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Fernando Torres-Gil, PhD is Acting Dean of the UCLA School of Public Affairs, where he also serves as Associate Dean of Academic Affairs. One of the country's foremost scholars and advocates on health and long-term care, the politics of aging, social policy, ethnicity, and disability, Dr. Torres-Gil is the author of six books and scores of articles and reports. His work continues to make an impact at the local level (he has been a planner and commissioner in Los Angeles County in several important positions for years), in the academy (he is the recipient of many distinguished awards and a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, the National Academy of Public Administration, and other professional societies) and at the federal level (as the first Assistant Secretary for aging in the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human services and a long-time adviser to the White House and Congress on aging issues). Born and raised in Salinas, California, Dr. Torres-Gil was the son of migrant workers. |
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Eric Rodriguez has been an advocate at the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), where he helps to supervise and coordinate core operations of the Office of Research, Advocacy, and Legislation, for over twelve years. As part of his national-level policy and advocacy activities, Rodriguez has also written or contributed to many publications on economic issues and their impact on low-income Latinos. He also frequently testifies before Congress on Social Security reform, mortgage lending, welfare reform, and other major issues, and his work is regularly cited in both the English and Spanish media. Mr. Rodriguez, who holds a master's degree in Public Administration from American University in Washington, DC, also serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of the Coalition on Human Needs (CHN). |
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Bárbara Robles, PhD joined the College of Public Programs at Arizona State University as an Associate Professor in August 2005. She currently sits on the Board of Economic Advisors for the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and is a board member of United for a Fair Economy (UFE). She is the author of numerous books, including her most recent, The Color of Wealth: The Story Behind the U.S. Racial Wealth Divide (New Press, 2006). Formerly, she was a Revenue Estimator/Economist for the Joint Committee on Taxation. She is currently engaged in a five-year survey data collection effort with the Southwest border community-based agencies on financial behaviors and needs for low-resource working families. Dr. Robles teaches graduate courses in Latino Family Financial Fitness and Community Asset Building Policies and Community-University Collaborative Leadership at Arizona State University, and is a research fellow at the Filene Research Institute, the research arm for the Credit Union National Association (CUNA). |
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Juan Ramos, PhD a long-time scholar and advocate on issues of critical importance to the health of older Americans, is currently retired after 35 years at the National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health. Dr. Ramos is the former Senior Advisor to the Director of NIMH. He received his Ph.D. at the Florence Heller School for Advanced Studies in Social Welfare, Brandeis University. |
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John Feather, M.A., PhD is Executive Director and CEO of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists, the national membership organization of pharmacists who specialize in care of older persons, with headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. Until 2002, he was Director of the AARP Andrus Foundation, the research and education charitable arm of AARP. For the seventeen years prior to that appointment in 1995, Dr. Feather held several positions at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Prior to that he was Director of the Western New York Geriatric Education Center. Dr. Feather is a Past President of Grantmakers in Aging, and is currently on the Board of Directors of the American Society on Aging. He is also on the faculty of the Nonprofit Management Program at George Mason University. |
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Thomas C. Nelson, PhD the Chief Operating Officer for AARP, has held leadership positions in that organization for almost three decades. Dr. Nelson’s contributions have included establishing and developing AARP’s formidable grassroots advocacy powers, broadening volunteer efforts and community service initiatives, advancing AARP’s commitment to diversity, and forging strong alliances with many other organizations. Since 1980 Dr. Nelson has at different times directed AARP’s consumer affairs programs and health activities and served as Director of the Program Department and the Field Services Division. As COO, Dr. Nelson supervises strategic planning and corporate diversity offices, and works directly with membership, operations, research, education and outreach, advocacy, volunteers, and social mission. Before joining AARP, Dr. Nelson served at the University of Southern California’s Andrus Gerontology Center. Dr. Nelson holds a B.A. from Union College, an M.A. from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California. |
