HPCAI Leadership

HPCAI Board of Trustees

President
Katie Ries, Social Work Specialist, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics

President-elect


Treasurer
Jackie Brehm, Financial Director, Hospice of Dubuque

Secretary
Jacob Christian, Palliative Care Chaplain, MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center

Past-President
Katrina Altenhofen, Executive Director, Hospice of Washington County

Directors
(all terms begin and end in November (at annual membership meeting))

Penni Blackman, Regional Director, UnityPoint Hospice (1st term 2021-2024)

Emily Carson, Executive Director, Iowa River Hospice (1st term 2022-2025)

Erin Dausel, Community Health Director, Horn Memorial Hospital (1st term 2022-2025)

Jennifer Lohner, Hospice Director, WesleyLife (2nd term 2021-2024)

Angie Meyer, Clinical Manager, Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital and Clinics – Home Health & Hospice (1st term 2021-2024)

Michaela Vandersee, Executive Director, Cedar Valley Hospice (2nd term 2020-2023)

Community Member: Brandon Hagen, VP Reimbursement and Grassroots Advocacy, Iowa Health Care Association (2022-2023)