The AANLCP Presents: Growing Your Life Care Planning Practice in a Hot Industry
Join us for an educational, networking-packed, three-day conference from April 3-6, 2025, at the sophisticated Crowne Plaza Phoenix-Chandler Golf Resort in Phoenix, Arizona.
Conference Schedule
Thursday, April 3
- 2:00 PM Pre Conference Session
- 6:00 PM Meet and Greet
Friday, April 4
- New Life Care Planners Breakfast & Speed Networking
- General Session
- Networking Happy Hour
Saturday, April 5
- General Session
- AANLCP Annual Member Meeting
Sunday, April 6
- General Session
- 1:00 PM Dismissal
The conference will be exclusively in-person and will not be recorded or available virtually.
Pre Conference
Life Care Planning Roundtable is a unique event for life care planners to exchange complex challenges and scenarios, fostering collaboration and enhancing professional practice. We hope you will join us for this exciting and unique opportunity. Be sure to add the Pre-Conference Ticket to your cart!
Attendees will leverage case studies, group sessions, and peer engagement to:
- Talk through complex situations with actual case studies and scenarios.
- Engage in critical conversations to learn how to handle unforeseen challenges.
- Sharpen planning skills and improve critical thinking abilities.
Facilitated by Erin T. OConnell MSN-RN, MBA, LCP-C, CNLCP®, MSCC, MSA-C, CPB, CCM® and Jenn Craigmyle, CNLCP®.
We extend our heartfelt gratitude to FIG Education for their generous sponsorship of Pre Conference. Your support demonstrates your unwavering commitment to the advancement of nurse life care planning and to the professional development of our members. Thank you, FIG Education, for your dedication and partnership.
Tickets
Conference Ticket Includes:
- Three-day Conference Package
- Buffet breakfast, lunch, and beverages each day
- CEU Credits counted toward certification requirements
- Hosted Meet and Greet – Thursday Night
- Hosted Welcome Reception – Friday Night
- Access to the exhibitor hall
- New Attendee Breakfast
- Yoga Wellness Session
- Power Hour Golfing Session
- Custom lanyard & Token Gift
Transfers, Cancellations, and Refunds
You may transfer your conference registration to another person at any time by notifying us in writing. If you must cancel, please notify the conference manager, Monique Gallery at monique@moniquegalleryevents.com, in writing 30-days prior to conference by March 4, 2025. You will receive a refund for your chosen ticket, less a $100 cancellation fee. Cancellations made after the deadline and “no-shows” will not be refunded.
Hotel Accomodations
Crowne Plaza Phoenix-Chandler Golf Resort
One N. San Marcos Place, Chandler, AZ 85225
Crowne Plaza Phoenix – Chandler Golf Resort features free Wi-Fi, an outdoor pool with a jacuzzi, elegant meeting spaces, and an 18-hole championship golf course – San Marcos Golf Course.
Rates: $184 Standard Room. AANLCP has secured a room block with a special rate for AANLCP Conference Attendees, now available to when the room block is filled.
Use the Group Rate Code “FZS” to book your room to receive the AANLCP 2025 discounted rate of $184+ $29 fees per night; or call the Hotel’s Reservations Department at 1-877-685-5594. Hours of operation: 7:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m. Eastern, 7 days a week.
In the “heart” of Downtown Chandler, within steps of more than 25 Select Restaurants and Exciting Entertainment Venues, within minutes of World-Class Shopping, and enriched by history and cultural attractions.
Conveniently located just 18 miles SE from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport and 18 miles W from Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport with quick access to Loops 101 and 202.
Speakers and Topics
Meet the Experts: Your Guide to the Red-Hot Speakers at the AANLCP Life Care Planning Conference
Carefully selected by our discerning Conference Committee and Executive Board, these speakers are recognized for their deep expertise and dedication to excellence in life care planning. Prepare to gain valuable insights from these leading professionals.
Submit Your Questions for the Speakers
Engage with our speakers by submitting your questions using the form below. All questions are confidential, and the names of those asking will not be shared. Don’t miss this chance to have your queries addressed!
