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Level Five Regional Mentors

The following are certified Level five partners and have the ability to mentor other hospice and community partners.

Alabama

  • Comfort Care Coastal Hospice (Fairhope, AL) Kenya Nodd Certified till May 2021
  • Comfort Care Hospice (Scottsboro, AL) Cindy Everett Certified till June 2021
  • Comfort Care Hospice (Andalusia, AL) Sonja Jones Certified till May 2021

Arizona

  • Aegis Homecare and Hospice (Mesa, AZ) Kara Buse Certified till January 2021
  • Summit Hospice (Phoenix, AZ) Ena Barrise Certified till January 2021
  • Hospice of the West (Phoenix, AZ) Rhea Go-Coloma Certified till February 2021
  • Infinity Hospice Care (Phoenix, AZ) Harsalee Patel and Dawn Tessmer Certified till February 2021
  • Canyon Home Care & Hospice (Gilbert,AZ) Kathy Coffman Certified till July 2021
  • Bristol Hospice (Tucson, AZ) Kristen Newbold Certified till February 2022

Arkansas

  • Arkansas Hospice, Inc (North Little Rock, AR) Ronnie Caveness Certified till February 2021
  • CMC Hospice (Hospice of North Arkansas) (Mountain Home, AR) Sara Woods Certified January 2022

California

  • The Elizabeth Hospice (San Diego, CA) Lisa Marcolongo January 2022
  • Sutter Care At Home Hospice (Alameda,CA) Brent Adams  Certified till February 2021
  • Sutter Care At Home (Roseville,CA) Margaret Ervin Certified till February 2021
  • Sutter Care At Home Hospice (San Francisco,CA) Christopher Shum Certified till February 2021
  • Sutter Care at Home, dba Hospice of the Valley (San Jose,CA) Rebecca Gomes Certified till February 2021
  • Hoffmann Hospice (Bakersfield, CA) Tamara Varner Certified till February 2021
  • Sutter Care at Home (Concord, CA) Margaret Ervin, Nancy Gayles Certified till February 2021
  • Hospice of the North Coast (Carlsbad, CA) Certified till May 2021
  • Snowline Hospice (Diamond Springs,CA) Shanon Strickler Certified till May 2021
  • Bristol Hospice (Sacramento, CA) Linda Kelly Certified till May 2021
  • Seasons Hospice-San Bernardio, LLC (Rancho Cucamonga, CA) Denise Moraga Certified till December 2021

Colorado

  • The Denver Hospice (Denver,CO) Maria Kallas Certified till February 2021
  • TRU Community Care Hospice (Layfayette,CO) Raegan Gyorffy Certified till July 2021
  • Pikes Peak Hospice & Palliative Care, Inc. (Colorado Springs, CO) Eileen Flanagan Certified till October 2021

Delaware

  • VITAS Healthcare (Newark,DE)  Gary Black Certified till March 2021

Florida

  • Hope Healthcare (Fort Myers,FL) Fran Nanio Certified till January 2021
  • Tidewell Hospice (Sarasota, FL) Stacy Groff Certified till January 2022
  • VITAS Healthcare (Pompano Beach,FL) MaryAnn Watson Certified till February 2022
  • VITAS Healthcare (Maitland,FL) Fred Robinson Certified till February 2021
  • Hospice of St. Francis (Titusville, FL) Mary Larson Certified till March 2021
  • Hospice of Marion County (Ocala,FL) Beverly Lafferty Certified till March 2021
  • Big Bend Hospice (Tallahassee, FL) Sharon Davidson Certified till June 2021
  • Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care Florida – Pinellas (Clearwater, FL) Laurie West Certified till June 2021
  • Avow Hospice (Naples, FL) Annalise Smith Certified till December 2021
  • Suncoast Hospice (Clearwater, FL) Melissa More Certified till January 2022
  • VITAS Healthcare (North Miami Beach, FL) Nancy Auster Certified till February 2022

