BOARD MEMBERS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President: Ann Hartstein, Executive Director, Massachusetts Association of Older Americans
Vice President: Clare Wohlgemuth, Nursing Director, Geriatric Services at Boston Medical Center
Treasurer: Ralph Browne, Massachusetts Silver Haired Legislature
Secretary: Geraldine Wyse
Helen Barrett, Program Coordinator, Neighbors in Deed
Juergen Bludau, M.D., C.M.D., Director, Geriatric Ambulatory Care Center, Division of Aging, Brigham and Women’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School
Serge Bologov, Executive Director, Russian Community Association of Massachusetts
Joseph B. Chaisson, AAA Advisory Council
Gary Chu, Vice President Community Collaborations, New England Eye Institute
Mark Ciommo, Director, Veronica B. Smith Multi-Service Senior Center
Gerald Flaherty, Director of Medical and Scientific Programs, Alzheimer’s Association of Massachusetts
Edward J. Ford, President, Boston PrimeTimers
Marcie Freeman, Director of Outreach and Recruitment, Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew Senior Life; Coordinator, Harvard Cooperative Program on Aging; Chair, Multicultural Coalition on Aging
Seymour Friedland, Executive Director, Jewish Family and Children’s Services
Linda George, Executive Director, Boston Senior Home Care
Wynn Gerhard, Manager, Elder Law Unit, Greater Boston Legal Services
Scott Miyake Geron, Associate Professor of Social Welfare Policy and Research; Director, Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Sociology and Social Work at Boston University; Director, Boston University Geriatric Social Work Institute
Eliza Greenberg, Commissioner, City of Boston, Commission on Affairs of the Elderly
Joanne Handy, President and CEO, Visiting Nurse Association of Boston
Catherine Hardaway, Executive Director, Central Boston Elder Services
Lois Hartsough, Division Manager, Gerontology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Ben Haynes, Consultant; Advisor to the MBTA; Member, Mass Senior Action Council
Stephen Howard, Director of Community Affairs, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Bryna Lansky, Consultant
Suzanne Leveille, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Epidemiologist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Dale Mitchell, Executive Director, Ethos
Ruth Moy, Executive Director, Greater Boston Chinese Golden Age Center
Annette V. Peele, Director, Community Care Ombudsman and Information and Resources Programs, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs
Janet Prensky, Vice President, Aigner Associates, Public Relations
Janet Seckel-Cerrotti, Executive Director, MATCH-UP Interfaith Volunteers
Merlin Southwick, Executive Director, Mount Pleasant Home
WORKGROUP CHAIRS
Advocacy – Ann Hartstein
Business Connections – Gary Chu
Data Collection – Suzanne Leveille
Elder Protection – Sandy Hovey
Health – Clare Wohlgemuth
Housing – Linda George
Information and Referral – Bryna Lansky
Mental and Cognitive Health – Gerald Flaherty and Kathy Kuhn
Public Relations – Janet Prensky
Social Services – Dale Mitchell
Transportation – Sandra Albright
Workforce Development – Scott Miyake Geron
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