Meet the Team

Founder

Deborah Grassman

Nurse Practitioner, author in four textbooks, 25 published articles, and four films featuring her work on Soul Injury®, PTSD, Hospice, Veterans, and Caregivers

Co-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...

Founding Nurse

Marie Bainbridge

Founding Nurse, Vietnam Veteran, Bronze Star Recipient

Founding Nurse

Sheila Lozier

Founding Nurse, Army Veteran

In Memoriam of Founding Nurse, Shakuntala Desai

Founding Nurse

Board President
Boyertown, Pennsylvania

Angela Snyder

RN, MSN, MHA
Director of QA, BAYADA Home Health Care

Board Vice-President
Des Moines, Iowa

Leann Thrapp

RN, MA, CHPCA
VP of Clinical Services, EveryStep Care and Support Services

Treasurer
Ocala, FL

Mary Ellen Poe

MSA, BS, RN
Hospice CEO (Ret.)

Board Member & Fund Development Council Chair
Ocala, FL

Jessica McCune

RN, LMHC
Hospice of Marion County
Director of Bereavement Services

Board Member
Newark, Delaware

Diane Jones

SW, VA Consultant Hospice Veteran Partnership (Ret.)

Board Member
Tierra Verde, Florida

Janet Perez-Stringfellow

Volunteers of America, President & CEO (Florida Chapter)

Co-Chair Research & Quality Improvement Council
Yellow Springs, Ohio

Abi Katz D.O., M.S

Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine

Mechanicsburg, New Jersey

Kathi Burkhart MSN, APN-C, FAANP

Lyons New Jersey VA Healthcare System

Fresno, California

William Kissee SR

Chaplain, Counselor, AseraCare, Vietnam Veteran
California HVP

Princeton, Indiana

Sue Gipson RN, CHPN

Kindred Hospice
Pres Hospice Veteran Partnership Indiana

Springfield, Oregon

Gordon Ruddick

MDiv.
PeaceHealth Medical Center

Kansas City, Missouri

Stephanie Turner RN

Kansas City Hospice

Dandridge, Tennessee

Ralph Ozmun

US Navy Veteran

United Kingdom

Catherine Tye RN

Occupational Health & Safety Consultant

Omaha, Nebraska

Kelly Keller

BSW, MA Hospice Volunteer Coordinator
Endless Journey Hospice

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

Larry Burg

VA Peer Support Counselor/US Navy Veteran

Bradenton, Florida

Louise Sutherland-Hoyt

LMHC, CCMHC, NCC, MAC
Past Pres - FMHCA
Program Dir-My Warrior's Place

Indianapolis, Indiana

Sara Thompson, GM, Licensed Funeral Director

Indiana Funeral Care

Zug, Switzerland

Sandra Ulrich

CAS Spiritual Care, Palliative Counseling

Indian Harbor Beach, Florida

Christine Croskey

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Deacon

St. Louis, Missouri

Angela Sipe M.J., CHPCA

Nurses and Company

Dayton, Ohio

Lt. Col. Kathy Gallowitz (Ret’d)

Founder, Vanguard Veteran Ohio

Washington, DC

Kathy Bixby RN, MSN, Caritas Coach

Washington DC VA Medical Center

LaFayette, Louisianna

Twanda Amos, Hospice Chaplain

Hospice of Acadiana
Lafayette, Louisiana

Great Meadows, New Jersey

John Drinkard

Chaplain, Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice, Vietnam Veteran

Tomah, Wisconsin

Mary Rezin, RN

^{Founder-The Hospice Touch, Tomah Memorial Hospital}

Tomah, Wisconsin

Lisa Mueller, RN, BSN

Kearney, Nebraska

Lisa Follmer, SW

Provisional Licensed Mental Health Worker, Bereavement Coordinator
AseraCare Hospice

Princeton, Indiana

Bruce Gipson

Vietnam Veteran

Pana, Illinois

Roger Swim

Vietnam Veteran
Quad County Hospice
Pana Community Hospital

Bend, Oregon

Alison Perry, MS, LPC

Founder, Executive Director-Central Oregon Veterans Ranch

Slaughter, Louisianna

Leslie Lofton RN

Louisiana VA Healthcare System

Jamestown, Rhode Island

Melissa Mastrostefano LCSW

Nevada, Iowa

Sally Daub

Caregiver

Louisville, Tennessee

Janet Guess

Trainer - Service Corporation International

St. Petersburg, Florida

Nancy Weil

Founder of The Laugh Academy

Laguna Woods, California

Carol Swim, PhD

Transpersonal Counciling