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Quality and Standards Committee Members

2012 Quality and Standards Committee Roster

Chair John Thoma Chief Executive Officer Hospice of Wake County Raleigh, NC

Karen Maczka-Bishop, RN VP of Clinical Operations Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care Mount Prospect, IL

Vice Chair Christie Franklin RN, CHCE President & CEO Bristol Hospice LLC Salt Lake City, UT

Sarah McSpadden, RN, BSN, MSN, MPH Senior Director of Clinical Services Silverado Hospice Irvine, CA

Ann Marie Ackerman, MBA, BSN Chief Clinical Officer Delaware Hospice Wilmington, DE

Patricia Mehnert RN, MN, CHPN Senior Director of Clinical Services HospiceCare of Boulder and Broomfield Counties Lafayette, CO

Darren Bertram Chief Executive Officer Infinity Hospice Care Phoenix, AZ

Terry A. Melvin, MD Medical Director Hospice of Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN

Mary Ann Bleeke Social Worker Hospice of the Chesapeake Annapolis, MD

Marietta Mullen MBA Volunteer Coordinator Evercare Hospice & Palliative Care Elkridge, MD

Regina S. Bodnar, RN, MS, MSN, CHPN Director of Clinical Services Gilchrist Hospice Care Hunt Valley, MD  

Pat O'Maley-Lanphear, EdM Director, Quality Management Providence Hospice & Home Care of Snohomish County Everett, WA

Tara L. Brodbeck, MS, RN, CHPN President/CEO Hospice of the Miami Valley Xenia, OH

Sally A. Parnell, RN, MSN Senior VP of Clinical Affairs Gentiva Hospice Division Dallas, TX

Peter A. Brunnick, CPA President & CEO Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte Region Charlotte, NC  

Anita Harmon Powell, RN, MSN Director Quality Management Amedisys, Inc Baton Rouge, LA

Pamela Burford RN National Director of Clinical Operations/Quality AseraCare Hospice Cordova, TN

Diane Rapaport MAPA Director of Organizational Development Hospice at Home Saint Joseph, MI

Deborah Cousino, RN, BSN QI/HIM Manager Haven Hospice Gainesville, FL

Judy Rosales Peace Hospice of Montana 1101 26th St S Great Falls, MT

Ronalda Dick, MSN Quality Assurance /Performance Improvement Iowa Health Home Care- Intrust Urbandale, IA

Richard Russell Executive Director Odyssey HealthCare of Toledo Maumee, OH

Vivian Dodge PI/QA Contact/Director Quality Management Hospice of Palm Beach County, Inc West Palm Beach, FL

Mary K. Sheehan, MSN, MBA, RN President and CEO QPC Hospice Program LLC Downers Grove, IL

Kaci Elmore Compliance Director/RN Hospice Care Options Macon, GA

Eugenia Smither, RN, BS VP Quality/Corporate Compliance Hospice of the Bluegrass Inc Lexington, KY

Terri Gross, RN Director, Quality and Systems Analysis Hospice of Dayton, Inc. Dayton, OH  

James Thomascik, MHA, CSSGB Director of Planning and Evaluation Hospice of the Western Reserve, Inc Cleveland, OH

Catherine Grubbs Director of Administration Circle of Life Hospice Springdale, AR

Virginia L. Valentine Quality/Education Coordinator Sivitz Jewish Hospice Pittsburgh, PA

Marjorie Ivins, RN, BSN, MS Vice President of Clinical Services Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice Marlton, NJ

Tray Wade, MHA, MA Vice President of Patient and Family Care HCI Care Services West Des Moines, IA

Patrice Kreitler Community Hospice Group Mesa, AZ

Susan Wallace MSW Coordinator- Policy, Quality & Research Midwest Care Alliance Columbus, OH

Marsha Lambert, MSN, CHPN Chief Compliance Officer AccentCare Dallas, TX

Linda L. Ward, MSW President and CEO Gulfside Regional Hospice, Inc New Port Richey, FL

Gayla Lanum, BSN, MA Director Arkansas Department of Health Hospice - Administration Little Rock, AR  

NCHPP Rep Susan Zimmerman, BA Product Manager Deyta, LLC Wilmington, DE

Council of States Rep Jennifer Eurek Associate Director Nebraska Hospice and Palliative Care Association Lincoln, NE Staff Liaison Carol D. Spence, PhD Vice President, Research and Quality National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Alexandria, VA

Martha Lasseter, MBA, RHIA, LHRM, CHC

Staff Liaison Walter Swenson Regulatory and Quality Coordinator National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Alexandria, VA

Carol Lovci, RN, MSN Director San Diego Hospice and The Institute for Palliative Medicine San Diego, CA