Who We Are

Working side-by-side since 2007, we’ve come to appreciate the need for coaching, guidance, and feedback in order to accomplish growth in individuals as well as organizations. We started this company to share what we’ve learned as leaders, change agents, and educators to help others find their path. A shared understanding of data-driven decision-making, the emotional aspects of change, and an ever-present desire for improvement drives us in our daily work.

Andrew S. Valeras, DO, MPH, FAAFP, FACPM is the Associate Program Director for the Dartmouth Hitchcock Leadership-Preventive Medicine Residency and a core faculty physician at NH Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency. His Preventive Medicine and Family Medicine residency training was at these sites respectively. He received his undergraduate degrees in Biology and Philosophy from Boston College, Doctor of Osteopathy from Midwestern University, and his Masters of Public Health at The Dartmouth Institute. Inducted as an American Academy of Family Physicians Fellow in 2019 and an American College of Preventive Medicine Fellow in 2023. Dr. Valeras currently seeks to integrate quality improvement and systems based thinking with the clinical practice and education of medical providers. Dr. Valeras served as President of the Board of Directors for the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association, as Chair of Concord Hospital Medical Group Governance Council overseeing 500+ providers across 3 hospital campuses in central NH, and as co-Chair of the AAFP Behavioral Health Integration Learning Series.

Aimee Burke Valeras, Ph.D., MSW, LICSW is a Faculty member at the NH Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency and Leadership Preventive Medicine Residency serving as a resource in the areas of quality improvement, quantitative measurement, as well as proposing, presenting, and publishing. Clinically, she works in the Behavioral Health Department at the Concord Hospital Family Health Center, fulfilling precepting and patient care responsibilities. Dr. Burke Valeras received her undergraduate and Masters of Social Work degrees from Boston College and her Doctorate in Social Work from Arizona State University. She coedited the book Integrated Behavioral Health in Primary Care: Evaluating the Evidence, Identifying the Essentials and has presented nationally and internationally on the topics of integrating behavioral health and primary care, on disability and illness identity, and on qualitative research methodology. Her interests include working with survivors of domestic violence, addressing ‘isms’ in the medical environment, and narrative medicine. Dr. Burke Valeras was named the Don Bloch award recipient, the CFHA highest honor, in 2024 acknowledging her exceptional contributions to the field of Integrated Behavioral Health.