Diana Franchitto, president & CEO of HopeHealth, has been a strong, leading voice in hospice and palliative care for more than a decade. Serving Rhode Island and Massachusetts, HopeHealth is one of the largest non-profit hospice and palliative care organizations in New England. The HopeHealth family of services includes HopeHealth Hospice & Palliative Care, the HopeHealth Hulitar Hospice Center, HopeHealth PediPal and the HopeHealth Dementia & Alzheimer’s Program.

At HopeHealth, Ms. Franchitto facilitated an academic affiliation to become the major teaching affiliate for hospice and palliative medicine of the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. In addition, Ms. Franchitto established hospice and palliative care partnerships with health care systems, nursing homes, home health agencies and payers in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

Earlier in her career, Ms. Franchitto held a variety of senior leadership positions at Caritas Christi Health Care, then the second largest healthcare system in Massachusetts, where she was responsible for marketing, communications, public affairs and network development.

Ms. Franchitto has an MBA and a bachelor of science in business administration from Bentley University, Waltham, Massachusetts. She serves on the board of directors of the National Partnership for Healthcare & Hospice Innovation (board chair), Rhode Island Quality Institute (immediate past chair), Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce, Delta Dental of Rhode Island and CareLink (vice chair).