Staff & Board
Lynn Ellis
Lynn is the Director of Bereavement Services and is responsible for the management of all grief support programs offered by this agency. Lynn also coordinates community outreach including training, public education and support services, which includes grief crisis support as needed. Lynn also implements the bereavement support service follow up for family members who have received hospice services from CHANS and other hospice providers. Lynn has a Master's degree in Social Work and has been a hospice social worker for the past 6 years prior to coming to work for Hospice Volunteers. She lives in Brunswick with her 2 cats, Julia & Cinderella. To contact Lynn, email bereavedirector@hospicevolunteers.org or call 729-3602.
Kathy Goddu
Kathy is the Director of Volunteer Services and is responsible for all the training and coordination of our volunteers. Kathy is a native Mainer with a Master's degree in Speech/Language Pathology. She has worked for the Pine Tree Society in Bath, and at Mt. Ararat High School as a speech therapist and learning disabilities consultant.
voldirector@hospicevolunteers.org
Elaine McGuire
Elaine McGuire is the Hospice Volunteers Administrative Assistant providing support to all the Hospice staff. The past forty years have taken her many places and included a variety of different administrative jobs. The first job after business school was for the U.S. Government. After having her two children, she worked for E.F.Hutton, followed by Teledyne Electro-Mechanisms (flex circuitry). Her family moved to Arizona where she worked for the Town of Gilbert, Arizona. While there she received her CPS (Certified Professional Secretary) certification. Her husband’s job took them to Missouri where she got her real estate license and sold real estate. From there she went to Warrensburg, Missouri to serve the local Chamber of Commerce. After her husband’s death, she returned to Joplin, MO. to be near her children and worked in the accounting department of Smith Foods. A Maine native, three years ago she returned to Maine to care for her mother. hospiceadmin@suscom-maine.net