Summer 2010 - Baldwin School

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This year’s Alumnae Award winner, Lindsay
Carroll Farrell, graduated from Baldwin
in 1975, and four years later, completed
her undergraduate degree in French
and psychology at St. Lawrence University. She went
on to earn a certificate from the New York School of
Interior Design before receiving a master’s in business
administration from Pace University. Lindsay’s varied
educational accomplishments are matched only by the
amazing array of skills that she brings to her current
position as president and CEO of Open Door Family
Medical Centers.
Open Door Family Medical Centers began
modestly, serving patients out of a church basement in
1972. From its inception, its mission was to provide
quality medical care to those individuals most in need.
Thirty-eight years later, Open Door runs four community
medical centers located throughout Westchester County,
NY, as well as four school-based health centers at the
Edison Elementary School,
the Kennedy Magnet
School, Port Chester
Middle School and
Port Chester High
School. In 2008, the
centers treated over
40,000 patients with
more than 178,000 patient
visits. In that same year,
9,000 children were served in
the school facilities, which provide
A w a r d W i n n e r s
2010 ALUMNAE AwARD wINNER
Lindsay Carroll Farrell ’75
Providing an ‘Open Door’ to health care for
the poor and uninsured
routine pediatric care, dental care, and educational
programs that promote health and wellness.
Open Door’s mission is to “serve poor and
uninsured families who would otherwise have no
choice but to go to a hospital emergency room for care.
“Hospitals love us!” Lindsay said, because “we will see
anyone who walks through the door.” Open Door’s
website states, “We believe that health care is a right
and not a privilege. We believe in diversity and respect
cultural and linguistic differences. We believe that
healthy families are at the foundation of civil society.
We believe that healthy individuals contribute to
community success.”
Lindsay has been the driving force
behind Open Door’s growth and
development since being appointed
its president and CEO by its
Board of Trustees in 1998.
However, her commitment
to this groundbreaking
organization began in 1986
when she started her affiliation
as a volunteer, driving patients
without transportation to and
from their appointments with
her infant daughter keeping her
company. Over the next 12 years,
she served as both the Center’s
director of operations and director of
development. Her work in development
resulted in major facility expansions,