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National Advisory Board Members

Ellen Aliberti, BSN, MS, CCM Clinical Trainer HealthCare Partners of Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada Ellen Aliberti, RN, MS, CCM is a seasoned healthcare professional with expertise in case management, geriatrics, continuous process improvement and managed health care systems. Her career path has exposed her to the entire healthcare continuum including health plans, multi-specialty medical group practice, and the sub-acute care and community health continuum. Currently, she is the Director of Process Improvement for Sierra Health Services in Las Vegas, NV and the founding and current president of the Case Management Association of Las Vegas, an official chapter of the national CMSA organization. Ellen is passionate about enhancing the professionalism in case management, increasing the level of consumer engagement in their healthcare delivery and decision making and "what else can we do to improve this process?"

Kyle R. Allen, DO Medical Director, Post Acute & Senior Services Chief Summa Health System Akron, Ohio Dr. Allen graduated from the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine (OUCOM) and completed a Fellowship in Geriatric Medicine at University of Cincinnati. He is board certified by the American Board of Family Practice with a CAQ in Geriatric Medicine, and is a Professor of Internal and Family Medicine at NEOUCOM and a Clinical Associate Professor of Geriatric Medicine, OUCOM. His current positions include Medical Director, Post Acute/Senior Services; Chief, Division of Geriatric Medicine at Summa Health System; and Program Director, Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program at Summa Health System. Dr. Allen's career has spanned from solo private practice in rural Ohio, clinical geriatrician, clinical educator, to researcher and administrator at Summa Health System. He has developed innovative programs for geriatric care delivery for the health system, including Acute Care for Elders (ACE) units, stroke units, geriatric rehabilitation units, outpatient geriatric assessment centers, and care management models for frail Medicare Advantage and dual eligible Medicare/Medicaid populations. He is the principal investigator for federally funded research projects focusing on clinical trials of care management and transitional care. Dr. Allen is an active member of the American Geriatrics Society, the Ohio Geriatrics Society, the American Academy of Family Physicians, and he serves as Chief Medical Officer on the Board of the Area Agency on Aging 10b, Inc. He is a published author and lecturer.

Judy Baskins, RN, BSN Director, Geriatric Services Palmetto Health Richland, South Carolina Judy Baskins completed her nursing degree from the University of South Carolina. She initially worked in Home Health and in 1988 assumed the responsibility for the development and implementation of Palmetto SeniorCare, one of the original replication sites for the On Lok Long term care demonstration that now operates as PACE. Judy was founding President and Chair of the National PACE Association where she continues to serve on their governing board and Chair their Public Policy Committee. In her current position she is responsible for the oversight of Geriatrics at Palmetto Health. Under her leadership the Geriatric Service line has flourished to include a Medicare Only Physician Practice, a Division of Geriatric Research, a Geriatric Fellowship, a consulting division specializing in assisting health care providers in the development of PACE programs nationally and a program for special needs children built on the principles of PACE. Judy has presented at multiple conferences as the local, state and national level and has testified to Congress on the success of the PACE model of care.

Robert Berenson, MD Senior Fellow The Urban Institute Washington D.C. Robert Berenson, M.D. is a Senior Fellow at the Urban Institute. He is an expert in health care policy, particularly Medicare, with experience practicing medicine, serving in senior positions in two Administrations, and helping organize and manage a successful preferred provider organization. From 1998-2000, he was in charge of Medicare payment policy and managed care contracting in the Health Care Financing Administration (now the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.) In the Carter Administration, he served as an Assistant Director of the Domestic Policy Staff. He was also National Program Director of IMPACS-Improving Malpractice Prevention and Compensation Systems-a grant program funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, from 1994-1998. Dr. Berenson is a board-certified internist who practiced for twelve years in a Washington, D.C. group practice, and is Fellow of the American College of Physicians. He is a graduate of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. For ten years he was medical director of the National Capital PPO, a large rental PPO serving the Washington D.C. metropolitan areas and was co-author, with Walter Zelman, of The Managed Care Blues & How to Cure Them, published in 1998. A new book, Medicare Payment Policy and the Shaping of U.S. Health Care, co-authored with Rick Mayes, was published in 2006. Berenson's current research focuses on modernization of the Medicare program to improve efficiency and the quality of care provided to beneficiaries.

