Community Health Resources
Michele M. Gaudet, CPA, is an experienced financial professional with extensive nonprofit industry experience in both healthcare and government regulations. As Chief Financial Officer, she is responsible for overseeing all aspects of CHR’s financial operations, facilities, and information technologies. She supports CHR’s strategic objectives and ensures financial stability through financial reporting, analysis and budget development. She is also responsible for ensuring compliance with all regulations concerning the management and expenditure of federal and state funds.
Prior to CHR, Michele worked as a senior member of the 10th largest public accounting firm specializing in audits of government regulated nonprofit organizations. In her position, she frequently provided advice on financial results, forecasting, budgeting, best practices and technical research related to government regulations. Additionally, she developed an expertise in designing, developing and training companies on implementing internal control policies and new software technologies.
Michele received her BS in Business Administration from the University of Hartford and became a Certified Public Accountant, in the state of Connecticut, in 1993.
Community Health Resources
Real Hope is Here CHR is the most comprehensive, non-profit behavioral healthcare provider in Connecticut, offering a wide range of personalized services for children, families and adults whose lives have been touched by mental illness, addiction or trauma. Their largest outpatient offices are in Manchester and Enfield, with smaller offices throughout central and eastern Connecticut and several community-based programs. CHR’s mission is to help adults, children and families find Real Hope for the challenges of Real Life through an array of community- based mental health, substance use, child welfare, supportive housing, foster care, prevention and wellness services, and integrated care.