Senior Leadership

Susan Mooney, MD, MS, FACOG

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Sue Mooney, MD, MS, FACOG, President and Chief Executive Officer

President and Chief Executive Officer

Sue Mooney, MD, MS, FACOG, has been the President and CEO of Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital since April of 2013. She joined the Medical Staff at APD in 2000 as a full-time Obstetrician/Gynecologist and continued in that role until 2005 when she took a leave of absence to pursue fellowship training. Upon her return to APD two years later, she became the Medical Director of Quality and ultimately the Chief Medical Officer before transitioning to her current role. She is passionate about improving the quality of care that APD provides to patients.

Mooney completed her undergraduate degree at Princeton University, her Medical Education at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and her residency at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. As a Veterans Administration Quality Scholar, she received a Master's Degree in Healthcare Quality Improvement from the Center for Evaluative Clinical Sciences at Dartmouth (now The Dartmouth Institute).

In her spare time, Mooney enjoys spending time with her family enjoying the outdoors.

Awards and recognitions

Maryann Caron, MPH

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MAC 2023

Vice President of Outpatient Provider Services

Maryann Caron, MPH, joined APD in 2013. Previously, Caron served as the Director of Quality and most recently as the Associate Vice President of Clinic Operations at APD. In her role as Director of Quality, she modernized APD's approach to quality improvement, laying the groundwork for the exceptional quality standards that APD meets today. As the Associate Vice President of Clinic Operations, she contributed to the expansion of primary care and surgical and specialty services.

Caron earned her undergraduate degree from Swarthmore College and received her master's degree in Public Health from the Dartmouth Institute (formerly the Center for Evaluative Clinical Sciences). She is a Certified Lean Sigma Green Belt and a TeamSTEPPS Trainer.

Michael Lynch, MD, MBA

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Michael Lynch 2023

Chief Medical Officer

Michael Lynch, MD, MBA, joined APD in June of 2019. Previously, Lynch served as Executive Medical Director of Same Day Services at Reliant Medical Group in Worcester, Massachusetts. Prior to Reliant, Lynch worked clinically as an emergency physician at Concord Hospital in Concord, New Hampshire. He was the Medical Director of Urgent Care and served in multiple leadership roles including the Concord Emergency Medical Associates President and the Chair of Emergency Medicine. In addition, he served as the Chair of the Concord Hospital Charitable Trust.

Lynch earned his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College, received his medical degree from the University of Virginia, and completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has also completed a Physician Executive MBA at Brandeis University. In addition to his current administrative work as Chief Medical Officer, Lynch works clinically in the emergency department at Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital and at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. He is also on the faculty of the Geisel School of Medicine and serves as a Clinical Instructor.

Todd Roberts, MBA

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Todd Roberts

Chief Financial Officer

Todd Roberts, MBA, joined APD in 2013 and served as APD’s controller for six years before being promoted to Vice President of Finance in 2020. He is responsible for overall fiscal and financial management of Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital, including fiscal services, materials management, and revenue cycle.

Prior to APD, Roberts spent time as the controller at Casella Construction of Mendon, Vermont, and in fiscal services at Mt. Ascutney Hospital in Windsor, Vermont. He earned his BS in business administration with a concentration in accounting at St. Michael’s College in Colchester, Vermont.

Roberts enjoys spending any spare time with his family and enjoying the outdoors.

Paula Seaman, MSN, DA, RN, CENP

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Paula Seaman

Chief Nursing Officer

Paula Seaman, MSN, DA, RN, CENP, joined APD in 2023 as the Associate Chief Nursing Officer (ACNO) before being promoted to Chief Nursing Officer in 2024. During her time as ACNO, Seaman made significant contributions, including the development of an organization-wide professional governance structure and the creation of a nursing clinical ladder program. She also championed the implementation of the international DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses and launched a peer support program in collaboration with Trivium Integrated Mental Health. Before joining APD, she held roles with the Dartmouth Health System such as the System Director of Professional Practice at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and the Administrative Director of Quality and Magnet at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center.

Seaman earned her undergraduate nursing degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, a master's degree in nursing from Franklin Pierce University, a master's degree in public administration from Suffolk University, and a doctorate in leadership from Franklin Pierce University. She is also certified in executive nursing practice and critical incident stress management.

Jean Ten Haken, MSN, RN, CENP

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JTH 2023

Chief Operating Officer

Jean Ten Haken, MSN, RN, CENP, joined APD in the winter of 2018. Ten Haken previously served as the Chief Operating Officer at the Elliot Health System in Manchester, New Hampshire, where she also served as the Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer.

After working throughout the United States in direct nursing care, she began her management career at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, where she ultimately became the Director of Intermediate Cardiac Care and Cardiovascular Critical Care Units. Prior to joining the Elliot, Ten Haken was the Vice President of Acute Care Nursing at Concord Hospital. Ten Haken earned her undergraduate degree in nursing from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and her Master of Science degree in nursing from the University of South Alabama.

David Watts, SHRM-SCP

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David Watts 2023

Senior Director of Human Resources

David Watts, SHRM-SCP, has more than 20 years of human resource experience in healthcare in the Upper Valley, most recently as the Director of Human Resources at Kendal at Hanover. He is a frequent volunteer with area non-profits and can often be found on a bike, on a trail, or in the garden. Watts and his family live in Vermont and spend considerable time in the Northeast Kingdom. He completed the Chief Human Resource Officer Executive Education Program at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 2024.

Watts holds a Bachelor’s in Psychology from the University of Connecticut and a Master’s in Labor Studies from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.