Capital Caring Health’s Center for Health Equity

Why We Exist: 

To ensure all patients and their families – regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, citizenship, or socio-economic status – are provided with advanced illness care of the highest quality, and that there is diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, and cultural competence in staff caring for them. 

We believe that knowledge empowers, and drives change. Therefore, to dismantle the attitudes, misinformation, systems, policies, and ineffective programs – often barriers to receiving quality hospice and palliative care – we partner with faith-based leaders and community organizations, educational institutions, and government agencies to provide: 

  • Information and Resources 
  • Education and Outreach 
  • Training 
  • Grief Counseling Services 
  • Data Integrity

To successfully deliver on the overall patient, family and employee experience, diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) must be infused in every decision, with mutual accountability at all levels of our organization. As we consider social, political, and emotional determinants of health, we pledge to: 

  1. Elevate the Patient and Family Journey through cultural certifications, support of health innovation, and expanding “in-language” printed material for underserved communities 
  2. Elevate the Employee Journey through training and creating a culture of belonging 
  3. Develop Strong Community Partnerships that Build Trust 
  4. Create a Supplier Diversity program for Capital Caring Health and our Partners 
  5. Advocate for Board Member Diversity 

Center for Health Equity Led By:

Audrey Easaw

Executive Director, Center for Health Equity
SVP Philanthropy, and External Affairs

Donna Gayles

Associate Director, Center for Health Equity
Director, Client Relations, Washington DC

Meet the Team

S. Sabrina St. Clair, DMin GC-C
Director of Chaplain & Bereavement Services, Washington DC Region

 

 

 

Rev. Sue Harris-Green

 

 

Cheryl (Cher) Spedden, RN Coordinator, Manassas

 

 

 

Louis Schwebius, Grief Counselor

 

 

Jennifer Godwin, Clinical Educator RN

 

 

 

Pamela Jones

 

 

Jan He, IT Technical Systems Engineer

Chelsey Primdahl, Infection Control/ Employee Health RN

 

 

 

 

Melissa Ring, CPCO, Chief Performance and Compliance Officer

 

 

 

 

Tom Koutsompas, Capital Caring Health Board of Directors Chair

 

 

 

Steve Cone, Chief of Communications, Marketing, and Philanthropy

 

 

 

Matt Kestenbaum, MD, Chief Medical Officer

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth Ariemma, Executive Director Hospice Services

 

 

 

 

Lin Maurano, Chief of Clinical Operations

 

 

 

Anthony Gutierrez

 

 

 

 

Sabrina St. Clair, DMin GC-C
Director of Chaplain & Bereavement Services, Washington DC Region

 

 

 

Audrey Easaw, Executive Director, Center for Health Equity
SVP Philanthropy, and External Affairs

 

 

 

Donna Gayles, Associate Director, Center for Health Equity
Director, Client Relations, Washington DC

 

 

Dr. Alka Gupta

Howard Mitchell

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Our Mission

Provide Patients and their Families with Advanced Illness Care of the Highest Quality

Our Vision

Be the Best Provider of Advanced Illness Care and the Best Place to Work in Healthcare

Our Values

  1. Put Patients and Families First
  2. Always Do The Right Thing
  3. Respect Everyone

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