
Doug Simpson is the Executive Director of the International End-of-Life Doula Association (INELDA). He trained with INELDA in 2018 and moved into the executive director role in 2022. Doug spent more than 25 years in retail management, which taught him to be an effective operator and focus on the “customer” and their journey into and around a brand. He is a board member of the Academy of Aid-in-Dying Medicine. As an end-of-life doula and caregiver to his mother, Doug emphasizes the need for continued dialogue around dying and death.