Andy McNiel is the Senior Advisor of Youth Programs for the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS). He is an author and trainer on topics related to grief, bereavement, and end of life. McNiel is a co-founder and an executive partner with The Satori Group, a national education, management, and consulting company focused in the…
Doneley Meris is a grief psychotherapist and bereavement counseling mentor and training consultant. Meris is the founder and executive director of HIV Arts Network. He was the director of bereavement services at the New York City LGBT Community Center and chair of both the HIV/AIDS and LGBT Committees at the Association for Death Education and…
Paul Metzler has served more than 40 years as a clergy member, therapist, and grief counselor. He was the Director of Community and Program Services for the Visiting Nurse Service of New York Hospice and Palliative Care and the Director of The Center for Living with Loss, a bereavement education and counseling center of the Hospice…
Angie Meyer is clinical manager of Home Health and Hospice at Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospitals and Clinics, and has been working in hospice for over ten years. As a Certified Hospice and Palliative Care Nurse, she is dedicated to serving her community in rural Northeast Iowa. Meyer is the leader of the Gundersen Palmer Hospice…
Jennifer Moore Ballentine has more than 25 years’ experience in hospice and palliative care, healthcare ethics and public policy, adult education, and nonprofit leadership. She currently serves as CEO of the Coalition for Compassionate Care of California, a statewide nonprofit focused on improving the experience of serious illness through system change. Prior positions include Executive…
JoAnne Reifsnyder is Executive Vice President, Clinical Operations and Chief Nursing Officer for Genesis HealthCare. In this role, she is responsible for leader development, nursing strategy and clinical quality, safety and efficiency. She serves on the board of the Hospice Foundation of America and is the past President of the board of directors for the…
Frank Sesno is Director of Strategic Initiatives, The George Washington University School of Media & Public Affairs, a former anchor for CNN, and a longtime moderator of the Living with Grief® program. He is an Emmy-award winning journalist and creator of PlanetForward.org, a user-driven web and television project that highlights innovations in sustainability. Sesno is…
M. Katherine Shear is the Marion E. Kenworthy Professor of Psychiatry and the founding Director of the Center for Prolonged Grief at Columbia University School of Social Work. Shear is a clinical researcher who first worked in anxiety and depression. For the past 25 years, she has focused on understanding and treating people who experience…
Darcia Simpson is an integral member of the transdisciplinary care team at Hospice of the Western Reserve. As a full-time spiritual care coordinator/chaplain, she collaborates with physicians, registered nurses, social workers, and other healthcare professionals to assess patient and family spiritual needs, identify spiritual problems, develop goals of care, and implement appropriate interventions. She is…
Heather Stang is the author of Mindfulness & Grief and is the host of the Mindfulness & Grief Podcast. She has a Master’s Degree in Thanatology and is a certified yoga therapist in the Phoenix Rising tradition. Stang is on the board of advisors for Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) and partners with survivor and…
David Steinhorn is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Medical School with residency in pediatrics and fellowship training in pediatric hepatology and critical care medicine. He completed post-doctoral training in 1997 in hospice and palliative medicine at Hospice Buffalo in New York and has been continuously board-certified in those specialties. Steinhorn served on the…
Ashley Keagle is a licensed social worker and the Director of Life Transitions – Mercy Doula program for People Inc., one of the leading agencies in services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In this unique and innovative effort, Keagle has capitalized on the gap in service for end-of-life care, companionship in dying, and…
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