Quality and Standards Committee Members
2024 Quality and Standards Committee Roster
Chair
Sarah McSpadden, RN, BSN, MSN
The Elizabeth Hospice Escondido, CA Term 2: 1/1/22 – 12/31/24
Vice Chair
Rebecca Hertzog
Hospice & Community Care Lancaster, PA Term 2: 1/1/22 – 12/31/24Robyn Bortle
Halifax Health Hospice Port Orange, FL Term 1: 01/01/2023 – 12/31/2024Amy Burr
Meadowlark Hospice Clay Center, KS Term 1: 01/01/2023 – 12/31/2024Alyssa Cadwalader
Trustbridge, Inc. West Palm Beach, FL Term 1: 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2025Lori Taylor Carter
Three Oaks Hospice Dallas, TX Term 2: 01/01/2023 – 12/31/2024Kerri A. Ervin
Avow Hospice Naples, FL Term 1: 01/01/2023 – 12/31/2024Catherine Grubbs
Circle of Life Hospice Bentonville, AR Term 1: 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2025Ronald Gunter
BrightSpring Health Services Term 1: 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2025Teresa Holstein
Hudson Valley Hospice Poughkeepsie, NY Term 1: 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2025Jacqueline Marie Lopez-Devine
Gentiva Hospice & Palliative Care West Palm Beach, FL Term 1: 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2025Cara Mackenzie
Agrace Hospice Care Madison, WI Term 1: 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2025Lynette Mancuso
Hospice & Palliative Care Buffalo, Inc. Cheektowaga, NY Term 1: 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2025Natalie McNeal
Hospice of Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville, GA Term 1: 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2025Nanette Minton
MAC Legacy Burleson, TX Term 1: 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2025Kristy Morris
Hospice of East Texas Tyler, TX Term 1: 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2025Sandra M Nelson
Hospice of Holland Holland, MI Term 1: 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2025Linda Niles
Cherish Hospice Springfield, OH Term 1: 01/01/2023 – 12/31/2024Paige Overby
Hospice of Davidson County Lexington, NC Term 1: 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2025Mary Jane Ruppert
Gentiva Hospice Toledo, OH Term 1: 01/01/2023 – 12/31/2024Mike Testa
Chautauqua Hospice & Palliative Care Lakewood, NY Term 1: 01/01/2023 – 12/31/2025Heather L Thompson
LHC Group Lantana, TX Term 1: 01/01/2023 – 12/31/2024Cheryse Wodecki
Compassus Home Office Brentwood, TN Term 1: 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2025Tarek Zetoune
Good Shepherd Hospice Farmingdale, NY Term 1: 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2025
Staff Liaison
Aparna Gupta, DNP, FACHE, CPHQ
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Alexandria, VA
Advisor
Christine Nidd
Hospice of the Northwest Mount Vernon, WA
Advisor
Eugenia Smither
Bluegrass Care Navigators Lexington, KY
Staff Liaison