Board of Directors
Merilee Smith
Chair
Director of Inpatient Care Units
Lightways Hospice and Serious Illness Care
Doug Irvin
Immediate Past Chair
Vitas Healthcare
Open
Vice Chair
Fawn Hendershott
Board Secretary
Uplifted Care
Jennifer McIlrath
Chief Nursing Officer
Transitions Care
Yonah Klien
Director of Strategy
Unity Hospice and Palliative Care
Noel Nickel
Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer
Northern Illinois Hospice
Carrie Bill
Board Treasurer
VP of Reimbursement
Accentcare
Wendy Bongero
Residential Hospice and Palliative Care
Julie Goldstein
Ethics and ACP Educator
Advocate Health Care
Kristin James
Ellen Byrne
Director of Policy and Government Affairs
Sara Dado, LCSW
Executive Director
Katie Lord, BSN
Education Coordinator
Ellen Byrne
Director of Policy and Government Affairs
Executive Chair
Merilee Smith
Finance
Carrie Bill
Education
Merilee Smith
Government Affairs Chair
Doug Irvin
POLST Committee
Julie Goldstein
Pass-Through Elimination Workgroup
Ellen Byrne