Kim Callanan, BOARD PRESIDENT

Kim received her degrees in Economics and Health Care Administration from the University of Iowa. She served in consecutively responsible positions as a hospital administrator and health care system executive in Fort Worth, TX. Returning from several years off as a community volunteer and stay-at-home mother, she worked as a healthcare consultant. Ultimately this consulting work brought her to her passion, improving care at the end of life for patients, their families and clinicians. She serves as the Executive Director of Texas Talks, a 501c3 statewide organization focused on gaining adoption of end of life care conversations between patients and clinicians. She has served as interim Executive Director and Board Member with the National POLST Collaborative, an organization focused on improving care for patients facing serious progressive illness and frailty.

After many years of Bend as her happy vacation place, she has relocated here permanently.  She lives to share her life with her loved ones and friends actively biking, paddle boarding, hiking and practicing yoga.  

peg molina

Masters in Social Work, LCSW, End of Life Doula

A career social worker, Peg spent many years in hospital and hospice social work before turning to serve those struggling economically in her former community. Now retired, Peg feels grateful to be a volunteer end-of-life doula after being a member of the Peaceful Presence Project’s first training class. She feels like she has “come home” to the values and ability for presence this role brings to a most intimate life passage and family experience. She looks forward for opportunities to be there for disenfranchised persons so that services are available to all and no one goes through end-of-life alone.

Amy Doherty,MA

Amy has lived and worked in Bend for 10 years as a marketing and communications professional, yoga teacher, raising two boys with her best friend, Conan, and two adopted Street Dogs – Nacho and Chica. While TPPP was a client five years ago, Amy was the one directly benefitting from the crucial work that drives this nonprofit. Waking up to her own relationship to death, ways to approach caregiving to her aging parents, completing TPPP Professional End of Life Doula course, and understanding the deep and rewarding work which supported her losing her brother in November, 2022. Amy now works as the Director of Marketing for Seven Peaks School (where her sixth grade son also attends) and joins the board with enthusiasm for TPPP story and ways to approach their next phase with strategic priorities and an even wider reach.

REV.DR. STEVEN h KOSKI

BA, MDiv, DMin.

Steven has been the Lead Pastor of First Presbyterian Church for 17 years and has been in ministry for over 30 years. Steven is humbled by the privilege of accompanying people at the end of life and believes the end of life is a transformational and sacred space for those transitioning and those accompanying them. Steven is also a Leadership Coach, Professional Speaker and Spiritual Director and has worked with many individuals and organizations connecting our souls with our roles. Steven is married to Laurie who is a LCSW in private practice. They have two grown sons, Jacob who is in Law Enforcement and Jonah who is a Physical Therapist and married to Olivia. You can often find Steven shaking the dust off his own soul on a trail with his trusted companion, an English Cream Retriever named Chance.

Candy Whitney

Candy recently retired from a 42 year career in nursing.  She served primarily in Oncology, Nursing Administration, and the Emergency Department at hospitals in Corvallis and Eugene, Oregon.  Her 2 children and 2 grandchildren live in the Portland area.  Since moving to Bend 4.5 years ago, her community engagement includes volunteer positions at both St Vincent de Paul's food pantry and the Humane Society's Thrift Shop. She is excited to assist in spreading the mission and purpose of TPPP to the Central Oregon community and beyond.

FISH WILLIAMS

Fish received his degree in Psychology from UC Santa Cruz. Career paths took him on an interesting journey. Fish is now a finance and accounting professional specializing in non profit service. He has spent the last fifteen plus years working with non profits focused on behavioral health, foster youth and conservation. Fish has had many different experiences with the end of life process and has found that just being there for the other person is a profound and beautiful thing. He enjoys supporting the work of The Peaceful Presence Project.