The Wright Center
Krisy Elrod, Wright Center (SUBMITTED)
Kara Seitzinger, Wright Center (SUBMITTED)
Jeffrey Owens, Wright Center (SUBMITTED)
Amelia Randich, Wright Center (SUBMITTED)
Nasruddin Rupani, Wright Center (SUBMITTED)
A licensed therapist and University of Scranton professor has been appointed to the Wright Center for Community Health board of directors.
Krisy Elrod, Ph.D., LMFT, RPT-S, a resident of Milford and a patient of the Wright Center, brings a unique set of skills to the board. A marriage and family therapist and a registered play therapist-supervisor, she has more than a decade of experience in delivering whole-person medical care. She represents Pike and Lackawanna counties as a Pennsylvania Association for Play Therapy Board member.
She supervises clinicians and develops training programs as an assistant professor in the University of Scranton’s counseling and human services department. Elrod also has experience with managing community-based projects and grant-funded initiatives that have raised awareness about mental health and cultural humility. As a breast cancer survivor, she has a deep passion for advocating for trauma-informed health care and working with organizations that champion integrated, compassionate health services.
An employee of the Wright Centers for Community Health and Graduate Medical Education has been named among Pennsylvania’s most influential leaders over the age of 50.
Kara Seitzinger, the executive director of public affairs and adviser to the president and CEO, has been named in City & State Pennsylvania’s prestigious “Fifty Over 50” list. It recognizes prominent and accomplished leaders in the Keystone State’s government, business, media, advocacy and nonprofit sectors who are over the age of 50. These individuals are honored for their achievements and their continued impact on the commonwealth, according to the publication.
Since she began working at the Wright Center in 2020, Seitzinger has cultivated partnerships with business and community leaders to strengthen outreach, enhance visibility, and advance the Wright Center’s mission to improve the health and welfare of communities through responsive, whole-person health services for all and the sustainable renewal of an inspired, competent workforce that is privileged to serve.
The Scranton native serves on the American Heart Association’s executive leadership board of directors and received its Eastern State Region’s 2024 Distinguished Achievement Award. In 2023, the Pennsylvania Association of Community Health Centers honored her with the APEX Community Ambassador Award. Seitzinger also serves as a board member of Scranton Tomorrow and the Wyoming Valley Run.
A Dickson City resident with a background in investigative operations, insurance services and organizational safety management has been appointed to the Wright Center for Community Health board of directors.
Jeffrey R. Owens is a professional with extensive experience in fraud prevention, risk management and public accountability. He works collaboratively with prosecutors and state agencies to promote ethical standards and operational transparency. Owens also owns IronClad Coverage Agency LLC, which delivers comprehensive property, casualty and commercial insurance solutions, as well as safety consulting and policy compliance services to a wide range of clients. His experience with risk management, the insurance industry and advocacy will support the strategic and operational goals of the Wright Center for Community Health.
Owens earned a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice from Keystone College, graduating cum laude. Before joining a state agency, Owens served as a safety manager at a local construction company and as a claims generalist at Progressive Insurance.
A Scranton resident and University of Scranton associate professor has been appointed to the Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education board of directors.
Amelia Randich, Ph.D., joined the university’s biology department in 2020, where she teaches a variety of undergraduate science courses in the molecular biosciences. Before coming to Scranton, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Missouri and as a NIH NRSA postdoctoral fellow at Indiana University. After completing a bachelor’s degree in biological chemistry and English from Grinnell College, she went on to earn her doctoral degree at the University of Chicago.
Randich has an extensive background in research, with more than two dozen publications and presentations, many of which she co-authored with undergraduate students. Her work currently focuses on evolutionary molecular microbiology.
A global philanthropist, entrepreneur and social development leader with more than three decades of influence across the United States, Pakistan, Central Asia and the Middle East has been appointed to the Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education board of directors.
Nasruddin Rupani serves as president of World’s Gold & Diamonds Inc. and US Insurance Funding Inc., and as founder and chairman of the Ibn Sina Foundation, the Rupani Foundation (USA & Pakistan), and Rupani Development Initiatives. He is based in Houston.
Through these platforms, he has pioneered sustainable health care systems, early childhood education models, skills development programs, and impact investment ventures that have transformed millions of lives. The Ibn Sina Foundation operates seven clinics in Houston, serving over 1.5 million patients annually. The Rupani Foundation has established more than 200 early childhood centers, five academies, and 98 mobile/community-based centers across Pakistan and Afghanistan, with several affiliated with the International Baccalaureate system.
A Pittston man and former Luzerne County councilman with a background in business has been appointed to the Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education board of directors.
Matt Vough, who earned a Bachelor of Science in marketing from the University of Scranton, currently serves as a clinical outreach director for Charlie Health, a virtual behavioral health provider that offers intensive outpatient programs for children and adults. Before that, he was the business readiness manager at the Lion Brewery in Wilkes-Barre and a business analyst sales leader at Keystone Automotive. From 2018 to 2021, Vough served as a Luzerne County councilman, where he founded the Luzerne County Cares Commission to connect citizens in need with available resources.
Jennifer Walsh, senior vice president of enterprise integrity and chief legal and governance officer of the Wright Centers for Community Health and Graduate Medical Education, has been named one of City & State Pennsylvania’s 2025 Pennsylvania Impact Award honorees, recognizing her outstanding contributions to public service and community health.
The multimedia news organization’s Impact Awards celebrate leaders from government, business and nonprofit sectors who are improving the quality of life across the commonwealth.
Walsh, of North Abington Twp., earned the award for her leadership role in redesigning the Wright Center’s shared governance model for its nationally scaled Graduate Medical Education Safety-Net Consortium, which directly expands access to high-quality, integrated primary, preventive and behavioral health services.
A former federal law clerk for the late Senior U.S. District Judge William J. Nealon and an assistant U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Walsh began serving as private counsel at the Wright Center in 2012 before joining the organization full time in 2016.
Walsh earned her juris doctorate from Villanova University School of Law after receiving her Master of Music degree in vocal performance from the University of Minnesota and her Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance from Bucknell University.
Dr. Mary Louise Decker, the infectious diseases medical director at the Wright Center for Community Health, has been accepted as a fellow of the American College of Physicians.
Decker, a board-certified infectious disease physician, leads the Wright Center’s Ryan White HIV and Infectious Disease/HEP C Clinic. Decker is accepting new adult patients at the center’s community health centers in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre.
She earned her medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C., where she completed her residency in internal medicine and fellowship in infectious diseases.
ACP fellows are a distinguished group of doctors dedicated to continuing education in medical practice, teaching and research. More than 31,000 physicians have earned this mark of distinction since 1975, according to the ACP. Decker may now use the letters “FACP” after her name in recognition of this honor.
This is not Decker’s first fellowship. In 2022, she was one of 175 physicians worldwide elected as a fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.