Boise, ID

Luke McCarney, General Manager

Luke started working in hospice in the Treasure Valley in 2011 and a couple years later moved to Portland, OR, to continue working in healthcare as a Supervisor with Providence St. Joseph Health at the largest urgent care in the Portland area. He returned back to Boise in August 2019 to join the Auburn Crest Hospice team. Luke loves the Boise area and is happy to be back to his roots in the Treasure Valley. He loves the opportunity he has at Auburn Crest to help support the community as they journey through vulnerable and challenging times at the end of life.

Luke grew up in Payette, ID, and comes from a large family of all boys. He attributes his competitive nature from growing up around athletics as he watched his brothers play sports, his dad coach sports, and then later participating himself, earning athletic and academic honors as a student-athlete. He graduated with honors from Brigham Young University-Idaho earning a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management – Finance.

When not at work, he enjoys playing sports, watching movies, spending time with his family, and working on miscellaneous projects and hobbies. Luke and his amazing wife, Rebecca, were married in 2005 in Boise and have 4 children – Braddock, Emmett, Hazelyn and Kallen. They are active members in their local church and community.

Jo started her journey with Auburn Crest Hospice as a Certified Nursing Assistant at the Twin Falls, ID location over 5 years ago. She completed nursing school at the College of Southern Idaho and then moved to the Treasure Valley to start work as an RN Case Manager at the Boise branch with Auburn Crest Hospice. While working as a case manager, Jo finished her Bachelor’s degree in Nursing as well as her Certificate in Management and Leadership through Lewis and Clark State College. In October 2019, Jo became the Director of Nursing for Auburn Crest Hospice in Boise.

Jo has a strong commitment and passion for patient care and is a dedicated patient advocate. Her previous experience includes dialysis nursing, general surgical care, critical care, and trauma care at Saint Alphonsus in Boise. “A nurse is someone who is strong enough to tolerate everything, and soft enough to understand everyone.”

Jo is from the small town of Filer, ID near Twin Falls where she enjoyed the small-town life. After moving to Boise, she fell in love with the “big town” changes that it brought to her life and is proud to be a lifetime Idahoan. She happily married her husband, Tant, in December of 2017. In her free time, they love to fish, hike, swim, and do just about anything outdoors.

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