Georgia

  • VITAS Healthcare of Atlanta, (Atlanta, GA) Larry Roberts Certified till January 2021
  • Hospice of NE George Medical Center (Gainesville,GA) Rhonda Rogers  Karla Brookerson-Owens Certified till January 2021 
  • Halcyon Hospice (LHC Group) (Valdosta,GA) Justin Anderson Certified till February 2021
  • Sacred Journey Hospice (McDonough,GA) Gwen Parks Robin Stanton Certified till February 2021
  • Caris HealthCare (Ringgold,GA) Michelle Boatner Certified till February 2021
  • Georgia Mountains Hospice (Jasper, GA) Gina Pendley Certified till March 2021

Idaho

  • Keystone Hospice (Eage,ID) Travis Farber  Certified till January 2022
  • Auburn Crest Hospice (Boise,ID) Rick Capezza Certified till January 2021
  • Hospice Visions, Inc (Twin Falls, ID) Nora Wells Certified till February 2022
  • Heart ‘n Home Hospice & Palliative Care  (Caldwell,ID) Cherise Wetzel-Burrow Certified till August 2021
  • Heart ‘n Home Hospice & Palliative Care (Meridian,ID) Jason Johnson Certified till August 2021
  • Heart ‘n Home Hospice & Palliative Care (Fruitland, ID) Jason Johnson Certified till August 2021
  • Heart ‘n Home Hospice & Palliative Care (Emmett, ID) Jason Johnson Certified till August 2021
  • Heart ‘n Home Hospice & Palliative Care (La Grande , ID) Jason Johnson Certified till August 2021

Illinois

  • Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care (Mount Prospect,IL) Katherine Curran Kirby Certified till February 2021
  • Serenity Hospice and Home (Oregon,IL) Dawn Vander Kolk Certified till February 2021
  • Hospice of Kankakee Valley (Bourbonnais, IL) Katie Canada Certified till May 2021
  • Heartland Hospice Services (Rockford, IL) Janine Idstein Certified till June 2021
  • Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care (Des Plaines, IL) Maureen Zito Certified till August 2021
  • VNA Hospice of Rockford/Mercyhealth at Home Hospice (Rockford,IL) Traci Melms October 2021

Indiana

  • Center for Hospice Care, (Mishawaka, IN) Craig Harrell Certified till January 2021
  • VNA Hospice of the Wabash Valley (Terre Haute, IN) Tracee Hines Certified till February 2021
  • Kindred Hospice (Avon,IN) Sue Gipson , Luonna Lancaster Certified till February 2021
  • Kindred Indianapolis South (Indianapolis, IN) Sue Gipson  and Aston Driscoll Certified till March 2021
  • Curo SouthernCare (Evansville, IN) Sue Gipson Certified till February 2021
  • Kindred Indianapolis North (Indianapolis, IN) Sue Gipson  Certified till February 2021
  • VNA of Northwest Indiana (Valparasio, IN) Erica Kerkes Certified till February 2022

Kansas

  • Interim Hospice (Wichita, KS) Adrian Trefz &  Kit Berry Certified till January 2021
  • Freedom Hospice (Hiawatha,KS) Tricia Parker Certified till January 2022
  • Kindred Hospice (Hutchinson, KS) Sue Gipson , Raechel Manley Certified till February 2021
  • Home Health of Kansas (Wichita,KS) Corrie Tarello Certified till May 2021

Kentucky

  • Community Hospice (Ashland,KY) Leigh Ann Hamilton Certified till January 2022

Louisiana

  • Hospice of Acadiana (Lafayette,LA) Mary Bergeron Certified till January 2021

Maryland

  • Calvert Hospice (Prince Frederick,MD) Amy Szatanek Certified till February 2021
  • Hospice of the Chesapeake (Pasadena, MD) Nikki Malatesta Certified till January 2022
  • Carroll Hospice (Westminster, MD) Kimberly Benson Certified till May 2021
  • Heartland Hospice Services (Beltsville, MD) Gordon Creamer Certified till September 2021
  • Heartland Hospice Services (Baltimore, MD) Gordon Creamer Certified till September 2021

