Board of Directors
Chair Tina Fraley
School Counselor
Port Huron Northern High School
Vice-ChairJames Currier
Attorney
James R. Currier Attorney at Law
Secretary Laura Godwin
Director & Aftercare Coordinator
Pollock Randall Funeral Home
Treasurer Linda McGrath
CPA
Frohm, Kelley, Butler, & Ryan, PC
Angela DeLaere, MBA, FACHE
President & CEO
Visiting Nurse Association & Blue Water Hospice
Mary Jarad
Community Member
Lisa Moore
Direct Care Coordinator
Lake Huron Medical Center
Alice Rieves
Executive Director
Mid-City Nutrition
Paula Carnaghi
Pharmacist Care Manager
Lake Huron Medical Center
Ascension River District Hospital
Leadership Team
Executive Leadership
Angela DeLaere, MBA, FACHE
President & CEO
Mary Krestik, BBA
VP Finance & CFO
Jessica Whitley, RN, BSN
VP of Clinical Operations & COO
Leadership
Brooke Bandokoudis, RN, BSN
Performance Improvement Coordinator
Heidi Benner
Volunteer Coordinator
Jennifer Fletcher, RN, BSN
Hospice Clinical Supervisor
Aubrey Jezierski, RN
Home Health Clinical Supervisor
Jennica Kelly, RN, BSN
Quality Coordinator
Mariah Marone
Revenue Cycle Supervisor
Janet McCallum
Private Duty Services Supervisor
Maurene Maxfield, RN, BSN
Home Health Clinical Supervisor
Jeannie Westbrook
Office Coordinator
Medical Directors
Dr. Doru Bali, Medical Director
Doru Bali, MD, MBA, FACEP, HMDC graduated from Wayne State University School of Medicine in 2002. He completed an Emergency Medicine residency at Detroit Receiving Hospital/Wayne State University in 2005. He is Hospice Medical Director Certified. His professional interests include population health management, social determinants of health, and end of life care. In addition to serving as Medical Director at VNA & Blue Water Hospice, he remains active in clinical emergency medicine as well as emergency medicine leadership.
Dr. Bali, and his family, moved to the Blue Water Area in 2018.
Dr. Candace Kimpson, Associate Medical Director
Dr. Candace J. Kimpson is a board-certified physician in both Emergency Medicine and Hospice & Palliative Care. Dr. Kimpson graduated from Wayne State University School of Medicine and completed her sub-specialty training through the Detroit Medical Center. In addition to her expertise in the field of Emergency Medical treatment, she has been an advocate for the appropriate medical treatment of the frail, elderly. Dr. Kimpson has been instrumental in the development of programs directed at wrap around services for this population in Michigan.
She currently serves as Associate Medical Director for VNA & Blue Water Hospice. Her mission is to communicate the benefits of Hospice to community members and to improve access to those who desire Hospice care.
Dr. Edmond Fitzgerald, Volunteer Physician
Edmond Fitzgerald, MD, is an internal medicine specialist in Port Huron, Michigan. He has been practicing for 58 years. He graduated from St. Louis University School of Medicine in 1955.
