Leadership Team
Steve DaRe
President and CEO
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
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.
Kevin Zgorski, CPA
Chief Financial Officer
In his role as Chief Financial Officer at Chimes, Kevin “Chip” Zgorski, CPA, provides strong fiscal oversight and supports the organization’s mission and operations.
Prior to his promotion to CFO in August 2022, he served as Controller from April 2014 to August 2022, where he managed key financial and accounting functions for the organization.
Pamela Z. Meadows
Chief Operating Officer
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
Lindy Bowman
Senior Vice President of Development & Communications
Carmelo ‘Tito’ Crespo
Senior Vice President of Business Development
Nicholas Dunphy, JD, CHC, CHPC
Corporate Counsel
Heather Ayotte
Director of Operations, Chimes Virginia
Nicole Brown
Chief Operating Officer, Chimes Holcomb
Chuck Budd
Division Director, Chimes Delaware
Leslie Thompson, MNW, BSW
Division Director, Chimes Maryland
Board of Directors
Eric Danielson, Chair
Karen Holcomb, Secretary
Kevin Zgorski, Treasurer (non-voting member) *
Stephen DaRe*, President and CEO, ex-officio (non-voting member) *
Martin Brunk
Angel Figueroa
Jean Young Gillis
Aubrey Harris (non-voting member)*
Lionel Lyle
Michael Mitchell
Cindy Nanasi
Pamela Owens
Nancy Staisey
Mark Woodward
Michael Mitchell, Chair
Kevin Zgorski, Treasurer
Stephen DaRe, Secretary
Lindy Bowman (non-voting member)
Dr. Ogochukwu Ekwueme
Donald McGuire
Candice Ray
Douglas Schmidt, Chair
Mark Woodward, Vice-Chair
Karen Holcomb, Secretary
Eric Danielson
Stephen DaRe, President & CEO
Billy Don Farris
Tom Seamands
Pam Meadows
Kevin Zgorski, Treasurer