Lee Moriarty, B.S./CTRS, President
Long Term Care Consultant and Educator
Moriarty Consultation
Palos Heights, IL
Moriartyconsultation@outlook.com
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Long Term Care Consultant and Educator
Moriarty Consultation
Palos Heights, IL
Moriartyconsultation@outlook.com
Email: LMoriarty@QTC Therapy.com
Available: Northern IL, Chicago and potential for other areas in the State
Lee is a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist and works as a consultant and educator for long term care communities throughout Illinois. As a Consultant, Lee assists care communities in the provision of person centered/directed care and services focusing on quality of life, dementia care and life enrichment. She also assists with staff development, which includes inservice training, staff recruitment initiatives and team building, to name a few. As an Educator, Lee provides continuing education programs and seminars both statewide and nationally on a variety of timely topics. She has also been teaching the State compliant Alzheimer’s Unit and Activity Director Courses for over 10 years, having trained over two hundred Activity Directors and Alzheimer’s Unit directors in Illinois. With the mission of supporting a person-centered environment for all elders who live in Illinois, Lee also serves on the Council on Aging, which is the Advisory Council for the Illinois Department on Aging.
Email: LMoriarty@QTC Therapy.com
Available: Statewide
Fee: Please contact to discuss
Educator for Quality Improvement
King Management
O’Fallon, IL
Leslie.pedtke@kingmgt.com
Email: Leslie.pedtke@kingmgt.com
Available: Statewide
Leslie is a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator with a degree from Southern Illinois University in Speech Communication. In 1994, she became the Administrator at Aviston Countryside Manor where she developed a passion for long term care culture change and became one of the leading advocates in the nation for the culture change movement.
Initiatives she launched as an Administrator have been featured in Long-Term Care Today, McKnight’s Long-Term Care News, HCCI’s Members Only Newsletter. Leslie presents throughout the United States on her program “ Through the Looking Glass” which outlines the best hiring practices, how to eliminate personal body alarms and decrease falls.
Leslie holds Certificates in Non-physicians in Geriatrics and Person-Centered Care Dementia and is a member of numerous professional organizations including the Illinois Nursing Home Administrators Association, Illinois Health Care Association, the Southwestern Illinois Pioneer Coalition Leadership Team and is the current President of the Illinois Pioneer Coalition.
In 2017, Leslie left her position at Aviston Countryside Manor and became the Educator for Quality Improvement for King Management Company where she helps other nursing communities improve resident quality of life and care.
Email: Leslie.pedtke@kingmgt.com
Available: Statewide
Speaker’s Bureau Topics:
Fee: Travel Expenses for far distance travel
Educator for Quality Improvement
King Management
O’Fallon, IL
Leslie.pedtke@kingmgt.com
Email: Leslie.pedtke@kingmgt.com
Available: Statewide
Leslie is a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator with a degree from Southern Illinois University in Speech Communication. In 1994, she became the Administrator at Aviston Countryside Manor where she developed a passion for long term care culture change and became one of the leading advocates in the nation for the culture change movement.
Initiatives she launched as an Administrator have been featured in Long-Term Care Today, McKnight’s Long-Term Care News, HCCI’s Members Only Newsletter. Leslie presents throughout the United States on her program “ Through the Looking Glass” which outlines the best hiring practices, how to eliminate personal body alarms and decrease falls.
Leslie holds Certificates in Non-physicians in Geriatrics and Person-Centered Care Dementia and is a member of numerous professional organizations including the Illinois Nursing Home Administrators Association, Illinois Health Care Association, the Southwestern Illinois Pioneer Coalition Leadership Team and is the current President of the Illinois Pioneer Coalition.
In 2017, Leslie left her position at Aviston Countryside Manor and became the Educator for Quality Improvement for King Management Company where she helps other nursing communities improve resident quality of life and care.
