Our Board of Directors

Before joining the Society, Lois spent 24 years at Tufts Health Plan as Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel. Prior to joining Tufts Health Plan, she was an Associate at the Boston law firm of Goodwin Procter.

Lois has been recognized by Women’s Business Boston, which named her one of the Top 10 Women Corporate Lawyers in Boston, and Massachusetts Lawyer’s Weekly with its In-House Leaders-in-the-Law Award. She is also a recipient of the YWCA Boston’s Academy of Women Achievers Award.

Under her leadership, the Society has been consistently recognized for its exceptional workplace culture, earning spots on the Boston Globe’s Top Places to Work and the Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts from The Women’s Edge.

Lois received a BA cum laude from Macalester College and earned a JD from the Northeastern University School of Law. She also completed the Advanced Management Program of Harvard Business School and the Executive Leadership Program of America’s Health Insurance Plans.

Prior to his role at Steward Health Care, he served as the Chair for the Department of Pediatrics at MassGeneral for Children at the North Shore Medical Center. Other prior administrative roles include Chief Medical Officer for Partners Community Health Care and Associate Medical Director for Pediatrics at Partner Community Health Care and North Shore Health System.  He was also the Medical Director for the Pediatric Integrated Care Coordination program at Partners Population Health. He participated in the American Academy of Pediatrics Expert Learning Community on Innovative Financing Strategies for Health Care Services for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Value Based Purchasing and has been a member of the Massachusetts Chapter of the AAP’s Pediatric Council since 1998. He has also served on numerous Boards, including Steward Network and Steward Health Choice ACO, Partners Community Health Care, Partners Pediatric Network, and North Shore Health System.

Dr. Mandell graduated from Yale University and Tufts University School of Medicine. He then completed a rotating internship at Highland General Hospital in Oakland, California and a Pediatric internship at Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Northern California. He completed his pediatric training at the Boston Floating Hospital of the New England Medical Center, where he was Chief Resident. He is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics, and has held teaching appointments at both Harvard and Tufts Medical Schools. He has also been a member of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Service’s Quality Measure Alignment Task Force since 2019
Dr. Mandell has served on the MHQP Provider Council for more than 10 years, and joined the MHQP Board in 2023. He has a deep commitment to improving health care quality, and equity and advancing value based, patient centered care.

She is a member of the Milbank Advisory Committee for the Health of US Primary Care Scorecard, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services Quality Measure Alignment Task Force and Quality Subcommittee, the Massachusetts Health Equity Data Standards Technical Advisory Committee, and the Betsey Lehman Center Measurement and Transparency Task Force. She also serves on the Board of the American Board of Family Medicine and the Board of the Massachusetts Health Policy Forum.

Ms. Rabson received her Master’s degree in Public Health from Yale University and her undergraduate degree from Brandeis University. In her free time, she enjoys sculling on the Charles River and playing her cello.

Dr. Spivak is a vocal advocate for implementing payment reform, improving health care access, particularly to primary care, decreasing the administrative burdens on physicians, and addressing the inequities in health care. She has been a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) since 2001 and has served the organization in several capacities. Since May 2021, she has been an officer and is currently its President; her presidential term runs from May 2023 to May 2024. She has also served the society as its chair and as advisor on the Committee for Quality of Medical Practice, a member of the Committee on Strategic Planning, a member of the Task Force on Burnout, a member of the Working Group on Governance Reform, as well as the chair of the Task Force on Health Insurance Policy. She is a long-standing member of the American Medical Association (AMA) and has served on the AMA’s Integrated Physician Practice Council and the Organized Medical Staff Section.

Dr. Spivak continuously works with the Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (MHQP), the state’s Quality Alliance Task Force, and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Technical Panels to evaluate and improve metrics for quality and payment. MACIPA has been a leading organization in the era of alternative payment models, being an early adopter of risk-based contracts, Medicare Advantage, and Medicare Shared Savings. MACIPA has used population health tools, care management programs, and quality improvement data to help physicians deliver the care to patients that they need. MACIPA has a long history of bringing primary care physicians, specialists, a hospital and advanced practitioners together to focus on meeting the quadruple aim of improving care, improving the patient experience, keeping cost appropriate and paying attention to the needs of providers.

Dr. Spivak is highly regarded for her dedication and commitment to the healthcare community. She received the Massachusetts Health Data Consortium (MHDC) “Dolores Mitchell Investing in Information Award.” Her physician colleagues at Mount Auburn Hospital (MAH) honored her with the “Clinical Excellence” award. Dr. Spivak has also received award recognition from MMS. She received the MMS Middlesex District “Clinician of the Year” and “Excellence in Medical Service” awards.