Judith S. Black, MD, MHA Medical Director, Senior Products Highmark (an Independent Licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Since 1998, Judith Black has been the Medical Director for Senior Products at Highmark, Inc., an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. A practicing geriatrician, she provides the medical expertise and leadership that helps Highmark enhance and coordinate the care of older adults. Dr. Black brings 30 years of medical experience to her position and also holds a master's degree in health administration. She serves as a faculty member of the Consortium Ethics Program and is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine. Dr. Black works collaboratively in the community with numerous organizations advocating for seniors at the local and state level.

Danielle Butin, MPH, OTR Executive Director Afya Foundation of America: Supplies for Life Yonkers, New York

Jan Clarke, MD, MPH Associate Professor, Department of Medicine Chicago Medical School Chief, Geriatrics and Extended Care North Chicago VA Medical Center North Chicago, Illinois

Richard D. Della Penna, MD chief Medical Officer Independa, Inc. Oakland, California Richard Della Penna, MD is a geriatrician who has worked at the local, regional, and national levels of the Kaiser Permanente Program. He currently is on the staff of The Permanente Federation and the Care Management Institute at Kaiser's national offices in Oakland, CA. As Medical Director of the Kaiser Permanente Aging Network and the National Clinical Lead for Elder Care, Dr. Della Penna works with all regions and leads Kaiser Permanente's strategic efforts to develop sustainable services and programs that will better need the needs of Kaiser Permanente's older adult members who currently number 950,000. His quality improvement and research activities have focused on depression care of older adults, dementia, geriatric interdisciplinary team training, long term care, care at transitions and palliative care. He currently is on the Board of the National Alzheimer's Association and is a member of VA's National Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee.

Joyce Dubow, PhD Senior Advisor, Office of Policy & Strategy AARP Washington D.C. Ms. Dubow is Senior Advisor in AARP's Office of Policy and Strategy where she has responsibility for a broad health portfolio related to AARP's health care reform initiatives with a special focus on private health plans in the Medicare program and health care quality. Dubow serves on several multi-stakeholder groups focusing on quality improvement. She is the chair of the Consensus Standards Approval Committee (CSAC) of the National Quality Forum; a member of the National Committee for Quality Assurance's Committee on Physician Programs and its Measurement Panel on Geriatrics; the National Advisory Committee for Aligning Forces for Quality of the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation; the National Committee on Evidence-based Benefit Design of the National Business Group on Health; the Markle Foundation's Connecting For Health program; and the National Advisory Board of the Practice Change Fellows Program. She also participates in the Hospital Quality Alliance and the AQA Steering Committee as well as other ad hoc groups focusing on health care quality and consumer decision making. In a "former life," Ms. Dubow was the executive vice-president of the Georgetown University Community Health Plan, a university-sponsored prepaid group practice plan. She was also the Director of Policy and Legislation in the federal Office of Health Maintenance Organizations. Ms. Dubow holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Michigan and a Masters in Urban Planning from Hunter College of the University of the City of New York.

Lynn Friss Feinberg, MSW Director, Consumers for Better Care Campaign National Partnership for Women & Families Washington D.C. Lynn Friss Feinberg is director of the Campaign for Better Care, an initiative of the National Partnership for Women & Families to improve care in the U.S. for vulnerable older adults with multiple chronic conditions. The goals of the Campaign are twofold: 1) create a strong, independent and lasting consumer voice by organizing older adults and their families as activists for better care; and 2) seize opportunities to enact and implement public policies that support better care for vulnerable older adults. Previously, Ms. Feinberg served as deputy director of the National Center on Caregiving at the Family Caregiver Alliance. She is a leader in family-centered care for older adults, with special expertise in developing and replicating family caregiver support programs, and translating research to promote policy change. She directed the National Consensus Project for Caregiver Assessment and led the first 50-state study on publicly funded caregiving programs in the U.S. In 2007-2008, Ms. Feinberg was selected as the John Heinz Senate Fellow in Aging, serving in the office of U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer. She developed legislation on health care workforce issues and aging, the Caring for an Aging America Act of 2008, introduced in the Senate by Senator Boxer. Ms. Feinberg has published and lectured widely on family care issues, and has served on numerous national committees and panels to address caregiving and long-term care. Ms. Feinberg is currently on the American Society on Aging's (ASA) Generations Editorial Board, a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, and an elected member of the National Academy for Social Insurance. In 2006, she received the ASA Leadership Award. Ms. Feinberg holds a master's degree in social welfare and gerontology from the University of California at Berkeley.

