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
Dorothy Siemon, Senior Vice President
Christina Smith FitzPatrick, Director, Economic, Employment and Low-Income Issues
Susanna Montezemolo, Director, Consumer and Livable Communities Issues
Rachel Goldberg, Director, Health and Long-term Services and Supports Issues
Ian Hartman-O’connell, Sr. Policy Liaison
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 Analyst
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.