Meet Our Volunteer Board of Directors & Staff
Meet Our Volunteer Board of Directors & Staff

CHAIR - 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.

SECRETARY - Penny Nunnally

VICE CHAIR - Robert W. Huffman
funeral honors and
Survivor Outreach Services
for all branches of the Armed Services.
Married, resident of South Chesterfield.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 South Chesterfield.

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.

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.

Max Bornstein

Zach Holt, Chief Executive Officer
Staff Directory
Office Manager
LaShonda Chambers
Tabatha Mitchell
Bill Humphreys
Renee Mann
Communications Coordinator
Pruitt Resources
Director of Development
Cindy A. Hamlin
Joyce Taylor
Teresa Brockwell
Intake Coordinator
Alice Faye Taylor
Social Workers
Mary Parker, MSW
Amy Peters, BSW
Haleigh Hearn, LMSW
Angie Morriss
Eileen McNamara, RN, BSN, CHPN
Quality Care
Donna Brown, RN, CHPN
Chaplain / Bereavement Coordinator
Father Thierry Hakpon
Father John Ayres
Tuanita Bonner
Tabatha Mitchell, RN
Danielle Green, RN
Karren Bevan, RN
Crystal Andrews, RN
Susan McGee, RN
Keita Banks, RN
Shannon Cook, RN
Eileen McNamara, RN, BSN, CHPN
Teresa Riggs, RN
Paige Lifsey, RN
Kelly Newton, RN
Denise Laine, RN
Madison Stewart, RN
Josie Bivans, RN
Donna Brown, RN, CHPN
Yvonne Harris, RN
Ashley Scott, RN
Stefanie Eads, FNP
Jennifer Fisher, RN
Chiquita Thomas-James, FNP
Lanie Ansbro, RN
Hospice Aides
Tracee McKensie, CNA
Tracie Ruffin, CNA
Grace Williams, CNA
Mary “Peggy” Lanier, CNA
Kimberly Coleman, CNA
Tashana Singleton, CNA
Sharmeka Massie, CNA
Joseph Sousa, Manager
Sharon Denmark, Manager
Becky Cezar, Sales Associate
Melissa Smith, Sales Associate
Rick Bowman, Manager
Charlotte Williams, Assistant Manager
Carolyn Michalek, Sales Associate
Ben Delahaye, Sales Associate
Marcia Plumley, Sales Associate
Bronwyn Jones, Sales Associate
Christina Espinoza, Sales Associate
Marcea Geist, Sales Associate
Amy Keerans, Store Associate
Sondra Epley, Sales Associate
Lisa Kelley, Sales Associate
Dylan Cooke, Sales Associate

Tracy L. Taliaferro, JD, RRT, RPFT
October 24, 1962 – April 18, 2020
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(800) 275-4518
info@cratercommunityhospice.org
3916 South Crater Road
Petersburg, VA 23805

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