You are OUR Community, We are YOUR Hospice
(804) 526-4300
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You are OUR Community
We are YOUR Hospice
Meet Our Volunteer Board of Directors & Staff
Meet Our Volunteer Board of Directors & Staff

CHAIR - Rita G. Baldwin
Retired former Regional Director of Hospital Corporation of America (HCA). Rita is a lifetime resident of Central Virginia now living in Chesterfield County.

VICE CHAIR - Janice Johnson
Over 30 years’ experience in non-profit and public sectors to include former Chief Financial Officer for “The Improvement Association”, Sussex Virginia, and former Executive Director of the Rudi Johnson Foundation. Presently serves as the GRASP advisor for Petersburg High School and is a resident of Chesterfield County.

SECRETARY - Jeanne E. Holmes
Retired from Truist Bank; extensive background in higher education student financial aid processes. Married, resident of Prince George County.

TREASURER - Bud Yerly
Actively employed as Senior VP and Market Lending Executive with the Bank of Southside Virginia. Married with two children, Bud is a resident of Midlothian.

Wendal Givens
Actively employed Manager and licensed funeral director – Petersburg Chapel of Johnson and Son Funeral Home. A native and lifelong resident of Dinwiddie County, Wendal is very active in his church, and in local youth and gospel music ministries.

JoAnn Glazier
Retired; former owner of women’s specialty clothing retail establishment; very active in many community betterment organizations. Board Member/Secretary of the Petersburg-Colonial Heights SPCA. Married, resident of the City of Colonial Heights.

Jane Elliott Huffman
Retired Registered Nurse formerly serving on the board of the Commonwealth of Virginia Board of Nursing & former Associate Director of the Southside Regional Medical Center School of Nursing. Married, resident of Colonial Heights.

Robert W. Huffman
Retired Military; formerly in charge of military funeral honors and Survivor Outreach Services for all branches of the Armed Services. Married, resident of Colonial Heights.

Brenda Mitchell
A Registered Nurse with a certification in Hospice & Palliative Care retired after serving nearly 20 years as the CEO of Crater Community Hospice, now giving back in a volunteer role. A resident of Midlothian and very active in several local and state-wide civic and professional healthcare related organizations.

Penny Nunnally
A former Crater Community Hospice Director of Clinical Services, now actively employed Oncology Nurse Navigator/Lung Screening Coordinator with Bon Secours Southside Regional Medical Center. Resident of Dinwiddie County.

Nancy Odum
Retired School Counselor with the Prince George County Public School System and a resident of Dinwiddie County.

Richard J. Weis
Retired Senior Project Manager with the Department of Defense; then retired from PricewaterhouseCoopers IBM Business Consulting. Married, resident of Colonial Heights.

Lamont A. Hobbs
Currently serves as Senior Pastor of The Metropolitan Baptist Church. He is the President & Principal Broker of Hobbs Realty, LLC. Lamont is a native of Petersburg, VA. He is Married with two daughters and currently resides in Chester, Virginia.

Dave Merrit
Retired US Army Lieutenant Colonel who began his career as an Army Private and served for 27 years. After commanding an Army Battalion, Dave retired from the Army and subsequently managed large-scale IT projects within IBM for 17 years, retiring in 2017. He currently works for the Virginia Department of Transportation as an IT Project Manager. Dave, and his wife Shelia, have two children and five grandchildren; they reside in Chester, Virginia.

Zach Holt, Chief Executive Officer
Staff Directory
Linda J. Maitland
Bill Humphreys
Renee Mann
Patti Cox
Cindy A. Hamlin
LaShonda Chambers
Teresa Brockwell
Terri L. Burns
Mary Parker, MSW
Amy Peters, BSW
Eileen McNamara, RN, BSN, CHPN
Tabatha Mitchell, RN
Quality Care
Donna Brown, RN, CHPN
Father Thierry Hakpon
Tabatha Mitchell, RN
Danielle Taylor, RN
Karren Bevan, RN
Crystal Andrews, RN
Eileen McNamara, RN, BSN, CHPN
Teresa Riggs, RN
Paige Lifsey, RN
Kelly Newton, RN
Donna Brown, RN, CHPN
Yvonne Harris, RN
Stefanie Eads, FNP
Tracee McKensie, CNA
Tracie Ruffin, CNA
Grace Williams, CNA
Mary “Peggy” Lanier, CNA
Joseph Sousa, Manager
Sharon Denmark, Assistant Manager
Becky Cezar, Associate
Melissa Smith, Associate
Amara Martinez, Associate
Rick Bowman, Manager

Tracy L. Taliaferro, JD, RRT, RPFT
October 24, 1962 – April 18, 2020
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