chairs the board of the state’s health care marketplace (The Connector), the Autism Commission, and the Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) Oversight Council. Sudders co-chairs the Governor’s Interagency Council on Homelessness and the state’s first Governor’s Council to Address Aging in Massachusetts. She is leading the Commonwealth’s efforts to address the opioid epidemic and efforts to reform and strengthen the Department of Children and Families.
Professionally trained as a social worker, Sudders has been a public official, private non-profit executive, advocate, and college professor. She served as the Massachusetts Commissioner of Mental Health from 1996 to 2003. Prior to her appointment as Secretary, Sudders was an associate professor and chaired the health/mental health program at Boston College’s Graduate School of Social Work. She also served as an expert with the Department of Justice as a behavioral health expert.
Sudders is an alumna of Boston University with a Bachelor’s degree with honors and a Master’s degree in social work, and received an honorary doctorate from the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology. Believing in community service, she has served on many charitable boards, including the Pine Street Inn, DentaQuest Foundation, Massachusetts Association for Mental Health, and the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
About AAFCPAs’ Nonprofit Educational Seminar
AAFCPAs Annual Nonprofit Educational Seminar & Networking Reception is designed to help nonprofit CFOs, Executive Directors, and Finance Executives keep abreast of accounting, tax, and regulatory changes that may impact their organizations and always features actionable takeaways to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and performance controls. All nonprofit executives are welcome.