Experts & Educators
We are a hub for the country’s most distinguished hospice and grief experts, researchers, and professionals. HFA experts help to inform and educate on a wide range of timely and relevant topics essential to best practice.
Our HFA educators are well known and widely recognized as experts in their fields.
They’re researchers with decades of knowledge backed by evidenced-based studies.
They’re professionals who have honed their skills with years of patient and family care.
HFA has been privileged to include many notable experts in its professional education offerings over the past 30 years, including the late Earl. A Grollman; Nancy Hogan, RN, PhD; Karla Holloway, PhD; the late William M. Lamers, MD; the late Richard E. Payne, MD.
Below is a complete listing of our presenters and authors from 2020 onward. We are grateful for their willingness to share their expertise to advance hospice and bereavement care through HFA.
Luke’s Wings’ Veterans in Hospice Transportation Assistance Program (H.T.A.P.) provides free flights for the loved ones of Veterans in hospice care. Through H.T.A.P., Luke’s Wings is honored to provide a final salute to these extraordinary men and women and ensure their loved ones have the opportunity to be physically present when it matters most.
Join Ms. Yaede who will discuss this impactful program as well as their No Service Member Spends The Holidays Alone campaign, which helps ensure service members, Veterans, and their families can be together during the holiday season.
This is a free 30-minute informational session. Continuing education not available.
Kailey Bradley is a licensed counselor and obtained a doctorate in counselor education and supervision in 2024 from Ohio University. Kailey also holds certifications in thanatology (FT) and has extensive training in best practices for supportive grief counseling and end of life care. Dr. Kailey has a background working in a hospice setting and is…
Michelle Brassil is a palliative care physician at Banner North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, CO, where she also serves as the Ethics Committee Chair. She completed her residency training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital –Harvard Medical School before completing her fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine at the University of…
Lauren Breen teaches and researches the psychology of grief and loss at Curtin University in Perth, Australia. She has published over 180 journal articles and book chapters and co-edited The Routledge International Handbook of Child and Adolescent Grief in Contemporary Contexts. Her TEDx talk is called “Six myths about grief to bust for yourself, and…
Kathleen Broglio is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College and Nurse Practitioner in Palliative Medicine, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. She has conducted research on the prevalence of opioid risk in oncology; cannabis use in palliative medicine; implementation of opioid management guidelines in the palliative care setting; and interprofessional…
Michelle Bronzo is a licensed clinical professional counselor specializing in grief counseling and loss. Her background includes work as a hospice bereavement counselor, an oncology clinical therapist, a support staff member for family caregivers, and a regulatory project associate for oncology clinical trials. She has experience providing individual and group counseling for both children and…
Molly Brooks is a board member of Hero’s Bridge. She is a registered nurse with over 23 years experience with specialty certifications in gerontology and hospice and palliative care. Throughout her professional and personal life, she has dedicated herself to caring for others, especially aging veterans.
Ramona Bullock-Johnson is a clinical social worker, specializing in substance use disorders and addiction treatment in Boston, MA. Primarily providing services to individuals, families and other consumers of community-based interventions, she focuses on the mental health and well-being of patients and clients with co-occurring disorders, including those with serious illness. Bullock-Johnson is an educator, researcher,…
Karen Bullock is the Ahearn Endowed Professor in the Boston College School of Social Work. Her practice interests include health disparities and health equity in serious illness care; aging and gerontology; and hospice, palliative, and end-of-life care decision making. Her research focuses on cancer care, social support for older adults, diversity, equity, and cultural factors…
Moreen Burkart, MT-BC, is a board-certified music therapist with over a decade of experience specializing in older adults with chronic and neurologic conditions. She holds dual bachelor’s degrees: a Bachelor of Arts in Music Technology with minors in business and psychology from St. Mary’s University, and a Bachelor of Science in Music Therapy from Augsburg…
Laurie Burke is a licensed clinical psychologist who maintains an active private practice in Portland, OR that is dedicated to serving grieving individuals, with a primary focus on assisting traumatically bereaved adults (e.g., individuals grieving losses from homicide, suicide, or fatal accident). She received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of Memphis where…
Hannah Button is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, certified end-of-life doula, educator, and instructor with the University of Vermont’s End-of-Life Doula Professional Certificate program. She practices with the Bay Area End-of-Life Doula Alliance and earned her master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with an emphasis in marriage, family, and child counseling from Palo…
Sara Bybee serves as assistant professor at the University of Utah College of Nursing, where she leads research on health equity and structural determinants of health in complex care settings. Her program of research examines how systemic barriers shape health outcomes for historically marginalized populations, with particular emphasis on dementia, palliative care, and chronic illness…
Whether you’re a patient, family member, or a friend trying to determine whether hospice is the right choice, HFA is here. We provide guidance before, during, and after the important decisions are made.
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