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) Enchantra Pritchett Certified till June 2022
• Comfort Care Hospice (Andalusia, AL) Sonja Jones Certified till December 2022

Arizona

• Aegis Hospice (Mesa, AZ) Kara Busse Certified till January 2022
• Summit Hospice (Phoenix, AZ) Ena Barrise Certified till February 2023
• Hospice of the West (Phoenix, AZ) Rhea Go-Coloma Certified till September 2022
• 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) Brenda Puzzelestoltz Certified till January 2023
• Emblem Hospice Tucson (Tucson, AZ) Julie Stafford Certified till April 2022
• Arizona Hospice Care (Fountain Hills, AZ) Robin Waters Certified till October 2022
• Seasons Hospice (Phoenix, AZ) Gigi Elliott Certified till November 2022

Arkansas

• Arkansas Hospice, Inc (North Little Rock, AR) Ronnie Caveness Certified till February 2021
• CMC Hospice (Hospice of North Arkansas) (Mountain Home, AR) Kathy Dewy Certified December 2022
• Heart of Hospice- Forth Smith (Fort Smith, AR) Kimberly Dunigan Certified till June 2022
• Elite Hospice dba Ouachita Regional Hospice (Mena, AR) Cynthia McLellan Certified till June 2022
• Elite Hospice (Jonesboro, AR) Jenna Marquis Certified till November 2022

California

• The Elizabeth Hospice (San Diego, CA) Lisa Marcolongo December 2022
• Sutter Care At Home Hospice (Alameda,CA) Brent Adams  Certified till March 2022
• Sutter Care At Home (Roseville,CA) Margaret Ervin Certified till October 2022
• 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 2023
• Hoffmann Hospice (Bakersfield, CA) Tamara Varner Certified till June 2022
• Sutter Care at Home (Concord, CA) Margaret Ervin, Nancy Gayles Certified till October 2022
• Hospice of the North Coast (Carlsbad, CA) Certified till Shelly Dew October 2022
• Snowline Hospice (Diamond Springs,CA) Shanon Strickler Certified till June 2022
• Bristol Hospice (Sacramento, CA) Katherine Dolan Certified till September 2022
• Seasons Hospice-San Bernardio, LLC (Rancho Cucamonga, CA) Denise Moraga Certified till December 2022
• Sutter Care At Home (Sacramento, CA) Rory Kilcullen Certified till April 2022
• Sutter Care At Home (Santa Rosa, CA) Carly Gingold Certified till May 2022
• VITAS Healthcare Los Angeles/Ventura (Encino, CA) Lori Netzen Certified till July 2022
• Hospice of East Bay (Pleasant Hill, CA) Noga Welner-Kesser Certified till October 2022
• Bristol Hospice (Fresno, CA) Raul Sanchez Certified till October 2022
• Sutter North Hospice (Yuba City, CA) *Please contact Margaret Ervin Certified till December 2022
• Mission Hospice (San Diego, CA) Derrick Staples Certified till March 2023

Colorado

• The Denver Hospice (Denver,CO) Maria Kallas Certified till February 2021
• TRU Community Care Hospice (Layfayette,CO) Raegan Gyorffy Certified till July 2022
• Pikes Peak Hospice & Palliative Care, Inc. (Colorado Springs, CO) Dinyla Licona Certified till October 2022

Delaware

• VITAS Healthcare (Newark,DE)  Gary Black Certified till April 2022

Florida

• Hope Healthcare (Fort Myers,FL) Fran Nanio Certified till December 2022
• Tidewell Hospice (Sarasota, FL) Stacy Groff Certified till January 2023
• VITAS Healthcare (Pompano Beach,FL) MaryAnn Watson Certified till February 2023
• VITAS Healthcare (Maitland,FL) Fred Robinson Certified till February 2021
• Hospice of St. Francis (Titusville, FL) Mary Larson Certified till August 2022
• Hospice of Marion County (Ocala,FL) Beverly Lafferty Certified till March 2023
• 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 2022
• Suncoast Hospice (Clearwater, FL) Melissa More Certified till January 2023
• VITAS Healthcare (North Miami Beach, FL) Nancy Auster Certified till June 2022
• VITAS Healthcare (Boynton Beach, FL) Shenetria Moore Certified till October 2022
• Health & Palliative Services of the Treasure Coast (Staurt, FL) Toliver Darville Certified till October 2022
• Hospice of Health First (Merritt Island, FL) Susan Miller Certified till October 2022
• Seasons Hospice and Palliative Care (Wesley Chapel, FL) Brittany Stockton Certified till January 2023

