Stephanie Gray, PA-C is the Director of Provider Wellness at SMHC. Her path to medicine and wellness has been a circuitous one, starting with a degree in Foreign Service from Georgetown University in 1992 – a degree that provided the basis for her belief that respect for and value of the individual is both necessary and inviolable, irrespective of how or where it is applied. Wending her way through a career in EMS and town administration as EMS Director, Emergency Management Director, and Town Selectman, she eventually obtained her PA degree from UNE in an effort to relieve suffering on as large a scale as possible. In the ensuing years, she has held roles of APP Medical Director at a prominent retail urgent care chain and APP Clinical Director for SMHC Walk-in Clinics, prior to accepting this newly created position. Her underlying principle is that if we are world class at caring for our care teams, our care teams will be world class at caring for our patients, in a healthy and sustainable manner. She currently enjoys the rural life with her husband, chickens, and grand-dog-children in Strafford, NH.