About East House
Our Mission
The mission of East House is to empower individuals in recovery from mental health and substance use disorders to recover and to live healthy and fulfilling lives in their community.
Our Story
Change has been at the heart of East House programs since we first opened our doors in 1966. Our founders were concerned citizens and business people who wanted a safe alternative for people leaving an institution and living in recovery in the community. We opened the second group home in the United States, the first in New York. Fast forward and here we are today- empowering more than 1,200 people each year through a spectrum of housing and recovery support services to not only heal, but to find fulfilling lives in wellness.
Our Leadership
East House Corporation Board of Directors
Board Officers
George Nasra, MD, MBA • Chair • University of Rochester Medical Center
Kwasi Boaitey, LCSW, PCC, SAP, RYT, CPT • Vice Chair • Upper Level Fitness
Deron E. Johnson, MBA • Board Secretary • Pacific Life
David VanBlarcom • Treasurer • Veterans Outreach Center
Lindsay Gozzi-Theobald • East House • President & CEO
Corporate Board Members
Erika Ange • Independent Health Policy Consultant
Marlene Bessette • Rochester Regional Health Information Organization (RHIO)
Faye Braswell-Towner • Community Volunteer
Nicole Bryl • Children’s Health Home of Upstate New York (CHHUY)
Joe Carello • Wegmans Food Markets
Barry Carrigan • Nixon Peabody, LLP
Ted Cordes • CPL Architecture, Engineering & Planning
Sahar Elezabi • Webster Psychiatry & Medicine, PLLC
Jane Knickerbocker • University of Rochester
Jim Lessard • Broadstone Net Lease
Catherine Lovejoy • Lakeview Health Services Inc.
Donna Maxwell • Benefit Resource LLC
Stuart Sacks • Board Certified Anesthesiologist now working in the recovery field/Medical Legal Consultant
Jonathan Schoeck • DIGITAL HYVE + Butler Till
East House Foundation Board of Directors
Board Officers
Jennifer Shoemaker • Chair • ESL Federal Credit Union
Andrea Holland • Vice Chair • Holland Communications, LLC
Jane Knickerbocker • Board Secretary • University of Rochester
Adam Pettinella, CPA • Treasurer • 1RDG - The Financial Center
Lindsay Gozzi-Theobald • East House • President & CEO
Foundation Board Members
Michael Amico • UBS Financial Services Inc
Andrew Dollinger • Howard Hanna Commercial Real Estate
John Harris • Community Volunteer
Danielle Pierleoni, MPA • Heritage Christian Services
Kathleen Whelehan • Community Volunteer
East House Senior Leadership Team
Catherine Amico Orlandini • Chief Advancement Officer
John Barnes • Chief Financial Officer
Jamie Comenale • Chief Program Officer
April M. Hill • Chief People Officer
Scott Moquin • Chief Ethics, Compliance & Quality Officer
