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

Chimes Leadership

Leadership Team

Steve DaRe

President and CEO

Brian Johnson

Chief Administrative Officer

Kristin Belcher

Interim Chief Financial Officer

Pamela Z. Meadows

Chief Operating Officer

Executive Team

Board of Directors

Chimes International Limited

Chimes Foundation Incorporated

Chimes District of Columbia, Inc.