Leadership
Board of Directors
Paul S. Nicholson, Chairman
Neal R. Kursban, Vice Chairman
Suzanne B. Firstenberg, Secretary
Ronald M. Wolfsheimer, Treasurer
Arnold J. Kohn, Esq., Immediate Past Chairman
John Paul Chaplin, Foundation Chairman
Paul E. Alpuche, Jr., Esq.
Sheila E. Boland (Muffet)
Councilmember Valerie Ervin
Senator Robert J. Garagiola
Alicia B. Jiménez
Joseph Kaplan, M.D.
Rev. Donald R. Kelly
David J. Kressler, Ph.D.
Catherine S. Leggett, Esq.
Heather Lorenzo, M.D.
The Hon. Paul A. McGuckian
Ann Mitchell
Harry R. Moody (Rick), Ph.D.
Brooks (Keith) Phippin
William M. Schlossenberg
Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum
Alexander A. Zukiwski, M.D.
Montgomery Hospice Foundation
John Chaplin, Chairman
Muffet Boland, Vice Chairman/
Secretary
Alicia Jiménez, Treasurer
Life Directors
Edward Hall Asher
Joan Finnerty
Suzanne Firstenberg
Brian McCagh
Margaret McCaig
Michael McCarthy
Frederick Nebel
Deborah Neipris
Karen Schaeffer
Eloise Strand
Staff Leadership
Ann Mitchell, MPH (Biography ) President & CEO
Janet Cauffiel (Biography ) Vice President of Human Resources
Jane DiGirolamo (Biography ) Vice President of Development
Monica Escalante (Biography ) Vice President of Volunteers, Community Education and Outreach
Theresa Johnson (Biography ) Vice President, Casey House
Ann Morgan-Jones (Biography ) Vice President of Nursing Services
Robert Washington (Biography ) Vice President of Counseling Services
Pat Vitacco Director of Performance Improvement, Risk Management & Health Information
Team Physicians
Matthew McAndrew, MD Interim Medical Director
Gary Wilks, MD
Steven Wilks, MD
Casey House Physicians and Nurse Practitioners
Bindu Joseph, MD
Jocelyne Kouatchou, MD
Joseph Puthumana, MD
Nicole Christenson, NP
Diane Ruckert, NP
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