In her role as CHW’s Director of Community Benefit, Ms. Barsi is responsible for planning, developing, coordinating and overseeing community benefit initiatives.

 

The Director also leads broader collaborative Mission Integration initiatives in partnership with those involved in community benefit and social accountability programs throughout the System. This position is also responsible for educating CHW employees and System and Local Board members about system-wide community benefit initiatives.

 

Prior to assuming her duties for the system office CHW, Ms. Barsi held positions with Seton Medical Center, a member of the Daughters of Charity health system, as coordinator of both senior services and congregation health ministry programs.

 

Ms. Barsi completed her undergraduate studies in Education, graduate studies in Gerontology at Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, CA, and she has also completed coursework in Epidemiology at San Francisco State University. Concurrently, Ms. Barsi, who is a published author, has served as a youth minister, retreat facilitator, and recently completed training at the Spiritual Directors’ Institute at Mercy Center, Burlingame, CA.

 

In 2000 and 2008 Ms. Barsi was the recipient of CHW’s highest corporate employee recognition, the Values in Action Award for Excellence.