AARP Board of Directors
Annette Franqui, Board Chair
Martha M. Hayes, First Vice Chair
Lloyd Johnson, Second Vice Chair
Robert Blancato
Margot James Copeland
Joseph F. Coughlin
Beth Ellard
Jo Ann Jenkins
Neal Lane
Julio A. Portalatin
Libby Sartain
AARP Management and Staff
Jo Ann Jenkins, Chief Executive Officer
Policy, Research, and International Affairs
Debra B. Whitman, Chief Public Policy Officer
Sherita Alexander, Business Unit Coordinator
Britta Berge, Vice President, PRI Integration
Meredith Hunter, Director, Communications Integration
David Green, Business Operations Manager
William Lewis, Jr., Project Analyst
Holly Schulz, Senior Advisor, Content
Kimberly Sedmak, Policy Outreach Director
Office of Policy Development & Integration
Dorothy Siemon, Senior Vice President
Christina FitzPatrick, Director, Economic, Employment and Low-Income Issues
Rachel Goldberg, Director, Health and Long Term Services and Supports Issues
Ian Hartman-O’Connell, Director, Policy Integration
Susanna Montezemolo, Director, Consumer and Livable Communities Issues
Rohini Khillan, Senior Policy Advisor
Yvonne P. Tobias, Policy Integration Manager
Sue Zapata, Executive Secretary
Public Policy Institute (PPI)
Susan C. Reinhard, Senior Vice President
Sarah Burrell, Executive Secretary
PPI Family, Home and Community Team
Rodney Harrell, VP, Family, Home and Community
Carrie Amero, Director, Long Term Services and Supports
Rita Choula, Director, Caregiving
Bradley Gudzinas, Senior Methods Advisor
Shannon Guzman, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor
Edem Hado, Policy Research Senior Analyst
Ari Houser, Senior Methods Advisor
June Kao, Project Manager
Jana Lynott, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor
PPI Financial Security Team
Gary Koenig, Vice President, Financial Security
Joel Eskovitz, Director, Social Security and Savings
Jilenne Gunther, Director, Bank Safe
Lori Trawinski, Director, Finance and Employment
Rachel Ballington, Advisor
Catherine Harvey, Senior Policy Advisor
David John, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor
Marissa Malta, Policy Research Analyst
James L. Palmieri, Senior Policy Advisor
Jennifer M. Schramm, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor
Maxim Shvedov, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor
Cherri Thompson, Administrative Associate
Joseph J. Valenti, Senior Policy Advisor
PPI Health Security Team
Lina Walker, Vice President, Health Security
Leigh C. Purvis, Director, Health Services Research
Sari Siegel, Director, Health Programs
Beth Carter, Senior Health Services Research Advisor
Olivia Dean, Senior Analyst
Lynda Flowers, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor
Harriet Komisar, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor
Keith D. Lind, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor
James McSpadden, Senior Policy Advisor
Claire Noel-Miller, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor
Trevor Snelling, Administrative Specialist
Jane Sung, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor
Center to Champion Nursing in America
Mary Boyle, Director, Communications
Jennifer Peed, Director, Office of Center Integration
Patricia Polansky, Director, Program Development and Implementation
Winifred Quinn, Director, Advocacy & Consumer Affairs
PPI Strategic Initiatives Team
Julia Alexis, Vice President
Carlos Figueiredo, Senior Methods Advisor
Barbara Goodwin, Business Operations Analyst
Carl Levesque, Editorial Services Senior Advisor
The AARP Office of Policy Development & Integration recognizes the significant input from AARP’s Government Affairs and States & Community Engagement groups, and other AARP staff, volunteers and members for their support of the production of the 2021-2022 AARP Policy Book.