Leadership

Board of Directors

Merilee Smith – Chair

Director of Inpatient Care Units
Lightways Hospice and Serious Illness Care

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Doug Irvin – Immediate Past Chair

Vitas Healthcare
1340 S. Damen Ave, Suite 200
Chicago, IL 60608

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Open – Vice Chair

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Fawn Hendershott – Board Secretary

Uplifted Care
482 Main St. NW
Bourbonnais, IL 60914

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Jennifer McIlrath –  Chief Nursing Officer

Transitions Care

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Yonah Klien – Directory of Strategy

Unity Hospice and Palliative Care

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Noel Nickel – Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer

Northern Illinois Hospice

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Wendy Bongero

Residential Hospice and Palliative Care
5440 Corporate Drive
Troy, MI 48098

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Julie Goldstein

Ethics and ACP Educator
Advocate Health Care
836 W. Wellington Ave.
Chicago, IL  60657

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Ellen Byrne

Public Policy Consultant
Chicago, IL

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Kristin James

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Executive Chair – Merilee Smith
Finance – Carrie Bill
Education – Merilee Smith
Communications & Membership – Wendy Bongero
Government Affairs Chair – Doug Irvin
POLST Committee – Julie Goldstein
Pass-Through Elimination Workgroup – Ellen Byrne