our board of directors and staff

​​Desert Valley Hospice Society is governed by a highly committed Board of Directors.
​Our Directors hail from the communities of Oliver and Osoyoos, and have a wide variety of professional backgrounds and experiences with end-of-life care, death and bereavement. All are deeply committed to the hospice movement and to ensuring excellence
in the delivery of hospice palliative care  and end-of-life services in our communities. Directors are elected at our Annual General Meeting in November and serve a two-year term.

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At the Annual General Meeting on December 2, 2019 the following Directors were appointed for a two-year term:

Lois Brummet (third term)
Fiona Wood (second term)
Donna Kelso (third term)
Margaret Ingebrigston (first term)
Nolan Adam (first term)
Beverly Alexander (first term)
Jan Armstrong (second term)
William Ashdown (first term)
Liliana DeNarda (first term)
Dayle Drury (first term)
Don Hargrave (second term)
Pete Nazaroff (first term)

​The staff and board of Desert Valley Hospice Society wishes to thank former Board Members for their dedication and service. Ken Clarke, Dr. Max Uhlemann and Tracey Carnochan. 
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Executive Committee Officers for 2019-2021:
President - Lois Brummet
Vice-President - Bev Alexander
Secretary - Margaret Ingebrigston
Treasurer - Fiona Wood
Committee Chairs:
Finance Committee - Nolan Adam
Phase II Committee - Pete Nazaroff
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DVHS Staff:
Executive Director, Donna Gordan
Telephone: 250-495-1590, ext. 102 
Email: execdirector@desertvalleyhospice.org
Volunteer Program Director, Shelley Middleton
Telephone: 250-495-1590, ext. 103 
Email: programs@desertvalleyhospice.org
Programs Assistant, Michelle Gnutzman
Telephone: 250-495-1590, ext. 104 
Email: dvalley303@gmail.com
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“Volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they just have the heart."     ~  Elizabeth Andrew