Deadline: Submit questions by Thursday, March 20, 2025. Questions received after this date will not be forwarded to the speakers.
Emcee and Presenter
Burn to Beauty: Lessons from Surviving the Burn Unit
Katie Niemeyer, CRNA
Entrepreneur and Philanthropist | SJ Syndrome of Texas
Katie Niemeyer is a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), mother, philanthropist and entrepreneur who relentlessly encourages others to overcome obstacles and reach new goals. As a teen, Katie nearly died in a hospital burn unit in St. Louis, where she suffered from an adverse reaction to medication, a rare condition called Stevens-Johnson syndrome. Over the last twenty-eight years, she has drawn on her lifetime of experiences as a parent, registered nurse and SJS survivor to create a new business, fund groundbreaking medical research and inspire people to cross their own finish lines. In 2012, Katie designed the specialized athletic sweatband known as the Handana with the aim of helping all athletes and SJS survivors to persevere.
How to Assess and Defend Home Care in a Life Care Plan
Denise Atwood, RN, JD, CPHRM, CLCP
Life Care Planner | Mackenzie Life Care Planning
Denise Atwood is a Certified Life Care Planner who has worked in nursing for over 30 years. Her clinical and professional experience covers a variety of areas, including the Adult and Pediatric ICU, Trauma, Burn, Emergency Room, and Surgical nursing, as well as Employee Health, Infection Control, Compliance, and Risk Management. She also hold a CPHRM certification – Certified Professional Health Care Risk Management. Ms. Atwood was an Adjunct Professor at both Ottawa University, the University of Phoenix and Grand Canyon University, teaching classes focusing on health law and ethics and ethics and legal issues in business. She also conducts nurse ethics evaluations, upon referral from the Arizona State Board of Nursing. Ms. Atwood has been a licensed attorney for over 14 years. She represents providers before licensing boards and performs appellate brief writing.
Kerri Martin, MSN, RN, FNP-C, CLCP
Life Care Planner | Mackenzie Life Care Planning
Kerri Martin is a Certified Life Care Planner with a family nurse practitioner background. She has 9 years of experience in primary care and surgery. Prior to practicing as a nurse practitioner, she worked as a registered nurse in the clinical areas of infectious disease, critical care, and surgery. She graduated from The University of Texas at Tyler in 2014 with a master’s degree in nursing and from Tarleton State University in 2000 with a bachelor’s degree in nursing. She works with both defense and plaintiff firms in creating and reviewing life care plans, as well as cost estimates. Kerri is a member of the International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals, Texas Nurse Practitioner’s Association and East Texas Nurse Practitioner’s Association.
Pre litigation medical workup of a personal injury case with the use of expert reports for negotiation
Christian Augustin, Esquire
Partner | Claggett & Sykes
Christian Augustin is an attorney at Claggett & Sykes Law Firm in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he leads the pre-litigation department with a focus on pre-litigation systems and med-legal case development. He has delivered numerous presentations at med-legal conferences nationwide, including “Building Systems” at Trial Lawyers University (2024), “Pre-Litigation and Litigation Checklist” at the LEX Summit (2024), “Pre-Litigation Med-Legal Case Selection” at the Huntington Beach Trial Lawyers University (2024), and “Settlement Negotiations” for NJA’s Trial Lawyers Boot Camp (2023). Renowned for providing practical insights on case management from sign-up to settlement, Christian collaborates with law firms across the country to implement efficient, client-focused strategies. He is excited to contribute his expertise at the 2025 AANLCP Conference.
