Board of Directors
Fawn Hendershott
Co-Chair
Executive Director
Uplifted Care
Carrie Bill
Co-Chair & Treasurer
Vice President of Re-imbursement
AccentCare
Jennifer McIlrath
Vice Chair
Chief Nursing Officer
Transitions Care
Merilee Smith
Immediate Past Chair
Open
Board Secretary
Yonah Klien
Director of Strategy
Unity Hospice and Palliative Care
Doug Irvin
Vice President of Operations
VITAS Healthcare
Wendy Bongero
Senior Vice President of Operations
Graham Healthcare Group
Kristin James
Ellen Byrne
Director of Policy and Government Affairs
IL-HPCO
Shelley Cartwright
CEO
Apex Health Services
Lindsey McKenzie
Lead Nurse Practitioner Palliative Medicine
Advocate Health Care
Sara Dado, LCSW
Executive Director
Katie Lord, BSN
Education Coordinator
Ellen Byrne
Director of Policy and Government Affairs
Executive Chair
Fawn Hendershott & Carrie Bill
Finance
Carrie Bill
Education
Paige Medynski
Government Affairs Chair
Doug Irvin
POLST Committee Chair
Lindsey McKenzie
Pass-Through Elimination Workgroup
Ellen Byrne