IARP Life Care Planning/IALCP Section Board
Eligible voters: Individual Professional members of the association who are members of the Life Care Planning/IALCP Section.
Position and Candidate(s)
Chair-Elect
Jody M. Masterson
Member-at-Large
Dan Bagwell
Nancy Bond
Stephen Mann
Nancy Mitchell
Ron Smolarski
Representative to IARP Board
Debbe Marcinko
Robert Taylor
Chair-Elect
Jody M. Masterson
Describe your qualifications for the position
I have a Bachelors (1977) and Master's (1983) degree in nursing from Villanova University. My nursing clinical experiences include Orthopaedics, Medical-Surgical, and Rehabilitation Nursing. I have worked as an adjunct clinical professor of nursing (1993-present) to undergraduates at Villanova University which has given me the opportunity to introduce students to rehabilitation nursing and life care planning.
I began life care planning in 1998. In 1999, I received a Certification in Rehabilitation Nursing (CRRN). I have been an active member of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses at the local and national level on multiple committees. I have been a member of International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals since 2004 and in March 2004 was awarded the Fellow Status in the International Academy of Life Care Planners (FIALCP). I am presently a member of the JARP Ethics Revision Committee and have attended local and national educational conferences. I have also been a reviewer of applications for those seeking the FlALCP designation. I continue to enjoy my role as a Rehab Nurse Consultant/Life Care Planner preparing life care plans for individuals with catastrophic injuries and complex medical diagnoses and work with families, Trusts, and Attorney's to implement the Life Care Plan to improve the overall quality of life for these individuals and their families.
What do you hope to accomplish during your term if elected?
I would continue to support the goals of the life care planning section to "promote professional performance and ethics, in service training, networking and cooperative efforts to advance life care planning". One example is to promote of the FIALCP designation and to attend the Lite Care Planning Summit in Denver. I see this as a unique opportunity to support the life care planning process during challenging times. I will work with the chair and past chair to support their agendas.
What is your vision for IARP during your term?
My vision for IARP during my term is to support and promote life care planning education, the FIALCP and membership growth. I would also like to provide mentorship to those who seek the FIALCP designation.
Member-at-Large
Dan Bagwell
Describe your qualifications for the position
I have been an active member of IARP or its predecessor NARPPS for more than three decades and an active member of IALCP since its early formation. I served for more four years on various committees with the Foundation for Life Care Planning Research, to include service on the Educational Committee and Sponsorship Committee in conjunction with , as well as a prior committee member for the Summit Conference. As co-owner and CEO of Rehabilitation Professional Consultants, Inc., in San Antonio, Texas, my and services, to include life care Planning and other services in both litigated and non-litigated matters. I have maintained licensure as a registered nurse in good standing for 39 years. My current certifications include CLCP since 2000, CCM since 1993, and CDMS since 1988
What do you hope to accomplish during your term if elected?
If elected to serve in the position of Member at Large, I would work to listen to the membership, so I may understand the needs and wants of the members the organization. I would strive to be a positive influence toward growth and unification of our membership of certified life care planners to seek and promote excellence for continuing educational opportunities and research in life care planning through all forums available to members.
What is your vision for IARP during your term?
Growth in membership and excellence in education for the members, so we, as rehabilitation professionals serving many thousands of individuals with handicapping and disabling conditions, may be best prepared to make a positive difference the lives of the individuals we serve.
Nancy Bond
Describe your qualifications for the position
I have a Master's Degree in Early Childhood Special Education and for over 40 years, have worked with supporting individuals with special health care needs and disabilities as both an educator, a life care planner and a client advocate. I have been a Certified Life Care Planner since 2000 and a Certified Case Manager (CCM) since 2002.
