AARP Board of Directors
Eric J. Schneidewind, President
Joan R. Ruff, Chair
Libby Sartain, Vice Chair
Jewell D. Hoover, Secretary/Treasurer
Alicia Georges*, President-elect
- Robert Blancato*
- Annette Franqui
- Neal Lane
- Joseph F. Coughlin
- Martha M. Hayes*
- Janet E. Porter
- Gretchen M.Dahlen
- Lloyd Johnson
- David M. Walker*
- Beth Ellard
- Timothy M. Kelly
- Edward A. Watson
* Members of the National Policy Council
National Policy Council (NPC) Members
- Alicia Georges, Chair
NPC Consumer and Livable Communities Committee
Lynn Ellen Young, Chair
- Leo Asen
- Robert Blancato
- James Coutts
- Tedson J. Meyers
- Janine Migden-Ostrander
- Rita Saenz
- Rafael I. Torres
NPC Economic, Employment and Low-Income Issues Committee
John C. Ruoff, Chair
- Diane Bell-McKoy
- Michael Eduardo Cortés
- Mary F. Dillard
- William Kosturko
- Thomas Joel Miller
- Alice J. Palmer
- David M. Walker
NPC Health and Long-term Services and Supports Committee
- Sally Hart, Chair
- Carlos Brandenburg
- Mark Mustian
- Rosemary Chapin
- Barbara J. Sabol
- Martha M. Hayes
- Lucy Savitz
AARP Management and Staff
Jo Ann Jenkins, Chief Executive Officer
Policy, Research, and International Affairs
- Debra B. Whitman, Chief Public Policy Officer
- Sherita Alexander, Senior Executive Secretary
- Britta Berge, Director, Strategy & Integrated Operations
- Julia Elrod, Project Analyst
- Meredith Hunter, Senior Advisor, Engagement & Integration
- David Green, Business Operations Manager
Office of Policy Development & Integration
Sarah Lock, Senior Vice President
Dorothy Siemon, Vice President
Christina Smith FitzPatrick, Director, Economic, Employment and Low-Income Issues
Susanna Montezemolo, Director, Consumer and Livable Communities Issues
Brenda Sulick, Director, Health and Long-term Services and Supports Issues
Rachel Goldberg, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor
- Shawna Banks, Executive Secretary
- Sharene Johnson, Policy Integration Manager
- Lindsay Chura, Sr. Policy Advisor
- Ian Hartman-O’connell, Sr. Policy Liaison
- Nick Barracca, Policy Analyst
- Logan Ruppel, Policy Research Analyst
- Yvonne P. Tobias, Sr. Policy Integration Manager
Public Policy Institute (PPI)
Susan C. Reinhard, Senior Vice President
PPI LTSS and Livable Communities Team
Jean Accius, Vice President
Rodney Harrell, Director, Livability Thought Leadership
- Rita Choula, Senior Advisor
- Lynn Friss-Feinberg, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor
- Brendan Flinn, Policy Research Senior Analyst
- Wendy Fox-Grage, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor
- Bradley Gudzinas, Senior Methods Advisor
- Shannon Guzman, Policy Research Senior Analyst
- Ari Houser, Senior Methods Advisor
- Jana Lynott, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor
- Kathleen Ujvari, Policy Research Analyst
PPI Financial Security Team
Gary Koenig, Vice President, Economics
Lori Trawinski, Director, Banking and Finance
- Jilenne Gunther, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor
- Catherine Harvey, Policy Research Senior Analyst
- David John, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor
- William Shiflett, Policy Research Senior Analys
- Maxim Shvedov, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor
- Cherri Thompson, Administrative Associate
- Neal G. Walters, Policy Research Senior Analyst
PPI Health Security Team
Lina Walker, Vice President
Leigh C. Purvis, Director, Health Services Research
- Beth Carter, Health Services Research Sr. Advisor
- Olivia Dean, Policy Analyst
- Lynda Flowers, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor
- Kate Gillespie, Health Services Research Advisor
- Harriet Komisar, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor
- Keith D. Lind, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor
- Robert Neill, Administrative Specialist
- Claire Noel-Miller, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor
- Jane Sung, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor
PPI Strategic Initiatives Team
Julia Alexis, Vice President
Carlos Figueiredo, Senior Methods Advisor
Jordan Green, Project Manager
Carl Levesque, Senior Writer/Editor
Vivian Nguyen, Project Coordinator
Kim Sedmak, Policy Outreach Director
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 2017–2018 AARP Policy Book.