Georgia

• VITAS Healthcare of Atlanta, (Atlanta, GA) Larry Roberts Certified till April 2023
• Hospice of NE George Medical Center (Gainesville,GA) Rhonda Rogers  Karla Brookerson-Owens Certified till March 2023
• Halcyon Hospice (LHC Group) (Valdosta,GA) Justin Anderson Certified till March 2023
• Caris HealthCare (Ringgold,GA) Steve Allert Certified till May 2022
• Columbus Hospice (Columbus, GA) Terri Roberts Certified till December 2022

Hawaii

• Bristol Hospice (Honolulu, HI) Joseph Eppink Certified till April 2023

Idaho

• Keystone Hospice (Eage,ID) Travis Farber  Certified till December 2022
• Hospice Visions, Inc (Twin Falls, ID) Nora Wells Certified till February 2023
• Heart ‘n Home Hospice & Palliative Care  (Caldwell,ID) Candace Falkenstien Certified till August 2021
• Heart ‘n Home Hospice & Palliative Care (Meridian,ID) Candace Falkenstien 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

• Serenity Hospice and Home (Oregon,IL) Stephanie Wheeler Certified till July 2022
• Uplifted Care (Bourbonnais, IL) Katie Canada Certified till June 2022
• ProMedica Hospice (Rockford, IL) Sheri Anspaugh Certified till July 2022
• 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 April 2023
• VNA Hospice of the Wabash Valley (Terre Haute, IN) Julie McBride Certified till January 2023
• Kindred Hospice (Avon,IN) Sue Gipson , Luonna Lancaster Certified till January 2023
• Kindred Indianapolis South (Indianapolis, IN) Sue Gipson  and Aston Driscoll Certified till February 2023
• Curo SouthernCare (Evansville, IN) Sue Gipson Certified till June 2022
• Kindred Indianapolis North (Indianapolis, IN) Sue Gipson  Certified till February 2021
• VNA of Northwest Indiana (Valparasio, IN) Erica Kerkes Certified till February 2022
• Heart to Heart Hospice of SW Indiana (Jasper) Jacquelyn Fehd Certified till November 2022
• Heart to Heart Hospice (Evansville) Jacquelyn Fehd Certified till November 2022

Iowa

• Hospice of Siouxland (Sioux City, IA) Jane Metz Certified till February 2023

Kansas

• Interim Hospice (Wichita, KS) Chad Stearns Certified till April 2023
• Freedom Hospice (Hiawatha,KS) Tricia Parker Certified till January 2023
• Kindred Hospice (Hutchinson, KS) Sue Gipson , Raechel Manley Certified till June 2022
• Home Health of Kansas (Wichita,KS) Corrie Tarello Certified till October 2022
• Kindred Hospice (Wichita, KS)  Sue Gipson Certified till November 2022

Kentucky

• Community Hospice (Ashland,KY) Leigh Ann Hamilton Certified till January 2022
• Heritage Hospice (Danville, KY) Sharon Martin Certified till October 2022

Louisiana

• Hospice of Acadiana (Lafayette,LA) Mary Bergeron Certified till February 2023
• Heart of Hospice (Alexandria, LA) Amanda Anderson Certified till April 2023
• Louisiana Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (Opelousas, LA) Tonya Romero Certified till January 2023
• Acadian Hospice (Lafayette, LA) Sara House Certified till April 2023
• Louisiana Hospice & Palliative Care (Jennings, LA) Certified till May 2023
• Heart of Hospice (Covington, LA) Dwight Munn Certified till October 2022
• Christus Hospice & Palliative Care (Alexandria LA) Faith Sanders Certified till February 2023

Maryland

• Calvert Hospice (Prince Frederick ,MD) Amy Szatanek Certified till September 2022
• Hospice of the Chesapeake (Pasadena, MD) Robert Mosley Certified till December 2022
• Carroll Hospice (Westminster, MD) Kimberly Benson Certified till March 2023
• Heartland Hospice Services (Beltsville, MD) Gordon Creamer Certified till September 2021
• Heartland Hospice Services (Baltimore, MD) Gordon Creamer Certified till September 2021
• Compass Regional Hospice (Centerville, MD) Robyn Affron Certified till November 2021
• Gilchrist Hospice (Hunt Valley, MD) Kimberlee Kahl Certified till December 2022

Massachusetts

• Brookhaven Hospice (Westborough,MA) Mary Beth Kawalek Certified till January 2021
• Care Dimensions (Danvers, MA) Sheryl Meehan Certified till February 2023
• Hospice of Western and Central Massachusetts (Agawam,MA) Tracey Gregory Certified till March 2023

