Jody Wolford-Tucker Executive Director
Jody Wolford-Tucker assumed the position of Executive Director of Hospice of Hancock County in March, 2006.  Jody holds a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from Purdue University and Master’s and Ph.D. degrees from Old Dominion University.  Jody has served as a teacher and administrator in educational institutions and community-based organizations for the past 25 years. 

 


Kathryn Booth, Office Manager
Kathryn participated in the Hospice of Hancock County patient care volunteer training in 1997 and found it as valuable as her Bangor Theological Seminary training for ministry. She returned to Maine after serving a small parish in Mont Vernon, NH for three years and is happy to be helping to keep the HOHC office organized with the assistance of our dedicated office volunteers. She is also co-director, with Joan Jordan Grant, of The Alcyon Center, a spiritual life training and retreat center in Seal Cove on Mount Desert Island and an adjunct professor in spiritual formation at Bangor Theological Seminary.


Gerry Gregersen, Program Director
Gerry is an ordained United Church of Christ minister who recently relocated to Maine from her native Illinois, where she most recently served as pastor of Peace United Church of Christ in the Chicago suburb of Bensenville. Gerry holds a Master of Divinity degree from Chicago Theological Seminary, as well as B.A. and Master in Teaching degrees from Beloit College. Before entering seminary, she spent many years in the business world and holds professional designations in insurance and risk management. She is a trained spiritual director and received Clinical Pastoral Education training at Northwestern Hospital in Chicago.


Mary-Carol Griffin, Bereavement Services Coordinator
Mary Carol is a Deacon in the Episcopal Church presently serving at Church of Our Father in Hulls Cove. Mary-Carol completed hospice training in 1993 and served as an active patient care volunteer until her staff appointment in 2000. Her training for ordained ministry included a four year Education for Ministry Program, the two year Deacon Formation Program of the Diocese of Maine, and a six month internship program in Clinical Pastoral Education at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor. Mary-Carol worked with area churches to establish a chapel at Mount Desert Island Hospital and serves as a part-time chaplain at the hospital. She is a board member of the Beth C. Wright Cancer Resource Center and a member of the MDI Crisis Intervention Team.