The host selection process is underway! Thank you to these organizations and individuals for their commitment to bring the ACP conversation to their communities!
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Host Organization | City, State | Event Host |
47 Million Reasons Healthcare Movement, Inc. | West Palm Beach, FL | George Soria, Chairman |
Acadiana Advocacy Network | Youngsville, LA | Jennifer Nugent, Executive Director |
Accord Hospice & Palliative Care | Show Low, AZ | Susan Turner, VP of Community Programs |
AdventHealth Hospice Care | Alamonte Springs, FL | Christine Chouinard, Marketing Coordinator |
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital | Barrington, IL | Suzanne Martinez, Congregational Outreach Coordinator, Northern Region |
Appalachian Hospice & Palliative Care | Blairsville, GA | Média Bragg, Asst. Administrator |
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist – Division of Faith Health | Winston-Salem, NC | Frederick Keith Stirewalt, Program Director |
BayCare Faith Community Nursing | Tampa, FL | Ronda Buffington, FCN Coordinator |
BayCare Health System–St. Joseph’s Hospital South | Riverview, FL | Linda Wilkerson, FCN Supervisor |
Big Bend Hospice, Inc. | Tallahassee, FL | Lenny Marshall, Director of Diversity and Inclusion |
Blue Ridge Hospice | Winchester, VA | Susana Calley, Director, Center for Hope and Healing |
Bluegrass Care Navigators | Lexington, KY | Ashley Holt, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Manager |
The Bridge | Athens, AL | Jackie Warner, Project Manager |
The Butterfly Beth | Harrisburg, PA | Beth Montgomery |
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 |
Cleveland Clinic | Cleveland, OH | Silvia Perez-Protto, MD |
Cleveland Clinic–Akron General | Akron, OH | Sarah Duda, MD |
Colquitt Regional Home Care Services | Colquitt, GA | Christie Johnson, RN, Hospice Director |
Common Ground Health | Rochester, NY | Phyllis Jackson, Community Wellness Project Manager |
Community Arts Center of Freehold | Freehold, NJ | Lee Ann Newland, Co-Director |
Community Economic Development Center of SE MA, Inc. | New Bedford, MA | Elizabeth Murphy, Development Specialist/ Project Manager |
Cone Health | Greensboro, NC | Angela Lewis-Myers, ACP Social Worker |
Crane County Hospital District | Crane, TX | Rosa Ramos, Community Outreach Coordinator |
Doña Ana Communities United/Mesilla Valley Timebank | Las Cruces, NM | Patricia Mendoza, Director, Timebank Coordinator |
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 |
EOL 101, LLC | Atlanta, GA | Denise Johnson, Founder |
Gateway End-of-Life Coalition | Creve Coeur, MO | Joan Bretthauer, Certified End-of-Life Doula |
Good Hope Union UMC | Silver Spring, MD | Audrey Alleyne, Finance Chairperson |
Greater Vision UMC | Huntersville, NC | Rev. Dewey Smith, Chaplain |
Holy Cross Health | Silver Spring, MD | Jessica Mikuliak, NP |
Homeland at Home | Harrisburg, PA | Barbara Goll, Community Educator/Nutritionist |
Hope Behavioral Health | Beachwood, OH | Cynthia Anderson, Spiritual Director Assistant |
HopeWest | Montrose, CO | Bethany Nehring, Bereavement Coordinator |
Hospice and Community Care | Lancaster, PA | Karen Stauffer, Community Educator |
Hospice Giving Foundation | Monterey, CA | Erandi Garcia, Program Specialist |
Hospice and HomeCare of Reno County | Reno, KS | Meg Green, Community Liaison |
Hospice of Lake Cumberland | Somerset, KY | Michelle Whitaker, Volunteer Coordinator |
Hospice of Middletown | Middletown, OH | Beth Dorn, Community Liaison |
Hospice of St. Lawrence Valley | Potsdam, NY | Kate Favaro, Bereavement Coordinator |
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 & Serious Illness Care | Joliet, IL | Kathy Peterson, Senior Director of Marketing |
Lower Cape Fear LifeCare | Wilmington, NC | Jason Clamme, Engagement Manager |
Loyal Hands | Orlando, FL | Ashley Johnson, Owner |
MedStar Washington Hospital Center | Washington, DC | Lucia Wocial, Senior Clinical Ethicist |
Messiah/St. Peter Lutheran Churches | Halifax, PA | Rev. Nancy K. Brody, ELCA Rostered Minister of Word and Sacrament |
The Mississippi Coalition Against COVID-19 | Belden, MS | Vernon Rayford, Chairman |
The New York Academy of Medicine | New York, NY | Elana Kieffer, Director |
Ocean Beach Hospital and Medical Clinics | Ilwaco, WA | Rachel Cassidy, Specialty Programs and Community Outreach Manager |
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 |
Savie Health | Lompoc, CA | Eryn Shugart, Executive Director |
Smith Integrated Care Services | West Roxbury, MA | Cherise Detwiler, Associate Care Manager |
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 |
University of Rochester Medical Center | Rochester, NY | Phyllis Jackson, Community Wellness Project Manager |
UPMC Central PA Region | Harrisburg, PA | Rev. Brenda Alton, Manager, Spiritual Care Services |
Vitas Healthcare | Walnut Creek, CA | Denise Kline, General Manager |
Washoe Tribal Health Center | Gardnerville, NV | Miriam Volpin, Medical Case Manager |
Welcome Home of Chattanooga | Chattanooga, TN | Sherry Campbell, Founder and Executive Director |
Applications from throughout the U.S. are being accepted on a rolling basis. Western states, join the conversation! Learn more and apply today!
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 |
Pennswood Village | Newtown, PA | Amy Keiper-Shaw, LCSW, Resident Life, Director |
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus | Aurora, CO | Joanna Fitzgibbons, Program Coordinator |