Quality & Standards Committee

Quality and Standards Committee Members

2024 Quality and Standards Committee Roster

Chair

Sarah McSpadden, RN, BSN, MSN

The Elizabeth Hospice Escondido, CA Term 2: 1/1/22 – 12/31/24
Vice Chair

Rebecca Hertzog

Hospice & Community Care Lancaster, PA Term 2: 1/1/22 – 12/31/24

Robyn Bortle

Halifax Health Hospice Port Orange, FL Term 1: 01/01/2023 – 12/31/2024

Amy Burr

Meadowlark Hospice Clay Center, KS Term 1: 01/01/2023 – 12/31/2024

Alyssa Cadwalader

Trustbridge, Inc. West Palm Beach, FL Term 1: 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2025

Lori Taylor Carter

Three Oaks Hospice Dallas, TX Term 2: 01/01/2023 – 12/31/2024

Kerri A. Ervin

Avow Hospice Naples, FL Term 1: 01/01/2023 – 12/31/2024

Erin Gentry

Sharp HospiceCare San Diego, CA Term 1: 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2025

Catherine Grubbs

Circle of Life Hospice Bentonville, AR Term 1: 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2025

Ronald Gunter

BrightSpring Health Services Term 1: 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2025

Teresa Holstein

Hudson Valley Hospice Poughkeepsie, NY Term 1: 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2025

Jacqueline Marie Lopez-Devine

Gentiva Hospice & Palliative Care West Palm Beach, FL Term 1: 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2025

Cara Mackenzie

Agrace Hospice Care Madison, WI Term 1: 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2025

Lynette Mancuso

Hospice & Palliative Care Buffalo, Inc. Cheektowaga, NY Term 1: 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2025

Natalie McNeal

Hospice of Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville, GA Term 1: 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2025

Nanette Minton

MAC Legacy Burleson, TX Term 1: 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2025

Kristy Morris

Hospice of East Texas Tyler, TX Term 1: 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2025

Shelly Mudge

Mary T. Hospice St Louis Park, MN Term 1: 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2025

Sandra M Nelson

Hospice of Holland Holland, MI Term 1: 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2025

Linda Niles

Cherish Hospice Springfield, OH Term 1: 01/01/2023 – 12/31/2024

Paige Overby

Hospice of Davidson County Lexington, NC Term 1: 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2025

Shellie Rankin

Elara Caring Jackson, MI Term 1: 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2025

Mary Jane Ruppert

Gentiva Hospice Toledo, OH Term 1: 01/01/2023 – 12/31/2024

Mike Testa

Chautauqua Hospice & Palliative Care Lakewood, NY Term 1: 01/01/2023 – 12/31/2025

Heather L Thompson

LHC Group Lantana, TX Term 1: 01/01/2023 – 12/31/2024

Cheryse Wodecki

Compassus Home Office Brentwood, TN Term 1: 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2025

Tarek Zetoune

Good Shepherd Hospice Farmingdale, NY Term 1: 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2025
Staff Liaison

Aparna Gupta, DNP, FACHE, CPHQ

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Alexandria, VA
Advisor

Christine Nidd

Hospice of the Northwest Mount Vernon, WA
Advisor

Eugenia Smither

Bluegrass Care Navigators Lexington, KY
Staff Liaison

Karuna Tamrakar

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Alexandria, VA