VNHC offers a wide range of home health, hospice and personal care services, all coordinated from one central location.
 

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Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care is staffed by an exceptional team of qualified, compassionate individuals who devote their energy and expertise to serving others. Their unique skills and diverse life experiences help them manage everyday challenges while offering care and companionship to patients and families.

 

Executive Management

Lynda Tanner
President & CEO

Lynda leads, directs and coordinates all operations of the organization, including all professional and patient care departments and works with senior management to develop strategic analysis for business opportunities and organizational growth as well as assessing existing operational systems for efficiencies and improvement. Her experience includes more than 28 years working in homecare including working as a consultant and JCAHO surveyor with organizations across the United States. She graduated from the University of Idaho with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and later earned a Masters degree in Nursing Administration.


Tamara Skov
Foundation Executive Director

Tamara is responsible for overall Foundation functions including all fundraising efforts to support VNHC’s charitable mission, the new Serenity House capital campaign and the organization’s endowment, as well as oversight and stewardship of contributions and investments, and support of community education and support efforts. She brings more than 20 years of experience in non-profit management and all aspects of fundraising. A graduate of the University of California, Davis, Tamara is very active in the local community currently serving on the Board of the Association of Fund Raising Professionals in Santa Barbara & Ventura Counties and Soroptimist International of Santa Barbara.


D. Scott Silic
Chief Financial Officer

Scott is responsible for the monitoring of assets and the analysis and tracking of financial performance for the combined organization. He brings over 20 years of experience as a Chief Financial Officer at a variety of organizations, achieving major financial turnarounds for both acute care and Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospitals, and being a Senior Consulting Manager at Coopers & Lybrand. Scott is a graduate of Trinity College and the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College with emphases in Economics and Finance, and is a member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association.


Babetta Daddino
Director of Hospice

As the Hospice Director, Babetta is responsible for the planning, development, and operations of the Hospice program to ensure services are accessible to those facing life threatening illness, and are provided by compassionate and professional interdisciplinary staff focused on the patient/family comfort and life-enhancing goals. Babetta is a registered nurse with a Masters degree in Nursing Administration and Nurse Practitioner Certification from University of California, San Francisco. She brings over 25 years of health care management from nonprofit, government and private agencies and, with over 10 years in Hospice, she is passionate about honoring all in the journey at end of life, as well as all who are working with them.


Mary Beth Noggle
Director of Home Health

Mary Beth directs the Home Health program of VNHC, overseeing a team of nurses, physical, occupational and speech therapists, social workers and home health aides. She is responsible for the program's financial and clinical outcomes as they relate to the patients that are served. Her experience includes 25 years in the nursing profession, with a focus in Home Health for the last 15 years. Mary Beth earned her nursing degree from Alan Hancock College.


Marilyn Weixel
Director of Human Resources

Marilyn is responsible for planning, managing, and directing the strategic and operational aspects of recruitment, selection, development, and retention of high caliber employees, and serves as a consultant for management and an advocate for VNHC staff. Marilyn has over 25 years of top HR leadership experience in both non-profit and for profit organizations ranging from health insurance and retirement plan services to medical device and software development. Marilyn earned her BS from Cornell, her Master’s from UCSB, her Professional Certification in HR Management from UCLA, and she is credentialed as a “Senior Professional in Human Resource Management” with additional California certification. In 2000 she was awarded the prestigious national “Award for Professional Excellence” by the Society for HR Management, one of only 2 recipients in the nation.


Anna Munoz
Director of Visiting Care & Companions

Anna provides overall management of Visiting Care & Companions. Anna is responsible for the fiscal, personnel, and clinical component of the program, as well as community education and program development. Her duties include planning, implementation and management of the program which provides support to clients needing Personal Care Services in their home, to assist with maintaining Independence or recovering from illness or injury. Her experience includes more than 23 years in the health care industry including positions as, Facility Manager, Licensed Administrator of a local 45 bed Residential Care Facility for the Elderly, and Director. Anna is a local graduate, received her CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant Certification), received her Administrators license (licensed through the State of California), and a member of the Santa Barbara Association of Health Care Providers.


Marion Schoneberger
Director of Business Development

Marion is responsible for overseeing the growth and development of referral sources, outreach to the community through various programs as well as organization-wide marketing and advertising activities.
She has more than 30 years experience in various health care settings that includes direct patient care, supervisor and manager of clinical services, clinical research and new program development. She completed her undergraduate degree at University of Oregon, post-graduate Physical Therapy program at University of Pennsylvania, a Master's Degree in Health Care Management at California State University, Los Angeles and a Marketing Certificate at UCSB.


Jocelyn Archer
Director of Quality, Compliance and Education

As Director of Quality, Compliance and Education, Jocelyn serves as the primary resource in assuring the delivery of high quality, cost effective clinical care and ensures that a coordinated work effort between clinical services and other departments is maintained as it relates to corporate compliance, quality and performance improvement related programs. She ensures development of organization-wide patient care policies detailing how patients’ clinical needs are assessed, evaluated and met. She brings 25 years of nursing experience focused on best outcomes for patients including twelve years of clinical research, and seven years of management, supervision, and administration. Jocelyn received a BAN from Augustana College and has spent the majority of her nursing career at the University of MN, therefore, currently enjoying every moment of sunshine in Santa Barbara.

To find out more about our Staff, please call us at 805-965-5555 in Santa Barbara and 805-693-5555 in Santa Ynez and Lompoc Valleys or click here