Jenni Linebarger, MD, MPH

Jenni Linebarger is the Division Director of Palliative Care at Children’s Mercy Kansas City and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri – Kansas City. Linebarger received her medical degree from the University of Missouri and Master of Public Health from the University of Rochester. She completed her pediatric residency at the University of…

Sonya Lott, PhD

Sonya Lott has been a licensed psychologist for more than three decades. She maintains a multistate online private practice, specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD). She is a frequent presenter on PGD at professional conferences, and often shares information about acute and prolonged grief and the impact of the pandemic…

Ruth Malkinson, PhD

Ruth Malkinson is the director of training at the International Laboratory for the Study of Loss, Bereavement and Resilience, University of Haifa. Director of the Israeli Center of REBT, she is past president of the Israeli Association for Family and Marital Therapy. Her fields of expertise are grief, trauma and bereavement and RE-CBT. Malkinson maintains…

Pamela A. Malone, PhD, LCSW-S, FT

Pamela Malone maintains a private clinical practice in which she provides individual, couples, and family therapy. Her clinical experience spans 40 years in a variety of settings. She is a clinical supervisor for master’s level clinicians and provides supervisor training to LCSWs and LMFTs. Malone’s research, presentations, and publications focus on loss and grief, adolescence,…

Jenna Z. Marcus, MD

Jenna Marcus is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Northwestern Medicine. She has a BS from Oakland University and an MD from Wayne State University School of Medicine.

Patricia Mayer, MD, MS, HEC-C

Patricia Mayer is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, and Hospice and Palliative Medicine. She holds a Master of Science Degree in Bioethics, completed a two-year Clinical Ethics Fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic, and founded the Clinical Ethics Service at Cleveland Clinic Florida. She served as medical director of the Hospice of Northern Colorado and holds…

Meghan McDarby

Meghan McDarby is a postdoctoral research fellow at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Her research has focused on providing psychological support to patients with palliative care needs and their caregivers.

Leah McDonald, MD

Leah McDonald is a current Fellow in Hospice and Palliative Medicine at Hope Health and Brown University School of Medicine in Rhode Island. She completed her residency in Emergency Medicine at NYU/Bellevue and is interested in improving primary palliative care and hopsice skills provided in critical care settings and the emergency department.

Jackie McGinley, PhD, LMSW

Jackie McGinley is a licensed social worker and Assistant Professor with the Binghamton University Department of Social Work. Dr. McGinley’s research focuses on the intersection of disability, aging, serious illness, and end-of-life care. Through her work, Dr. McGinley seeks to improve care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families as the end…

Doneila McIntosh, MDiv, MA

Doneila McIntosh is a 4th-year doctoral candidate at the University of Minnesota in Family Social Science with an emphasis in Couple and Family Therapy (CFT). Currently, she is completing a doctoral internship at the African American Child Wellness Institute (AACWI) in Minneapolis. A systemic interventionist, McIntosh primarily works with couples and families. She specializes in…

Jennifer McKenna, BS, CTBS

Jennifer McKenna has been with the Gift of Life Donor Program since 2012. She worked as a Team Leader for the Transplant Information Center for nine years and is currently a Clinical Night Supervisor. She works with donor families and oversees clinical activity for both organ and tissue donation, from referral to recovery. Throughout her…

Andy McNiel, MA 

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…