Carrie Cooley is the Principal of Weatherbee Resources. Carrie joined Weatherbee in 2009 as an Associate Consultant and was hired as the Consulting Coordinator in 2012. In 2014, Carrie was promoted to Director of the Consulting Division and in July 2015, she assumed the Chief Operating Officer position. Carrie was promoted to CEO in February 2018.
On July 1, 2018, Carrie and her former business partner, Lynn Stange, purchased Weatherbee Resources from the company’s founders, Heather Wilson and Joy Barry. Carrie became the Principal and sole owner of Weatherbee Resources in August 2021. It is and has always been Carrie’s plan to continue the long-standing history of Weatherbee Resources’ service to the hospice industry.
In her role as Principal, Carrie ensures Weatherbee’s consulting services, products, and education are provided in a professional and cost-effective manner and are specifically tailored to meet each client’s individual needs. As one of Weatherbee’s owners, Carrie is responsible for ensuring Weatherbee is positioned to assist hospices with the ever-changing regulatory hospice environment. Carrie’s excellent rapport with executives and staff alike – coupled with her regulatory and clinical acumen, and knowledge of best practices – assures excellent consulting outcomes.
Carrie’s regulatory expertise and extensive consulting experience includes forensic clinical record auditing, baseline compliance audits/mock surveys, customized client education, interim management, clinical due diligence, and executive coaching. Carrie and her team frequently work directly with clients’ legal counsel to address a wide range of hospice matters including the defense of clients under payment-related scrutiny by various entities and Carrie frequently serves as an expert witness in these matters. Weatherbee also works extensively with clients who are under a Corporate Integrity Agreement (CIA) with the Office of Inspector General (OIG); Carrie and her team execute the Independent Review Organization (IRO) audit activities required by the OIG.
Under Carrie’s leadership, Weatherbee has assisted hundreds of clients under investigation by various Medicare contractors including Targeted Probe and Educate (TPE), Supplemental Medical Review Contractors (SMRC), Zone Program Integrity Contractors (ZPIC), Unified Program Integrity Contractors (UPIC), Benefit Integrity Support Centers (BISC), Recovery Auditors (RA), the Department of Justice (DOJ), Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSA), and the OIG.
As a member of Weatherbee’s Speaker’s Bureau, Carrie teaches a broad range of hospice, regulatory, and leadership-related topics nationally and is a member of the faculty for Weatherbee’s renowned Hospice Regulatory Boot Camps. Carrie also frequently speaks at state and national hospice conferences on compliance-related topics.
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Carrie is a registered nurse and holds a master’s degree from Samford University with a specialty in nursing leadership and healthcare finance. Foundations. Her research focuses on healthcare equity, spirituality, and culturally responsive
care at the end of life.
Dr. Gloria has written several peer-reviewed chapters on spirituality in two publications: the award- winning book, Womanish Black Girls: Women Resisting the Contradictions of Silence and Voice (2019) and The Palgrave Handbook of Workplace Spirituality (2018). She is the author of The African-American Spiritual and Ethical Guide to End-of-Life Care: What Y'all Gon' Do With Me? now in its 9th edition.
The Guide provides helpful information for healthcare decision-making on advance care planning and end-of-life care options. Her work was cited in the 2015 Institute of Medicine Dying in
America Report. Dr. Gloria has also authored a cultural competency training manual for social service professionals as well as several inspirational books.
Dr. Gloria's work is highly respected nationally by healthcare organizations, hospices, churches, and communities. She has provided educational presentations to hundreds of groups throughout the U.S. and Canada. She has presented her research and work internationally and nationally at conferences an other professional events, including the Research Association Minority Professors (RAMP), International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI), The National Association of Social Workers (NASW), National Association of Multicultural Education (NAME), and The National Council of Black Studies (NCBS). She has also been prominently featured in several national telecasts and training videos and has also been guest on various television and radio shows, including NPR affiliate, KCUR, KCPT, and e-Care Diary.
Dr. Gloria offers professional and personal development courses on the following topics:
A Community Dialogue: The Impact of COVID-19 on African Americans the Importance of Exploring Goals of Care
Let’s Talk About ACP: Advance Care Planning & Healthcare Decision-Making on End-of-Life Care Grief, Loss, & G.R.A.C.E.: Five (5) Healing Steps for the Grieving Heart
Passion For Your Purpose: Seven (7) Principles to Know to Discover and Uncover Your God- given Purpose
She is also a member of the Social Work Hospice and Palliative Care Network and serves on the Interfaith and Diversity Workgroup for the Coalition to Transform Advance Care (C-TAC), a national non-partisan organization that addresses disparities at end-of-life.

Day 1 Break Out Session 1   Carrie Cooley/Weatherbee     01:15-02:15

Dr. Gloria brings a wealth of knowledge, expertise, and experience to the healthcare, education, and faith-centered arenas. She is a university-level professor, licensed social worker, author, minister, and advance care planning expert with a passion for life. She holds an Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Leadership, Policy, and Foundations. Her research focuses on healthcare equity, spiritualion (APHSW-C). Gary received the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s (NHPCO) Heart of Hospice Award for developing innovative programs to meet the needs of caregivers and the bereaved and is the recipient of the national social work organization Social Work Hospice and Palliative Network (SWHPN) Award of Excellence in Professional Education.

Gary is a frequent presenter and keynote speaker at state and national conferences and works as a consultant for various businesses and healthcare organizations. 

Day 1 Break Out Session 2    Dr. Gloria Thomas Anderson     01:15-02:15

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