Health Equity International 2024 Celebration

Our program this year included the following videos:

• Operations Keep St. Boniface Hospital Running
• Fr. Jerry Osterman: A Lifetime of Service
• Shelter and Stabilization Program

The full program of events, bios of our featured speakers, and examples of how every gift helps provide life-changing health and support services can be found in our 2024 Celebration Program Booklet.

About Our Honoree

Fr. Jerry has dedicated his life to serving others.

As one of our co-founders, he spent more than 40 years building bridges between Haiti and Massachusetts that helped transform a one-room clinic into southern Haiti’s leading healthcare provider.

In addition to his work with HEI and SBH, Fr. Jerry spent more than five decades as a priest in some of Greater Boston’s most underserved communities. He has also established several other nonprofit organizations dedicated to helping the most vulnerable find peace, safety, and wellness. His boundless compassion has lifted up countless spirits and changed lives.

2024 Honorary Host Committee

Jim and Karen Ansara
Kate and Mike Ascione
Michelle and Bob Atchinson 
Michele Brennan
Michele David
Elizabeth and Patrick Dunn 
Bill and Joyce Fletcher
Beth Floor 
Barrie Landry 
Sharon and Brian McNally 
Brendan and Kerry Swords
Jean C. Tempel

Thank You to our 2024 Sponsors

Champion
Anonymous
G. Barrie Landry

Patron
Anonymous
Roy and Gail Greenwald
Jeff & Gerry Lynch and Family

Partner
The Ansara Family Fund at the Boston Foundation
Kate and Mike Ascione
Michelle and Bob Atchinson
The Thomas and Nancy Conway Charitable Trust
Alicia Cooney and Stephen Quigley
Beth Floor
Brendan and Kerry Swords

Benefactor
Cashman Family Foundation
Ophelia Dahl
Sheila Davis
Elizabeth and Patrick Dunn
Bill and Joyce Fletcher
Barbara and Amos Hostetter
Partners in Health
Maureen and Michael Ruettgers 
Saint Cecilia Parish
Jean Tempel
Rebecca and Jean-Paul Valette

Friend
Susan Alexander and James Gammill 
Cathy and William Anderson
Maureen Arkle and Neil Fitzpatrick, Nook Foundation
Lynn Black and David Barash
Victoria and Thomas Bond
Alison Brown and Gregory White
Susan and Greg Connolly
Michael and Eliza Crimmings
Maurice Bradshaw and Karen Fanning
Charles and Gloria Clough
Susan and Fred Good
Sue and Michael Hazard and the Hazard Family
Jody Leader and Paul McLean
Sharon and Brian McNally
Mark L. Noonan
Rev. Gerald J. Osterman
Paul Schwartz and Daphne Petri
UBS Financial Services
Charles A. Walsh and William R. Sargent
Bonnie Weiss