Our Team Members
Introducing the Co-Founders of the Virtual Death Doula Network, Inc.
Andrea Sugar
Death Doula/VDDN Co-Founder
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Andrea (She/Her) is a Boulder, CO based doula. She is also a Reiki practitioner and life coach with a background in community mental health, addiction studies and suicide research. Andrea also has extensive experience working with veterans who have returned from war zones.
Daniel Shaw
Death Doula/VDDN Co-Founder
Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Daniel (He/Him) a death doula based in Portland, OR. Daniel is an Army veteran and served in the Middle East. Among other contributions to the VDDN, Daniel acts as the group's webmaster.
Emily Cross
Death Doula/VDDN Co-Founder
Chief Innovation Officer (CIO)
Emily (She/Her) is a death doula, currently in the United Kingdom. Emily Cross started her death doula practice in 2017 in order to serve and uphold the wishes of the dying.
And the Doulas of the Virtual Death Doula Network, Inc.
Willow Kelly
Death Doula
Willow (She/They) works as death doula in Virginia. She is also member of the National Home Funeral Alliance and acts as a home funeral guide with deep roots in community organizing, advocacy, facilitation and education.