Management Team

Dr. Stephen L. Boswell
President & CEO

Stephen L. Boswell, MD is President and Chief Executive Officer of Fenway Health. The former head of HIV Clinical Services at Massachusetts General Hospital, Steve joined Fenway in 1994 and served as Medical Director prior to assuming his current role in 1997.  Steve is a general internist, administrator and clinical researcher and maintains a clinical practice with an emphasis in HIV medicine.  He is also an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and holds joint appointments in the General Medicine Unit and Infectious Diseases Unit of Massachusetts General Hospital.  Read more.

Philip Finch
Vice President of Communications 

Philip Finch is responsible for overseeing Fenway’s marketing and communications efforts. Phil joined Fenway in 2004 after working in marketing, communication and advertising in the financial services arena for companies such as Prudential, Manulife and Fidelity Investments.  Phil volunteered on Fenway’s Peer Listening Line from 2000 - 2005 and served as the co-Chair of the 2003 Men’s Event.  He is a former Board member of FLAG Flag Football in Boston and a long time volunteer at Community Servings.  Phil graduated from Cornell University with a degree in History and Government and earned a Masters in Global Marketing from Emerson College and Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

Dr. Alex Gonzalez
Medical Director

Dr. Alex Gonzalez is the Medical Director at Fenway Health, where he oversees a staff of over 50 physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, medical assistants, and clerical staff in the delivery of medical care to Fenway’s approximately 17,000 patients. Programs within the Medical Department include outpatient primary care; specialty clinics in alternative insemination, nutrition, diabetes, HIV, pulmonology, podiatry, general infectious disease, transgender health, women’s health, and male and female colposcopy; complementary therapy services in massage, chiropractic, and acupuncture; nursing programs such as team-based nursing, the weekly hepatitis immunization and STD clinic, and the patient triage line; and community-based programs such as the biannual mammogram van. Alex obtained a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Tulane University and a combined medical and public health degree from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency training in Primary Care Internal Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He is currently an Instructor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and he has worked at Fenway since 2005.

Henia Handler
Director of Government Affairs

Henia Handler, MSW is the Director of Government Relations, where she oversees policy development and advocacy on issues of importance to community health centers, the procurement of new public funds, and all grant/contract performance and reporting. Employed at Fenway Health for over 21 years, Henia oversees approximately $7 million in publicly funded grants at Fenway Health. In her role as Director, Henia advocates for LGBT health and HIV/AIDS concerns with public officials at the local, state, and federal level; provides leadership in national organizations that focus on funding for persons living with HIV/AIDS and health services for the LGBT population; and works with the management team on strategic planning related to new funding and program opportunities. A lifelong activist and advocate for public health, Henia  also serves on the Board of Directors for both the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers and the National Coalition for LGBT Health. She has received numerous awards for her work on behalf of the LGBT community, including the LGBT Achievement Award from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the Edward M. Kennedy Founder Award from the Mass League. Henia has spent her entire career in passionate pursuit of access to healthcare for all, especially for vulnerable and oppressed populations.

Timothy Harwood
Vice President of Development

Timothy Harwood joined Fenway Health as Vice President of Development in 2012, after serving as Vice President of Development for the Conservation Law Foundation for over 6 years. Prior to that, Tim served as Director of Development for Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, the earth and environmental sciences campus of Columbia University, as Vice President for Institutional Advancement at Hunter College, CUNY, and as Deputy Director of Development for what was then called The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. Responsibilities at Fenway Health include fundraising, special events and staffing the development and membership committees of the Board of Directors. Tim received his BA from Yale University.

Jeffrey Lieberman
Vice President of Administration & Finance

Jeffrey Lieberman is the Vice President of Administration and Finance at Fenway Health, where he oversees the finance, administrative staff and the operations at all of Fenway’s locations. With over 25 years of experience in financial and operational management at various types of healthcare organizations, he joined Fenway in October of 2005 and oversaw the new building project at 1340 Boylston Street. Prior to Fenway, Jeffrey was credited for the turnaround at Retreat Healthcare in Brattleboro, VT where he served as Chief Financial Officer. Prior service included Chief Operating Officer and Project Director for Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare of New England. His other healthcare experience includes 5 years as Vice Presidents at The University of Chicago’s Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital and Mt. Sinai Medical Center in Chicago, senior level financial positions at Franciscan Children’s Hospital and Rehabilitation Center in Boston, the Medical Center of Central Massachusetts in Worcester, and Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge. Jeffrey has an MBA from Suffolk University and a B.S. in Accounting from Northeastern University. His credentials include Fellow of HFMA and ACHE. At Fenway, Jeffrey is committed to ensuring the financial health of the organization and seeing its new projects come to fruition.

Jane Powers
Director of Behavioral Health

Jane Powers, MSW, LICSW, is the Director of Behavioral Health at Fenway Health.  She oversees a staff of more than 50 therapists, psychologists, social workers, substance abuse and anti-LGBT violence experts.  Powers has a background in child development and mental health services. For more than 23 years, she’s served in roles of increasing responsibility at St. Ann’s Home in Methuen, an agency providing residential, educational, and outpatient services to youth with serious emotional and behavioral issues and their families, most recently as Director of the Day Treatment Program. In this role, Jane was responsible for the design, coordination, assessment and supervision of all clinical elements of the program and served as primary liaison to more than 25 public school districts with children enrolled in this program. Jane also worked as a psychiatric counselor at New England Memorial Hospital in Stoneham, MA.  She earned a Master of Social Work from Simmons College and graduated Magna Cum Laude in Psychology and Human Development from Colby College. In addition, Jane has served on the Board of Trustees at Colby College since 2005 and is an avid cyclist, having participated in the Harbor to the Bay Ride since 2007, raising funds to benefit Fenway and other AIDS/HIV organizations.

Rodney VanDerwarker 
Vice President, Primary Care, Behavioral Health and Institute Operations

Rodney VanDerwarker oversees operations and administration for our Medical and Behavioral Health departments along with The Fenway Institute.  Rodney joined Fenway in 1997 after directing an AIDS service organization in southwest New Hampshire for several years.  His first role at Fenway was coordinator of the Explore study, a randomized controlled trial of a multi-site behavioral intervention to help prevent HIV transmission among MSM.  In 1999, he was named Associate Director for Research Operations and oversaw community education on research studies for Fenway Health as well as other study operations.  In 2002, Rodney was appointed Administrative Director of The Fenway Institute working closely with Institute faculty and other collaborating researchers on the design and implementation of research studies and professional development programs in HIV/AIDS and LGBT health.  He also oversaw program design and implementation for community education efforts.  This work has included serving as Project Director for the New Champions Project, a multi-site methamphetamine prevention program funded by SAMHSA, and Boston RESPECT, a multi-intervention HIV prevention program funded by CDC.  Rodney was appointed to his current position in January, 2013.  Rodney earned his Masters in Public Health focusing on Policy and Management from Boston University in 2007 and has co-authored several peer-reviewed articles and abstracts with TFI colleagues over the past fifteen years.