Sam Colarusso, DC, CLCP
Dr. Colarusso has been a dedicated Chiropractic Physician in Nevada since 1995, bringing decades of expertise to his practice. In 2017, he joined Claggett & Sykes Law Firm as the Client Advocate, where he oversees and reviews medical management for injured clients. His role ensures clients receive proper treatment to achieve the best and fastest recoveries possible. Board-certified as an Independent Medical Examiner (ABIME) since 1998, Dr. Colarusso has served as a Designated Rating Physician for Nevada for over 25 years. He has conducted more than 1,000 Permanent Partial Disability (PPD) evaluations and Independent Medical Exams (IMEs) for injured individuals, underscoring his authority in the medical-legal field. As a founding member and Chief Medical Strategist at Focus Graphics, Dr. Colarusso contributes to the legal community by creating demonstrative trial materials, including surgical animations, medical illustrations, and diagnostic imaging enhancements. These tools assist legal professionals in effectively presenting cases during mediation and trials.
In 2021, Dr. Colarusso expanded his impact by founding Focus Medical Consulting. As a Certified Life Care Planner (CLCP), he provides nationwide consulting services, leveraging his extensive medical-legal expertise to clarify injury causation, assess treatment needs, and quantify permanent injuries for clients.
Jessica Urie, RN, BSN, LCP-C, CNLCP
Certified Nurse Life Care Planner
Jessica Urie is a registered nurse with more than 25 years of experience in the healthcare field. Her expertise spans emergency and trauma medicine, clinical trials, endpoint adjudication, case management, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and education. Jessica has also contributed to cardiovascular research, with her work being published in the field. She transitioned into Life Care Planning in 2019 and is the founder and owner of JHU Consulting LLC, as well as the co-owner of MedEx Strategies LLC.
Jessica served as the President of the AANLCP and currently is the Past President role on the AANLCP Board in 2025. She has been actively involved with the organization, including serving on the editorial board of the AANLCP Journal of Life Care Planning and participating in the AANLCP Conference Committee. Additionally, she chaired the 2022 AANLCP Conference Committee and co-chaired the 2023 Conference Committee. In recognition of her contributions, Jessica received the AANLCP Ambassador Award in 2022 for her outstanding work on the AANLCP Conference.
Business, Liability, and Tax Considerations - Starting your Life Care Planning Practice
Richard Bays , JD, MBA, EA, RN, LNCC, LCP-C, MCP-C, MSA-C
Firmen Group LLC
Richard Bays has served in numerous capacities in the healthcare industry ranging from clinical services and operations, healthcare billing and policy analysis, medical- legal consulting for healthcare attorney groups and oversight of accreditation,
licensure and regulatory compliance programs. He specializes in economic aspects of healthcare litigation such as Life Care Plans, Future Medical Cost Projections, Medicare Set-Asides, accounting and tax considerations, and reimbursement issues.
Medical Bill Review: More than Math
Sandi Gansel, RN, CRRN, LNC, CNLCP
Medical Care Coordinator | Medical Consulting Services
First and foremost, Sandi is a nurse. Sandi’s clinical background comes from years of working in the fast paced critical care areas of coronary, surgical, neurological, respiratory, trauma and burns. She is also a USAF veteran serving as a Flight Nurse stabilizing and transporting injured and wounded serviceman. Sandi attributes her ability to assess, advocate, and educate the injured, ill, infirmed as well as their families as pivotal in her success in medical care coordination. Sandi works with individuals across the age continuum within the scope of medical care coordination, legal file review, and medical cost projections/life care plans. Sandi is a public speaker, as a Distinguished Toastmaster she presented Education sessions, and leadership training throughout GA. Currently, as an educator covering topics as Elder Care Safety, Understanding, Utilizing the ABLE bill, Safety in the Workplace, Effective Communication with the mentally altered.
Coding: Essential Codes for Life Care Planners
Lisa Gay, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, CLCP
Family Nurse Practitioner, Certified Life Care Planner | Case In Point LCP
Lisa Gay is a Family Nurse Practitioner who has been working with patients of all ages for over 15 years in settings such as Primary Care, Ear, Nose & Throat, and Urgent Care. She has a bachelors and masters degree in nursing from Virginia Commonwealth University and has lived and worked on St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands since 2010. She was awarded the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners’ State Award for Excellence in 2018 for the US Virgin Islands. Lisa began working in life care planning in 2019 and became a Certified Life Care Planner (CLCP) in early 2021. She works with a wonderful team of professionals at Case In Point LCP and has experience creating life care plans in a variety of pediatric and adult cases.
