Tracy Schroepfer returns as the featured speaker of the event once again. Schroepfer also led the workshops in 2022 and 2023 and the virtual session back in 2020. Dr. Schroepfer is a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Social Work. She is a recipient of the Hartford Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholar Award and serves on several national boards including the National Coalition for Hospice and Palliative care, and the NQF Geriatric and Palliative Care Standing Committee. Dr. Schroepfer’s research focuses on improving the care provided to elders who are terminally ill by determining the best strategies for meeting their psychosocial, cultural and spiritual needs.