Excellence in Care

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.

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Here are our current Excellence in Care Specialists:

Arizona

Theresa Berrigan
Mesa, AZ

Elizabeth Kinder
Vail, AZ

Suzanne Schaeffer, MSW
Mesa, AZ

Arkansas

Linda Sue Evans Mathis, RN, AND, BS, CLNC
Conway, AR

California

Deborah Cavallo, MBA
San Diego, CA

Chris Cooper, CFP
San Diego, CA

Laurel Etheridge, CMC
San Francisco, CA

Karen Gorman Jan

Sacramento. CA

Linda Maker, RN, GCM
Temecula, CA

Joanne McCarley, BA
Redding, CA

Colorado

Mindy Chapman, RN CCM
Foxfield, CO

Jenny Graham
Broomfield, CO

Connecticut

Elizabeth Agocs-Holler, MPS,BSN,RN,BC,RN,C, A-CCC, NAPGCM
Cheshire, CT

Jennifer Doty

Plantsville, CT

Brian Geyser, APRN-BC, MSN
Wallingford, CT

Melissa Sokolik
Thomaston, CT

Laura Tarantino
Plantsville, CT

Linda Worden, RN, BSN, MPH, CMC, NAPGCM
Cromwell, CT

District of Columbia

Barbara D'Agostino, BS, MHSA
Washington, DC

Jewelyn Sims, RN, CCM
Washington, DC

Florida

Michelle Capogrosso
Casselberry, FL

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

Rhoda Goldberg, GCM, COTA
Sarasota, FL

Colleen Heasley RN, BC CHPN RAC-CT
Palm Harbor, Florida

Brooks Johnson
Tallahassee, FL

Catherine Jones
Tallahassee, FL

Mary Alice Kothe
Orange City, 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

Georgia

Janice Wall RN, BS GCM
Cumming, GA

Pamela Williams
Stone Mountain, GA

Idaho

Skeeter Lynch, LMSW
Princeton, ID

Illinois

Rena Felder, LCSW, MSW, CMC
Glenview, IL

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

Jackie Schwab, BA
Westmont, IL

Kansas

Lisa Smading
Wichita, KS

Louisiana

Sherry Coleman
Lake Charles, LA

Maureen Poe MSN, APRN-BC
Lake Charles, LA

Wanda Raby Spurlock. DNS,RN-BC, CNS
Baton Rouge, LA

Maryland

Albertha Coley, RN, BS
Silverspring. MD

Amy Fox, RN, MSW, ANP, GNP
Rockville, MD

Lois J. Schramek, GNP-BC
Severna Park, MD

Massachusetts

Louise Carpenter, RN
Bellingham, MA

Christine M Henderson RN,AND,CMC, CLNC, LTCP
Millis, MA

Theresa Phillips
Pembroke, MA

Phyllis Tedesco, RN
Newton, MA

Minnesota

Beckie Anderson, BS, RN
Golden Valley, MN

Mississippi

Lisa Byrd, PhD CFNP Gerontologist
Madison, MS

Janice N. Ladnier, MA
Gulfport, MS

Missouri

Jacquelyn E. Boan, MSN
St. Joseph, MO

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

Montana

Kerri Lynn Ronquillo, LPN
Billings, MT

New Hampshire

Celeste A. Ricci-Trahan, LICSW
Hampton Fall, NH

Cynthia Ward, CCM
Weare, NH

New Jersey

Shirley Gill, RN CALA
Runnemende, NJ

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

Charlene Brosius, BS, RN
Tonawanda, NY

Mary L. Daikos, MT-BC, CDP
Malta, NY

Mikel Gorodess, CM
Plainview, NY

Emily Hawley, MBA
Webster, NY

Paula Kalamejski

Mechanicville, NY

Helen Latorre

Glenmont, NY

Leslie K. Malin, LCSW-R, ACSW,C-ASWCM
Saugerties, 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

Diane Van Velsor, CTRS, QDCS
Wading River, NY

Barbara Walter, LPN
Port Jefferson Station, NY

Stacey White, RN
W. Hempstead, NY

North Carolina

Linda Cabiness
Shelby, NC

Eddy Houchin
Raleigh, NC

Janice G. Wells Ph.D.,LISW-CP/SC
Chapel Hill, 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

Oklahoma

Melana Aycock
Weatherford, OK

Pennsylvania

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

Fran Pluchino, RN, MS, GNP-BC
Downingtown, PA

Mindy Shaw MSW, CMC
Jeannette, PA

Marian Worthington, BS, CMC, QDCS
Douglassville, PA

South Carolina

MaryAnn Jarmulowicz, RN, MSN, C
Beaufort, SC

Tennessee

Kim Shelton, BSN
Knoxville, TN

Texas

Hue Adams
Tyler, TX

Michelle Denyer, GNP
San Antonio, TX

Mary “Kelly” Dunn, PhD
Boerne, TX

Carole Larkin, BA, MA
Irving, TX

Ann Laurence, MS
Lubbock, TX

Charon A. Pierson, PhD, GNP-CS
El Paso, TX

Debbie Rice GNP
Argyle, TX

Virginia

Barbara H Devellis BS,CMC
Roanoke , VA

Edward Owen, BS
Richmond, VA

Washington

Bruce Buckles, JD,RN
Moses Lake, 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

Daniel R. Smerken
Olympia, WA

Carla Summerlin
Vancouver, WA

Wisconsin

Anita Steliga, RN, MSN, GNP
Wauwatosa,WI