Living Life Care Plans: A visual supplement to bring life care planning into the 21st Century
Linda Graham, RN, MA, CLCP. CNLCP
Certified Life Care Planner | Linda K. Graham, RN, Certified Life Care Planner
Linda Graham has been a Life Care Planner since 1986. She is a Certifed Life Care Planner and a Certifed Nurse Life Care Planner. She has prepared over 2000 life care plans and has testifed in court hundreds of times.
She works with both plaintif and defense attorneys. Recently she challenged herself to create a visual method for presenting life care plans, and in 2018, she developed Living Life Care Plans, a visual supplement to the written life care plan. Linda will speak about the benefts of providing a Living Life Care Plan to attorneys and how this tool will help launch your career into the next phase or take it in a new direction by “Growing Your Life Care Planning Practice in a Hot Industry!”
Remember Your Why - Life Care Plan Case Review
Carey Jordan, BSN, RN, CNLCP®
Nurse Life Care Planner | Jordan and Associates, LLC
Carey Jordan received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing and a Bachelor Degree in Criminal Justice from Washburn University. Ms. Jordan is a Registered Nurse and Certified Nurse Life Care Planner (CNLCP®). Carey’s clinical background includes Emergency/Trauma, School Nursing, Home Health and Case Management in a Skilled Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit. Prior to her nursing career, she served as a Law Enforcement Officer for nearly ten years. During her law enforcement career, she served in the areas of Patrol, Fugitive Warrants, DARE officer/Community Services and as a Hostage Negotiator. Carey has the professional experience and knowledge to prepare life care plans, provide depositions and testify in court. In addition to life care planning, she also provides medical cost projection reports. She works with both plantiff and defense attorneys.
Supporting Home Care Recommendations and Costs
Shelly Kinney, MSN, RN, CCM, CNLCP
Nurse Life Care Planner | Kinney Consulting, Inc.
Shelly Kinney is a master’s prepared nurse residing near Omaha, Nebraska. She is certified in both Case Management and Nurse Life Care Planning and has been in the rehabilitation field since 2000. Ms. Kinney’s healthcare background includes work in critical care, acute medical rehabilitation, post-acute brain injury rehabilitation, women’s health, and case management in hospital-based, insurance, and worker’s compensation settings. She has experience in military and civilian healthcare and in the health insurance industry. A nurse for more than 30 years and life care planner for 20 years, she works with injured individuals of all ages and has special expertise in developing care plans to address long-term medical and functional needs of individuals with brain injury, vaccine injury, spinal cord injury, and chronic pain.
Projecting Future Care for Unusual Amputation Injuries
Victoria Powell, RN, CCM, LNCC, CNLCP, CLCP, MSCC
President and CEO | VP Medical Consulting, LLC
Victoria Powell is a registered nurse with 30 years of professional nursing experience. Her background has primarily been focused on catastrophic injury care with an emphasis on amputation injury having worked with her first limb loss individual while working as a workers’ compensation case manager. Ms. Powell is an active member of multiple professional organizations including American Association of Nurse Life Care Planners, Case Management Society of America, International Academy of Rehab Professionals and the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (US-ISPO) among others. She also currently serves on Amputee Coalition’s Science and Medical Advisory Council and current working on the Osteointegration Task Force, Wrist Disarticulation Task Force and the Limb Loss Education Task Force. She is an executive board member of Enhancing Skills for Life, a 501c non-profit organization focused on education and support for those with bilateral upper limb loss and more. Powell has presented and published on a variety of subjects surrounding catastrophic injury.
Pre Conference: Life Care Planning Roundtable
Jenn Craigmyle, DNP, MSN-ED, RN, CLCP, CNLCP
President | InVision Life Care Planning LLC
Dr. Jenn Craigmyle is a distinguished expert in nursing, med-legal consultation, and life care planning with a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) from West Coast University and a Master of Science in Nursing Education (MSN-Ed) from Western Governors University. As the founder of Craigmyle Legal Nurse Services LLC now operating as InVision Life Care Planning, she has provided exceptional legal nurse consulting, case management, and medical record review services since 2012. Her clinical experience includes critical care and admissions roles at Loma Linda University Medical Center, demonstrating her leadership and expertise in healthcare.
