AARP Board of Directors
Joan R. Ruff, Chair
Libby Sartain, Vice Chair
Jewell D. Hoover, Second Vice Chair
Catherine Alicia Georges, National Volunteer President
Robert Blancato
Joseph F. Coughlin
Beth Ellard
Annette Franqui
Martha M. Hayes
Jo Ann Jenkins
Lloyd Johnson
Neal Lane
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, Vice President, PRI Integration
Julia Elrod, Project Analyst
Meredith Hunter, Senior Advisor, Engagement & Integration
David Green, Business Operations Manager
Holly Schulz, Senior Advisor, Content
Kimberly Sedmak, Policy Outreach Director
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, Senior Policy Liaison
Rohini Khillan, Senior Policy Advisor
Yvonne P. Tobias, Senior 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, Director, Caregiving Products
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
James L. Palmieri, Senior Policy Advisor
Maxim Shvedov, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor
Cherri Thompson, Administrative Associate
PPI Health Security Team
Lina Walker, Vice President
Leigh C. Purvis, Director, Health Services Research
Beth Carter, Senior Health Services Research Advisor
Olivia Dean, Senior Analyst
Lynda Flowers, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor
Kate Gillespie, Senior Health Services Research Advisor
Harriet Komisar, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor
Keith D. Lind, Senior Strategic 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
Winifred Quinn, Director, Advocacy & Consumer Affairs
Andrea Brassard, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor
Claudio Gualtieri, Project Advisor
PPI Strategic Initiatives Team
Julia Alexis, Vice President
Carlos Figueiredo, Senior Methods Advisor
Barbara Goodwin, Business Operations Analyst
Carl Levesque, Senior Writer/Editor
Allison D. Richardson, Project Manager, Strategic Initiatives
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 2019-2020 AARP Policy Book.