Marta Hurgin – Vice President:  Marta Hurgin is an attorney admitted in Maine and New Hampshire. She spent the first part of her legal career working for the New Hampshire Public Defender. She is now a staff attorney at New Hampshire Legal Assistance representing clients in housing and benefits matters. She is passionate about public interest legal work. She lives in Portsmouth with her partner, Lisa, and rescue dog, Roo. She enjoys running, cycling, and baking. 

Janice Kanteres: Janice is a retired hospice nurse, having served those with terminal illness since the early 90s. Before relocating to NH three years ago, she worked for Pathways Hospice & Palliative Care in St. Louis, MO. In her 16 years with the company, she served as triage, case manager, Clinical Supervisor, Hospital Liaison, Community Educator, Intake/Referrals & Quality Assurance staff. Her desire to be an educator led her to choose a nursing career in home health/wellness patient education; eventually leading her to assisting patient & family through the end-of-life journey with comfort and compassion. Her interest in the HHF charitable cause to assist those with unmet financial needs in their final terminal stages was sparked by a friend. She is a firm advocate for early hospice care intervention. She currently volunteers for Beacon Hospice, Gather, & serves on the board of the Seacoast Newcomers Club. She lives with her husband & Shih Tzu, “Sherlock”, in Hampton. Her favorite interests include travel, crafts, & entertaining.

Michele Lovell, APRN, is a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of New Hampshire and an active member of the Supportive and Palliative Care team at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, caring for patients and families in her role as a nurse practitioner. Her clinical area of interest is the care of the older adult and those with serious illness, specializing in symptom management, advance care planning and goals of care discussions. She served as faculty on the 2020-2021 AHRQ ECHO National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network and presented Advance Care Planning: Translating wishes, values, and preferences to actionable items. She is an active member of the NH Health Care Decisions Coalition. She investigated the social model of care at Humanitas in Deventer, Netherlands, working with an honors student to conduct qualitative research, the completion of which won the Grimes Award at the University of New Hampshire. She also was guest faculty at Rotterdam University, presenting “The Cost of Aging in America” to Dutch nurse practitioner students.

Vanessa McElroy: Vanessa McElroy is a former Senior Director of Product Management in the footwear industry working for New England based companies including Timberland, Cole Haan, and Sperry. She has lived in Portsmouth for 20 years and is inspired to serve her community through board work and strategy development for several non-profits in the area. Vanessa loves cooking and traveling with her husband and two children.

Dimitrios Panacopoulos – Treasurer: Dimitrios Panacopoulos is a Principal in BerryDunn’s Healthcare Practice Group, where he works exclusively with home health and hospice care organizations. He oversees financial, reimbursement, and consulting services, including audits, cost reports, operational analysis, coding and OASIS, and financial due diligence. Dimitri has 20 years of experience working with home health, hospice, and private duty agencies across the country. He
is committed to educating agencies by keeping abreast of emerging issues affecting the industry. He uses his experience and knowledge to provide agencies across the country with greater understanding of their internal operations and helps them identify opportunities through the use of targeted operational metrics.

Julie Stone – President: Julie is the Director of Business Development and Strategy at Home Health & Hospice Care in Merrimack, New Hampshire. Her professional career has been focused in the areas of geriatrics, behavioral health and hospice. She is a strong community collaborator and works on community initiatives to ensure that under-represented populations needs are met. Her passion for hospice is driven by her positive personal experience which has significantly influenced her career. Julie is trained as a social worker, having earned her MSW from the University of New Hampshire, with a specialty in nonprofit management, community organizing and public policy. She serves on the Nashua Public Health Advisory Council and is a volunteer for Friends of Feral Cats New Hampshire. She is proud to serve as a board member for Hospice Help Foundation and work to further the organizational mission.