Massachusetts

  • Brookhaven Hospice (Westborough,MA) Mary Beth Kawalek Certified till January 2021
  • Care Dimensions (Danvers, MA) Sheryl Meehan Certified till January 2021
  • Hospice of Western and Central Massachusetts (Agawam,MA) Tracey Gregory Certified till July 2021

Michigan

  • Heartland Hospice (Portage, MI) Scarlet Oheran Certified till August 2021

Missouri

  • Bethesda Hospice Care (St. Louis,MO) Leslie Schaeffer Certified till January 2021
  • Safe Harbor Hospice (Fredericktown, MO) Megan Powell Certified till January 2022
  • Caris HealthCare (Saint Louis, MO) Brian Rector Certified till March 2021

Nevada

  • Infinity Hospice Care (Las Vegas, NV) Nikkie Ellis Certified till February 2021
  • Infinity Hospice Care (Reno, NV) Nikkie Ellis Certified till February 2021
  • Nathan Adelson Hospice (Las Vegas, NV) Cheryl Johnston Certified till August 2021

New Jersey

  • Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice (Newton,NJ) Lee Ellison, Jacqui Gieske Certified till January 2021

New Mexico

  • Mesilla Valley Hospice (Las Cruces, NM) Lorraine Padilla and Staci Mays Certified till February 2021

New York

  • VNSNY Hospice and Palliative Care, (New York, NY) Jospeh Vitti Certified till January 2022
  • MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care (New York, NY) Toby Weiss Certified till February 2022
  • Hospice of Orange & Sullivan Counties, Inc.  (Newburgh, NY) Kim Warner Certified till June 2021
  • Hudson Valley Hospice (Poughkeepsie, NY) Lisa Wilson Certified till January 2022

North Carolina

  • Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro (Greensboro,NC) Paul Russ Certified till January 2021
  • Hospice of the Carolina Foothills (Forest City,NC) Heidi Owen Certified till January 2021
  • Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte Region (Charlotte, NC) Sharon Moore Certified till May 2021
  • Caris Healthcare (Greenville, SC) Cathy Talman Certified till May 2021

Ohio

  • Ohio’s Hospice of Miami County (Dayton,OH) Amy LeVan Certified till January 2021
  • Grace Hospice (Cincinnati,OH) Shelby Duncan Certified till January 2022
  • Hospice of Western Reserve (Cleveland,OH) Nathan Gradisher Certified till January 2021
  • Grace Hospice (Dayton,OH) Steven Fox Certified till January 2021
  • VITAS Healthcare (Dayton,OH) Rob Liput Certified till January 2022
  • VITAS Healthcare (Dublin,OH) Dolores Hickman Certified till January 2022
  • VITAS Innovative Hospice Care of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH) Carole Quackenbush Certified till June 2021

Oregon

  • Heart ‘n Home Hospice & Palliative Care (Baker City, OR) Jason Johnson Certified till August 2021
  • Heart ‘n Home Hospice & Palliative Care (Bend, OR) Jason Johnson Certified till August 2021
  • Heart ‘n Home Hospice & Palliative Care (La Pina, OR) Jason Johnson Certified till August 2021

Pennsylvania

  • Baydaya Hospice (Boyertown, PA) Karen Kinn Certified till February 2021
  • Conemaugh Regional Hospice (Johnstown,PA) Amy Levander Certified till February 2021
  • Memorial White Rose Hospice (York,PA) Donald Alspaugh Certified till March 2021
  • Heartland Hospice — Reading (Reading, PA) Martha Grimm Certified Till June 2021
  • Hospice of Central Pennsylvania (Harrisburg,PA) Cheryl Pry Certified Till July 2021
  • Hospice & Community Care (Lancaster, PA) Tracey Wheatley Certified till December 2021
  • Heartland Hospice (York, PA) Kevin Cross Certified till December 2021

