Who We Are
Founders
Bobby Kelly (he/him), MD, MPH, FAAFP
Chief Medical Education Officer
Bobby is a triple-boarded physician (Family Medicine, Preventive Medicine & Addiction Medicine) who has worked in primary care, physician leadership and public health in New England over the last decade. After completing medical school at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia where he received the Academy of Family Physicians award, he trained at the NH Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency at Concord Hospital. Dr. Kelly completed his Leadership Preventive Medicine fellowship at Dartmouth-Hitchcock and received his MPH degree at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. He is currently Medical Director of Addictions Treatment Services at Beth Israel Lahey Health in Massachusetts. Additionally, he is a local content expert in Addiction Medicine and LGBTQ+ Health, as well as a hospitalist in the NH Seacoast area where he was named a 2024 NH Healthcare Hero and received the 2019 Exemplary Community Service award from Exeter Hospital. In all of his endeavors, Dr. Kelly is passionate about creative collaboration opportunities.
Amanda Whitworth (she/her), ME.D
Director of Strategic Initiatives
Amanda Whitworth is a cofounder of Articine, an artist and educator with an M.Ed in Integrated Arts Education who leads and consults on interdisciplinary projects across sectors. She served as the 8th NH Artist Laureate as confirmed by the Governor’s Executive Council and as an Arts Councilor for the NH State Council on the Arts. She is a Professor of Practice at Plymouth State University dedicated to the Habits of Mind Experience Program where her work stewarding general education has been shared at the national level. In her teaching and service Amanda has integrated interdisciplinary thinking and collaborative performance into curriculum and spearheaded networks of growth, service and advocacy across New England. Through fellowships and grant opportunities from National Arts Strategies, New England Foundation for the Arts and more she works at the intersection of arts and community with an interest in rural places to steward wellbeing. As a dance artist she performs in works of dance and physical theatre nationally and internationally and has received a Vermeil Medal from the Academy of Arts, Sciences and Letters in Paris, France.
C. Robin Marcotte (he/him), MFA
Executive Director
Robin is an international award-winning physical theater artist and educator. He is an Associate Professor of Theater at Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Robin has served as the Executive and Co-Artistic Director of the award-winning Hotel Obligado Physical Theatre Company and was a company member of Mum Puppettheatre, both located in Philadelphia. In his 20 years of working in the professional world, he has toured nationally and internationally, performing, teaching and creating works of theatre. Robin has formal training in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction from UMass Medical School and is a certified Standardized Patient Educator. He holds an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College and is a graduate of the Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre. orionartsstudio.com, robinmarcotte.com
Board
Patsy Collins Bandes (she/her), ALM
President
Claudia Tobon (she/her),
Officer
Abigail Childs (she/her), MD, MBA
VP, Treasurer
MaryTalen (she/her), PhD
Officer
Amanda Donahue (she/her), MA
Officer
Myra Young (she/her), DNP
Officer
Company Members
Ori Harris (he/him)
Company Member