Speakers Bureau

The following individuals are available as speakers on various topics related to culture change. You are encouraged to contact them directly to make arrangements.  They are divided into areas of the state that they are willing to travel. 

Statewide

Kathy Baker
Administrator, Swan Care
217-356-5164
Fax-309-663-7158
kathy@swanncare.com
Fee: No Charge

Tammy Bonney
Administrator, County View Care Center
400 West Grant Street
Macomb, IL 61455
309-837-2386
FX 309-836-9191
tbonney@petersenhealthcare.net
Available: Statewide
Subject: How to institute Pioneer program with limited funds; How to get animals in the facility- inside and outside
Fee: Contribution to facility Pioneer fund to assist with care of animals and continue to add to their Pioneer program

Patricia Hubbard
Administrator, Barry Community Care Center
1313 Pratt Street
Barry, IL 62312-1365
217-335-2326
phubbard@oscbb.net
Available: Statewide
Subject: Person Centered Care Plans and the Role of the CNA in Culture Change
Fee: Negotiable

Neyna Johnson
Deputy State Long Term Care Ombudsman
421 E. Capitol #100
Springfield, Illinois 62701-1789
217-785-3140
neyna.johnson@illinois.gov
Available:  Statewide
Subject:  Culture Change
Fee: No Charge

Becky Haldorson
Assistant Administrator
Sunny Hill Nursing Home of Will County
421 Doris Ave.
Joliet, IL 60433
815-774-4375
bhaldorson@willcountyillinois.com 
Available: Northern and Central Illinois
Subject: One facility's story of culture change; Culture Change
Fee: No Charge

Deb Miller
Dietary Consultant,Heritage Corporation
115 West Jefferson
Bloomington, IL 61704
Available: Statewide
Subject: Buffet Dining
Fee: Mileage and hotel expenses if needed

Tami Wacker
Operations Manager, East Central Illinois Area Agency on Aging
1003 Maple Hill Road
Bloomington, IL 61704
twacker@eciaaa.org
Available: Statewide
Subjects: First Person Care Plans; Pioneer 101
Fee: No Charge

Dave Weiman
Pioneer Coordinator - LTCOP Region 4
611 W. Stratford
Peoria, IL 61614
309-264-3561
daveweiman@insightbb.com
Available: Statewide
Subject: Philosophy and practices of culture change
Fee: No Charge

Northern Illinois/Chicago Area

Myrtle Klauer
Illinois Council on Long Term Care
3550 W. Peterson Avenue,  Suite 304
Chicago, IL 60659
773-478-6613
mklauer@nursinghome.org
Available: North side of Chicago
Subject: Activity Role in Culture Change
Fee: No Charge

 Kathy Kopsack
Regional Ombudsman' Alternatives for the Older Adult, Inc.
1518 5th Avenue Suite 100
Moline, Illinois 61265
800-798-0988
kkopsack@4olderadults.org
Available:  Northeastern Part of Illinois
Subject: Resident Directed Careplanning and Using the Care Conference as a Problem Solving mechanism.
Fee: No Charge

Lee Moriarty
Director of Education
Lancaster Health Group
LMoriarty@lancaster-hq.com
Available: Northern Illinois, Chicago Area
Subject: Quality Improvement
Fee: Mileage, hotel expenses if needed

Robyn O'Neill
Regional Ombudsman,Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago
828 Davis Street, Suite 201
Evanston, Illinois 60204
847-425-5100
roneill@lafchicago.org
Available:  Chicago area
Subject:  Advanced Directives and Culture Change
Fee: No Charge

Sharon Roberts
Lake County Health Dept.
3012 Grand Ave.
Waukegan, IL 60085
847-377-8097
sroberts@co.lake.il.us
Available:Chicagoland Area
Subject: Culture Change
Fee: No Charge

Cathy Weightman-Moore
Regional Ombudsman, Catholic Charities Diocese of Rockford
102 S. Madison Street
Rockford, Illinois 61104
815-966-5300
ccombudsman@ccrfd.org
Available:  Rockford area
Subject:  Culture Change
Fee: No Charge

Central Illinois

Todd Shackelford
Assistant Director
West Central Illinois Area Agency on Aging
639 York Street
Quincy, IL 62301
1.800.252.9027
217.223.9479
todds@wciagingnetwork.org
Available: Illinois mid-section (North to Quad Cities-
South to East. St. Louis , and over to Indiana border)
Subjects: Pioneer Supportive/Assisted Living Environments; Person Centered Care; Neighborhood Developments; Pioneer 101;Regional Coalition Building for Pioneer Network
Fee: Expenses only but would take a donation for agency works for

 
Southern Illinois

Brenda Acoff
Regional Ombudsman,Land of Lincoln Ombudsman Program
8787 State Street
East St. Louis, Illinois 62203
618-398-0958
bacoff@lollaf.org
Available: South-Eastern part of Illinois
Subject:  Culture Change
Fee: No Charge

 

Phil Gillespie
Ombudsman,Shawnee Alliance for Seniors
6355 Brandhorst Drive
Carterville, IL 62918
618-985-8322
pgillespie@shsdc.org
Available: Southern Illinois (south of I 64)
Subject: Pioneer 101
Fee: Expenses

 

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