Leadership
Board of Directors
Paul S. Nicholson, Chairman
Neal R. Kursban, Vice Chairman
Suzanne B. Firstenberg, Secretary
Ronald M. Wolfsheimer, Treasurer
Arnold J. Kohn, Esq., Immediate Past Chairman
Lora E. Drezner, Foundation Chairman
Paul E. Alpuche, Jr., Esq.
Richard A. Binder, M.D.
Sheila E. Boland
Brian A. Carpenter, M.D.
Councilmember Valerie Ervin
Beryl L. Feinberg
Senator Robert J. Garagiola
Alicia B. Jiménez
Joseph Kaplan, M.D.
Sterling King, Jr., Dr.P.H.
David J. Kressler, Ph.D.
Catherine S. Leggett, Esq.
The Hon. Paul A. McGuckian
Ann Mitchell
Jose A. Quiros, M.D.
William M. Schlossenberg
Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum
Alexander A. Zukiwski, M.D.
Montgomery Hospice Foundation
Lora E. Drezner, Chairman
Sheila E. Boland, Vice Chairman and Secretary
Alicia Jiménez, Treasurer
Joyce Botkin
Karen Schaeffer
Life Directors
Edward Hall Asher
Joan Finnerty
Suzanne Firstenberg
Brian McCagh
Margaret McCaig
Michael McCarthy
Frederick Nebel
Deborah Neipris
Richard Pettit
Karen Schaeffer
Eloise Strand
Staff Leadership
Ann Mitchell, MPH (Biography ) President & CEO
Janet Cauffiel (Biography ) Vice President of Human Resources
Jane DiGirolamo (Biography ) Vice President of Development
Monica Escalante (Biography ) CFO/ VP of Community Education and Outreach
Theresa Johnson (Biography ) Vice President, Casey House
Ann Morgan-Jones (Biography ) Vice President of Nursing Services
Robert Washington (Biography ) Vice President of Counseling Services
Pat Vitacco Director of Performance Improvement, Risk Management & Health Information
Team Physicians
Geoffrey Coleman, MD, MHA Medical Director
Matthew McAndrew, MD
Gary Wilks, MD
Steven Wilks, MD
Casey House Physicians and Nurse Practitioners
Bindu Joseph, MD
Jocelyne Kouatchou, MD
Joseph Puthumana, MD
Nicole Christenson, NP
Diane Ruckert, NP
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