About Stacie Aamon Yeldell
Stacie is a board-certified music therapist and Mental Health Specialist for Project HOPE, and has been instrumental in Project HOPE’s shift from immediate relief to addressing the long-term mental health and psychosocial needs of communities affected by last January's wildfires. Using music therapy, she has helped bring comfort and connection to children, caregivers, frontline workers, and historically underserved groups still navigating trauma a year later. Stacie is part of our team of creative therapists who work to create moments of calm, expression, and connection in non-clinical environments when words alone aren’t enough.
Stacie can speak to:
- Supporting LA wildfire survivors a year after the fires through music and art therapy
- The importance of non-clinical creative therapies for survivors of natural disasters/traumatic events
- An overview of Project HOPE and their mission
- Plans for 2026 to continue supporting LA wildfire-affected communities
Family & Philanthropic Legacy: The Ziskends
- Madeline
Ziskend, Janeane's late grandmother:
- First
New England Chairman of the Hope Cotillion and Ball, an
annual fundraising event supporting Project HOPE.
- Traveled
internationally—including Tunisia and other countries—visiting
staff and patients as part of her involvement with the organization.
- Leadership
role highlighted her commitment to global health, humanitarian
outreach, and community service.
- Mr.
and Mrs. William Ziskend
- Active
participants in the Hope Cotillion and Ball and in supporting Project
HOPE.
- Represented
the family’s dedication to philanthropy and community engagement in New
England and beyond.
The Ziskends’ involvement reflects a family tradition of leadership, service,
and engagement with international humanitarian causes. Their participation in
the Hope Cotillion and Ball contributed to fundraising and awareness for
Project HOPE, a global health organization dedicated to improving health
systems and saving lives worldwide.
