Experience

Care Camps

• United States
• Fundraising
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • Jan 2023 - Present



National and International Organizations, Associations, and Foundations

• Consultant, Strategic Advisor, Innovative Leader

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  • Designs successful implementation plans for grants and contracts • Boosts critical program elements to assure meaningful outcomes• Mentors operational teams to hone and achieve their goals • Designs successful implementation plans for grants and contracts • Boosts critical program elements to assure meaningful outcomes• Mentors operational teams to hone and achieve their goals



NATIONAL COALITION FOR HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE INC

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care

• Palliative Care Measures Project

  • Sep 2018 - Feb 2022

  Led the development and implementation of a stakeholder engagement strategic communications plan for a national project funded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that resulted in a record number of positive public comments from patients, caregivers, and clinicians.

• National Consensus Project’s Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, 4th edition

  • Feb 2017 - Jul 2019

  Led the collaboration of 17 national organizations to revise and expand national healthcare guidelines and gained endorsements from over 90 national organizations. The project was funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, The John A. Hartford Foundation, Cambia Health Foundation and Stupki Foundation.



National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Veteran Community Partnerships

  • Jan 2011 - Dec 2018

  Created and implemented a coalition building toolkit, training program, and train-the-trainer manual for the Department of Veterans Affairs that is being used in VA Medical Centers across the U.S.

• Global Partners in Care

  • Jan 2013 - Dec 2016

  Directed the re-branding and expansion of an international partnership program between U.S. health care providers and providers in developing countries that included establishing the first partnership in India. Received the American Society of Association Executives ‘Power of A’ Gold Award.

• We Honor Veterans

  • Jan 2010 - Dec 2016

  Oversaw the design and development of a pioneering program for health care providers to improve quality health care for Veterans that received the American Society of Association Executives’ “Power of A” Summit Award.

• National Pediatric Initiatives

  • Jan 2006 - Dec 2016

  Led the publication of Pediatric Concurrent Care Implementation Guide for Affordable Care Act, Section 2302, Pediatric Palliative Care Standards of Practice, and other national pediatric initiatives to improve care for seriously ill children and their families across the country.

• CaringInfo (formerly Caring Connections)

  • Jan 2004 - Dec 2016

  Served on the original design team that created the first national online platform of free information and resources for people living with serious illness and caregivers re: advance care planning, hospice and palliative care, and grief and loss; funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

• It’s About How You LIVE national campaign

  • Jan 2004 - Dec 2016

  • Directed a national campaign to increase public awareness and education about end-of-life issues that was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Adaptions included It’s About How You LIVE – At Work funded by the Langeloth Foundation, and It’s About How You LIVE – In Faith in collaboration with the Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life. • Developed outreach guides for hospice providers to improve care for African Americans, Chinese Americans and Latinos, and other access and inclusion materials.



Upaya Institute

• Being With Dying™: Professional Training Program in Compassionate Care

  • 1999 - 2010

  Served as faculty for an intensive professional training program for clinicians incompassionate care of the seriously ill and dying. Served as faculty for an intensive professional training program for clinicians incompassionate care of the seriously ill and dying.



Robert Wood Johnson Foundation "Last Acts" grant

• Rallying Points

  • Jan 2004 - Dec 2004

  Provided coalition building consultation to health care organizations across the country funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Last Acts campaign to improve care and caring near the end of life. Provided coalition building consultation to health care organizations across the country funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Last Acts campaign to improve care and caring near the end of life.



The Carolinas Center for Hospice and End of Life Care

• Isn't It Time We Talk

  • Jan 2000 - Dec 2003

  • Implemented a regional campaign and discussion guide to educate health care providers and the public about advance care planning that was funded by the Duke Endowment. • Developed statewide partnerships and community coalitions across North Carolina to improve end-of-life care that received the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s State Coalition Award of Excellence. • Implemented a regional campaign and discussion guide to educate health care providers and the public about advance care planning that was funded by the Duke Endowment. • Developed statewide partnerships and community coalitions across North Carolina to improve end-of-life care that received the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s State Coalition Award of Excellence.



Duke University Medical Center; Kaiser Permanente

• Health Education Consultant

  • 1997 - 2000



Duke University School of Nursing

• Consulting Associate

  • 1994 - Dec 1999



Duke University Medical Center

• Duke Heart Center Patient Support Program

  • 1992 - 1997

  Started, designed, and directed a patient and family support program which included overseeing 50+ volunteers who were former cardiac patients that received the N.C. Governor’s Volunteer Award. Started, designed, and directed a patient and family support program which included overseeing 50+ volunteers who were former cardiac patients that received the N.C. Governor’s Volunteer Award.



Various positions

• Registered Nurse

  • 1981 - 1992

  Served as a pediatric staff nurse at the University of Virginia Medical Center, VA and a pediatric home health provider in San Francisco, CA, as well as various staff nurse positions in NC. Served as a pediatric staff nurse at the University of Virginia Medical Center, VA and a pediatric home health provider in San Francisco, CA, as well as various staff nurse positions in NC.