While I have not served in a leadership capacity in the field of life care planning, I have regularly attended annual conferences and bi-annual summits as I have maintained a consistent focus on enriching the field of life care planning and in sharing knowledge with our colleagues from various practice settings and disciplines. My leadership experience is derived from my work at The Coordinating Center, my employer since 1984. Since 2002, I have been part of the leadership and serve as the Senior Vice President/Chief Operating Officer overseeing the delivery of case management services to over 8,000 individuals across the State of Maryland. I have published in the field of life care planner and over the past 10 years, I have had the distinct pleasure of mentoring two other life care planners. I have also served on the committee that worked to re-write and test the updated CLCP exam.
What do you hope to accomplish during your term if elected?
Life Care Planners now find themselves in the midst of challenges unlike any that we have seen in many years. The growth in our industry and the changes and challenges in our health care delivery system have placed additional pressures on planners to deliver plans of the highest quality. It is important that as a professional organization we do whatever possible to provide clarity, support and educational opportunities for each of our members so that they have access to the tools they need to meet these challenges. A focus on appropriate credentialing of new planners and the support of them in their practices will be important to me in this role.
What is your vision for IARP during your term?
My vision is to promote growth within the IARP/JALCP community while also focusing on maintaining high standards for the credentialing and ongoing education of new and existing members.
Stephen Mann
Describe your qualifications for the position
I have practiced Rehab Medicine for over 30 years. In 2013, I completed the C.L.C.P. program and have been working in the field since.
What do you hope to accomplish during your term if elected?
In the last 4 years, I have reviewed many Life Care Plans that have failed because they were done incorrectly. The possibility error for a particular patient is due to the lack of understanding of the science behind the recommendations. Medicine is changing at an ever-increasing rate; the methods used IO years may no longer be appropriate or relevant today. Most Life Care Planers, unfortunately, do not possess the Medical knowledge to understand and recognize what is no longer appropriate. This, in addition Physicians not responding to requests for assistance, in erroneous opinions.
This is now a very litigious area. Plaintiffs' Life Care Plans may be developed just to present the opening bid in a negotiation. The best standard is a plan that is accurate and accepted by both sides because it answers all the needs of the patient.
Without stricter standards, IARP could lose respectability as a certifying organization. The end product is a reflection of the organization. To maintain its relevancy, this organization must develop a way of enforcing its standards on its members and their reports.
What is your vision for IARP during your term?
My vision is to help improve the science portion of meetings. Better practice guidelines exist and should be the basis for all Life Care Plans.
Nancy Mitchell
Describe your qualifications for the position
I have served as board member at large since the summer of 2016. As a part of I also have served on the budget committee. I have learned a great deal in this short amount of time and while still on the learning curve, I am an asset to the group. I have an understanding of the challenges currently being faced by the organization and am committed to improving the IARP membership experience.
I have been a life care planner for 19 years and have been named a fellow by the IALCP. I have contributed to the field of life care planning by writing and presenting.
What do you hope to accomplish during your term if elected?
Help life care planners to see the advantage of IARP membership and promote life care planning education. I would like to continue to serve as a liaison to the budget committee. I would like work to enhance the annual conference experience for life care planners.
What is your vision for IARP during your term?
I would like life care planners of all primary professions to see the advantages of being a cohesive group under the IARP umbrella.
Ron Smolarski
Describe your qualifications for the position
Certified Life Care Planner since 1995, Member of IARP since 1980, previous experience on IARP Forensic Board/ Annual Conference Committee’/ Social Committee, and a Mentor since 2013.
What do you hope to accomplish during your term if elected?
I would like to share my extensive experiences with fellow life care planners. I am a proven professional that can provide insight and realistic guidance and direction.
What is your vision for IARP during your term?
To assist IARP to make realistic objectives and goals that will enhance our cutting- edge direction in the world of life care planning & rehabilitation.
Representative to the IARP Board
Debbe Marcinko
Describe your qualifications for the position
I have been an active member of IARP serving in various capacities within the organization including the education committee, co-chair of the 2016 annual conference in Pittsburgh, finance committee, holding positions on the Life Care Planning Section board including Director at Large, Chair and IALCP Representative to the IARP board. I was privileged to be included the IALCP Standards of Practice for Life Care Planners revision committee advisory group.
