Advisory Board

Kerri Bryant – President, Forward Consulting
GoFrwd LLC, Elkhorn NE
Kerri Bryant brings over a decade of experience in leadership development, operational strategy, and organizational transformation, with the past three years dedicated to consulting for Home Instead franchise owners across the US. She specializes in empowering teams, streamlining systems, and strengthening the culture of care at the heart of home care services.
Kerri launched Forward Consulting in 2023, which provides business coaching and consulting across the US. With a 30+ year background in business consulting and coaching, which includes her tenure in Sr. leadership at Home Instead’s Global Headquarters, she has a deep respect for the needs of aging adults and those who care for them. Her leadership style is hands-on, people-centered, and results-driven. She believes in leading with transparency, clarity, and empathy—qualities that help ensure clients receive the highest quality care and employees feel supported in their roles.
A consummate strategist, Kerri works with a variety of organizations as a strategic facilitator. Her Vision Integration tool has been used repeatedly to help leaders build stronger workforce engagement and create laser-focused strategies for business growth. She is a world-class facilitator and uses her inclusive diplomacy to help navigate the often robust dialogue needed for more excellent outcomes. She is also a gifted speaker and vocalist, having sung for a variety of events across the country and has lent her voice to thousands of radio and television advertisements.
She’s a trusted advisor to anyone desiring growth and organizational change. She has helped build high-performing care teams, increase profit, reduce turnover, and establish sustainable leadership practices across multiple locations. And she does this by building trust every step of the way.
She and her wife Leah reside in Omaha, NE.

Wendi Geller, Director of Volunteer Services at MorseLife Health Systems

Wendi graduated from Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis, IN with a B.A. in television production. As with many, her career went in a different direction, and she found a path in Volunteer Management. After staying home with her child for a few years, Wendi was hired at the Lifelong Learning Society at Florida Atlantic University. She was given the opportunity to shape the volunteer program. Wendi’s personality, vision, and nurturing style led her to gain the respect and confidence of her managers and the volunteers. She listened and heard how deeply these volunteers cared about the program. While Wendi implemented necessary changes from leadership, she also listened to feedback from the volunteers. With such open communication and mutual respect, the program blossomed. Wendi is proud to call many of those volunteers her friends to this day.

After 10 years Wendi was hired as the Volunteer Coordinator by MorseLife Health Systems to create a volunteer program for their new hospice. Again, Wendi jumped in, learning about hospice care and listening to those around her. Wendi became an advocate for the hospice program, providing information and quelling disinformation when it appeared. Post-Covid, Wendi became the Director of Volunteer Services for all MorseLife, tasked with getting volunteers back on campus and in the community after a two-year shutdown. The program is flourishing with volunteers providing socialization, pet visits, music, art, meal delivery, and more.

Having come to her career through a circuitous route, she knows that being successful isn’t dependent on a specific background or degree. Wendi heard more than once from her teachers on her report cards: “Wendi is a very social girl.” They were correct. And it’s perhaps her greatest gift.

If you listen, surround yourself with mentors who care about your success, check your ego, and aren’t afraid to be a ‘very social girl’, you can fly.

Amy Laughlin, CRCFA, ADC, CDP graduated from the University of Leeds in England with a degree in Sociology and Social Policy and moved to the USA in 2002 to follow her heart and marry a charming southern gentleman. She began working in the field of activities as a volunteer 20+ years ago and quickly discovered the joy associated with educating, empowering and energizing senior adults. Amy is experienced in providing leadership and operations management for Independent Living, Assisted Living, Skilled Nursing and Home Care, and currently holds the position of Director of Residential Life for Presbyterian Communities of South Carolina. She is a former Board member for the South Carolina Activity Professionals Association, and was proud to serve as President of the National Association of Activity Professionals for three years. She is a licensed Administrator, nationally credentialed through NCCAP and was awarded the South Carolina Activity Professional of the Year in 2014. She is a guest instructor for Winthrop University’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology and has presented workshops across the nation for activity professionals, senior living providers, healthcare professionals and groups of active seniors.   

She is a group fitness instructor, and former playwright, choreographer and director of a theater company composed entirely of seniors.  

Amy is an aspiring minimalist and seeker of a simpler life. She loves to exercise, read, write, cook and spend time with her chosen few.

Since 2002 Dana has guided organizations in California’s Silicon Valley and worldwide to produce breakthrough talent and community engagement programs. She is a popular presenter at the Points of Light National Conference on Volunteering and Service (USA), and countless regional conferences and webinars. Dana is the creator of the premiere web series “Priceless Advice for Leaders of Volunteers.” She is the Past President of the Association of Leaders in Volunteer Engagement (AL!VE), and a founder of the multi-sector National Alliance for Volunteer Engagement.

Isabella Solano is the founder of Herralink, an intergenerational program that connects high school students with residents in senior communities in Northern Virginia. Under her leadership, Herralink has grown to engage over 1,000 volunteers from about 100 high schools and bring friendship to more than 2,000 residents across 15 senior communities. Isabella’s program was acquired by Goodwin Living in early 2025, and she now works there to scale Herralink’s impact.

She remains active in county initiatives: she serves on the Fairfax Social Connection Committee, leads an anti-ageism program that uses art workshops to connect young people and older adults, and participates in the Dementia Friendly Fairfax Action Team, one of several partners recognized in the county’s SHAPE. In her previous roles, she’s served as a Director of Admissions at Dulles Health & Rehab Center. Through these roles, Isabella continues to champion intergenerational friendships. 

Angela Williamson has been involved with volunteer engagement and leadership for over 17 years in a museum and currently is the Volunteer & Community Relations Specialist for the Blood Bank of Delmarva. In 2024 she incorporated her Volunteer Engagement Accelerator consulting business. Angela has presented for AL!VE’s annual conference, Delaware State Office of Volunteerism Conferences (panel participant October 2024),Delaware Association of Volunteer Administrators (DAVA), and Texas Volunteer Management Conference. She’s been on Nicole R. Smith’s podcast multiple times. Angela was the president of DAVA for several years, and started a COP in Healthcare for AL!VE in 2020. She was awarded the AL!VE Impact Award in 2022. She volunteers in her local community. She is now an instructor for Northwest Oregon Volunteer Administrators Association (NOVAA) 101 courses and a 4 week volunteer leadership focused course at the University of Delaware in 2025 for grad and undergrad students.