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Garcia, Catalina Esperanza, MD Catalina was one of the first Latinas to earn a medical degree from Southwest Medical School in Dallas. In addition to her medical practice, she has been active in organizations designed to encourage other Latinas to achieve all of which they are capable, both professionally and personally. Catalina Esperanza Garcia was born in El Paso, Texas, on October 18, 1947, the daughter of Catalina Galindo and Arturo Ramos Garcia, of Mexican heritage. In addition to her medical career, Garcia has been active in promoting both the personal and professional development of Latinas. She was one of the founders of the Mexican American Business and Professional Women, an organization formed between 1972 and 1974 in Austin, Dallas, and San Antonio. The organization was the first group in Texas formed by and for Mexican women for the purpose of promoting their career development, civic involvement, and cultural awareness. In 1985, Garcia was involved in the creation of the Dallas Women’s Foundation, an organization created to raise money for the purpose of supporting community programs that help women and girls realize their full potential. She was also a founding member of the Hispanic Women’s Network of Texas in 1987 and of the Hispanic Jewish Dialogue of Dallas in 1989. Garcia has also served in a number of capacities in the medical profession, including (1991-1997) an appointment to the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners by former Governor Ann Richards and serving as vice chairman of the American Medical Women’s Association, Dallas, and alternate delegate to the Texas Medical Association House of Delegates. She has also been active in a number of Hispanic and community organizations, including the Mayor’s Hispanic Task Force (of which she was chair in 1987-1988), the National Council of La Raza (of which she was a board member for 11 years, beginning in 1987), and the National Network of Hispanic Women (of which she was a board member in 1989). In 1994, Garcia was appointed by Secretary of Health and Human Services, Donna E. Shalala, to the department’s Practicing Physicians Advisory Council, one of only four such appointees from a group of 130 physicians nominated for the post.
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Alejandro Garcia, PhD, currently holds the position of Professor, School of Social Work, Syracuse University, where he has taught in the areas of gerontology, social policy, and human diversity for over 30 years. He recently stepped down from the directorship of the School of Social Work. He has served on the national boards of the National Association of Social Workers and the Council on Social Work Education, as well as the Commission on Accreditation of the Council on Social Work Education. Dr. Garcia presently serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare and recently stepped down as the book review editor of the Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work. He has also served as Consulting Editor of the Journal of Social Work Education, and of Social Work, the Journal of the National Association of Social Workers. In addition, he served on the Editorial Board of the 19th edition of The Encyclopedia of Social Work (1995) and its 1997 supplement. He has also served as a reviewer for a number of journals, including Families in Society:The Journal of Contemporary Human Services, Psychology and Aging, Mental Retardation, and The Gerontologist. Dr. Garcia has been the recipient of a number of honors: the Distinguished Social Work Educator of the Decades and having a scholarship named in his honor (The Alejandro Garcia Excellence in Social Work Scholarship) from California State University, Sacramento; naming of an internship in his honor (The Alejandro Garcia Internship on Hunger and Poverty Policy) by the National Hispanic Council on Aging, the Herr Foundation Fellowship for Human Rights at Brandeis University, and the Scholar/Teacher of the Year Award at Syracuse University. He has also received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York State Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers and is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, as well as an elected member of the National Academy of Social Insurance. For his contributions to the social work profession and those whom it serves, he was named a Social Work Pioneer by the National Association of Social Workers. He was named the 2006 Outstanding Teacher of the Year by the Alumni Association of Syracuse University. He was honored in November 2008 by the National Hispanic Council on Aging with its Special Recognition Award for "outstanding leadership and advocacy on behalf of older adults." In December 2008, he was honored with the Andrus Award, the highest recognition that AARP New York awards for community service. On April 30, 2009, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by California State University at Sacramento. |
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Jorge Lambrinos
Edward R. Roybal Institute for Applied -- Gerontology
University of Southern California Los Angeles |
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