Hillside, one of the country’s oldest continuously operating child-and-family services agencies, has announced that (pictured above, from left) Liz Roaldsen, Dr. Deborah C. Stamps and Carol Tegas have joined the agency’s Board of Governors in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025.
Liz Roaldsen has served since 2023 as senior vice president of operations and customer experience at Paychex, where she oversees 6,000 employees serving the needs of 800,000 business customers. Prior to her current role, her three decades of financial leadership experience most recently included serving as head of enterprise business services at HSBC. where she was responsible for operations including global client service, credit and lending, and frontline tools to support clients across segments and channels; and as executive vice president and head of global operations at State Street Corporation in Boston. A Chartered Financial Analyst, Ms. Roaldsen holds an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a BA in Accounting from Belmont Abbey College. She has served on the non-profit boards of Year Up, Cradles to Crayons, and Hope and Comfort.
Deborah Stamps, EdD, MBA, MS, RN, GNP, NE-BC, CDE®, FADLN, FAAN, has almost 40 years of progressive healthcare leadership and is an internationally recognized authority on workforce development, diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, nursing education, and leadership. She is founder and chief executive officer of Deborah Stamps Consulting, LLC, and previously served in an array of nursing and leadership roles at Rochester Regional Health including Chief Nursing Officer, Chief Diversity Officer and founding president of the Rochester General College of Health Careers. Dr. Stamps is a 2023 Academy of Nursing Fellow, the recipient of the Center for Nursing NY’s Veronica M. Driscoll Award, and a 2024 inaugural Fellow in the National Black Nurses Association’s Academy of Diversity Leaders in Nursing. Dr. Stamps has held board positions at the YWCA, Planned Parenthood, St. Joseph’s Neighborhood Center, and the International Collaboration for Community Health Nursing Research. Her educational experience includes an AAS degree in Nursing from Monroe Community College, a BSN degree from SUNY College at Brockport, MS and the Gerontological Nursing Practitioner at Nazareth University, an MBA from Rochester Institute of Technology, and an EdD from St. John Fisher University.
Carol Tegas is CEO of the Finger Lakes Performing Provider System, which collaborates with clinical and community organizations on areas including Medicaid redesign, healthcare system transformation, and improving health outcomes. As CEO, she also operates its Workforce Investment Organization, with a newly launched $118M NYS Career Pathways Training Program, while also administering the NYS-designated Greater Rochester Health Home Network. She has more than 35 years of experience in healthcare and non-profit strategic planning and governance, including most recently serving as executive director of Rochester Community IPA, a network of over 3,000 physicians and providers. Ms. Tegas holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from St. John Fisher College, and past credentials as a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Internal Auditor. She currently is on the boards of the NorthStar Network Healthcare Business Academy Board of Advisors, the Rochester Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative, Ronald McDonald House and the Council of Agency Executives.
“The contributions of our Board of Governors are critical to Hillside’s long-term strategic direction,” said Maria Cristalli, Hillside President and Chief Executive Officer. “We’re privileged to add the talents and perspectives of these accomplished professionals to our Board, where they will provide support to Hillside’s mission of service to youth, adults and families.”
Hillside’s Board leadership for the agency’s fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, will include James C. Haefner, Chair; Caroline A. Critchlow, EdD, Vice Chair; Christopher B. Eckert, Treasurer; Anne L. Komanecky, Secretary; and Jill Knittel, Past Chair.