Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) as well as a death doula, Henry has worked with hundreds of dying individuals and their loved ones as a hospice social worker, volunteer coordinator, and manager. As a Doula, he has been at the bedside of a great many people as they journeyed through the dying process. Henry has also maintained a private practice for 25 years, focused on helping people face death and grieve their losses. He is the cofounder of the International Co-founder of End of Life Doula Association (INELDA), a 501c3 non-profit organization to bring deeper meaning and greater comfort to the way people die in our country. Henry served as the Executive Director until 2021. Henry’s book, Caring for the Dying, the Doula Approach to a Meaningful Death, was published by Red Wheel Weiser in 2017. It was selected as a best book of the year in 2017 by the Library Journal. It was reprinted in 2020 under a new title, Finding Peace at the End of Life, A Death Doula’s Guide for Families and Caregivers. It has been published in the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, and soon in Japan.

Melinda is a Licensed Social Worker with more than 23 years of experience supporting individuals and families through homelessness, addiction, grief, and major life transitions. She is a Certified Grief Educator, trained by David Kessler, and also completed hospice training in Arizona, further strengthening her ability to walk with others through end-of-life care and loss. Melinda brings both professional expertise and lived experience to help people navigate grief with compassion and practical strategies for resilience. Now based in upstate New York, she mentors women working through recovery and daily coping challenges and leads a caregiving group for families supporting loved ones with dementia and Alzheimer’s. Her practice centers on fostering individual growth, strengthening family connections, and creating pathways of healing and hope.

Roy has been an end-of-life caregiver and educator since 1997 when he trained with Zen Caregiving Project (formerly Zen Hospice Project) to become a volunteer caregiver. Roy served on the ZCP board of directors from 2002 until 2008. Following a career in book publishing, Roy assumed a leadership role at ZCP in 2010 and serves as the organization’s Executive Director. Roy teaches Mindful Caregiver Education courses internationally and facilitates grief support workshops and Open Death Conversations for ZCP. A dedicated practitioner of Soto Zen Buddhism, Roy is a student at the San Francisco Zen Center where he received lay ordination in 2018. He also guides wilderness-based rites of passage programs in partnership with EarthWays LLC of Sebastopol, CA.  Roy’s book Zen Caregiving: How to Care for Yourself While Caring for Others was published in 2026