Christine (Himes) Fordyce, MD Geriatrician Group Health Cooperative Seattle, Washington Christine (Himes) Fordyce, MD has been a geriatrician and family physician at Group Health Cooperative in Seattle, WA for 22 years, where she served as Director of Geriatrics and Medicare Medical Director from 1992-2006. While guiding the development of LTC rounding teams to bring primary care to nursing home patients and the creation of the new subacute level of care in the early 1990's, she led a Senior Care Roadmap focused on guideline development and implementation of health maintenance/preventive care services for seniors. Once geriatric research began demonstrating that physical activity levels are the single most important determinant in healthy aging, Dr. Fordyce started a focused effort to develop a 'full spectrum' of physical activity prescriptions for practitioners and patients including classes at health clubs, senior centers, clinics, walking programs and home videos. Currently she is the medical lead in developing the content of Group Health's Special Needs Plan for people with chronic disease, focused on partnership with patients around lifestyle changes. Nationally she has worked in the public policy arena serving on the Geriatric MAP and testifying before Congress on preventive needs of seniors. She has written a book on healthy aging, "Aging In Stride", and speaks widely on the topic. She is a contributor to 'Geriatrics at Your Fingertips' and the textbook 'Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology'. Currently she serves on the AGS Public Education Subcommittee and is the representative to the National Aging Blueprint.

Peter D. Fox, PhD President PDF, LLC Denver, Colorado Peter Fox is an independent consultant and health services researcher specializing in health insurance issues, with an emphasis on managed care. His clients have included government agencies (federal, state, and local), private foundations, HMOs, PPOs, provider groups, employers, and Taft-Hartley trust funds. Prior to becoming an independent consultant in 1991, he spent ten years as a Vice President of Lewin and Associates (now, the Lewin Group), a health care consulting and public policy firm located in Washington, DC. He has also held positions in the federal government, including serving as Director of the Office of Policy Analysis in the Health Care Financing Administration. Dr. Fox is the author of numerous journal articles and two books: Determinants of HMO Success (l987) and Health Care Cost Management: Private Sector Initiatives (1984). He is also editor of the book, Managed Care and Chronic Illness: Challenges and Opportunities (1996). Dr. Fox has a BA from Haverford College, a MS from the MIT School of Management, and a PhD from the Stanford University School of Business.

David N. Gans, MSHA, FACMPE Vice President, Innovation and Research Medical Group Management Association Denver, Colorado Mr. Gans administers research and development at the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) and its research affiliate, the MGMA Center for Research. Current research projects focus on four areas of interest: 1)Patient safety and quality; 2) Administrative simplification, cost efficiency, and the dissemination of best practices; 3) Use of information technology by physicians; and 4) Preparing physician practices for health care reform legislation and a transformed health delivery system. Mr. Gans received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Government from the University of Notre Dame, a Masters of Science degree in Education from the University of Southern California, and a Master of Science in Health Administration degree from the University of Colorado. Mr. Gans is retired from the United States Army Medical Service Corps in the grade of Colonel, U.S. Army Reserve. He is a Certified Medical Practice Executive and a Fellow in the American College of Medical Practice Executives.