South Carolina

  • Hospice & Community Care (Rock Hill, SC) Frank Grobusky Certified till January 2021
  • Kindred Hospice (North Charleston, SC) Sue Gipson , Marcia Sisson Certified till February 2021
  • Caris HealthCare (Greenwood, SC) Sarah Moore Certified till March 2021
  • Comfort Care Hospice (Andalusia, SC )Mitizi Butler Certified Till May 2021
  • Lutheran Hospice (Chapin, SC) Kendra Neely Certified Till May 2021

Tennessee

  • Convenant Homecare/Hospice (Knoxville,TN) Cindy Winterberger Certified till January 2021
  • Smoky Mountain Home Health and Hospice (Morristown,TN) Karen Crumbley Certified till January 2021
  • Smoky Mountain Home Health and Hospice (Kingsport,TN) Holly Bland Certified till January 2021
  • Smoky Mountain Home Health and Hospice (Newport,TN) Debbie Williams Certified till January 2021
  • Smoky Mountain Home Health and Hospice (Knoxville,TN) Denise Harris Certified till January 2021
  • Caris HealthCare (Columbia, TN) Alicia Anglin Certified till February 2021
  • Caris HealthCare (Nashville, TN) Rebecca Poling Certified till February 2021
  • Smoky Mountain Home Health and Hospice (Greenville,TN) Debbie Williams Certified till February 2021
  • Caris HealthCare (Sevierville, TN) Audrey McCarter Certified till February 2021
  • Caris HealthCare (Lenior City, TN) Jennifer Wilson Certified till February 2021
  • Caris HealthCare (Dickinson,TN) Cheyenne Swaw Certified till February 2021
  • Caris Healthcare (Greeneville, TN) Tiiffany Holt Certified till February 2021
  • Caris Healthcare (Greeneville, TN) Diana Puckett Certified till February 2021
  • Caris HealthCare (Algood, TN) Gail Evans Certified till March 2021
  • Caris HealthCare (Milan,TN) Danielle Becker Certified till March 2021
  • Caris Healthcare (Murfreesboro, TN) Crystal Fox Certified till May 2021
  • Caris Healthcare (Springfield, TN) Jill Etheridge Certified till May 2021
  • University of Tennessee Hospice of Morristown (Morristown,TN) Kathy Gilliam Certified till August 2021

Texas

  • BSA Hospice of the Southwest (Amarillo,TX) Kimberli Phillips Certified till February 2022
  • Kindred Hospice North (San Antonio, TX) Rev. Edward A. Tello Certified till February 2021

Virginia

  • Carilion Clinic Hospice NRV (Radford,VA) Treasa Rigney Certified till January 2021
  • Heartland Hospice (Virginia Beach,VA)  Paula Potter Certified till January 2021
  • Wythe Hospice of Southwest Virginia (Wytheville,VA) Jon E. Smith  Certified till January 2021
  • Caris Healthcare (Bristol, VA) Annette Howell Certified till March 2021
  • Kindred Hospice (Harrisonburg, VA) Sue Gipson Certified till August 2021
  • Westminster Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay (Virginia Beach, VA) Sarah McBride Certified till December 2021

Washington

  • Assured Hospice-Clallam & Jefferson Counties (Port Angles, WA) Caitlin Charles Certified till December 2021

West Virginia

  • Housecalls Hospice LHC Group (Parkersburg,WV), Sherry Thompson Certified till January 2022

Wisconsin

  • Hospice Alliance (Pleasant Prairie, WI) Beth Dillon Certified till January 2021
  • Heartland Hospice Green Bay (De Pere,WI) Nicole Fictum Certified till February 2021

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