AARP Hearing Center
AARP Board of Directors
AARP Management and Staff
Dr. Myechia Minter-Jordan, Chief Executive Officer
Policy, Research, and International Affairs
Debra B. Whitman, Chief Public Policy Officer
Sherita Alexander, Executive Assistant
Britta Berge, Vice President, Integration
Meredith Hunter, Senior Director, Communications Integration
David Green, Senior Business Operations Manager
William Lewis, Jr., Senior Project Analyst
Holly Schulz, Senior Advisor, Content
Kimberly Sedmak, Senior Policy Outreach Director
Scott Tanaka, Senior Program Manager
Office of Policy Development & Integration
Dorothy Siemon, Senior Vice President
Claudia Bonilla, Policy and Research Manager
Amanda Fredriksen, Policy Integration Director, Health and Long Term Services and Supports Issues
Wondell Harris, Executive Secretary
Ian Hartman-O’Connell, Senior Director, Policy Integration
Karen Lyons, Policy Integration Director, Economic Issues
Zachery McCune, Policy and Research Manager
Susanna Montezemolo, Senior Policy Integration Director, Consumer and Livable Communities Issues
Yvonne P. Tobias, Policy Integration Manager
Public Policy Institute (PPI)
Alan Weil, Senior Vice President
Sarah Burrell, Executive Secretary
PPI Family, Home and Community Team
Rodney Harrell, VP, Family, Home and Community
Suleyman Bahceci, Senior Methods Advisor
Selena Caldera, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor
Rita Choula, Senior Director, Caregiving
Brendan Flinn, Director, Long Term Services and Supports
Shannon Guzman, Director, Housing and Livable Communities
Edem Hado, Senior Policy Advisor
Ari Houser, Senior Methods Advisor
Christy Kwan, Policy Advisor
Juliana Leach, Policy Advisor
Paul Lingamfelter, Senior Policy Analyst
Tim Murphy, 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
David John, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor
Karen Shakira Kali, Policy Advisor
James L. Palmieri, Senior Policy Advisor
Manita Rao, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor
Jennifer M. Schramm, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor
Maxim Shvedov, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor
Cherri Thompson, Administrative Associate
Lori Trawinski, Director, Finance and Employment
PPI Health Security Team
Cristina Boccuti, Vice President, Health Security
Beth Carter, Senior Policy Advisor
Olivia Dean, Senior Policy Advisor
Harriet Komisar, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor
James McSpadden, Senior Policy Advisor
Claire Noel-Miller, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor
Tobey Oliver, Director, Health Programs
Trevor Snelling, Administrative Specialist
Jane Sung, Director, Health Care Costs & Access
PPI Strategic Initiatives Team
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, AARP's Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), and numerous other AARP staff, volunteers and members for their support of the production of the 2025-2026 AARP Policy Book.