Michigan

• Heartland Hospice (Portage, MI) Scarlet Oheran Certified till October 2022
• Seasons Hospice (Madison Heights, MI) Paige Freed Certified till March 2022
• Hospice at Home (Saint Joseph, MI) Stephanie Kostizen Certified till April 2022

Mississippi

• Deaconess Hospice (Laurel, MS) Shelby Little Certified till September 2022

Missouri

• Bethesda Hospice Care (St. Louis,MO) Leslie Schaeffer Certified till April 2023
• Safe Harbor Hospice (Fredericktown, MO) Megan Powell Certified till December 2022
• Caris HealthCare (Saint Louis, MO) Brian Rector Certified till June 2022

Nebraska

• Endless Journey LLC, (Omaha, NE) Kelly Keller Certified till November 2022

Nevada

• Infinity Hospice Care (Las Vegas, NV) Nikkie Ellis Certified till February 2023
• Infinity Hospice Care (Reno, NV) Nikkie Ellis Certified till June 2022
• Nathan Adelson Hospice (Las Vegas, NV) Cheryl Johnston Certified till April 2023
• Saint Mary’s Hospice (Reno, NV) Shannon Brett Certified till August 2022

New Jersey

• Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice (Newton,NJ) Lee Ellison, Jacqui Gieske Certified till January 2021
• Atlanticare Hospice-LHC Group (Egg Harbor Township, NJ) Danielle Camilo Certified till October 2022
• Accent Care Hospice & Palliative Care of New Jersey (Edison, NJ) Kristen O’Grady Certified till February 2023

New Mexico

• Mesilla Valley Hospice (Las Cruces, NM) Lorraine Padilla and Staci Mays Certified till March 2022

New York

• VNSNY Hospice and Palliative Care, (New York, NY) Jospeh Vitti Certified till December 2022
• MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care (New York, NY) Toby Weiss Certified till January 2023
• Hospice of Orange & Sullivan Counties, Inc.  (Newburgh, NY) Kim Warner Certified till August 2022
• 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 March 2023
• Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte Region (Charlotte, NC) Sharon Moore Certified till June 2022
• Community Homecare and Hospice (Swansboro NC) Melissa Joseph Certified till October 2022
• Community Home Care & Hospice (Indian Trail, NC) Melissa Joseph Certified till February 2023
• Hospice of Wilson (Wilson, NC) Marcy Lloyd Certified till February 2023
• Community Home Care & Hospice (Asheboro, NC) Melissa Joseph Certified till March 2023
• Community Home Care & Hospice (Fayetteville, NC)Melissa Joseph Certified till April 2023

Ohio

• Ohio’s Hospice of Miami County (Dayton,OH) Amy LeVan Certified till January 2021
• Grace Hospice (Cincinnati,OH) Shelby Duncan Certified till November 2021
• Hospice of Western Reserve (Cleveland,OH) Nathan Gradisher Certified till June 2022
• Grace Hospice (Dayton,OH)   Shelby Duncan  Certified till November 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
• Stein Hospice (Sandusky, OH) Sheri Bourne Certified till March 2022

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 2023
• Conemaugh Regional Hospice (Johnstown,PA) Amy Levander Certified till May 2022
• Memorial White Rose Hospice (York,PA) Donald Alspaugh Certified till August 2022
• Promedica Hospice — Reading (Reading, PA) Martha Grimm Certified Till December 2022
• Hospice of Central Pennsylvania (Harrisburg,PA) Cheryl Pry Certified Till July 2021
• Hospice & Community Care (Lancaster, PA) Tracey Wheatley Certified till December 2022
• Heartland Hospice (York, PA) Kevin Cross Certified till December 2021
• Heartland Hospice (Pittsburgh, PA) Doug Frazier Certified till April 2022
• Heartland Hospice (Irwin, PA) Amanda Walton Certified till June 2022
• VITAS Healthcare (Cranberry Twp, PA) Kristin Prycl Certified till August 2022

South Carolina

• Hospice & Community Care (Rock Hill, SC) Frank Grobusky Certified till June 2022
• Kindred Hospice (North Charleston, SC) Sue Gipson , Marcia Sisson Certified till April 2022
• Caris Healthcare (Greenville, SC) Cathy Talman Certified till August 2022
• 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) Regina Schwartz Certified Till November 2022
• Caris HealthCare (Myrtle-beach, SC) Jamie Reed Certified till April 2023
• Patriot Hospice & Palliative Care (Easley SC) Mike Linkins Certified till October 2022
• Lutheran Hospice – Upstate (Greenville, SC) Jan Sturgeon Certified till December 2022
• Friends of Caroline Hospice (Ridgeland, SC) LaNelle Fabin Certified till September 2023

