2026 Conference Planning Committee
Betty J. Brennan, RN
BOARD MEMBER & CHAIREleonora C. Tornatore-Mikesh
PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Staff Leads
Pamela Atwood, LPC, MA, CDP/CADDCT*
Edward Cisek, PhD*
Courtney Dawson*
Pamela Edgar, MA, LCAT, RDT*
Silvia Mancini*
Michele Piskin*
Andrea Tallent Spivak*
Mary Underwood, CDP, CADDCT
Members
Corey Bliss, CDP
Abraham A. Brody, PhD, RN, FAAN
Carol A. Butler, PhD
Olivia Cohen, MS, MT-BC, LCAT, CDP*
Sarah J. Czaja, PhD
Lennard Davis, PhD
Francesca B. Falzarano, PhD
Joyce F. Fogel, MD, FACP, AGSF
Carolina Hoyos, LMSW
Anne Jolis
Anne Kenny, MD*
Roni Lang, LCSW
Jed A. Levine*
James M. Noble, MD, MS
Michael Pollack
Kendra Ray, PhD, MBA, MPH, MT-BC, LCAT*
Tina Sadarangani, PhD, RN, FAAN
Mary Sano, PhD
Edward G. Shaw, MD, MA
Ronnie Shalom
Stephani Shivers, MEd, OTR/L*
Audrey Swanson, LMSW
Lauren Vlachos, MSNP, CFRE
Arlene West
Bei Wu, PhD
Pauline Yeung-Ha, Esq.
Jessica Zwerling, MD, MS, FAAN
*CaringKind Staff