Opening Doors to Aging Services

Monday, March 28
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

As the nation’s population grows older, and the number of family caregivers shrinks, the aging services sector has never been more important to the lives of Americans. Many families find themselves struggling to meet the needs of the older adults they love—but they don’t understand the array of services that our sector offers. LeadingAge’s new Opening Doors to Aging Services initiative provides first-of-its-kind research, strategies, tools, and training to effectively introduce the aging services sector to millions of Americans.

Join this half-day intensive session for an in-depth exploration of the Opening Doors initiative. You’ll have the opportunity to strategize with fellow leaders, listen to a panel discussion with sector experts, and gain an inside look at a new, consumer-facing campaign designed to introduce the aging services sector to the public.

Speaker Spotlight

A diverse speaker line-up designed to deepen the knowledge and understanding of the environment in which aging services providers operate.

Carol Hubbard PACE Executive Director and CEO, St. Paul's Senior Homes and Services, San Diego, CA

Kenneth Yang Executive Director, Penn Asian Senior Services, Philadelphia, PA

Lee B. Syria President and CEO, EveryAge, Newton, NC

Anita Holt President/CEO, The Forest at Duke, Durham, NC

Ann Marie Hennessy Chief Clinical Officer, Hebrew Home at Riverdale - RiverSpring Living, Bronx, NY

Cecily Laidman Executive Director, Springpoint Choice, Plainsboro, NJ

David Finkelstein CIO, RiverSpring Living, Bronx, NY

Deke Cateau Chief Executive Officer, A.G. Rhodes Health & Rehab, Atlanta, GA

Donna Satterthwaite Program Development Consultant, Reframing Aging Initiative, The Gerontological Society of America, Washington, DC

Donna Silbert Chief Strategy Officer, Parker Health Group, Inc., Piscataway, NJ

Elisabeth Robinson Director of Member Services, Goodwin House at Home, Goodwin House Incorporated, Alexandria, VA

Elizabeth Feltner Chief Operating Officer, Deffet Group, Inc., Ostrander, OH

Erica Thrash-Sall Executive Director, McFarlan Village Home, Flint, MI

Francis Battisti Principal, Battisti Management Affiliates

Gail Hoffman President, The Hoffman Group, Alexandria, VA

Gwen Fitzgerald Director, Public Messaging, LeadingAge, Washington, DC

Ian Brown VP, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging, Erickson Senior Living, Cantonsville, MD

Jason Boxt Principal, 3W Insights, Rockville, MD

Jeffrey Bilson President, Druthers Agency Inc., Los Osos, CA

Jen Wilson Vice President of Well-Being, Carol Woods Retirement Community, Chapel Hill, NC

Kenya Bryant Associate Executive Director, Hermitage Northern Virginia, Alexandria, VA

Libbie Chapuran Director of Communications, LeadingAge Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN

Lori Porter Founder & CEO, National Association of Health Care Assistants, Joplin, MO

Majd Alwan Senior Vice President of Technology and Business Strategy

Marsha Wesley Coleman Dir of Leadership Dev & Training, Friends Services Alliance, Blue Bell, PA

Marvell Adams Jr. COO, The Kendal Corporation, Kennett Square, PA

Mary Helton Chief Human Resources Officer

Mary Knapp Director of Health Services/NHA, Foulkeways at Gwynedd, Gwynedd, PA

Mr. Jim Pieffer CEO/President, Presbyterian SeniorCare Network, Oakmont, PA

Nat Kendall-Taylor Ph.D, Chief Executive Officer, FrameWorks Institute, Washington, DC, 20005

Nicole Gann CEO/President, Juliette Fowler Communities - Senior Living, Dallas, TX

Olivia Mastry Founder, The Collective Action Lab, Minneapolis, MN

Patrick Palma National Director, Clinical Infomatics Data, Covenant Living Communities and Services, Skokie, IL

Renee Moseley Associate Director, Bridge Meadows, Portland, OR

Robyn Stone Senior Vice President, Research and Co-Director, LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston, LeadingAge, Washington, DC

Sharon Brooks Chief Marketing Officer, 2Life Communities, Richmond, VA

Steve Jeffrey Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, Garden Spot Village, New Holland, PA

Susan Donley Senior Vice President, Marketing and Communications, LeadingAge, Washington, DC

Tanya Axenson Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Chief Diversity Officer, Erickson Senior Living, Cantonsville, MD

Troy Churchill President & CEO, Cypress Cove at HealthPark Florida, Fort Myers, FL

Walter Ramos President & CEO, Rogerson Communities, Boston, MA