Denise Gloede, MSN, RN, CHPN has more than 20 years of clinical nursing experience, with the last 15 years in leadership positions within hospice and palliative care organizations. She joined Hosparus as the executive director of palliative care on October 31, 2016.  She leads the Kourageous Kids pediatric hospice and palliative care team as well as the adult community-based palliative care program.  Denise recently relocated from Madison, WI where she was the vice president of business development for Agrace leading strategic growth and expansion planning for hospice and palliative care services lines. She holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a master’s in nursing with a focus on leadership and health system management from University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.