Jeanne Sheils Twohig, M.P.A.
Deputy Director
twohigjs@mso.umt.edu
919.660.3499

Jeanne Sheils Twohig, M.P.A., is currently Deputy Director of the Duke Institute on Care at the End-of-Life at the Duke University Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina, and continues to serve as the Deputy Director for Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care.

Jeanne has an extensive background in health systems planning and administration. She co-authored the Northwest Montana Health Systems Plan, was instrumental in designing the first Home and Community Based Services Medicaid waiver program in Montana, and has managed primary medical care and home care agencies. Prior to her position with The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Jeanne was Executive Director of Partnership Health Center, a medical, dental and mental health clinic for the uninsured in Missoula, Montana.

Jeanne received her undergraduate degree from Emmanuel College in Boston, Massachusetts and her Masters in Public Administration from the University of Montana.

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Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care was a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation dedicated to long-term changes in health care institutions to substantially improve care for dying people and their families.