good people

board of advisors

• Tamara Balliet, LSW – Director of Crisis Management, Department of Medical Ethics and Palliative Care at UPMC Shadyside Hospital.
• Charlotte Brown, PhD – Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Western Pennsylvania Institute and Clinic. Director, Health and Behavior Studies Program at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
• Carole Davis – active Shadyside business owner, Marjie Allon Fine Stationery.
• Maryanne Fello, R.N., M.Ed. - Director of Forbes Hospice and Chair of The Take Charge Partnership of Western Pennsylvania.
• George H. Fyke, M.D. - Owner of Trinity Hearing Aid Company and board liaison from the Pittsburgh Pastoral Institute where he serves as their board treasurer.
• S. Howard Kline, Esq. – Attorney with Buchanan Ingersoll and board member of the Hebrew Free Loan Association.
• Marquerite Jarrett Marks – Director of Pittsburgh Roars and board member of Pressley Ridge and American Respiratory Alliance of Western Pennsylvania.
• Cynthia N. McCormick – is the Director of Corporate and Government Affairs for Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh. A board member of WQED's Community Advisory Council, Variety, the Children's Charity and advisory board member of Gilda's Club.
• Lillian L. Meyers, Ph.D. - Consulting Psychologist at Western Psychiatric Institute in the Office of Education and Regional Programming.
• Mark D. Miller, M.D. - Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Western Psychiatric Institute and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Medical Director of The Late Life Depression Evaluation and Treatment Center, and Chair of the GGC Board of Advisors.
• Paul F. Renne - Retired Chief Financial Officer of H. J. Heinz Company and Director of the Mount Washington Community Development Corporation.
• Jean Robinson - Active community volunteer, including 26 years at Forbes Hospice. Former board member of The Caring Place, board member of The Buhl Foundation, member of the Forbes Hospice Founder's Society, and honorary board member of Children ’s Hospital Board.
• Rev. James Simms – Pastor of St. Paul Baptist Church and President of District 10 City Council, Allegheny County.
• Melissa Tabbarah, PhD, MPH – Research Associate, Department of Family Medicine University of Pittsburgh.
• Ellen Walton - Active community volunteer, founder of Forbes Hospice Founder’s Society, board member Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children, and Mt. Vernon Ladies Association.
• Rachel Walton, MSN, CRNP - Works at Forbes Hospice as a homecare nurse, teaches community classes on compassionate care of the dying with the Institue to Enhance Palliative Care at the University of Pittsburgh, and is an author of a children's health reference book.
• Barry Young, R.Ph. - Chief Executive Officer of Rx Partners LTC, with extensive background in palliative care nationally, and Treasurer of the GGC Board of Advisors.