Sharon Gorman is the Founder for Certified Care Management. As a Certified Care Manager and Advanced Professional with the Aging Life Care Association, she brings over 18 years of experience to the field of senior care and family advocacy. Her responsibilities and those of her team, include an initial assessment, creation of care plan and the ongoing management of changing needs for individuals of all ages. Our clients receive personalized care consultation in making health, wealth and legal decisions that impact their everyday lives.
Sharon is also a recent past President of Aging Ahead Foundation Board, a position for which she is quite proud. Best known for the Meals on Wheels Program and over 20 Senior Centers. Sharon is a recent past member of the Aging Life Care Association Midwest Chapter Board of Directors, serving 13 states and is the current Unit Leader for the Missouri Chapter of the Aging Life Care Association. Sharon also proudly serves on the Community Advisory Board for the Missouri Baptist Medical Center.
Sharon has also served on many community boards such as the Jewish Federation Woman’s Philanthropy, the Breakthrough Coalition, the Covenant Place Advisory and the Foundation Board of Directors. She is currently Chair of the St. Louis Care Alliance, an inspired group of industry leaders in health care.
Prior to Certified Care Management, Sharon was the Director of one of the largest home care companies in St. Louis. In this role, she was responsible for the client experience, from start to finish. Sharon has a degree in Psychology from Indiana University and now lives in Chesterfield with her husband, Michael Gorman. Michael is a Physical Therapist and owner of iMovePT. As you can imagine, they spend a lot of time discussing the health and well-being of those they serve. Between the two of them, they have four children and two dogs, Cooper and Sunny. The inn is full and they feel lucky!
Paula Mogley is a Care Manager for Certified Care Management with more than 8 years of experience working in the healthcare field and senior care communities in the St. Louis market. She brings a professional background and training in home health, memory care, hospice and pain management. She is an advocate for independent-minded adults who may need a little help to live the quality of life they want and deserve!
In addition to earning her Bachelor’s degree in Speech Communication from the University of Missouri-Columbia, Paula has participated in Executive Management coursework through Washington University’s Olin School of Business. She is a Certified Dementia Care Practitioner and serves as a volunteer on the Walk to End Alzheimer’s committee.
Paula and her husband Bob, have lived in several amazing homes and local communities throughout their marriage, and currently reside in Chesterfield—where they enjoy the company of their two young-adult children and their Cocker Spaniel, Touhy. Celebrating special moments with family and friends, as well as supporting seniors is a passion they share, including a background in advertising and media. In her free time, Paula loves dabbling in interior design and floral creations…things are always changing in the Mogley household!
Liz Beckerle is a Care Manager for Certified Care Management, who comes to us with 7 years of experience in the geriatric field. Liz completed her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of San Francisco in 2016. She received her Master of Social Work degree along with a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Gerontology from Saint Louis University in 2019. Liz has worked in adult day programs, senior living communities, and a non-profit organization for individuals with visual impairments. Liz has a knack for advocating for clients, being a listening ear when needed, and offering guidance for issues both big and small. She has found a passion for serving older adults and her ultimate goal is for individuals to live out their elder years to their fullest potential. Liz’s dedication and commitment to helping others makes her a great addition to our team! Liz lives with her boyfriend DJ and their dog Bravo in their South City home. Liz is a St. Louis native and loves everything St. Louis- the Cardinals, Forest Park, Toasted Ravs, you name it! She also enjoys being outside, staying active, going to farmers markets, parks, dance classes, and travelling.
Kristy Kirn is a Care Manager for Certified Care Management. She has over 16 years experience as a nurse and leader, having worked as a Director of Nursing in Assisted Living and Memory Care, Assistant Director of Nursing in Skilled Nursing as well as Director of a Home Care company. She has been very involved in case management on all levels and has extensive knowledge to assist with all varieties of need, Kristy is also a L1MA instructor so her knowledge of medications and dispensing of medications is extensive. Kristy is your number one go to for information and education regarding your health and wellness. She leads with energy and compassion, able to individualize the experience of her clients to get to the details that matter. We are so lucky to have Kristy as a member of our team. Her smile alone will let you know everything will be okay!. Besides her passion for her clients, in her spare time she enjoys spending time with her blended family, husband Steve, and their children, doing outdoors activities such as camping and spending time at their lake property.
