WELC Board of Directors
Officers
Christina Staudt, Ph.D. ~ President
Co-founder of WELC. Co-chair, Columbia University Seminar on Death. Patient volunteer and member of the Fund Board, Jansen Hospice and Palliative Care.
Mary Beth Morrissey, Esq., MPH ~ President Elect
Chair, Westchester End-of-Life Regional Conference Committee.
Attorney at Law.
Marsha Hurst, Ph.D. ~ Vice President and Secretary
Co-founder of WELC. Faculty, Narrative Medicine Program, Columbia University. Research Scholar, ISERP, Columbia University. Health Advocacy Consultant.
Nathan Ionascu, MD ~ Vice President
Retired Pediatrician. Member of Bioethics Institute of NYMC. Pediatric and Bioethics Consultant.
Jane Nusbaum, MA, ~ Vice President
Health Advocate.
Robert Seabring, BSE, MBA ~ Treasurer
Retired Citigroup Banker.
John Stoffel, M.Sc. ~ Assistant Treasurer
President, Stoffel Polygon Systems, Tuckahoe, NY
Board Members
Alan Benedict
Funeral Director, Westchester Funeral Home, Inc.
Sherry Birnbaum, CSW
Director, Pathways to Care, Westchester Jewish Community Services.
Julie Buyon, MA
Patient Advocate, St John Hospital, Yonkers, NY.
Advisory Board Member, Graduate Program in Health Advocacy,
Sarah Lawrence College.
Lyla Correoso, MD
Bronx Medical Director for Hospice and Palliative Care, VNSNY Hospice Care.
Susan Gerbino, Ph.D.
Coordinator, Extension Site Program At Sarah Lawrence College Campus
New York University School of Social Work.
Bruce Jennings, MA
Director, Center for Humans and Nature. Lecturer, Yale School of Public Health.
Senior Consultant, The Hastings Center.
David C. Leven, Esq.
Executive Director, Compassion & Choices of New York.
Frances M. Pantaleo, Esq.
Walsh & Amicucci LLP.
Joseph Sacco, MD, ABFM, ABHPM
Director, Palliative Medicine Consultation Service Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center.
Assistant Professor of Family and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Lois Steinberg, MA
Westchester Program Director, The Medicare Rights Center.