Cynthia Carter-Perrilliat is Executive Director and Co-Founder of the AC Care Alliance Collaborative (ACCA). Founded in the African-American faith community, ACCA’s Advanced Illness Care Program is a community based, person-centered, care navigation intervention serving individuals with chronic, serious, and advanced illness and their caregivers, in partnership with health, faith, academic and community-based organizations, providing services…
Corey Kennard is Pastor of Amplify Christian Church and also serves as a national activist in the field of healthcare. His holistic approach serves as the foundation for his desire to see all human beings treated with dignity, honor, and respect in all facets of life. He has been involved in the field of healthcare…
Therese Rando is a clinical psychologist, traumatologist, and thanatologist in Warwick, Rhode Island. She is the Clinical Director of The Institute for the Study and Treatment of Loss, which provides mental health services through psychotherapy, training, supervision, and consultation, and specializes in loss and grief; traumatic stress; and the psychosocial care of persons with chronic,…
Timothy Kirk is Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York, York College, specializing in healthcare ethics with an emphasis on hospice and palliative care. He also holds an appointment in the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Langone Medical Center. Kirk is an ethics consultant with MJHS Hospice & Palliative Care, one…
Denise Rollins is a master life coach, speaker and executive director of the Whole Heart Grief & Life Resource Center in Frederick, Maryland, where her team offers one-on-one coaching, group support services, and coaching certifications. She holds a doctorate in marriage and family therapy from Eastern University and a masters in thanatology from Hood College….
Rachel Kodanaz is a heart-minded professional specializing in current and relevant approaches in support of individuals and workplaces following a loss or trauma. She is a best-selling author, seasoned keynote speaker, and a business consultant. She began her career serving in management of Fortune 500 companies, overcoming her own adversity following the sudden death of…
Tangela Sawyerr is an Assistant Director of Student Affairs and Assistant Professor of Teaching at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. With more than two decades of experience in social work, she has practiced in the areas of addiction, homelessness, and child protective services. Sawyerr’s scholarly interests examines the complexities of grief experienced by…
Dale G. Larson (B.A, University of Chicago; Ph.D, U.C. Berkeley) is J. Thomas and Kathleen L. McCarthy Professor, and Professor of Counseling Psychology, Santa Clara University. A clinician and researcher, he is a Fulbright Scholar, a Fellow in three Divisions of the American Psychological Association, and a Fellow in the International Work Group on Death, Dying…
Heather Servaty-Seib is a licensed psychologist and Professor in the Counseling Psychology Doctoral Program at Purdue University where her primary scholarly areas include adolescent and college student bereavement, loss/gain impact of life events, and support and communication in the grieving process. She is currently serving as the Senior Associate Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning…
Sherman Lee is an associate professor of psychology at Christopher Newport University. Lee teaches undergraduate courses in the psychology of death, dying, and bereavement, and studies negative feelings states, with an emphasis on anxiety and grief. He also has a specialization in psychological measurement and has developed popular instruments such as the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale,…
Gary Stein is Professor at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work – Yeshiva University, NY, where he is a tenured faculty member in the master’s and doctoral programs. He is also the director of the Gerontology and Palliative Care Programs for MSW students and for clergy. He is PI of the study, “Project Respect: Experiences…
Vickie Leff is a palliative care consultant and an adjunct instructor at the UNC School of Social Work, Chapel Hill, and Yeshiva University. With over thirty-five years of clinical practice experience in oncology, palliative care, and hospice, Leff presents on topics such as moral distress and resilience to several national educational organizations and institutions. Recently…
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