Mark Masselli: Founder
Mark Masselli is president, CEO, and founder of Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC), Connecticut’s largest provider of medical, dental, and behavioral healthcare for the underserved. He is also is founder, president and CEO of the Moses/Weitzman Health System, the nation’s first primary care health system, working with organizations in all 50 states and globally. A Middletown, Conn. native, Masselli founded CHC in 1972 with a group of Wesleyan University students and local community activists on the premise that “Health care is a right and not a privilege.” CHC provides comprehensive, team-based primary care services to more than 150,000 people at 200+ sites across Connecticut, and is an innovator in the delivery of primary care for special populations. Masselli serves as board chair of the National Institute for Medical Assistant Advancement and of the national specialty e-Consult provider ConferMED, is a member of the Goodspeed Opera House Board of Trustees, and is an Executive Committee member and Board Chair-Elect of the national School-Based Health Alliance. He received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Wesleyan University in 2009.