A Program of the Alzheimer's
Foundation of America


Excellence in Care Specialists

AFA is continuing to add Excellence in Care Specialists throughout the United States. AFA Excellence in Care Specialists are available to travel outside their geographic areas to conduct evaluations.

To apply for an evaluation, click here

Here are our current Excellence in Care Specialists:

Arizona

Suzanne Schaeffer, MSW
Mesa, AZ


California
Deborah Cavallo, MBA
San Diego, CA

Joanne McCarley, BA
Redding, CA

Laurel Etheridge, CMC
San Francisco, CA

Colorado

Mindy Chapman, RN CCM
Foxfield, CO 

 

Connecticut

Brian Geyser, APRN-BC, MSN
Wallingford, CT

 

District of Columbia

Barbara D'Agostino, BS, MHSA
Washington, DC

Jewelyn Sims, RN, CCM
Washington, DC

 

Florida

Rhoda Goldberg, GCM, COTA
Sarasota, FL

Elayne Forgie, MS, CMC, CDP
West Palm Beach, FL

Brooks Johnson
Tallahassee, FL

Catherine Jones
Tallahassee, FL

Susan Norris, BN, BA
Stuart
, FL

Stephanie Schultheis
Punta Gorda, FL

Patricia Sovonick, Ph.D
New Port Richey, FL

M. Denise Sparks, Ph.D
Boca Raton, FL

Ruth Tappen, Ed.D, RN
Boca Raton, FL

Judith Tivnan, RN, MA
Sanford, FL


Illinois

Rena Felder, LCSW, MSW, CMC
Glenview, IL

Mary Robak, BSN, RNC, CRRN, LNHA
Skokie, IL

Jackie Schwab, BA
Westmont, IL

 

Maryland

Albertha Coley, RN, BS
Silverspring. MD

Amy Fox, RN, MSW
Rockville, MD


Massachusetts

Phyllis Tedesco, RN
Newton, MA 

 

Missouri
Gini Toyne, RN, MBA, CDMS, CCM, CLCP

 

New Hampshire

Cynthia Ward, CCM
Weare, NH

 

New Jersey

Nelly Koetzner, MA, CSW, DAPA
Denville, NJ

MaryKay Krokowski, BSN, MA, CMC
Pennington, NJ

Sarah Lenox, RNC
Bedminster, NJ

 

New York

Becky Bigio, RN, NP-P, Ph.D.
New York, NY

Mikel Gorodess, CM
Plainview, NY

Emily Hawley, MBA
Webster, NY

Karen O’Rourke, RN, BC
Clifton Park, NY


Janine Regosin, LCSW
Great Neck, NY

Lorraine Ruggieri, GCM
New York, NY

Maureen Scalesi, BA, MPA
Oakdale, NY

Linda Senicola, RN
Baldwin, NY

Barbara Walter, LPN
Port Jefferson Station, NY

 

North Carolina

Linda Cabiness
Shelby, NC

 

Ohio
Catherine Ann Bare, RN
Columbus, OH

Agnes DiStasi, MSN, RN
Cincinnati
, OH

MaryJean Flossie, LNHA, LPN
Massillon
, OH
 

Bonnie Holllins, LSW
Cambridge, OH 

Tina LaRiccia, RN
Boardman, OH 

Linda Marshall, LSW, CGRS, PGCM
Loveland
, OH  

Cheryl Mosher, LPN, RAC-CT, CLTC, CDP/CDPI, QDCP, QDCS
Wooster, OH

Sheila Saalfeld, M.Ed, LSW
Cincinnati, OH

 

Pennsylvania

Cindy Keith, RN, BS, CDP
State College, PA

South Carolina
MaryAnn Jarmulowicz, RN, MSN, C
Beaufort, SC

 

Tennessee
Kim Shelton, BSN
Knoxville, TN

 

Texas

Carole Larkin, BA, MA
Irving, TX

Ann Laurence, MS
Lubbock, TX

 

Virginia

Edward Owen, BS
Richmond, VA

 

Washington
Bruce Buckles, JD,RN
Moses Lake, WA

Tammy Clark, BS
Woodinville, WA

Nancy Cucinotta, BS, RN
Woodinville, Wa

Reed Henry, MA, LMHC, GMHS, CPG
Bellingham, WA

Randy Walden,BA
Lakewood, WA

Karen Darrin, RN, CCM
Renton, WA

Kendra Gunhold, MSW
Bothwell, WA