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.
Wanda Henry-Jenkins is Bereavement Services Manager for Vitas Healthcare in Chicago and an HFA Hospice Hero. She has worked in healthcare for more than 50 years as a nurse, chaplain, and bereavement volunteer manager. During the Covid-19 pandemic, Henry-Jenkins, who is also known affectionately as “Reverend Wanda,” was a co-leader of Vitas’ national online support…
Brenda Hernández es Coordinadora Programa Satélite de Español para el centro de apoyo al duelo OUR HOUSE Grief Support Center, en Los Ángeles, CA.
Stephen Hersh is a psychiatrist who has specialized in dealing with the chronically and terminally ill and their families.
Teresa Holstein is the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Hudson Valley Hospice in New York. With over a decade of hospice experience, Teresa’s career spans leadership roles in community programs, large hospital-based programs, and multi-site programs. Teresa’s hospice career began as a family caregiver, her grandmother’s end-of-life experience serving as the inspiration…
For the last 40 years, William Hoy has been walking alongside the dying, the bereaved, and the professionals who care for them. Following more than 17 years directing the bereavement program for a southern California community hospice program, Hoy became clinical professor of medical humanities at Baylor University where he served from 2012 to 2024….
Nick Jehlen is the founder of Common Practice and the lead designer of the games Hello and My Gift of Grace, which have been used by families and organizations around the world to support more and better conversations about living and dying well. Applying his background in human factors engineering and design, Jehlen has been…
Theresa Jennings is the Director of Therapeutic Services at Hudson Valley Hospice in New York. With over twenty years of professional experience, Teri has dedicated her career to focusing on the needs of both the pediatric and geriatric demographic in accord with the patient’s level of perspective and comfort in mind. Teri states that she…
Bruce Jennings is Adjunct Professor at Vanderbilt University in the Department of Health Policy and the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society. He is a former Executive Vice President and current Fellow and Senior Advisor of the Hastings Center, a nonprofit research center based in Garrison, NY that studies ethical issues in society, medicine and…
Liza Johnson is Vice President of Clinical Services at Community Nursing Service Home Health and Hospice, West Valley City, UT. Liza has work in the home health and hospice industry for almost 19 years. She obtained her Bachelor’s in Nursing from Westminster School of Nursing and a Master’s of Business Administration from the University of…
Adrienne Jones-Adamczyk is the Senior Clinical Ethics Specialty Program Director for Banner University Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona. She completed a Master of Bioethics from Harvard Medical School in May of 2023 and brings over 14 years of experience as a board-certified Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and Advanced Certified Hospice and Palliative Care Nurse to…
Ashley Keagle is a licensed social worker and the Director of Life Transitions – Mercy Doula program for People Inc., one of the leading agencies in services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In this unique and innovative effort, Keagle has capitalized on the gap in service for end-of-life care, companionship in dying, and…
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…
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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