This experience has helped me gain an understanding of the global organization.
What do you hope to accomplish during your term if elected?
I hope to continue to bring to the IARP board the needs and concerns of the Life Care Planning Section to promote the professional growth and advancement of Life Care and meet the educational, mentoring, and support needs of the section.
I would like to continue to see our section interface with all sections, chapters and the next generation of members to educate and promote Life Care Planning as a profession to consider.
Continue to reach out to other professional organizations through exhibiting, publications and presentations to increase awareness of the IARP organization and the multidisciplinary professional resources available within the organization.
What is your vision for IARP during your term?
- Assure the needs and concerns of our members are heard.
- Promote an environment where all members feel welcome, and can comfortably network, debate, and become involved in the organization.
- Advance our role and involvement with legislation and research.
- Strengthen the profession of Life Care Planning through ongoing research, cooperative relationships with academic institutions, educational programs and other organizations that provide education and certification in Life Care Planning.
- Maintain and grow the standard of professionalism in Life Care Planning.
Robert Taylor
Describe your qualifications for the position
I was privileged to serve as IARP President from 2005-2007.Prior to this, I was the Chair of the IARP Forensic Section from 2000-2001 and served as the Forensic Section Representative to the IARP Board of Directors from 2000-2004. I served as IARP Vice President from 2004-2005and 2007-2008. I have presented at IARP conferences for decades. I have served on the Editorial Advisory Board of The Rehabilitation Professional from 2012- Present and the Journal of Life Care Planning from 2015-Present.
IARP and life care planning are my passions. When I was President of IARP, the IALCP was a stand-alone association founded by one of the pioneers in the practice of life care planning, Patty McCollum. At Patty's request, I was able to work with the IARP Board of Directors and bring IALCP into IARP as a special section.
I have practiced life care planning for over 40 years. I am a certified life care planner and also serve a Commissioner of Life Care Planning for the ICHCC. I am the director of a forensic rehabilitation firm that I founded 33 years ago. I am committed to quality life care planning practice. My experience as a leader in the field, life care planner and business owner provide me with the qualifications and experience to represent the IALCP on the IARP Board of Directors.
What do you hope to accomplish during your term, if elected?
The practice of life care planning is at a crossroads as life care planners are increasingly used as damages experts in forensic cases and testify in court. I want to be able to reinforce the need for strong, ethical and transparent life care planning practice methods and compliance with the Codes of Ethics of both IARP and the IALCP.I want to work with the IARP Board of Directors to enhance life care planning training programs and expand the existing mentoring program. I presently have 3 mentees with whom I am working to help the next generation of life care planners provide quality services and proudly represent the Academy and IARP.
I also want to use my decades of experience as a business owner and past experience on the IARP Board of Directors to help IARP to achieve the strongest financial position possible. Most of all, though, I want to be responsive to the needs of the members of the IALCP section and represent these needs to the IARP Board of Directors.
What is your vision for IARP during your term?
I would like to see IARP grow, especially in IALCP and Forensic Section membership. As life care planning is being used more as a tool in litigated cases to establish damages, it has been "discovered" by more and more rehabilitation professionals as a potential revenue source. IARP needs to be in the forefront in developing training programs that will enhance forensic and life care planning practice. I want to use my experience as a business owner of more than 30 years to help IARP members with business development efforts. I envision greater training opportunities for those entering the field through the existing mentoring program, in which I am a participant and for those advanced practice members who may be seeking new challenges and want to solidify the viability of their practice.
This vision is also applicable to all IARP sections. IARP has almost unlimited potential for growth as an association. I want to see IARP greatly expand its membership while working simultaneously to implement strategies to assure future fiscal responsibility and viability.
It will be an honor and privilege to serve the members of the IALCP Section and again work with my colleagues on the IARP Board of Directors.