Executive Leadership Team
Stillwater Hospice is guided by an executive team committed to developing the organization with excellent caregivers who hold the skills and spirit to fulfill our mission of encircling patients and their families with comfort, caring and compassion.
Leslie Friedel
Chief Executive Officer
Ann Moore
DO, FACOI, CMD
Chief Medical Officer
Mary Shankster
Chief Development Officer
Heidi Buffenbarger
Chief Nursing Officer
Elaine Jones
Chief Financial Officer
Mary L. Willems-Akers
Director of Support Services
Bonnie Blackburn-Penhollow
Director of Communications
Cassandra Rosene
Director of Business Development
Monica Chamberlain
Director of Development
Emily Lahr
Associate Director of Impact Giving
Krista Sandlin
Director of Nursing: Support Programs
Jen Owens
Director of Nursing: Homecare
Jon Tyler
Director of Human Resources
Sarah Plasterer
Director of Volunteer Services
Tony Jacobs
IT Director
Medical Team
Dr. Ann Moore
DO, FACOI, CMD
Chief Medical Officer/Medical Director/Palliative Physician
David Tribble
MD, FAAFPC/CAQHPM
Associate Medical Director/Palliative Physician
Mary Wilger
DO, FACEP
Associate Medical Director/Palliative Physician
Fritzi Nodine
N-PC
Palliative Nurse Practitioner
Debra Fiechter
MSN, FNP-C
Hospice/Palliative Nurse Practitioner
Jen Littke
NP-C
Hospice/Palliative Nurse Practitioner
Susan DeFrain
MSN, RN, NP-C
Hospice/Palliative Nurse Practitioner
2022–2023
Board of Directors
Derick Bailey
Vice Chair, Bixler Insurance
Michelle Chambers
Community Volunteer
James Couchman
Community Volunteer
Dustin Crider
Treasurer, Steel Dynamics
Larry DeBolt
Community Volunteer
Rachel DeBolt
IU Health
Teri deMatas
Lutheran Health
Kent Farnsworth, MD
IU Health
Elizabeth Frederick
Community Volunteer
Patti Hays
AWS Foundation
Keith Huffman
Dale, Huffman & Babcock
Suzon Motz
Foundation Board Representative
Kim Murphy
Elevatus Architecture
Kurt Ness
Secretary, Ness Bros.
Grant Porter
Thunderbird Products
Larry Reed
Co-Chair, Community Volunteer
Molly Soberalski
Options Charter School
Nancy Stewart
Community Volunteer
Jesica Thorson
Co-Chair
Mauricio Vergara
Fort Wayne Metals
Gina Zimmerman
Allen County Bar Association & Foundation
Leslie Friedel
Ex Officio
Cammy Sutter
Board Intern