Raymond Barry with Carole Marks He is a 73 year old actor who stars in the hit FX series “Justifed” and is probably best known for playing Tom Cruise’s father in the movie “Born On the 4th of July.” Darien Gee with Carole Marks She is the author of a brand new book, The Avalon Ladies Scrapbooking Society. (Ballantine Books) For more information, visit www.dariengee.com. Andrew Heller He is a classically trained pop singer and an engineer and has a brand new CD called “I Believe in Angels.” For...
Suzanne Ruff with Carole Marks She has become one of the nation’s leading speakers and advocates on organ donation and shares her personal story in her inspirational book The Reluctant Donor. For more information, visit www.TheReluctantDonor.com. (Beaver’s Pond Press) Michael Hainey with Carole Marks He will talk about his memoir After Visiting Friends: A Son’s Story. (Scribner) For more information, visit www.AfterVisitingFriends.com. Dr. Angelo Acquista He is a New York Times best-selling...
Jonathan Haight with Carole Marks He is the Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University’s Stern School of Business. He will talk about his new book, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided By Politics and Religion. (Vintage Books) For more information, visit www.AsteroidsClub.org. Zac Unger with Carole Marks He is an investigative journalist, firefighter, paramedic and the author of Never Look A Polar Bear In the Eye: A Family Field Trip to the Arctic’s Edge In...
John Englander with Carole Marks He is an ocean expert and was the CEO of the Cousteau Society and the author of High Tide on Main Street: Rising Sea Level and the Coming Coastal Crisis.(The Science Bookshelf)For more information, visit www.HighTideOnMainStreet.com. Ms. Sam Dawson with Carole Marks She is a philanthropist, activist, actor and retired publicist and the author of Broad Appeal: Wit and Wisdom From Women Ages Sixty To Ninety. (Abbott Press) For more information, visit www...
Jackie Goldberg with Carole Marks She is an 80 year old actress, motivational speaker, and has her own company, Senior Star Power Productions. She is the producer of an ALL Senior musical series called “Rockin’ With the Ages.” For more information, visit www.pinkladyhollywood.com. Dr. Eric Finzi with Carole Marks He is a dermatologic surgeon and artist working in the D.C. area and a former Dermatology faculty member at Johns Hopkins Medical Center and will talk about his new book, The Face of...
Daniella Gibbs Léger is the Vice President for American Values and New Communities at American Progress, where her work focuses on the intersection of politics, race, demographic change, religion, and values. Prior to joining American Progress, Daniella served as a special assistant to the president and director of message events in the Obama administration. In this role she was responsible for helping to plan and execute the president’s official domestic events. Prior to joining the White...
Tricia Brooks is senior fellow at the Center for Children and Families (CCF) and an assistant research professor at the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute. She works on policy and implementation issues affecting coverage for children and families with a focus on children who are eligible but not enrolled in Medicaid and SCHIP. Prior to joining CCF, Ms. Brooks served for fifteen years as the SCHIP director in New Hampshire. As the CEO of NH Healthy Kids Corporation, a nonprofit...
National Senior Citizens Law Center For over four decades, Paul Nathanson has been a groundbreaking leader in the field of aging advocacy. A past president of the American Society on Aging and a founder of the American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging, he has observed numerous changes in the needs of seniors, particularly low-income seniors, and has focused his recent work on the unique impact federal policies have on low-income seniors, particularly women of color. Paul was the...
A former staff director of the Senate Special Committee on Aging and 16-year veteran of Capitol Hill, Max Richtman is President and CEO of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (NCPSSM), one of the nation’s most influential senior advocacy and education membership organizations. Mr. Richtman, who joined the organization in 1989, also serves as Chair of the National Committee’s Political Action Committee (PAC) board, a non-partisan committee that endorses candidates...
State Advocacy Manager, Integrated Care Advocacy Project As a State Advocacy Manager, Leena Sharma works on the Integrated Care Advocacy Project’s Campaign for Better Care. She provides technical assistance to state-based organizations including: policy analysis, strategic-advice, coalition-building, advocacy/outreach tools, and campaign strategies. Prior to working at Community Catalyst, Leena worked at the Greater New Jersey Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, where she served as the...
Howard Bedlin is responsible for all of NCOA’s federal and state legislative advocacy efforts on issues and programs of concern to older adults, which include the Older Americans Act, Medicare, Medicaid, long-term care, income security, and community services programs. Before joining NCOA, Bedlin was a legislative representative with the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) for more than 10 years. Before that, he had been the deputy director of government affairs for the National...
Dr. Kimmey is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Missouri Foundation for Health, Missouri’s largest health foundation and one of the top fifty foundations in the United States. He provides leadership to the Foundation’s efforts to improve the health of the residents of its region, with particular attention to the health needs of the underserved.
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Georges C. Benjamin, MD, is well-known in the world of public health as a leader, practitioner and administrator. Benjamin has been the executive director of the American Public Health Association (APHA), the nation’s oldest and largest organization of public health professionals, since December 2002. He came to this position from his position as Health Secretary for the State of Maryland. Benjamin became secretary of health in Maryland in April 1999, following four years as its deputy...
Cheryl Fish-Parcham, M.S.W., is deputy director of Health Policy at Families USA. Her current areas of focus are private insurance and state initiatives to cover the uninsured. Previously, she helped to form a national support center for consumer health assistance programs and provided technical assistance on Medicaid issues. She is the author of numerous reports on designing consumer health assistance programs, the plight of the uninsured, and on Medicaid and private insurance (available...
Cary Sanders earned a Master of Public Policy from the University of California at Berkeley. Prior to joining HOS/CPEHN, Cary worked as a policy analyst for the California Immigrant Policy Center (CIPC) promoting pro-immigrant policies that address and respect the needs and contributions of California’s diverse immigrant communities and their families. She has also worked as Assistant Policy Director for SEIU United Health Care Workers-West representing over 150,000 health care workers in...
President, Robert Weiner Associates: Public Affairs and Issue Strategies. With 30 years of top level government and political experience, created and heads Washington, DC based company. Develops electronic and print ads for political and private sector clients and generates news coverage. Consults with media on drug policy, aging issues, government operations, and other issues in which he and his associates have expertise. Has assembled experienced team of experts in media execution and...
Gordon has a BA from Princeton University and a law degree from the University of Tennessee. Since his admission to the bar in 1972, his entire career has been devoted to serving low-income clients. As a Legal Services attorney for 23 years, Gordon represented thousands of low-income clients in a wide variety of civil matters. He earned a national reputation for his expertise in health policy. His advocacy work in housing, consumer, public benefits, disability rights, nursing home reform...
Senior Policy Analyst As a Senior Policy Analyst, Kate Lewandowski works on federal and state policy issues for the New England Alliance for Children’s Health. She previously worked for the Advisory Board Company, a health care research and consulting firm. There Kate assisted hospitals and health systems across the U.S. with strategic planning as well as service line planning. Her other past experiences include work at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the Women’s Health...
She is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Katherine Chancellor on the daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless. She will talk about her autobiography, Not Young, Still Restless: A Memoir. {Harper Collins}
(This is a previous interview that Carole had with Jeanne dated 11/25/2012)
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The SPRY (Setting Priorities for Retirement Years) Foundation functions as an “operating foundation” and carries out applied research and education programs designed to enable people to age with purpose, and to continue to have meaningful engagement in their lives. Of special concern are disadvantaged and vulnerable populations.