Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers
Joe Atchinson currently serves as the VP of Loan Repayment Operations at the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, overseeing multiple workforce initiatives, including a significant $300M+ loan repayment program. Previously, Joe held the position of Vice President for Community Engagement and Lending Programs at The NHHEAF Network, focusing on educational counseling and service expansion across New Hampshire. With extensive experience at American Student Assistance, Joe contributed to optimizing service delivery for over two million student loan borrowers, leading initiatives that significantly reduced default rates. Joe's career began as a Loan Analyst at VSAC, and educational qualifications include a BA in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Master's degree in Sports Management from Nova Southeastern University.
Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers
The Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers (League) is a non-profit, statewide association representing and serving the needs of the state's 52 community health center organizations, which serve more than 1,000,000 state residents through over 300 sites. The League serves as an information source on community-based health care to policymakers, opinion leaders and the media and provides a wide range of technical assistance to its members and communities, including: analysis of state and federal health regulatory and policy issues affecting health centers; training and education for health center administrators, clinicians and board members; promotion and management of clinical quality initiatives across the health center network; workforce development programs to increase recruitment of primary care physicians and to provide career training for health center employees and local residents seeking entry-level positions at health centers; information technology development primarily focused on helping health centers upgrade their information technology systems and capacity for using data; and general support to expand health access through work with local health and advocacy organizations seeking to open health centers in their communities.