Gary Fink was Senior Vice President of Counseling and Family Support at Montgomery Hospice in Rockville, MD, where he supported the counseling departments, directed the Spiritual Counseling staff, and led interfaith community outreach efforts. He served as a congregational rabbi for more than 25 years, retiring from the pulpit to establish a pastoral counseling practice specializing in grief, life-limiting illness, and end-of-life issues. Fink was ordained at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati and earned a doctorate at Howard University Divinity School, concentrating in end-of-life care. He holds a Graduate Certificate in Thanatology.