Email: Leslie.pedtke@kingmgt.com
Available: Statewide
Speaker’s Bureau Topics:
Fee: Travel Expenses for far distance travel
Senior Vice President
Empower Me
schorb_meyer@yahoo.com
Email: schorb_meyer@yahoo.com
Lisa is a Physical Therapist with a Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Therapy from Saint Louis University and a Masters in Business Administration from Maryville University. She has worked in both skilled nursing and assisting living communities for the past 25 years she created patient-centered therapy programs, focusing on the individual goals of the senior.
In 2017, she launched EmpowerMe Wellness, a rehabilitation company that assists seniors in maintaining their independence in their own homes. Lisa joined the Board of Directors for Illinois Pioneer Coalition in 2009 and is currently serving as Treasurer for the organization.
Accounts Receivable & Billing Specialist
Palladian Management
O’Fallon, IL
natalie.mueller@palladianmgt.com
Email: natalie.mueller@kingmgt.com
Natalie Mueller has been with King Management since 2001. She is currently working as accounts receivable and Medicare biller. King management currently operates three nursing homes and three assisted living homes. She started with King Management in 2001 at their Aviston Countryside Manor location. She was the office manager at Aviston Countryside Manor. Natalie has a true commitment and passion for culture change and person centered care. She has participated in Aviston’s “Through the Looking Glass” experience, which is a challenge to move into a nursing facility and live as a resident. This experience opened her eyes and her heart, to some of the challenges residents in long term care experience every day. After this experience she committed to helping as many elders as possible to have a better today and tomorrow. Culture change is now her passion and she is an advocate for person centered care. She has been involved with the Illinois Pioneer Coalition Summit planning committee since 2009 and Board Member since 2017.
Manager, Educator, Consultant, Speaker
Steber Training, LLC
Marian, IL
stebertraining78@yahoo.com
Joyce is a nurse with a lengthy history in the education and training of CNAs and nurses in Illinois. She currently serves as the primary educator with Steber Training, LLC, with a focus on conducting Train the Trainer Programs for RNs seeking to become approved instructors in a Basic Nursing Assistant Training Program (BNATP). Through a collaborative effort in 2016, she embarked on providing an IDPH approved independent Resident Assistant Training Program to long-term care communities. She also provides consultation services for new and established BNATPs, including facility-based programs.
She is an active member of the IDPH BNATP Advisory Committee and current President of the CNA Educators Association, Southern Region. Her passion for elder care led to her involvement with the IPC Southern Illinois Regional Coalition (Carterville, IL) and to the honor of becoming a board member on the Illinois Pioneer Coalition; she is serving as Treasurer. Joyce was also a member of the Think Tank for the Consumer Education Project, Your Way! How to Find Dignity and Choice in a Nursing Home.
Joyce is an experienced presenter with multi-year appearances at the IDPH NA Instructor Annual Conference, for numerous CNA Conferences offered statewide, and various vocational educator venues.
Speaker’s Bureau Topics:
Fee: Training Fees for TTT and RA Programs; Travel Expenses
E Manager of Case Management, Guest Services, and Outpatient Behavioral Health
HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital
Effingham, IL
Ashley.Dillingham@outlook.com
Ashley Dillingham, MSSW, LSW currently serves as the Manager of Case Management, Guest Services and Outpatient Behavioral Health at HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital in Effingham, IL. Ashley received her undergraduate degree from Rhodes College in Memphis, TN in 2006 and her Master of Science in Social Work from the University of Tennessee in 2008. She has worked in healthcare since 2011 and has experience in hospital and post-acute social work, outreach, and hospital leadership. In addition to being a member of the Illinois Pioneer Coalition Board, Ashley serves on the Recovery Oriented Services of Care (ROSC) Council for Effingham County, the Effingham Impact 2030 Vibrant Economy Team, and is a member of the Effingham “Noon” Rotary Club, where she also serves as a board member.
