Meet the Team

Founder

Deborah Grassman

Nurse Practitioner, author in three textbooks, 22 published articles, and four films featuring her work on Soul Injury, PTSD, Hospice, Veterans, and Caregivers

Founder

Pat McGuire

Patricia McGuire is an ADEC-certified bereavement counselor specializing in grief and traumatic loss. Her career at the Department of Veterans Affairs lasted...

Executive Director

Angela Sipe M.J., CHPCA

Angela Sipe brings 30 years experience in healthcare and business. Her career has spanned from policy development and lobbying health care issues to...

Director of Ambassadors

Ralph Ozmun

Ralph is a featured speaker on Soul Injury, Forgiveness, and Fallen Comrade ceremonies. He provided the keynote address at the Canadian conference on PTSD. His previous...

President
Mountville, Pennsylvania

Angela Snyder

Division Director, Bayada Healthcare System

Vice-President
West Des Moines, Iowa

Leann Thrapp

Executive Director, WesleyLife Home Health and Hospice

Board Member

Marie Bainbridge

Vietnam Veteran, Founding Nurse

Board Member
St. Petersburg, Florida

Shaku Desai

Founding Nurse

Board Member
Woodville, Alabama

Sheila Lozier

Founding Nurse

Board Member
Seminole, FL

Nancy Weil

Director of Grief Support for Veterans Funeral Care and Proprietor of The Laugh Academy

Board Member
Tierra Verde, FL

Janet Stringfellow

Volunteers of America, President & CEO (Florida Chapter)

Board Member

Dr. Luann Brown

PhD, Existential Psychology, MSW in clinical social work, USF School of Social Work Faculty

Board Member
St. Petersburg, FL

Bradley Jenkins

Engineering Associate Dean (Ret’d), St. Petersburg College, Vietnam Veteran

Bend, Oregon

Alison Perry

Founder, Central Oregon Veterans Ranch

New Jersey

John Drinkard

Chaplain, Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice, Vietnam Veteran

Washington, DC

Kathi Bixby RN, MSN, CHPN

Washington, DC VA Healthcare System

New Jersey

Kathi Burkhart MSN, APN-C, FAANP

Lyons New Jersey VA Healthcare System

Dayton, Ohio

Lt. Col. Kathy Gallowitz (Ret’d)

Founder, Vanguard Veteran Ohio

Nevada, Iowa

Sally Daub

Caregiver

Kansas City, Missouri

Stephanie Turner RN

Kansas City Hospice

Fresno, California

William Kissee SR

Chaplain, Counselor, Asera Care, Vietnam Veteran

Princeton, Indiana

Sue Gipson RN, CHPN

Clinical Liaison of Veteran Affairs for SouthernCare

Princeton, Indiana

Bruce Gipson

Vietnam Veteran

United Kingdom

Catherine Tye RN

Occupational Health & Safety Consultant

Knoxville, TN

Janet Guess BA, MA

Service Corporation International

Leslie Lofton RN

Louisiana VA Healthcare System

Jamestown, RI

Melissa Mastrostefano LCSW

Tomah, WI

Lisa Mueller RN