Advisory Committee
Mimi Noonan, DVM
Parent Advocate
Deerfield, Illinois
Laura Sollenberger, LCPC
Counseling Supervisor,
Pediatric Supportive Care
Children’s Hospital of Illinois
Peoria, Illinois
Susan Martersteck
Chaplain, Dietician
Bereaved Parent
Glenview, Illinois
Sara Dado, LCSW
Executive Director
Adult Palliative Care
The HAP Foundation
Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois
Susan Fristad, RN BSN
Director of Hospice
OSF HomeCare Services
Peoria, Illinois
Erin Flanagan, MD
Medical Director,
Pediatric Palliative Care
Lightways Hospice
Advocate Children’s Hospital
Oak Lawn and Park Ridge, Illinois
Joel Frader, MD, MA
Attending Physician,
Palliative Care
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital
Professor of Pediatrics, Medical
Humanities and Bioethics
Northwestern University Feinberg School
of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
Sarah Hoehn, MD, MBE
Chief Medical Director,
La Rabida Children’s Hospital
Pediatrician
University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital
Chicago, Illinois
Jennifer Mangers, MS, CCLS
Child Life Specialist
Director, Clinical Care Education
Cure SMA
Ronette McCarthy. JD
Legal Counsel, Elements,
The Cremation Company
Chicagoland/Suburbs
Meggan Mikal, NP
Nurse Practitioner,
Pediatric Palliative & Supportive Care Team
Advocate Children’s Hospital
Oak Lawn, Illinois
Ruby Roy, MD
Complex Care
Advocate Children’s Hospital
Oak Lawn, Illinois
Mary Runge
Retired; Executive Director
Horizon Hospice
Chicago, Illinois
Elisha Waldman, MD
Division Head, Palliative Care
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Northwestern University Feinberg School of
Medicine
Chicago, Illinois