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Heather Merrill

Heather Merrill

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Director Diligence and Integration Management, Strategic Ventures at BAYADA Home Health Care

  • Education

    • ABRHS

      1984 - 1987
      Diploma HIGH SCHOOL/SECONDARY DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES

      Activities and Societies: Completed all requirements and graduated in 3 years.

    • Suffolk University

      1991 - 1994
      JD Law

      Activities and Societies: Moot Court Board Cum Laude

    • Mount Holyoke College

      1987 - 1991
      A.B. Sociology, English

      Activities and Societies: Research Assistant for Professor Richard Moran (Sociology). Co-Manager of The Coffee Grind, a student run coffee house that, under my management, also expanded into catering and for the first time in its long history became profitable. Member of the Orientation Committee working closely with the Dean of Students. Cum Laude with High Honors in Sociology

    • Worcester State University

      2018 - 2021
      Masters Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management 4.0

      Activities and Societies: Medallion Award winner for Academic Excellence

  • Experience

    • Schlesinger and Buchbinder, LLP

      Aug 1994 - Sept 1997
      Associate

      Joined the firm as a new gradate and received dedicated training in all aspects of transactional practice including real estate development and permitting, acquisitions and sales, financing, leasing, corporate formation and maintenance, contracting and negotiation. Despite being a new graduate, developed a nationally recognized niche practice in Equine Law.

    • Hill & Barlow

      Sept 1997 - Dec 2003
      Associate

      Hill & Barlow dissolved in December 2002.Trained by the brightest attorneys in the country in real estate, corporate and construction law. Extensive responsibility and primary client contact.

    • DLA Piper

      Dec 2003 - Feb 2004
      Senior Associate

      In December 2002, in connection with the dissolution of Hill & Barlow the real estate group from Hill & Barlow formed the Boston office of DLA Piper Rudnick. Senior Associate with primary responsibility for major transactions including portfolio acquisitions and financing, leasing and construction contracting. Representative transactions include portfolio financing of $500M, drafting and negotiating design and construction contracts for the MIT Stata Building designed by Frank Gehry, leasing of more than 100k square feet of office space in major Metro West office park. Show less

    • Schlesinger and Buchbinder, LLP

      Apr 2004 - Jul 2015
      Of Counsel

      Senior real estate attorney with substantial client base representing companies and individuals in transactional matters including the acquisition and development of real estate, contract negotiation, financing, corporate maintenance, and risk management.

    • Parmenter Home Care & Hospice

      Jan 2009 - Jan 2011
      Volunteer

      Direct hospice patient care, support for loved ones, and bereavement care. Created pet therapy program by introducing my certified pet partner as the first pet therapy dog in the hospice residence.

    • New England Pet Hospice & Home Care

      Jan 2010 - Jul 2016
      Founder and Director

      Founded and directed one of the nation's few truly interdisciplinary hospice programs for companion animals, bringing it from an idea to a nationally respected organization. Together with our wonderful staff, we provided care to hundreds of animals and the people who loved them in a comprehensive fashion modeled on the successes of (human) hospice and palliative care.

    • Circle Home, Inc. (formerly VNA of Greater Lowell)

      Jul 2016 - Mar 2017
      Hospice Volunteer Services Coordinator

      Responsible for the recruitment, training, management, mentoring, retention and recognition of all hospice volunteers for the agency.

    • Care Dimensions (formerly Hospice of the North Shore & Greater Boston)

      Mar 2017 - Sept 2018
      Volunteer Coordinator

    • BAYADA Home Health Care

      Oct 2018 - now

      Director, Assistive Care State Programs Serving all of Central Massachusetts Director, Assistive Care State ProgramsServing Dedham to Attleboro

      • Director, Diligence & Integration Management, Strategic Ventures

        Sept 2022 - now

      • Director, Assistive Care State Programs

        May 2019 - Sept 2022

      • Director, Assistive Care State Programs

        Oct 2018 - May 2019

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Certified in Thanatology: Death, Dying & Bereavement

      Association for Death Education and Counseling

    • Certified Administrator of Volunteer Services

      Association for Healthcare Volunteer Resource Professionals (AHVRP)
      Jun 2017

    • Certificate in Integrative Thanatology: A Death Educator Program

      The Art of Dying Institute
      Mar 2016

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Hospice Volunteer

      Issued by Wayside Hospice on Jan 2009
      Wayside HospiceAssociated with Heather Merrill