Eileen R. O’Shea
DNP, APRN, PCNS-BC, CHPPN - President
Professor & Director, Kanarek Center for Palliative Care Nursing Education, Fairfield University
Fairfield, CT
Lisa McCabe
MSN, APRN, CCRN, NPD-BC, NC-BC, PCNS-BC, CHPPN - Vice President
Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist
Middlefield, CT
Robin Kanarek
BSN, RN, HonD - Sustainability Coordinator & Parent Council
Kanarek Family Foundation, President
Greenwich, CT
Betsy Hawley, MA
Executive Director, Pediatric Palliative Care Coalition of Pennsylvania
Joan McConahy
Program Coordinator & PPC Webinar Series Coordinator
Rose Flowers, MA
Communications and Development Coordinator
Katie Hofer
Administrative Assistant
Katherine Bernier Carney, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
University of Connecticut School of Nursing
Elizabeth Broden Arciprete, PhD, RN, CHPPN
Health Policy & Management T32
National Clinician Scholars Program
Yale University Schools of Public Health & Medicine
Eddy Caldwell, RN, MSN, MBA
Senior Patient Care Administrator
Vital Health
Kristen Campbell, MSN, APRN
Pediatric Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner
Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital, New Haven, CT
Mary Luz Gonzalez, MD
Regional Hospice, Danbury, CT
Taryn Hamre, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CHPPN
Division of Pain and Palliative Medicine
Sunflower Kids Program
Assistant Professor - Department of Pediatrics -UCONN School of Medicine
Connecticut Children’s, Hartford, CT
Kathleen (Kat) Hurley, LCSW, APHSW-C
Pediatric Palliative Care Social Worker
Private Practice
ToniAnn Marchione, LRT (M) BS
President & CEO
Regional Hospice, Danbury, CT
Stephanie Massaro, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine
Medical Director of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Pediatric Palliative Care Program
Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital, New Haven, CT
Mary Fran McGeary BSN, RN, CPHON, CHPPN
Nurse Coordinator, Sunflower Kids Palliative
Care Program
Connecticut Children’s, Hartford, CT
Kerry Moss, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Medical Director, Sunflower Kids Palliative Care Program
Connecticut Children’s, Hartford, CT
Marissa Bishop
Parent
DonnaMaria Cortezzo, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Divisions of Neonatology and Pain & Palliative Care
Fetal Care Program Neonatal Lead
Connecticut Children’s, Hartford, CT
Devon Dabbs, BBA
Pediatric Division Director of the National Coalition for Hospice and Palliative Care
Karen Garlie, RN, BSN, MBA
Senior Manager and Hospice Program Director Yale New Haven Health - Health at HomeRabbi MJ Newman, MA, BCC
Chaplain, Palliative Care Program at Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, CT
Eugene Rusyn, JD
Associate Research Scholar in Law and a Senior Academic Fellow
Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy
Allison Salem, CCLS
Child Life Specialist
NICU, Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital,
New Haven, CT
Marlon Simpkins, MDiv
Spiritual Care
Regional Hospice, Danbury, CT
Laura Taets, MBA, LCSW, CFRC, APHSW-C
Therapist & Palliative Specialist
Palliative Turns, LLC, Westport, CT
Lauren Turcotte, BS, CCLS
Child Life Specialist
Connecticut Children’s, Hartford, CT