Robyn L. Golden, MA, LCSW Director of Older Adult Programs Rush University Medical Center Chicago, Illinois Robyn Golden serves as the Director of Older Adult Programs at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. Robyn has worked in the field of aging for more than 20 years. She has been actively involved in service provision, program development, education, research and public policy aimed at developing innovative initiatives and systems integration to improve the health and well-being of older adults and their families. In 2003-04, Robyn was the John Heinz Senate Fellow based in the office of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in Washington, D.C. Prior to this, Robyn worked at Council for Jewish Elderly for 18 years serving for much of that time as their Director of Clinical Service. Robyn is adjunct faculty at the University of Chicago's School of Social Service Administration. In addition, she is the chair of American Society on Aging. She is active in several professional organizations and on multiple expert consensus panels related to chronic care, mental health, gerontological social work, health promotion and family caregiving. Robyn is a frequent speaker for both professional and consumer audiences. Robyn has her Masters degree from the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago and Bachelors degree from Miami University.

Joanne Handy President and CEO Aging Services of California Sacramento, California

Bonnie Hillegass, RN, MHA Sierra Health Services, Inc. Las Vegas, Nevada Bonnie Hillegass was previously vice president of Medical Management for the Western Region and AVP, Medical Management. She is president of Family Healthcare Services, Inc., Family Home Hospice and Total Home Care, vice president of Health Services Delivery for HMO Texas, vice president of Healthcare Operations for Northern Nevada Health Network, Inc., and vice president and trustee for Sierra Healthcare Foundation. Bonnie is active on both the national and local levels in health care organizations, and as a guest speaker at federal health care agencies and Public Health Service seminars. She has presented lectures on managing Medicare-risk programs and alternative care delivery systems for both the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation and the American Hospital Association. She is a leader in the Las Vegas community and has served as a member on numerous boards. She is holds a master's degree in health services administration from the University of St. Francis in Joliet, Illinois.

Martha Jones, BSN, PHN, CCM Vice President, Regional Care Management HealthCare Partners Los Angeles, California Martha Jones has been an RN since 1980 and was awarded a BS in Nursing with a Public Health Nurse Certificate in 1986. She worked as a Care Manager for Intracorp, a subsidiary of CIGNA, and became a Certified Care Manager in 1993. Martha has worked at HealthCare Partners, a Los Angeles based Medical Group since 1994. As Vice President, Care Management she is a member of one of 5 HealthCare Partners Regional Accountable Teams. Along with a Medical Director and VP of Operations, the Team provides oversight of seven offices overseeing quality services while maintaining fiduciary responsibility for 45,000 patients. The Care Management Department is responsible for HMO compliance, referral processing and management of patient care with the Physicians. Martha is also responsible for the Heart Failure and Transplant Programs for all five HealthCare Partners regions, which provide quality health care for approximately 400,000 patients. Martha also works with the TelePhone Advice and Patient Support Center to insure that processes are in place for after hours, weekends and holidays for HealthCare Partners patient care. HealthCare Partners' visionary and creative work environment encourages ongoing innovation and quality improvement. Currently, Martha and other Care Management team members are working with the Information System Department to assist in identifying the business requirements for Care Management for HealthCare Partners.

David Labby, MD Medical Director CareOregon Portland, Oregon David Labby, MD, PhD, is Medical Director of CareOregon He has particular interest in health delivery systems, population health, and complex care management, and has led a number of grant funded initiatives at CareOregon, including projects on Pediatric Asthma, Chronic Pain Management, and Complex Care Case Management. He has led the development of CareOregon's program supporting members with complex conditions, CareSupport, which has been structured around the Chronic Care Model and which has shown measurable outcomes in member utilization and quality of life. He also leads CareOregon's Primary Care Renewal initiative to foster team-based medical homes in network primary care practices. Dr. Labby has had Medical Director roles in multi-specialty and primary care practices as well as managed care. Before coming to CareOregon in 2000, Dr Labby served as Medical Director of several primary care clinics in the Oregon Health and Sciences University. Dr. Labby received his MD from Indiana University School of Medicine and is a Member of the Department of Family Medicine at OHSU. He received his PhD in Anthropology from the University of Chicago.

