The host selection process is underway! Thank you to these organizations and individuals for their commitment to bring the ACP conversation to their communities!
Applications from throughout the U.S. are being accepted on a rolling basis. Western states, join the conversation! Learn more and apply today!
Host Organization | City, State | Event Host |
A Better Death, LLC | Grand Marais, MN | Patricia Campanaro, President |
Acadiana Advocacy Network | Youngsville, LA | Jennifer Nugent, Executive Director |
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist – Division of Faith Health | Winston-Salem, NC | Frederick Keith Stirewalt, Program Director |
Big Bend Hospice, Inc. | Tallahassee, FL | Lenny Marshall, Director of Diversity and Inclusion |
Bluegrass Care Navigators | Lexington, KY | Ashley Holt, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Manager |
The Bridge | Athens, AL | Jackie Warner, Project Manager |
Care & Prepare | Ft. Worth, TX | Leah Wingard, Executive Director |
Center for Practical Bioethics | Lawrence, KS | Polo Camacho, Health Ethics and Community Engagement Program Manager |
Charted Healthcare Planning Coalition | Muskegon, MI | Kelly St. Martin, ACP Coordinator |
Cherokee Regional Hospice | Cherokee, IA | Tonya Oolman, Hospice Manager |
Choice Hospice | Sulphur Springs, TX | Nancy Rooks, Bereavement Counselor |
Clay County Health Department Hospice | Flora, IL | Kris Snell, Home Care Coordinator |
Cleveland Clinic–Akron General | Akron, OH | Sarah Duda, MD |
Elder Law Project of North Mississippi Rural Legal Services | Oxford, MS | Al Cutturini, Elder Law Attorney |
Empath Health | Clearwater, FL | Maria Pepe, Community Partnership Specialist |
Estes Garden | Tucson, AZ | Irma Gonzalez, Service Coordinator |
Gateway End-of-Life Coalition | Creve Coeur, MO | Joan Bretthauer, Certified End-of-Life Doula |
Homeland at Home | Harrisburg, PA | Barbara Goll, Community Educator/Nutritionist |
Honoring Choices | Richmond, VA | Laura Pilati, Engagement Coordinator |
Hope Behavioral Health | Beachwood, OH | Cynthia Anderson, Spiritual Director Assistant |
Hospice and Community Care | Lancaster, PA | Karen Stauffer, Community Educator |
Hospice Giving Foundation | Monterey, CA | Erandi Garcia, Program Specialist |
Hospice of the Western Reserve | Cleveland, OH | Heidi Barham, Manager of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion |
Hospital Council of Northwest Ohio | Toledo, OH | Barbara Gunning, Advance Care Planning Program Director |
Lightways Hospice and Serious Illness Care | Joliet, IL | Mary Rossio, Director, Business Development and Inpatient Services |
Lower Cape Fear LifeCare | Wilmington, NC | Jason Clamme, Engagement Manager |
The New York Academy of Medicine | New York, NY | Elana Kieffer, Director |
Ohio County Senior Services | Hartford, KY | Brenda Renfrow, Director |
Pima Council on Aging | Tucson, AZ | Deb Seng, End-of-Life Initiatives Coordinator |
Promotoras y Promotores Foundation | Santa Paula, CA | Maria-Felix Ryan, Executive Director/Promotora de Salud |
St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church | Bennettsville, SC | Doris Smith, Pastor |
St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center | Lewiston, ME | Elizabeth Keene, Vice President, Mission Integration |
Sunshine Terrace Foundation | Logan, UT | Amy Anderson, Director of Outreach |
Tarleton State University | Stephenville, TX | Jennifer Edwards, Executive Director Subi Gandhi, Asst. Director, Rural Communications Inst. |
Union County Senior Services | Morganfield, KY | Melissa Polites, Director |
University of Chicago Medical Center | Chicago, IL | Julian Bond, Chaplain |
University of Colorado Denver | Denver, CO | Hareklia Brackett, Assistant Professor |
UPMC Central PA Region | Harrisburg, PA | Rev. Brenda Alton, Manager, Spiritual Care Services |
ADRD Supplement Hosts
If you are interested in hosting an ADRD supplement event, email Erika Van Dyke.
Host Organization | City, State | Event Host |
Coastal Hospice | Salisbury, MD | Alvin Harmon, Bereavement Care Services & Compass Program Manager |
Dauphin Housing Authority | Harrisburg, PA | Julie Groh, Community Health Nurse, Penn State Health Rosalyn Irizarry, Social Service Coordinator |
Dr. Ala Stanford Center for Health Equity | Philadelphia, PA | Tracy Wood, Executive Director |
Ecumenical Retirement Community | Harrisburg, PA | Dawn O’Neill, Director of Resident Services, Independent Living Renee Harlow, Fitness Director |
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus | Aurora, CO | Joanna Fitzgibbons, Program Coordinator |
