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 Director, California State University Shiley Haynes Institute for Palliative Care; Vice President, Hospice Analytics; Executive Director, Life Quality Institute; and Director of Professional Programs, Colorado Center for Hospice and Palliative Care. Ballentine has chaired the Denver Community Bioethics Committee and served on several bio- and clinical ethics committees including the San Diego County Medical Society Bioethics Commission, Centura Health at Home Ethics Committee, and the NHPCO Ethics Advisory Council, as well as the Board of Directors for the Colorado Healthcare Ethics Forum. She has authored text chapters in ethics for numerous publications.