Stephanie Powers is a Care Manager for Certified Care Management. Having over 10 years of supervisory experience of in-home health staff, Stephanie is passionate about advocating for the best quality personal care services for each client.
Most recently spending the past 6 years as the Director of a Consumer Directed Services agency, she has a well-versed knowledge of Medicaid and how to access services under this program. She has completed training as a Certified Manager of In-Home Service Providers authorized by the Department of Health and Senior Services.
Her career has allowed her to build great relationships with seniors and the residential communities they call home, with prior community outreach as Volunteer and Event Sponsor with SAGE Metro St. Louis, now SAGE of PROMO Fund.
Stephanie likes to play in her garden, likes hiking (using the term loosely), painting. and walks with her dogs Daisy & Riff.
Eleonora ‘Ella’ Kuznetsovais the Registered Nurse for Certified Care Management. She has worked in either a hospital, a home care setting or in a doctors office over the past 25 years. Ella has experience with infusion therapy, wound care and phlebotomy and has served as an educator and mentor in all of the above.
Ella has a calming influence in stressful situations and possesses the critical thinking required to make good, sound decisions. We can count on Ella to set up medicine and do vitals, as well as to participate in medical care and patient education. As a bonus, Ella speaks both Russian and Italian fluently. Ella has travelled extensively and doesn’t plan on stopping anytime soon.
We’re thrilled to offer a team of nurses for this critical element to our care management services for the clients we serve.
Tina Kable is the Care Support Manager for Certified Care Management. Tina’s role is to support the care management team as each manager supports the clients we serve. This is accomplished by managing caregiver schedules, both on our team and on agency teams we work with as well. She also assists with collecting data and administrative tasks such as payroll and invoicing. Tina has been in the home health field for the past 15 years, 10 as a Caregiver and 5 as a Schedule Manager. As a Schedule Manager in her most recent position, she was responsible for scheduling every level of care in such disciplines as private duty, adult day care and community care.
Personally Tina keeps very busy with 6 children and twin granddaughters. She loves to spend time outdoors, camping and driving her Jeep.
Always considering others, Tina is part of Franklin County Jeeps, a group who raise money and accompany veterans to Washington, DC to visit memorials to their service, honor and sacrifices through the Honor Flight Program.
Ebony Clemons is the Team Manager for Certified Care Management. With over 24 years of experience in healthcare, she specializes in transitional needs, as well as training. Ebony will hire and instruct all members of our staff to provide the most professional and compassion services available.
Ebony’s experience includes work for Christian Care Home as a Medical Assistant and extensive work as a Private Duty Aid. Trained in every level of care from acute to long term support. This experience allows Ebony to be a leader in her field, and is recognized for her special skills.
Ebony has 6 children and 2 grandchildren. As an only child, she always wanted a big family of her own and loves taking care of others and their families. She enjoys traveling, shopping, and cardio workouts and has terrific energy.
Blaine Kable is the Administrator for Certified Care Management. In this role he is responsible for the daily operations of the business to include Billing, Payroll and Long Term Care Insurance filing. Blaine spent over 25 years in the retail sector managing multi-million dollar business, handling functions such as Human Resources, hiring, training, coaching and complete profit and loss responsibility. This experience along with a driven personality to be positive and fair provides the company a wonderful base of support that benefits both clients and employees. And no, you are not seeing double, Blaine does in fact share a last name with Tina, our Care Support Manager. He is the man lucky enough to call her his wife. Between their 6 children, twin 4 year old granddaughters 2 dogs, a cat and their love of adventure, they stay quite busy. When they are not working you will find Blaine playing with his band or with Tina out in the woods camping and off-roading their Jeeps.
Meet our CCM Mascot! His name is Cooper, he’s a happy 8 year old Cocker Spaniel and an AKC Canine Good Citizen! The American Kennel Club has certified Cooper through a 10 point test, acknowledging his good manners at home and in the community. He is always available to visit and will definitely work for food!