The HFA Team
Our team cares.
We have worked together for decades on behalf of those who need end-of-life care and grief support.
Committed and knowledgeable
Our HFA team has more than 150 years of combined experience in advance care planning, hospice care, and bereavement support.
Compassionate and empathetic
We understand the complexities and hardships associated with life’s end. We work with the public and professionals to make the journey the best it can be.
Proactive and responsive
By understanding and foreseeing the needs of the public and professionals, we identify concerns and respond to problems quickly.

HFA Board Member; directs finances, operations, donor engagement, and grant-related work. Ask HFA expert; publisher, Journeys; editor, Living with Grief® annual book; media resource.

Ask HFA’s grief expert; international and national speaker; consultant, HFA grief curriculum; editor, writer, and panelist for Living with Grief® book and program; editor, Journeys; media resource.

Develops and directs online learning curriculum and content; managing editor for annual Living with Grief® book, Ask HFA grief specialist; oversees community education through theatre program.

Leads special and major grant projects, including the Project Talk Trial and the Autism & Grief Project; directs HFA Membership Program; oversees HFA’s programmatic efficiency and efficacy.

Produces HFA’s annual Living with Grief® program; managing editor, Journeys; inventory manager; technical manager, online education; research assistant for the Project Talk Trial.

Oversees the administration, design, and marketing of HFA’s continuing education programs and other products; designs Journeys; develops and designs a wide array of HFA publications.

Directs public-facing design and social media campaigns for HFA and its special and grant-funded initiatives; Journeys subscriber relations manager; Project Talk Trial research assistant.

Ask HFA’s hospice and palliative care expert; public speaker on advance care planning and hospice-related topics; media resource, panelist and advisor for HFA’s educational programs.
Inclusion & Diversity
HFA is committed to fairness and equity for all people.
We work to place diversity and inclusion at the heart of all our activities.
Non-discrimination
HFA lives by its values. We have a strong non-discrimination policy regarding employment with our organization. Read our policy.
Diversity
HFA identifies experts who represent traditionally underserved populations and bring their views, research, and expertise to our diverse audience.
Inclusivity
HFA supports programs and practices aimed at improving care for populations too often neglected because of their race, income, gender, and sexual and/or gender orientation.
Recent news and press
Hospice Foundation of America Mourns Passing of David J. Abrams – HFA Board Member and Leader
For Release July 8. 2025 Hospice Foundation of America Mourns Passing of David J. Abrams HFA Board Member and Leader Washington — David J. Abrams, 85, a longtime member of the Hospice Foundation of America (HFA) Board of Directors, died on July 8. Abrams, who oversaw operations at HFA from its formative years until 2007,…
Newly Available: Improving Dying
For immediate release November 1, 2024Contact: Lisa Veglahn, Sr. VP for Education, [email protected] Newly Available: Improving Dying WASHINGTON — Virtual reality, physical therapy, music therapy, pet care, and even a haircut are therapeutic, innovative, and practical ways to improve the quality of life for people with terminal illness and are profiled in a new book and…
New On-Demand Courses Available from Hospice Foundation of America
For immediate release: March 3, 2025 Contact: [email protected] New On-Demand Courses Available from Hospice Foundation of America WASHINGTON — Hospice and grief professionals can improve their knowledge at any time using Hospice Foundation of America’s (HFA’s) convenient self-study courses, which can be accessed on demand through a laptop, smart phone, tablet, or desk-top computer. “Hospice and…