Marcie Hillary
Executive Vice President, Chief Experience Officer
616-356-5256
mhillary@hom.org

Marcie oversees all fundraising, marketing, and communications initiatives that support Arbor Hospice and across NorthStar Care Community. Working collaboratively with NorthStar Care Community’s Foundation Board, and a statewide staff, Marcie’s role is not only to raise money to fund programs but also to raise awareness for Arbor Hospice’s not-for-profit mission.

Barbara Anderson
Associate Vice President,  Philanthropy
616-356-5266
banderso@hom.org

Leading the statewide development team, Barbara works with staff, board members and community volunteers to guide the implementation of all fundraising initiatives that support Arbor Hospice philanthropic programs and across NorthStar Care Community. In addition to cultivating and stewarding key donor relationships, Barbara provides leadership oversight on major gifts, annual fund, grants and foundation funding, special event fundraisers and third party fundraisers.

Courtney Ross
Philanthropy Manager, Arbor Hospice
734-474-8023
courtney.ross@arborhospice.org

As Philanthropy Manager, Courtney oversees major gift fundraising, cultivates community relationships, and leads fundraising events and initiatives that advance Arbor Hospice’s mission. She builds meaningful donor and corporate partnerships, supports annual giving campaigns, and develops opportunities to grow philanthropic support for compassionate hospice care.

Laura Vanover
Director of Philanthropy, Annual Fund
616-356-5210
lvanover@arborhospice.org

As Annual Fund Director, Laura is responsible for the Annual Giving Fund at Arbor Hospice and across NorthStar Care Community. She serves as the main contact for the Caring Circle Society, spring and fall fundraising appeals, as well as the spring and fall Connections newsletter. Laura also provides oversight on fundraising events and donation processing.

Susan Rink
Statewide Legacy Giving Director
734-794-5114
lvanover@arborhospice.org

As Legacy Giving Director, Susan leads efforts to cultivate, engage, and steward donors who wish to create a lasting legacy through planned gifts. Susan develops and implements strategies to promote bequests and other legacy giving opportunities, builds meaningful relationships with donors, families, and professional advisors. 

Colleen Motley
Philanthropy Director, Grants
248-320-6990
colleen.motley@hom.org

As Director of Philanthropy, Grants, Colleen develops and leads Arbor Hospice’s grant strategy, securing funding for its innovative initiatives and essential and critical programs. She oversees the full grant lifecycle, stewarding funders and ensuring all grant requirements are met.

EVENT MANAGEMENT

Kim Streich
Philanthropy Manager
734-794-5120
kstreich@arborhospice.org

Kim is responsible for managing fundraising events for Arbor Hospice and across NorthStar Care Community. As the events manager, Kim establishes and maintains relationships with vendors, donors, and community partners.

DONATION PROCESSING

Emily Falicki
Statewide Data Services Manager
616-356-5212
efalicki@arborhospice.org

As Statewide Data Services Manager, Emily oversees the donation processing department, managing the daily activities of the Arbor Hospice donor database, including constituent data entry, gift processing and acknowledgement, financial and gift reporting, and donor-related gift inquiries.

Tracie Kelham
Donations Processing Coordinator
734-794-5115
tkelham@arborhospice.org

As Donation Processing Coordinator, Tracie processes all donations for Arbor Hospice. She responds to donor questions, facilitates donations made by phone, maintains and updates donor records.

COMMUNICATIONS

Kathleen Roark
Donor Communications Specialist
kathleen.roark@arborhospice.org

As Donor Communications Specialist, Kathleen’s primary focus is to communicate clear and consistent messaging to supporters of Arbor Hospice and across NorthStar Care Community through the Connections newsletter, appeals and e-communications.