Chimes Leadership
Leadership Team
Steve DaRe
President and CEO
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Steve DaRe is the President and CEO for Chimes, bringing more than 30 years of specialty and managed healthcare finance and operations experience to the team. Prior to joining Chimes, Steve held the CFO role at Emergency Medical Associates (part of Alteon Health) and MEP Health (part of US Acute Care Associates.)
Earlier in his career he served as the senior vice president of finance at APS Healthcare, a behavioral health, disease management and specialty managed care company; was CFO of American Psych Systems, a behavioral health management company; and was a divisional CFO at Magellan Health Services, where he had overall financial responsibility for the public sector (State Medicaid/Tricare) division and acquisition integration activities for the Merit Behavioral and CMG Health purchases.
He holds an MBA from Loyola College and a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Baltimore.
Brian Johnson
Chief Administrative Officer
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In his role as Chief Administrative Officer, Brian oversees human resources, IT, compliance, facilities and legal functions for Chimes, which supports more than 25,000 people across six states and the District of Columbia. For the past 5 years, Brian has served as Chief Information Officer at Chimes.
Brian brings two decades of experience in healthcare finance management to this senior leadership position. Throughout his career, Brian has leveraged his extensive knowledge of financial and clinical analysis, budgeting and project management skills to take on roles of increasing responsibility with a number of leading national and regional healthcare and behavioral health service providers.
Brian earned his Bachelor of Science Degree from Towson University.
Kristin Belcher
Interim Chief Financial Officer
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Kristin Belcher is a finance executive with more than 20 years of experience in finance, FP&A, and operational finance leadership roles across service-based organizations. Her background includes financial planning and analysis, forecasting, operational reporting, budgeting, and business partnership within multi-site operating environments.
Most recently, Kristin held senior finance leadership roles within Compass Group, including Vice President of Finance for ESFM. During her tenure, she supported the growth of the facilities management business to more than $700 million in revenue. In these roles, she was responsible for FP&A, operational finance, executive reporting, forecasting, and driving strategic and operational initiatives.
Earlier in her career, Kristin held finance leadership positions supporting operations, analytics, and financial management within large service organizations. Her experience includes building reporting processes, supporting operational decision-making, and partnering with business leaders on financial and operational performance.
Kristin holds an MBA and is a CPA (inactive).
Pamela Z. Meadows
Chief Operating Officer
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Pamela Z. Meadows is our Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Chimes, she spent 13 years as the Executive Vice President of Human Resources and Operations at The Lightstone Group. Prior to her tenure with Lightstone, Ms. Meadows served as the Executive Vice President of Human Resources for Prime Retail and played a pivotal role in forming the company’s human resources department. Earlier in her career, Ms. Meadows was responsible for accounting, human resources and tenant relations with Shopco Management. Ms. Meadows is an active member of the Society of Human Resources and the National Payroll Association.
Executive Team
Shelly Shaffer
Senior Vice President, Strategic Operations & Business Expansion
Nicholas Dunphy, JD, CHC, CHPC
Corporate Counsel
Nicole Brown
Chief Operating Officer, Chimes Holcomb
Julie O'Toole
Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis
O'Ryan Case
Vice President, Development
David Ware
Vice President, Contracts
Jamie Williams, Ph.D., LCPC, LCADC-AS
Vice President, Clinical Services
Chuck Budd
Division Director, Chimes Delaware
Leslie Thompson, MNW, BSW
Division Director, Chimes Maryland
Board of Directors
Chimes International Limited
Eric Danielson, Chair
Nancy Staisey, Vice Chair
Karen Holcomb, Secretary
Marty Brunk, Treasurer
Stephen DaRe*, President and CEO, ex-officio (non-voting member)*
Angel Figueroa
Jean Young Gillis
Aubrey Harris (non-voting member)*
Lionel Lyle
Michael Mitchell
Cindy Nanasi
Pamela Owens
Mark Woodward
Chimes Foundation Incorporated
Michael Mitchell, Chair
Stephen DaRe, Secretary
Donald McGuire, Treasurer
Dr. Ogochukwu Ekwueme
Brian Johnson, Chief Information Officer, ex-officio (non-voting member)
Candice Ray
Chimes District of Columbia, Inc.
Douglas Schmidt, Chair
Mark Woodward, Vice-Chair
Karen Holcomb, Secretary
Brian Johnson, Treasurer
Eric Danielson
Stephen DaRe, President & CEO
Billy Don Farris
Pamela Meadows
David Nelson
Tom Seamands