Craig Dresang is CEO of YoloCares, Sacramento Valley’s first established hospice and community-based palliative care program. He is a writer, educator, hospice advocate, and an end-of-life columnist for The Davis Enterprise. Dresang is a board member for Joshua’s House in Sacramento, the first hospice residence for the homeless on the West Coast. During his 20+ years in palliative care he chaired the Nonprofit Hospice Coalition of Northern California and raised $50 million for the construction of four hospice residences in the Chicago area. In 2020, his organization secured a $1 million research grant from the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation to better understand and address barriers to care for rural and indigenous populations.