Joy Luque, RN, BSN, CCM Executive Director, Operations OptumHealth Cypress, California Joy Luque, RN, BSN, CCM is the Executive Director, Operations in Cypress, California for OptumHealth. She has over 30 years of health care experience in a variety of clinical settings as well within Managed Care Organizations. In 1994, Joy joined PacifiCare of California and transitioned in 2007 to her current role within OptumHealth. Over the past 18 years, Joy's roles have focused on the development, implementation and operations of case and disease management programs. In her current role, Joy is responsible for directing and overseeing the operations of multiple Care Coordination sites nationwide. These sites deliver Case and Disease Management programs. The Program's clinical models are designed to deliver a variety of integrated health care capabilities and to solution for the specific needs of the populations they service. Joy Luque is a Registered Nurse with a Bachelor of Science degree from California State University, Long Beach. She currently serves on the Advisory Board for the Practice Change Fellows Program and previously was a contributor for the HMO Workgroup on Care Management. Joy was a past recipient of the Southern California Chapter, CMSA Case Manager of the Year Award.

Molly Mettler, MSW Senior Vice President of Mission Healthwise Boise, Idaho Molly Mettler is Senior Vice President of Healthwise, a not-for-profit consumer health information company based in Boise, Idaho. More than 100 million times a year people turn to Healthwise information for help in making better health decisions. Molly is known internationally as an author and lecturer on medical self-care, aging and health issues, medical consumerism, and information therapy. She has co-authored 5 books and many articles on these topics, including the best-selling Healthwise for Life: Medical Self-Care for Older Adults. Her latest book is "Information Therapy: Prescribed Information as a Reimbursable Medical Service." A passionate advocate for older adult health issues, Molly served as the Founding Chair of National Council on Aging's Health Promotion Institute. In 1994, the HPI created the Molly Mettler Award to recognize outstanding leadership in the field of health promotion and aging. Molly went on to become the Chair of the NCOA Board from 2001- 2003. She is currently serving as the Convener for NCOA's Leadership Council. Molly attributes her activism to her education at Antioch College (BA) and the University of Washington's School of Social Work (MSW). She and her husband, Don Kemper, work together at Healthwise. They have one son left at home and several other dear family members scattered around the globe. Molly collects jokes. Even really dumb ones. She'll be happy to receive one from you.

Matt Narrett, MD Executive Vice President; Chief Medical Officer Erickson Retirement Communities Baltimore, Maryland Dr. Narrett is responsible for the provision of medical care and the development of health care strategy for Erickson communities nationwide. The Medical Centers he directs are recognized as being among America’s leading geriatric health care facilities. Erickson Health is committed to incorporating electronic solutions and demonstrating with data informed results that it is possible to achieve outstanding outcomes while reducing cost and improving patient and provider satisfaction. Dr. Narrett holds a B.S. in molecular biochemistry and biophysics; he graduated summa cum laude from Yale University. He received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School, Harvard-M.I.T. Division of Health Sciences and Technology; he completed his internship and residency at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston. He is board-certified in internal medicine and holds a certificate of added qualifications in geriatric medicine. Dr. Narrett has spoken frequently on issues affecting seniors in a number of settings including conferences, media events, health leadership summits and congressional forums.

Cheryl Phillips, MD, AGSF Chief Medical Officer On Lok Lifeways San Francisco, California Cheryl Phillips, MD is the Chief Medical Officer for Sutter Health Partners/Sutter Select and the director of Chronic Care and Disease Management for Sutter Health, an integrated health care system in Northern California. She is the past-president of the American Medical Directors Association for Long Term Care (AMDA) and is currently on the Board of Directors for the American Geriatrics Society. She was appointed by Governor Schwarzenegger as a governor's delegate to a three year term on the California Commission on Aging and the California Olmstead Committee. Dr. Phillips developed a risk screening and care coordination program for high risk elders and those with advanced chronic diseases. This program has expanded to include disease management and currently serves 8000 patients within the Sutter network in the greater Sacramento area. She is also the geriatric education coordinator for the Sutter Family Practice residency program. She completed her family practice residency and geriatric fellowship at the University of California, Davis, where she currently holds a faculty appointment as Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Practice.

