Joseph Sacco has been the Chief Medical Officer at Connecticut Hospice since 2016, and is a board-certified hospice and palliative medicine physician with over 40 years of experience. He oversees clinical and operational activities for its 53-bed Joint Commission-certified hospital and home care services for 225–250 patients, managing a team of physicians and APRNs across…
Karen Monts has been employed in the work of end-of-life and grief support care for over 34 years. She is currently the Associate Vice President of Grief Support Services for Northstar Care Community where she is responsible for overall leadership and directing of the grief support program, She has also assisted with practice, policy, and…
Jane Euler is a a Serious Illness Companion and Chief Doula at Present for You, LLC. She supports individuals facing life-limiting disease as well as the families and friends who journey beside them. With quiet compassion, Jane invites honest conversations about wishes, needs, and care goals. She sits with people coming to terms with impending…
Scott Morgan graduated from Florida State University and spent fifteen years in the tech industry. Wanting to transition into a more fulfilling field, he then earned an MPA from New York University in Nonprofit Management, Policy, and Health. His work in graduate school was focused on HIV in low-income settings, and his previous work as…
Debra Albo-Steiger has 20 years of experience in education, advocacy, and social service administration and is currently the CEO of Children’s Bereavement Center located in Miami, Florida. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of Michigan with an emphasis on child development and her Master of Social Work degree from…
Julissa Reynoso serves as the Director of Programming for the Children’s Bereavement Center (CBC). She is also a Licensed Mental Health Counselor having received her Master’s in Mental Health Counseling from Nova Southeastern University. In work with The Children’s Bereavement Center, she oversees the grief support group program and program development. Her trainings and collaboration…
Karen Moss is a registered nurse and tenured associate professor of nursing in the College of Nursing at The Ohio State University. She is a distinguished fellow in the National Academies of Practice – Nursing Academy and a Gerontological Society of America Fellow. Dr. Moss is an expert in the conduct of research with Black…
Natasha Fowlks is the Executive Director of Hospice Atlanta, part of the Visiting Nurse Health System, where she leads hospice and palliative care services with compassion, clinical expertise, and a strong commitment to end-of-life advocacy. With more than a decade of experience in hospice care, she is a Certified Hospice & Palliative Nurse (CHPN) and…
Megan Heller maintains a clinical practice at Awaken Counseling in Marietta, Georgia, where she provides grief counseling and bereavement support to individuals and families navigating loss. She holds additional certifications in specialized therapeutic techniques and utilizes evidence-based interventions to address psychological and social needs, with particular focus on complicated grief and traumatic loss across the lifespan….
Marisette Hasan is a 1981 graduate from the University of South Carolina with Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing. She is the Principal & CEO for LifeSprings Consulting Group, LLC. She is passionately engaged in supporting hospice and palliative care providers and policy advocates to increase access and decrease end of life disparities for patients…
Laura Bradbury is a grief counselor and assistant professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Utah. She is the director of Caring Connections: A Hope and Comfort in Grief Program at the University of Utah. She researches issues related to end of life care and grief and loss, suicide grief care, and…
Michele DiTomas is Assistant Deputy Medical Executive for Palliative and Complex Care and CMF Hospice Medical Director with California Correctional Health Care Services. She earned her MD from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and is board-certified in both family medicine and hospice and palliative medicine. Dr. DiTomas has spent over 10 years working…
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