SVP of Development and External Affairs
Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers
Shade W. Cronan, MA Health Advocacy, is the Senior Vice President of Development and External Affairs for the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers (Mass League). Ms. Cronan is responsible for securing financial resources to support Mass League's mission and growth and representing the association with external stakeholders. She oversees designing and executing fundraising strategies, cultivating funder and member relationships, and growing the external presence of the Mass League. Previously, Ms. Cronan was the Senior Vice President of External Affairs at Zufall Health, a federally qualified health center in northern New Jersey and the Director of the Zufall Health Foundation. There she was responsible for development, grant writing, commuications, advocacy, and community engagement. Ms. Cronan also worked in the Office of the Physician-in-Chief at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and as a consultant for the Wilkerson Group, a health care consulting firm focused in pharmaceutical, devices and diagnostics businesses. Ms. Cronan received her Masters of Arts in Health Advocacy from Sarah Lawrence College and her undergraduate degree with High Honors in Psychology from Wesleyan University.
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