Cynthia Carter-Perrilliat, MPA
Alameda County Care Alliance (AC CARE Alliance)
Oakland, CA
Reverend Perrilliat is an ordained Minister in the Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc., with more than 25 years of experience as a hospice and palliative care educator, trainer, and marketing professional. Over the last 15 years, she has focused her educational training on program development for advanced illness and end of life care in the African American community. The ACCA encourages a person-centered approach that embraces and honors cultural, spiritual, and individual preferences, linking persons needing advanced illness care to trusted resources in the community. Reverend Perrilliat has also served as faculty of Duke University’s APPEAL program, a palliative care educational curriculum for African-Americans at the end of life.
