Friends of Hospice Leadership

Gloria (Glo) and her husband Frank relocated to Bend from Seattle in June 2017. Their move to Bend was about five years earlier than they had planned, but they feel strongly that it was one of the best decisions they’ve ever made. Glo worked in the hospitality...

Justyn has been involved in elder care for the past 25 years. She began her career as a Certified Nursing Assistant in High School, helping an at-risk population of elders by addressing basic care needs. Justyn found an interest in hospice care as a nursing student...

Cynthia is a retired art director and illustrator from Northern California. She left her freelance book design business on the Mendocino Coast in 2002 to move to Bend. Some of her work includes…

Linda spent the majority of her career in education, beginning on the East Coast but then working primarily in Northern and Southern California. She was a teacher, and then served as both a school site and district office administrator…

Sandy is President and CEO of The Garner Group Real Estate LLC in Bend, OR. She is a native and lifelong resident of Central Oregon. Sandy has held an Oregon real estate license since 1979…

Danny owns Long’s Carpet Cleaning in Bend, OR. He is an active hospice volunteer, serving on its speaker’s bureau and doing presentations at street fairs and community meetings. His spouse, Laura Long RN, is a Home Health Nurse…

Courtney is owner and operator of Craft Kitchen and Brewery LLC, for the past two years. Previously owned a landscape construction and maintenance business for six years. She hails from Atlanta, GA but has lived in Bend for over sixteen years where she has made a home with her daughter Elly Mae, age three…