Board of Directors, Leadership, Medical Directors, & Teams - Visiting Nurse Association & Blue Water Hospice

Board of Directors

Chair Linda McGrath
CPA
Frohm, Kelley, Butler, & Ryan, PC

Vice-Chair Richard Hotchkin
Senior Pastor
St. John’s United Church of Christ

Treasurer Jay Lindsey
Retired Supervisor
DTE Energy

Secretary Nigar Hussain
Community Member

Angela DeLaere, MBA, FACHE
President & CEO
Visiting Nurse Association & Blue Water Hospice

Tina Fraley
Service Specialist
State of Michigan – DHHS

Laura Godwin
Director & Aftercare Coordinator
Pollock Randall Funeral Home

Mary Jarad
Community Member

Lisa Moore
Direct Care Coordinator
Lake Huron Medical Center

Justin Neil
Broker/Owner
Justin Neil & Associates

Alice Rieves
Executive Director
Mid-City Nutrition

Paula Carnaghi
Pharmacist Care Manager
Lake Huron Medical Center
Ascension River District Hospital

James Currier
Attorney
James R. Currier Attorney at Law

Leadership Team

Executive Leadership

Board of Directors, Leadership, Medical Directors, & Teams

Angela DeLaere, MBA, FACHE

President & CEO

Mary Krestik, BBA

VP Finance & CFO

Stacey Lambert, RN, BSN, MSN-Ed

VP Clinical Operations & COO

Senior Leadership

Jessica Martin, RN, BSN

Director of Hospice

Greg Mason, MA, CCC-SLP

Director of Home Services & Infomatics

Leadership

Heidi Benner

Volunteer Coordinator

Jennifer Fletcher, RN, BSN

Hospice 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 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. 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

Bio coming soon . . .

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.