About

Our History

History of The HAP Foundation

The HAP Foundation, formerly the JourneyCare Foundation, continues the legacy of expert hospice and palliative care available to all. The HAP Foundation, with deep community roots, proudly expands upon that focus providing expert hospice and palliative care education and research. The commitment is to positively impact the experience and future of advanced illness and end of life. This means empowering individuals to make informed choices, and connection to resources that strengthen the continuity of care through the end of life.

Expanding on our commitment, The HAP Foundation proudly offers support through association management, consultations for hospice and palliative care programs and a speaker’s bureau of experienced leaders for events.

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The HAP Promise

Our promise to you: deliver best in class patient-centered hospice and palliative care education and research. We truly believe in the transformative power of education. All those with serious illness deserve to live their best life to the fullest on their terms. We are here to make sure all have access to resources and we are committed to breaking down barriers in end-of-life care.

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Our Mission

To advance access to serious illness care through education, research, advocacy, and workforce development, while honoring our legacy organizations.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

We embrace diversity and are committed to proactively promote health equity and social determinants of health in post-acute care.

Staff Leadership

Colleen - Matty

President

Colleen - Burns

Senior Community Education Associate and Research Liaison - Rogers Park & West Ridge 
(she/her/ella)

Castaneda

Program Coordinator

Colleen - Conely

Executive Director Business Development & Marketing

Colleen - Dado

Executive Director of Adult Palliative Programs

Colleen - Downing

Executive Director of Program Evaluation and Research

Colleen - Draw

Community Education Associate and Research Liaison - Chatham & Englewood

French

Executive Director of Communications, Marketing, & Events

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Senior Director Constituent Relations and Human Resources

Grobart

Associate Director of Development

Gutierrez

Office Manager

Colleen - James

Executive Director of Pediatrics

Leitner

Grief Navigator

Colleen - Long

Director of Philanthropy

McNicholas

Director of Missing Pieces

Colleen - Moore

Vice President of Strategy and Implementation 

Colleen - Post-Duncan

Senior Executive Director Finance and Estate Planning

Colleen - Rositer

Director of Philanthropy

Colleen - Telleen

Executive Director, Community Education and Workforce Development

Tyler

Director of Grants

Colleen - Yadgir

Consultant

Board Of Trustees

Colleen - Bollman

Lynda Bollman

Chair

Linda Morris
Vice Chair

Michael Burke
Treasurer

Pam Cramer
Secretary

Alderman Stephanie Coleman

Kimberly Duchossois

Stephen Erenburg

Larry Feldman

Betsy Foley

Anthony Iosco

Jill Kottmeier

Elaine Kurczewski
Immediate Past Chair

Howard Lapin

Tom Liebman

Cathy McCann

Carol M. Nelson

Ellaine Sambo-Reyther

Meg Schmitz (Layton)

Arch Shaw

Elisha D. Waldman, MD

Lifetime Trustees

Ada Addington

Dee Beaubien

Michael Beemer

Dr. E. Dennis Murphy

Sam Oliver

Frederica Smith Pederson
(Deceased)

Mary Runge

George Yapp