An active member of organizations such as AANLCP and IARP, Jenn has contributed to advancing her field through committee work and mentorship. She was honored with the AANLCP Distinguished Service Award in 2021 for her outstanding contributions. Jenn’s scholarly achievements include a DNP project on Lawton IADL and Nurse Life Care Planning and teaching roles at Chaffey College and UC Riverside. Dedicated to service, she has mentored graduate students and participates in professional development initiatives, solidifying her reputation as a leader and innovator in healthcare and life care planning.
Erin T. OConnell, MSN-RN, MBA, LCP-C, CNLCP®, MSCC, MSA-C, CPB, CCM®
President | OConnell and Associates
Erin T. OConnell is a distinguished figure in life care planning, recognized with the 2020 AANLCP® Distinguished Service Award and the 2021 AANLCP Ambassador Award. With nearly 20 years of nursing experience, and has practiced in a wide range of specialties, including case management, long-term care, acute care, rehabilitation, emergency medicine, and radiology. In 2012, she transitioned to case management and consulting, becoming a certified nurse life care planner in 2016 to better address projected future care needs.
As a dedicated member of the American Association of Nurse Life Care Planning (AANLCP), Ms. OConnell served as president from August 2018 to December 2020 and is currently a past president. She co-chairs the Research Committee, spearheading initiatives to support and advance life care planning, and chairs the Mentorship Program.
Expert Testimony: Strategy, Skills, & Execution
Ilya E. Lerma, Esquire
Owner | Ilya Law
Civil trial lawyer for complex injury claims, including traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury, and advocate on behalf of policyholders against insurers for bad faith failure to pay benefits.
Bradly Schaeffer, JD
Trial Consultant and Executive Director | Ilya Law
Brad Schaeffer brings extensive expertise in trial consulting, having previously served as the Executive Director of Trial Structure, where he collaborated with trial attorneys nationwide. In January 2024, he transitioned all consulting operations in-house to Ilya Law, where he now leads the consulting division.
With a comprehensive approach to case development, Brad works closely with attorneys from the earliest stages, shaping and framing cases for maximum impact. His hands-on involvement includes: Witness Preparation: Guiding witnesses through depositions and trial preparations to ensure they deliver truthful, persuasive, and confident testimonies. Focus Groups: Designing and conducting highly effective focus groups to extract valuable insights that refine case strategies. Client Empowerment: Building trust and comfort with clients while preparing them to excel in the courtroom environment.
Brad’s overarching mission is to hold the defense accountable when they refuse to be responsible. Through his innovative methods, he provides trial attorneys with the tools and insights necessary to secure justice for their clients.
Conference Sponsors
We extend our deepest gratitude to our sponsors for their generous support of the AANLCP Life Care Planning Conference. Their invaluable contributions have made this event possible and helped us create an exceptional experience for all attendees.
We encourage our patrons to support these outstanding businesses as a gesture of appreciation for their commitment to our community. By partnering with our sponsors, you help strengthen the network of professionals dedicated to excellence in life care planning.
Breakfast and Lunch Sponsor
Exhibitors
Lanyard Sponsors
Contact
Monique Gallery
Event Planner
Monique@moniquegalleryevents.com
Conference Committee
Shaun Sever
Conference and
Sponsorship Chair
shaun@splegalnurse.com
Sponsor Committee
- Becca Diaz
- Christie Mitsifer
Speaker Committee
- Carey Jordan
- Tori Goldhammer
Outreach and Events Committee
- Jenn Masse
- Amy Stone
2025 AANLCP Life Care Planning Conference
Growing your Life Care Planning Practice in a Hot Industry
April 3 – 6, 2025
Crowne Plaza Phoenix-Chandler Golf Resort