Harold Pincus, MD Director, Quality and Outcomes Research New York Presbyterian Hospital New York, New York Harold Alan Pincus, M.D. is Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University and Director of Quality and Outcomes Research at New York Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Pincus also serves as a Senior Scientist at the RAND Corporation. Previously he was Director of the RAND-University of Pittsburgh Health Institute and Executive Vice Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh, where he still maintains an adjunct professorship. He is the National Director of the Atlantic Philanthropies' Health and Aging Policy Fellowship, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's National Program on Depression in Primary Care: Linking Clinical and Systems Strategies, and the Hartford Foundation's national program on Building Interdisciplinary Geriatric Research Centers. Dr. Pincus graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and received his medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. Following completion of residency at George Washington University Medical Center, Dr. Pincus was named a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar. As a Clinical Scholar, Dr. Pincus served as a professional staff member of the President's Commission on Mental Health at the White House and, subsequently, as a congressional fellow in the U.S. House of Representatives. Dr. Pincus maintains a small private practice specializing in major affective disorders and has spent one evening a week for twenty-two years at a public mental health clinic caring for patients with severe mental illnesses.

Carol Raphael President and CEO Visiting Nurse Service of New York New York, New York Carol Raphael is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, which is the largest nonprofit home health agency in the United States. Her previous employment includes Director of Operations Management at Mount Sinai Medical Center and Executive Deputy Commissioner of Income, and Medical Assistance Administration at the New York City Human Resources Administration. She was a member of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), the commission that advises Congress on Medicare payments and policies (1999-2005), and several Robert Wood Johnson Foundation national advisory committees. She served on the New York State Hospital Review and Planning Council for 12 years (1992-2004), and chaired its Fiscal Policy Committee. Carol is a member of the Harvard School of Public Health's Health Policy Management Executive Council, the Markle Foundation Connecting for Health Steering Group, the National Advisory Committee of the Care Giving Project for Older Americans, and the Institute of Medicine Workgroup on the "Health Care Workforce for An Aging America." She is on the Boards of Barrier Therapeutics, Excellus/Lifetime Healthcare Company, the American Foundation for the Blind, and Pace University. She chairs the New York eHealth Collaborative, which seeks to accelerate the adoption of health care information technology and the exchange of clinical data. Carol has authored papers and presentations on post-acute, long-term and end-of-life care and co-edited the book "Home Based Care for a New Century." She has an M.P.A. from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, and was a Visiting Fellow at the Kings Fund in the United Kingdom.

Cheryl Schraeder, RN, PhD, FAAN Director, Policy & Practice Initiatives Institute for Healthcare Innovation UIC College of Nursing Chicago, Illinois Cheryl Schraeder, RN, PhD, FAAN, has vast experience in health care, nursing care management and directing research-based programs. She is also a faculty member with the University of Illinois College of Nursing and College of Medicine. Currently, Dr. Schraeder is Head of Health Systems Research Center. During her 20 years in this position, she has had a wide range of responsibilities and has been a major contributor to the advancement of professional nursing and the delivery of primary care. As an administrator and researcher in a living laboratory of primary care, Dr. Schraeder has successfully directed several research-funded nursing care management models for the elderly and other vulnerable populations. Dr. Schraeder has published a broad array of subjects, ranging from care management in a rural setting to changes in family patterns six months after a myocardial infraction. Dr. Schraeder is a member of several organizations, such as ANA, ASA, GSA and was inducted into the American Academy of Nursing in 2000. Dr. Schraeder has received the MGMA National Management Achievement Award, Illinois Nurse Leader Award and Illinois Wesleyan Distinguished Alumni Award, as well as honors from Alpha Tau Delta Nursing Society, Sigma Theta Tau and Phi Kappa Phi.

