The Empowered Endings Foundation

Connecting, serving, supporting

Everyone deserves a “soft landing.” The Empowered Endings Foundation is committed to shifting the paradigm of end of life care so that a gentle and dignified ending is the rule, not the exception. Our non-profit organization works to provide access to the support and guidance needed to improve End of Life Care for all.

Our Mission is to ensure that everyone has access to the Empowered End of Life Experience they deserve—with dignity and agency throughout their final chapter.

A Message from our Co-Founders

Community support plays a critical role in transforming the dialogue around End of Life Care and legal End of Life Options. It is a fundamental pillar in reshaping the narrative, encouraging open dialogue around a topic traditionally shrouded in silence, and helping to ensure that the needs and wishes of individuals facing terminal and life-limiting diseases are heard and respected.

Here are two powerful ways you can help:

1. Consider hosting an educational gathering in your community to share vital information and encourage open discussions around Empowered Endings’ Model of Care, California’s legal End of Life Options, or Planning for your Empowered End of Life Experience.

2. Keep our services free to those in need by donating to our Empowered Endings Foundation (501c3). Your contributions are vital for sustaining individual and group support, providing essential resources, expert guidance, and a nurturing community for patients and families facing these complex journeys.

We are honored by your commitment to our movement. Every contribution and gathering allows us to empower our community by offering vital support, education, resources and advocacy to those in need.

With Gratitude,
Dr. Bob & Elizabeth

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Executive Board of Directors

Elizabeth Uslander, MSW, MTS

Co-Founder and Chair

Elizabeth Uslander, MSW, MTS, is a multilingual social entrepreneur and executive, medical social worker, spiritual counselor, at the helm of the movement to humanize healthcare. As a founder and CEO of Empowered Endings and Voyages, Elizabeth is dedicated to filling the gaps in traditional healthcare, providing psychospiritual support not available in the medical model, and facilitating paradigm shifts in her fields of expertise. Elizabeth earned her Bachelor of Arts cum…

Bob Uslander, MD

Co-Founder and President

Bob Uslander, MD, is the Co-Founder and President of the Empowered Endings Foundation. With over 30 years of experience as a physician in Emergency Medicine, Palliative Care, and Hospice Care, Dr. Bob is dedicated to supporting patients and families through major health and life challenges—especially as the end of life approaches. Dr. Bob understands that optimal care requires more than simply keeping patients comfortable. He addresses the whole person—meeting their physic…

Len Gregory

Board Member, Treasurer

Len attended UC Berkeley as an undergraduate and UCLA for graduate business school. After several years in finance and investment banking, Len decided to pursue his passion and entrepreneurial spirit in the horticultural world. He created several commercial landscape and irrigation businesses and ultimately became a multi-state distributor of golf, park and recreation, commercial, and residential equipment and irrigation products in the Western states and Mexico. Following…

Bill Parker, MD

Board Member, At Large

Dr. William H. Parker is a board-certified Fellow in the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. He was on the faculty as Clinical Professor at UCLA and then UC San Diego and retired in 2022. Dr. Parker was selected for Best Doctors in America and Top Doctors for 24 consecutive years. He is a graduate of Rutgers University, Downstate Medical School, and UC San Diego where he did his residency. He, along with his wife Rachel, is the author of the acclaimed wom…