Beverly Chantalle McManus

Beverly Chantalle McManus serves as Sercretary on the Board of Directors for the Open to Hope Foundation. She has over 22 years of experience as a marketing executive for professional services organizations, including some of the world’s largest legal, accounting, health care, architecture and engineering firms. She has edited and co-written numerous published books and professional articles across a range of topics. After the death of her husband Steve in 2003, she began focusing on grief and bereavement support, and for the past five years, has been a bereavement facilitator, and core team member of the Stepping Stones on Your Grief Journey Workshops. She is a frequent speaker and writer on the topic of loss and grief, and is one of the featured writers of the Open to Hope Foundation Death of a Spouse blog, for which she publishes a weekly column. (http://opentohopedeathofaspouse.com. She has served on the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Waldorf School and is active in community, arts, and civic enhancement initiatives. She and her two daughters reside in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Beverly appeared on the radio show “Healing the Grieving Heart” with Dr. Gloria & Dr. Heidi Horsley to discuss “Too Young To Be a Widow.” To hear Beverly being interviewed on this show, click on the following link: www.voiceamericapd.com/health/010157/horsley032708.mp3