Education Coordinator
Riverside Senior Life Communities
Bourbonnais, IL
cdegroot@rhc.net
Cindy currently serves as the Education Coordinator for Riverside Senior Life Communities in Bourbonnais, IL. She is an experienced presenter on topics focused on the basics of dementia, successful communication strategies for those living with dementia, employee engagement, and intergenerational programs.
Email: cdegroot@rhc.net
Available: Statewide
Speaker’s Bureau Topics:
Attorney
Duane Morris, LLP
Chicago, IL
aemccracken@duanemorris.com
Amy is a skilled trial attorney with a particular emphasis in healthcare, fraud, and reimbursement. She represents long-term care facilities, rehabilitation therapy companies, and pharmacies throughout Illinois, and has successfully defended long term care facilities in civil and administrative cases. A former registered nurse, Ms. McCracken has significant experience in medical device litigation, mass torts, Medicare fraud and other health care litigation matters.
Ms. McCracken is licensed to practice law in Illinois and Michigan. She is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the State Bar of Michigan and the Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys. Ms. McCracken is a 1990 cum laude graduate of the University of Michigan Law School and a 1982 graduate of the Wayne State University School of Nursing. She practiced as a registered nurse in critical care and neonatal care before and during law school.
Speaker’s Bureau Topics:
Administrator
Anna Veterans Home
Angela.Simmons@illinois.gov
Email: Angela.simmons@illinois.gov
Available: Statewide
Angela was born and raised in Southern Illinois. She graduated nursing school in 1997 earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business in 2009. In 2006 she became the Administrator of an 83-bed skilled nursing facility and began her Culture Change/Pioneering journey. In 2013 she was appointed as a Senior Public Service Administrator with the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs and assigned to the Anna Veterans Home. In 2015 she won the Illinois Pioneer Culture Change Champion of the Year.
In 2017, through the National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners, she received her Certified Dementia Practitioner certification. Angela is a member of the Illinois Nursing Home Administrators Association, Southern Illinois Pioneer Coalition Board, and a member of the Illinois Pioneer Coalition Board of Directors since March 2017.
Education, Conference & Event Manager
Illinois Health Care Association
1029 S. Fourth Street
Springfield, IL 62703
217-528-6455
217-528-0452 (Fax)
www.ihca.com
KShowalter@ihca.com
Regional Marketing Director
Petersen Health Care
aspade@petersenhealthcare.net
www.petersenhealthcare.net
Sarah’s mission is to celebrate Seniors by using out of the box thinking and innovative interventions that promote independence and quality of life. This has allowed her to build a foundation of Person – Directed Care. Sarah has worked across all of the continuums of care in Senior Living.
In 2020, Sarah Co – Founded The Senior SPACE, which was founded to support and empower Seniors and their Families to foster independence, maintain quality of life and assist in life transitions. The mission of The Senior SPACE is to celebrate Seniors and work to create a new story.
Sarah received her Bachelors of Arts in Gerontology from the University of South Florida and her Masters in Social Work with a Graduate Certificate in Gerontology from Dominican University.
Education, Conference & Event Manager
Illinois Health Care Association
1029 S. Fourth Street
Springfield, IL 62703
217-528-6455
217-528-0452 (Fax)
www.ihca.com
KShowalter@ihca.com
Regional Marketing Director
Petersen Health Care
aspade@petersenhealthcare.net
www.petersenhealthcare.net
Education, Conference & Event Manager
Illinois Health Care Association
1029 S. Fourth Street
Springfield, IL 62703
217-528-6455
217-528-0452 (Fax)
www.ihca.com
KShowalter@ihca.com
Regional Marketing Director
Petersen Health Care
aspade@petersenhealthcare.net
www.petersenhealthcare.net
Milikin University
KLCarpenter@Millikin.edu
Retired NHA
St. Louis, MO
jimharr2001@yahoo.com
Regional Ombudsman
Area 09
tsimpson@seniorservices-eecoa.org