Val is the founder and Executive Director of Maine Death with Dignity, a 501(c)(3) non-profit she established in 2014. The overall mission of Maine Death with Dignity is providing services, education, and end-of-life advocacy to people who wish to actively explore the meaning of life through embracing the certainty of death. From 2013 through 2019, Val organized and led Maine’s grassroots effort to pass a medical aid in dying law. After being signed into law on June 12, 2019, the Maine Death with Dignity Act went into effect on September 19, 2019. Val mentors and collaborates with grassroots leaders in other states still trying to pass this legislation. Val not only educates on the history of death with dignity in the United States, how the laws work, and the eligibility requirements, but teaches people about all of their end-of-life options to ensure an understanding of informed consent. Val's other volunteer work includes clergy support for Faith Aloud, a confidential clergy counseling service providing unbiased, judgment-free support for people making decisions about pregnancy, parenting, abortion, and adoption, serving on the board of the Chaplaincy Institute of Maine, and bedside attendance for those using aid-indying medication. She is the mother of three adult children and an accomplished artist. When she isn’t doing death stuff (her son’s description), she spends her time enjoying two amazing grandsons and working on a variety of creative projects. Val is a retired Navy veteran of 20 years. She holds a Master of Science degree in Human Relations from Husson University in Bangor, Maine, and a Bachelor of Science degree, Industrial Technology, from the University of Southern Maine. Val received ordination in June of 2022 after completing the Chaplaincy Institute of Maine two-year interfaith program.
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