Signature Healthcare Leadership

Mr. Robert Haffey’s tenure at Signature Healthcare began on November 29, 2021. He has over 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry. Since 2018, Mr. Haffey served as President of Kent Hospital, a Care New England hospital in Rhode Island. In 2014, he was president of Springfield, Pennsylvania-based Delaware County Memorial Hospital, Taylor Hospital, and Crozer Keystone Health System Ambulatory Care Services. Haffey also served as Chief Nursing Officer for the five-hospital system, Crozer Keystone Health System.

He received his undergraduate degree from Temple University and attended Frankford Hospital School of Nursing Professional Nurse Diploma Program. He received a Master’s of Business Administration in Healthcare Administration from Eastern University, a Master’s of Science in Nursing from LaSalle University and graduated from the Academic Medicine Leadership Program at the University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School.

The combination of his experience, innovative strategies and approach along with organizational culture and growth will help steer Signature Healthcare into the next phase of providing safe, quality healthcare services for the Southeast community of Massachusetts.

Mr. Borges has worked in the healthcare industry for 20 years. Joining Signature Healthcare (Brockton Hospital) in July 1995 as a Cost and payment systems Analyst, Steve has also served as Manager and then Director of Budget and Financial Planning, Senior Director of Surgical Services, and recently promoted to his current role. Prior to joining Signature Healthcare, he was employed at Southcoast Hospitals Group (Charlton Hospital), holding positions in Finance and reimbursement and Decision Support Systems. Steve holds a B.S. in Accounting from UMASS Dartmouth (SMU) and an MHA from Seton Hall University.

Melissa joined Brockton Hospital in 1997 as a staff nurse in the Women’s Health Affiliate OB/GYN practice. During her career she held a number of positions including roles in Staff Education nursing leadership. Most recently she served as the Patient Safety Program Director at the Controlled Risk Insurance Company. She returned to Signature Healthcare as Vice President and Chief Quality Officer in June 2022. She obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from Northeastern University and a Master of Science Degree in Nursing Administration from Norwich University of Graduate Studies.

As Vice President for Quality she is responsible for coordinating the improvement of safety and quality across the organization, as well as overseeing all regulatory compliance.

Dr. David Drinkwater, after graduation from Holy Cross with a degree in Biology, attended New York Medical College graduating as a member of AOA. He completed his residency in general surgery at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, MA. Dr. Drinkwater practiced surgery in Nashua, NH from 1999 to 2006. He completed a fellowship in Bariatric Surgery and developed the Obesity Center at Southern NH Medical Center. Dr. Drinkwater joined Brockton Hospital as Chief of Surgery in 2006 and currently serves as President of Signature Medical Group.

Jake joined Signature on November 29, 2022. Prior to Signature, Mr. Maijala was the CHRO of Penn Highlands Healthcare in DuBois, PA, an integrated healthcare delivery system comprised of eight hospitals, 150 physician network locations, nursing homes, and senior living communities.

Jake holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration from SUNY Empire State College in New York, as well as a Master's Degree in Psychology from the University of Jyvaskyla in Finland. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE), a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), and belongs to ACHE, SHRM, and ASHHRA.

Jake comes to Signature with over 25 years of experience in senior human resources leadership roles, predominantly in healthcare organizations. He is looking forward to helping us fulfill our mission to the community through recruiting, hiring, succession planning, and staff training.

Jeff Miller, CFRE has 25 years of experience in healthcare administration, with 18 of those years in fundraising as a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) Jeff is one of only 7,500 across 25 countries to hold the CFRE designation. Individuals granted the CFRE credential have met a series of standards set by CFRE International, which include tenure in the profession, education, demonstrated fundraising achievement, and commitment to service to not-for-profit organizations.

Ms. Murphy has served as the organization’s chief legal officer for ten years, overseeing all of the organization’s legal needs. Her other responsibilities include overseeing the corporate compliance function and providing strategic and enterprise risk management support. Her prior experience includes a decade as the chief compliance officer and associate general counsel for a Boston academic medical center with responsibilities over the hospital, faculty practice plan and Medicaid managed care health insurance plan. She worked as a healthcare management consultant for a Boston firm and practiced for many years as a critical care nurse and nursing administrative manager at several teaching and community hospitals.

She holds a B.A. degree in economics from Wheaton College, a J.D. from Suffolk University Law School, became a registered nurse from the graduate program at Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professionals, and earned an M.B.A. with a concentration in health care administration from Boston University. She is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Jason joined Signature on October 3, 2022. Prior to Signature, Mr. Radzevich held CFO positions at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton as well as Beth Israel Lahey Health in Plymouth and Milton.

Jason holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration from Curry College, where he was the capstone presenter, and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration/Accounting from Merrimack College.

Jason comes to Signature with over 25 years of healthcare financial operations experience. Jason has a wealth of experience in various financial positions in hospital settings and is excited about helping us fulfill our mission to the community.

In April 2020, Nicholas Szymanski joined Signature Healthcare. Prior to joining, Nick was the CIO of at Richmond University Medical Center in Staten Island.

He is a graduate of Johnson & Wales University with a BS in Network Engineering and completed his M.B.A. at Wager College. Nick has also received additional certifications at Villanova University, including a Six Sigma Green Belt.

He gained valuable experience during his years at Meditech, where he assisted in the development and implementation of Meditech’s EHR before transitioning into hospital IT, having worked at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, Queens4and also at New York-Presbyterian.

Kim Walsh began her career at Brockton Hospital in 1985. Just four years later in 1989, she was promoted from her position as Staff Nurse on Medical/Surgical to Nurse Manager on A3. In addition, she worked on the Transitional Care Unit (TCU) Project, which opened in 1996. Upon TCU’s completion, she served as Director of TCU until her appointment to Vice President. Ms. Walsh received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Fairfield University and her Masters in Nursing Administration from St. Joseph’s College.