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End-of-Life & Death Scholars

Death Scholars, Inc.

Membership Portal

End-of-Life & Death Scholars
Nonprofit Leadership Team

Board of Directors

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President

Laura Bruns, PhD

Vice President | Program Manager

C. Campbell Pendleton, M.A.

Treasurer | Grants & Funding Manager

Jillian Rosa

DEI Chair | HR Membership Coordinator

JJ Jones, PhD(c)

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Secretary

Geoffrey Luurs, PhD

Web Management

Social Media Manager | Content Creator

Bryanna L. Hebenstreit

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Lead Strategy Analyst

Courtny L. Franco, PhD

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Website Copyeditor | Content Creator

Ania Boutin

National Communication
Association

Current Executive Board and Advisory Board members related to the NCA Division can be found here:

NCA Death and Dying Division

Advisory Board Liaison

Cheyenne Zaremba (NCA Vice Chair Elect)

Emeritus

Members of our leadership team who have transitioned out of leadership roles, from both Death Scholars Inc and the NCA Death and Dying Division:

Lindsay Harvell-Bowman 2023-2024 | NCA Advisory Board
Cheyenne Zaremba 2021-2024 | Website Designer and Strategist
C. Campbell Pendleton 2021-2024 | Web Project Manager
Maris Westrum 2023-2024 | Social Media Manager
Reilly Card 2021-2024 | Web Designer
Jeannine Foster 2021-2024 | Web Team Strategist
Jillian Rosa 2022-2023 | NCA Graduate Student Representative
JJ Jones 2022-2023 | NCA Graduate Student Representative
Heather Smith 2021-2023 | DEI Manager
Amanda Cooper 2021-2023 | Proposal and Grants Investigator
Cheyenne Zaremba 2021-2023 | Graduate Student Representative
C. Campbell Pendleton 2021-2023 | Secretary
Jessica Cherry 2021-2023 | NCA Vice Chair | NCA Advisory Board
Howard Rodriguez-Mori 2022-2023 | Assistant Investigator and DEI Specialist

We are grateful for your service to our organization!

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