KEITH A. RASEY
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OBJECTIVE:
Customer service position in a stimulating environment that allows me to use my seasoned listening and communication skills to serve others
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
Pastoral Counseling *Fully present with patients and family
*Engaged in grief counseling
*Individualized spiritual assessment
*Created spiritual clinical notes
*Participate in IDG meetings
*Grief resources for team and patients
*Advise on Advance Directives
*Authored and presented CE workshops
*Enabled transpersonal transitions
*Structure crisis counseling
*Coordinated funeral planning and presiding
*Involved in community and client relations
*Plan, coordinate and conduct memorial services
*Coordinate and conduct spiritual care for team
*Utilized psychoneurolinquistics to individualize care
Organizational: *Created and managed a call center for a mortgage
company; this included operating the predictive
dialer
*Organized and founded statewide retiree entity
*Founded day care
Management: * Led paid and volunteer staff of non-profit organizations
* Developed budgets and directed campaigns to
fund them
*Formulated strategies to develop customer
base of clients not tightly tied to business cycle
Communication: *Created and delivered over 10,000 public
presentations for all ages (workshops, on boarding)
*Newsletter development, creation, editing and publishing
*Developed and managed web site
*Developed multimedia marketing collateral
EDUCATION:
Master of Divinity, May 1980
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Parish Ministry concentration and Honors
Bachelor of Science, May 2010
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
Gerontology: Long Term Care Management
Organizational Development and Leadership, 1994
Certificate
Southern Methodist University
Bachelor of Science, History/Economics, 1976
Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, History Honors
Clinical Pastoral Education: One unit earned at the Connecticut Mental Health
Center, 1978
INTERESTS:
jogging and bicycling, cinema and theater, reading
about culture and history, travel
WORK EXPERIENCE
04/15/2022 to 04/23/2023 Harmony Hospice, Beachwood, Ohio
04/25/2020 to 03/01/2022 Brookdale Hospice, Columbus, Ohio
2/1/20 to 3/16/2020 Chaplain/Bereavement Coordinator, Incare Hospice
6/1/19 to 2/01/2020 Chaplain, Brookdale Hospice, PRN
7/9/2016 to present CEO, People First Horizons, LLC
1/2017-8/2017 Chaplain, Mercy Hospice
8/2013-7/9/2016 Chaplain, Pathways Hospice
9/2008 – present Principal, People First Consulting LLC
7/13/2011-10/17/2011 Chaplain, ViaQuest Hospice
7/15/10-7/13/2011 Spiritual Care Counselor, Aseracare Hospice
9/2009 – 4/2010 Administrator in Training, Intern, St. Joseph’s Continuing Care Community
5/2007 – 9/2008 Marketing Strategist, First American National
Commercial Services
6/1996 – 5/2007 Principal, Convenient Closing Services
6/1988 – 6/1996 Associate Pastor, Pastor, Senior Pastor, East Ohio
Conference, The United Methodist Church
PUBLISHED BOOKS AND ARTICLES
The Landscapes of Our Patients’ Journeys
Polar Bear Angels
Polar Bear Angels II: TheHospice Tales
“The Death Attitude Profile Revised as a Tool for Spiritual Care in Hospice”
Plainviews
“How a Hospice Chaplain Works with Patients and Families” EFuneral
“How to care for a Muslim in LTC” for Medical Update for LNHA’s
“Caring for a Member of the LDS in LTC” for Medical Update for LNHA’s
“Culturally Competent Care” for Medical Update for LNHA’s (in process)
“Religion 101” for LNHA’s through Medical Update
“Religion 102” for LNHA’s through Medical Update
“Circuits, Macrophages and Bees: The LTC as a Living, Family System”
“The Frankenstein Frolic: Leading Your Organization Toward Healthy Functioning” (in process)