Community Partners for End-of-Life Care

Betsy Vega-Abreo - Nevada Cancer Institute
Candace Armour - Solari Hospice
Julie Arnold - LV Senior Citizens Law Project
Liliana Arredondo - Nevada Donor Network
Maria Azzarelli - Clark County Health District
Doris Balducci - Seniors United
Karla Banda - SNAHEC
Christy Beckwith - LV Senior Citizens Law Project
Janelle Bettinger -
Jose Bolanos - Rep. Congressman John Porter
Lee Brasted - The Challenger
Rev. Toni Brasted - Chaplain, Compassion Care Hospice
Judy Brown
Sheila Brown - Southern Nevada Concerned Women
Christine Buchmiller - Alzheimer's Association
Julie Buss RN - VP, CARE4LIFE In-Home Care
Kelly Campbell - Universal Health Services
Camille Carr - Asian Health Care Advocate
Pat Clausson - Director, Familly Home Hospice
Verna Codd - Visiting Angels
Debra Collins - CHR, Inc.
Denise Comastro - Professional Geriatric Care
Lisa Comastro - Senior Guidance
Cassandra Cotton - Nathan Adelson Hospice
Maria Castillo Couch - City of Las Vegas
Courage Unlimited
Paula Debus - Blind Center of Nevada
Ellen DePrat - HealthInsight
Rayleen Earney - Clark County Health District
Imee Espejo - Cooperative Extension, UNR
April Espinoza - Nevada Cancer Institute
Lisa Estep - Arbonne International
Rocio Flores - SNAHEC
Ginger Fenwick - NCEHP, University of Nevada, Reno
E. Fox
Allan Froman - NCEHP, University of Nevada, Reno
Joseph Galata
Larry Gamell - Director, Office of Minority Health
Sharon Goldstrohm - SHIP, Division of Aging Services
Beth Greco - Catholic Charities
Christy Guedry - Rep. for US Senator John Ensign
Emilia Guenechea - Office of Minority Health
Terri Guerevich - Nathan Adelson Hospice
Therese Hanlon, MD - Medical Director, Solari Hospice
Steven C. Hansen - CEO, Nevada Health Centers, Inc.
Charla Hearn - Visiting Angels
Shelly Huston - St. Rose Palliative Care
Sandra Jackson - Courage Unlimited/HIPP
Vicky Jeghir - Nevada Health Care Centers
Jeff Johnson - Compassion Care Hospice
Jacqueline Jones - Holy Trinity AME Church

Dail Jordan - Touro University
Nadia Jurani, ESQ, LLC
April Key
Robert E. Nelson-Kortland Esq. - LV Senior Citizens Law Project
L. Lane, MSW - Family Home Hospice
Charlotte Leas - La Paloma Funeral and Cremation Services
Laurrana Legion - Alternative Therapies, Nevada Cancer Institute
Mark Libman - Director, THC of Nevada
Lisa Lyons, MD - Nathan Adelson Hospice
Celia Martin
Bill Martinez - Chaplain, Nathan Adelson Hospice
Christina Martinez - Rep. for US Senator Harry Reid
Eloiza Martinez - Wells Fargo
Janine McDonough - Nevada Cancer Institute
Phyllis Militello - Nevada Geriatric Education Center, UNR
Gail Muniz - Clark County Health District
Denisse Roldan Newell - American Heart Association
Pam Noonan - Hope Home Health
Stephanie Nyman - Nevada Pain Initiative
Bob Paisano - Las Vegas Paiute Tribe/STAR Counseling
Jeannie Pearce - Director SHIP Program, DAS
Karen Picus, EdD - Touro University
Judith Pinkerton - Center for Creative Therapeutic Arts
Ruth Politi, RN - Bioethicist, Touro University
Jenny Quaid - Nevada Cancer Institute
Paul Quiroz - Latin Chamber of Commerce
Evelyn Ramos
Alma Rodriquez - Area Health Education Center (AHEC)
Rosario Rodriquez - Nevada Cancer Institute
Elisabet Romero - NCEHP, University of Nevada, Reno
Anne Sagel - Nevada Donor Network
Maite Salazar - President, Salazar Communications
Susie Sepulveda - Director, Arturo Cambiero Senior Center
Mark Simmons - CARE4LIFE In-Home Care
Debra Silk - American Indian Chamber of Commerce
Rev. Charles R. Smith - Victory Baptist Church
Irene Smith
Adele Solomon - American Holistic Nursing Assoc.
Barbara Staples - Senior Advocate Program
Stewart Stein, MD - Nathan Adelson Hospice
Cappi Swanson - ABC
Barbara Teel - Nathan Adelson Hospice
Susan Valdez - Family Home Hospice
Jorge Viote - Director, RROC, CCHD
Jodi Wai - Compassion Care Hospice
Erin West - Nevada Cancer Institute
Deb Williams - Clark County Health District
Marilyn Wills - Director, SHIP, Division of Aging Services
Irma Wynants
Andy Yoo - Asian Chamber of Commerce
Juan Zapata - Vice President, LUCES
Kristina Zemaitis - University Medical Center

Lisa Almada - NCEHP, University of Nevada, Reno
Carlos Araujo, MD - Nevada Cancer Center
ElizaBeth Webb Beyer - NCEHP, UNR
Daniel Cook, PhD - NCEHP, University of Nevada, Reno
Betty Dodson - Director, GAP, , UNR
Marlene Giron, RN - Nevada Cancer Center
Emmanuel Gorospe, MD
Gabriela Gregory, MD - Neurologist
Gene Guerrero, MD - Nathan Adelson Hospice
Teresa Hanlon, MD - Solari Hospice
William Jacks, MD - Family Practice
Craig Klugman, PhD - NCEHP, University of Nevada, Reno
Sandy Larh - Counselor, Nevada Cancer Center
Anita Laruy - Community Advocate for End of Life Care
Fredina Drye Romero - Nevada Department of Education

Victoria Lum - Asian Community Advocate
Rosalie Marinelli - Faculty Emeritus, Cooperative Extension, UNR
Victor Muro, MD - Internal Medicine
Ruth Politi, RN - Bioethicist, NCEHP, Las Vegas
Lito Ray - Asian Community Representative
Xavier Rivas - Latin Chamber of Commerce
Valerie M. Rosalin, RN - Office of the Governor
Paula Sennes, MSW - Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada
Stewart Stein, MD - Nathan Adelson Hospice
Noel Tiano, ThD - NCEHP, University of Nevada, Reno
Sylvia Vasquez - UMC Hospital, Interpretive Services
Dina Romero - American Indian Chamber of Commerce
Debra Sillik - American Indian Chamber of Commerce
Bob Paisano - Las Vegas Paiute Tribe

Community Partners for End of Life Care

Core Coalition Participants (Community Leaders)

Coalition Community Advisors