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Bereavement Care

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