Robert J. Schreiber, MD Physician-in-Chief Hebrew Senior Life Boston, Massachusetts Rob Schreiber, MD is Physician-in-Chief and Chief Medical Officer of Hebrew SeniorLife in Roslindale, MA, and Clinical Instructor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is a board certified internist with a specialty in Geriatrics. Previously, he was the first Chairman of the Department of Geriatrics at Lahey Clinic. He is presently an Associate Medical Director of Evercare of Massachusetts and a Certified Medical Director in Nursing Home Care. Dr. Schreiber is involved with teaching of medical students and Geriatric Fellows at Harvard medical School. He serves as the Chairperson for the Practice Management toolkit Editorial Board for the American Geriatrics Society and is on the Health Economics and Information Technology committee for this organization. He has a special interest in wellness models of care, transitions of care and self-management of chronic illnesses. Dr. Schreiber has developed an evidenced-based approach to nutrition called healthy eating for Successful Living for Older Adults™ and has spent the last 8 years disseminating new approaches of care in the community.

W. June Simmons, MSW President and CEO Partners in Care Foundation Burbank, California Nationally recognized for her leadership in the administration of health care organizations, W. June Simmons is a visionary in developing innovative approaches to health care delivery in the new century as President/CEO of the non-profit Partners In Care Foundation. Throughout her distinguished career, she has been instrumental in creating, funding and operating forward-looking health and social services programs. As head of Partners, she takes an active role in developing initiatives which meet the mutual needs of patient populations and health care delivery networks that encourage cost-effective, patient-friendly integration of care from hospital to home. Under her leadership, Partners has been awarded major grants to investigate and evaluate new models of health care delivery particularly in managed care environments. June Simmons holds a B.A. degree from Occidental College, and a M.S.W. from the University of Southern California.

Ed Walsh, MSW Director, Senior Service Systems Riverside County Office on Aging ADRC Riverside, California With an extensive background in Canada and in the United States as both a social worker and senior administrator in the field of aging, Ed Walsh now serves as the director of senior service systems in Riverside County, one of the largest and fastest growing counties in California. He has worked in a wide range of community based settings, examples of which include a Medicaid Waiver program in Boston, the internationally recognized British Columbia Long Term Care Program in Vancouver and the nationally recognized Huntington Senior Care Network in Pasadena, California. He has also held positions in tertiary care hospitals as well as in primary care and geriatric care clinics. Ed has held a number of significant board and community leadership positions, including: President of the California MSSP Association; Chair of the Los Angeles Leadership Council of Aging Organizations; Member of the Los Angeles County Area Agency on Aging Advisory Council and Member of Senator Jack Scott's Health Advisory and Senior Advisory Committees; as well as a board member on the regional Alzheimer's Association advisory board, the Hospice of Pasadena board, and served on a number of aging and long term care board, statewide committees, taskforces and work groups. He has a special interest in programs that strive to maintain seniors independence and keep them in their homes. He has also held social work field instructor appointments at several educational institutions including the University of British Columbia, CSULB and Loma Linda University. Ed holds a B.A. degree from York University in Toronto and a M.S.W. from California State University at Long Beach.

Nancy Wilson, MA, LMSW Assistant Director Huffington Center on Aging Chair, Care for Elders Governing Council Community Partnership for Older Adults Houston, Texas Nancy Wilson is a professional social worker who has specialized in gerontology since completing her master's degree from the University of Chicago over 30 years ago. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine-Section of Geriatrics and Assistant Director of the Huffington Center on Aging at Baylor College of Medicine. Nancy has a long history of community service and leadership in aging services and community long-term care in Houston/ Harris County, including serving as Director of the Houston site of the National Long-Term Care Channeling Demonstration Project. Most recently, as the leader of an interdisciplinary academic-community team, she spearheaded the development of Healthy IDEAS, an evidence-based model program for depression in older adults, which is currently part of a national demonstration project funded by the Administration on Aging. Since 2001, Nancy has served as the chair of the Governing Council of Care for Elders, a community partnership of over 85 organizations supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and several Houston area funders. Nancy has co-authored or co-edited over 35 publications. For seven years she served as Practice Concepts Editor for The Gerontologist, and she currently serves on a number of national advisory or action committees including ones for the Hartford Geriatric Social Work Initiative and the Institute for Geriatric Social Work.