National Advisory Panel

The Hartford Partnership Program for Aging Education (HPPAE) is guided by a National Advisory Panel (NAP), a body of national leaders with expertise in one of the following fields or across the spectrum of all three: aging, social work, and education. NAP members serve in at least one of the following capacities:

• Peer review of HPPAE grant applications
• Orientation and training for new HPPAE sites
• Technical assistance and consulting
• Act as a steering committee on all other aspects of the project

National Advisory Panel members include:

Co-Chair
Paula Allen-Meares, PhD, MSW
Dean and Norma Radin Collegiate Professor of Social Work and Professor of Education
University of Michigan

Co-Chair
Katharine H. Briar-Lawson, PhD, MSW
Dean and Professor School of Social Welfare
University of Albany

Lynn Friss-Feinberg, MSW
Deputy Director of the National Center on Caregiving at the San Francisco-based Family Caregiver Alliance
Family Caregiver Alliance

Ronnie Glassman, DSW, LCSW
Director of Field Instruction, Wurzweiler School of Social Work
Yeshiva University

Roberta Greene, PhD
Professor and The Louis and Ann Wolens Centennial Chair in Gerontology and Social Welfare
University of Texas

Robyn Golden, MSW, LCSW
Director of Older Adult Programs at Rush University Medical Center
Rush University Medical School/American Society on Aging

Karen Hirschman, PhD, MSW
Research Assistant Professor of Nursing, Institute on Aging
University of Pennsylvania

Lenard Kaye, DSW, MSW
Professor of Social Work at the University of Maine School of Social Work and Director of the U Maine Center on Aging in the College of Business, Public Policy & Health
University of Maine

Christopher Langston, PhD
Program Director
Hartford Foundation

Betty Malks, MSW, CSW
Director, Santa Clara County Department of Aging and Adult Services
Santa Clara County Department of Aging and Adult Services

Mike Patchner, PhD
Dean, Indiana University School of Social Work
Indiana University

Susan Reinhard, PhD, RN, FAAN
Senior Vice President, AARP Public Policy Institute
AARP

Virginia "Ginger" Cooke Robbins, MSW, BA
Director of Field Education and Clinical Professor
University of Houston

JoAnn Damron-Rodriguez, PhD, MSW
Adjunct Professor
UCLA, School of Social Welfare

Stacy Sanders, MSW
Field Organizer
National Elder Economic Security Initiative

Karen Teigiser, AM
Senior Lecturer and Deputy Dean for the Curriculum in the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration
University of Chicago

Marla Berg-Weger, PhD, LCSW
Professor, School of Social Work
Senior Associate Provost for Academic Affairs
Dean, School for Professional Studies
St. Louis University