At their March 20 Annual Meeting, non-profit Hospice Savannah, Inc. approved the following slate of officers for the 2019-2020 term:

Chair: William Keightley, community volunteer

Vice-Chair: Derek Zimmerman, President, Product Support, Gulfstream Aerospace

Secretary: Marjorie Young, Founder, Carriage Trade Public Relations, Inc.

Treasurer: Amy Peirsol, Private Wealth Manager, Creative Planning

Member at Large: Nancy Sheets, community volunteer.

New board members Merry Bodziner, community volunteer, Timmy Freeman, Clinical Nurse Manager, Critical Care, St. Joseph’s/Candler, Holden Hayes, Regional President, South State Bank

Fran Kaminsky, community volunteer, and Dr. Julia Mikell, Vice President, Medical Affairs, St. Joseph’s/Candler join Marcia Berens, Dr. John Duttenhaver, Rabbi Robert Haas, Craig Harney, Clay Ratterree, Dr. L. E. (Bud) Robertson, Joseph (Rusty) Ross, Maura Sovchen, and Rev. Thurmond Tillman.

A designated agency of the United Way of the Coastal Empire and only hospice to have earned the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval™, Hospice Savannah, Inc. also provides progressive illness management through the Steward Center for Palliative Care, support for unpaid family caregivers through the Edel Caregiver Institute, and help for our community’s bereaved through Full Circle Grief & Loss.