Our Board of Directors

Debbie Williams-Glover, Quest Diagnostics
Kim Joffrion Howell, Realtor
James (Jamie) Jones, Cigna
Esther Doele, Director-at-Large

mission & history

The Carlisle-Williams Foundation, Inc. is dedicated to the comfort and preservation of life for End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) patients.The Foundation works on behalf of the patient to cultivate the bonds between patients, medical staff and the families by providing:
  • information and education concerning the disease,
  • job/vocational information,
  • and comfort services through cards and hospital visits, and support bags to the patients.
We are a federally-recognized, national non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that believes no one should feel alone or helpless during illness, nor be stressed by choosing between paying for medical needs or emotional and comfort needs; therefore all services and products are provided free to patients.

We are here to inspire and motivate the human spirit one patient at a time – working to increase compliance to treatment, provide meaning and reason to the patient, and reduce “fatality by choice”.

Who We Are
Our organization raises awareness of challenges faced by kidney failure patients on dialysis - End Stage Renal Disease patients. More importantly we provide services and support to give dialysis patients a better quality of life. To support our mission of increasing the quality of life for dialysis patients, we
  • Respond to requests for services from patients and their families
  • Assemble and ship support bags to ESRD patients
  • Meet with newly-diagnosed ESRD patients to introduce the Foundation and provide a support bag
We also partner with other nonprofit organizations to expand our services and reach more clients.

Our History
This Foundation was founded by an ESRD patient who had a kidney transplant in May of 2012 and is co-advised by the donor of that kidney. Janie Carlisle was diagnosed with kidney failure in September of 2009 and was on dialysis – HD and PD – until her transplant in 2012. Because of this personal experience and knowledge, we have a level of insight and expertise that help us to better support our client population.