Tennessee

• Convenant Homecare/Hospice (Knoxville,TN) Cindy Winterberger Certified till June 2022
• Smoky Mountain Home Health and Hospice (Morristown,TN) Karen Crumbley Certified till July 2022
• Smoky Mountain Home Health and Hospice (Kingsport,TN) Holly Bland Certified till June 2022
• Smoky Mountain Home Health and Hospice (Newport,TN) Debbie Williams Certified till July 2022
• Smoky Mountain Home Health and Hospice (Knoxville,TN) Denise Harris Certified till July 2022
• Caris HealthCare (Columbia, TN) Alicia Anglin Certified till June 2022
• Caris HealthCare (Nashville, TN) Rebecca Poling Certified till April 2022
• Smoky Mountain Home Health and Hospice (Greenville,TN) Debbie Williams Certified till July 2023
• Caris HealthCare (Sevierville, TN) Audrey McCarter Certified till April 2023
• Caris HealthCare (Lenior City, TN) Jennifer Wilson Certified till April 2022
• Caris HealthCare (Dickinson,TN) Cheyenne Swaw Certified till February 2021
• Caris Healthcare (Johnson City, TN) Kamela Easlic Certified till April 2022
• Caris Healthcare (Greeneville, TN) Tiiffany Holt Certified till June 2022
• Caris Healthcare (Greeneville, TN) Diana Puckett Certified till February 2021
• Caris HealthCare (Algood, TN) Gail Evans Certified till July 2022
• Caris Healthcare (Knoxville, TN) Patty McGrew Certified till April 2023
• Caris HealthCare (Milan,TN) Danielle Becker Certified till March 2021
• Caris Healthcare (Murfreesboro, TN) Crystal Fox Certified till May 2022
• Caris Healthcare (Springfield, TN) Jill Etheridge Certified till June 2022
• University of Tennessee Hospice of Morristown (Morristown,TN) Kathy Gilliam Certified till August 2021
• Highpoint Hospice (Gallatin, TN) Rachel Sircy Certified till June 2023
• Ballad Health Hospice (Bristol, TN) Sarah Hale Certified till April 2022
• Suncrest Hospice (New Tazewell, TN) Bridgette Myers Certified till October 2022
• Baptist Reynolds Hospice House (Collierville, TN) Linda Habashy Certified till December 2022
• Baptist Trinity Homecare & Hospice  (Memphis, TN) Linda Habashy Certified till December 2022
• Suncreast Hospice (Kingsport ,TN) Gabriel Manis Certified till February 2023
• Avalon Hospice (Kingsport, TN) Melissa Joseph Certified till February 2023
• Tennova Hospice (Knoxville, TN) Shannon Gibson Certified till June 2023

Texas

• BSA Hospice of the Southwest (Amarillo,TX) Kimberli Phillips Certified till February 2023
• Kindred Hospice North (San Antonio, TX) Joe Avila Certified till February 2022
• Seasons Hospice ( Irving, TX ) Beth Bogan Certified till March 2022
• Houston Hospice ( Houston, TX) Monica James Certified till July 2022
• VITAS Healthcare (San Antonio, TX) Candace Ramos Certified till March 2023

Virginia

• Carilion Clinic Hospice NRV (Radford,VA) Treasa Rigney Certified till February 2023
• Heartland Hospice (Virginia Beach,VA)  Paula Potter Certified till January 2021
• Wythe Hospice of Southwest Virginia (Wytheville,VA) Jon E. Smith  Certified till July 2022
• Caris Healthcare (Bristol, VA) Annette Howell Certified till April 2022
• Kindred Hospice (Harrisonburg, VA) Sue Gipson Certified till October 2022
• Westminster Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay (Virginia Beach, VA) Sarah McBride Certified till December 2021
• Carilion Hospice Services of Franklin County (Rocky Mount, VA) Heidi Morris Certified till July 2022

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 2023
• Mountain Hospice (Belington,WV) Patty Delauder Certified till March 2022

Wisconsin

• Hospice Alliance (Pleasant Prairie, WI) Beth Dillon Certified till July 2022
• Heartland Hospice Green Bay (De Pere,WI) Nicole Fictum Certified till February 2021
• Sharon S. Richardson Community Hospice (Sheboygan Falls, WI) Tracy Arens Certified till April 2023