Advisory Committee

Tonya Armstrong, Ph.D., M.T.S.
Minister of Congregational Care and Counseling, Union Baptist Church
Lecturing Fellow in Pastoral Theology, Institute on Care at the End of Life Duke Divinity School

Nicole Alston
Founder & Executive Director, Skye Foundation, Inc.

Ronald David, MD, MDiv
Department of Pastoral Care, Hospital of the Good Samaritan

Michelle Grant-Ervin, MD, MHPE, FACEP
Medical Director, Greater Washington Office VITAS Healthcare Corporation

Allison Glover, GC-C, CHE
Family Support Manager, First Candle

Kim V. Holmes, LCSW-C
Director, Family Bereavement Center, Baltimore, MD

Paulette Long, MSN, R.N., CRNP
Assistant Professor of Nursing, Baltimore City Community College

Gwendolyn W. London, D.Min
Founder, London & Associates

Rita Milburn-Dobson, MA, RNC, FT
President, Precious Gems Supportive Services

Rosalind P. Oden
Health Educator, Children’s National Medical Center

Darryl Owens, MDiv., BCC, CT
Women’s Services Chaplain Grief Counselor, Department of Pastoral Care,
University of North Carolina Hospitals

Douglas M. Ronsheim, D.Min.
Executive Director, American Association of Pastoral Counselors

Drena Reaves-Bey, MPA, GCPH
Director of Special Initiatives DC Department of Health Maternal
and Primary Care Administration

Christina Williams, BS, MBA
former Executive Director, Grief Assistance Program, Inc., Philadelphia

Robert Washington, PhD, MDiv
Chaplain, Montgomery Hospice

Last Updated: Apr 5, 2013


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