"It is a powerful groundbreaking process incorporating the combined knowledge and experience of the PinnacleCare Medical staff, Medical Advisory Board and the PinnacleCare Advocates to provide a level of information and service in health care that really changes people’s lives. It is exciting and rewarding to add my experience and skills to the mix and see how our Members benefit and achieve their health goals." — Teresa Lepore
    
    

Teresa Lepore, Regional Director, Member Services

Teresa Lepore is a Regional Director, Member Services in PinnacleCare's office in New York, New York. Teresa’s diverse experiences in crisis counseling, non-profit administration, community development, and disease management program development all contribute to her role as a PinnacleCare Team Leader.

Early in her career, Teresa founded Sojourner House in Youngstown, Ohio, a domestic violence shelter facility for families in crisis. In addition to providing crisis invention counseling and managing intake, Teresa supervised and trained staff and planned and organized fundraisers. From there, Teresa went on to serve as a Resource and Capitalization Coordinator for Common Wealth, Inc., where she was responsible for resource development activities, grant writing, fundraising, and marketing. She also provided training and consulting services to community and grassroots groups in community organizing, grant writing, marketing, project planning and resource development.

Most recently, Teresa developed innovative, award-winning disease management programs for WellPoint Health Networks in California. She designed and implemented an asthma management program, which received the 2004 “Best of Blue” Best Practice in Quality Improvement award.