Joanne Handy

Source: AARP.org | 2009-03-17

Member, AARP Board of Directors Class of 2010

Joanne Handy, R.N., M.S., of San Francisco, CA, is a member of the AARP Board of Directors, Class of 2010. During the 2008-2010 biennium, Ms. Handy serves on the AARP Foundation Board of Directors and the AARP Insurance Trust. She has previously served on the Board Audit and Finance Committee, the Board Governance Committee and as the Board’s liaison to AARP’s National Policy Council.

Professionally, Ms. Handy is the president and chief executive officer of Aging Services of California. She previously was the president and chief executive officer of the Visiting Nurse Association of Boston. She formerly served as the president and chief executive officer of the Institute on Aging in San Francisco, CA, and as assistant director at the University of California/San Francisco - Mount Zion Medical Center.

In her volunteer work, Ms. Handy was board chair of the American Society on Aging, a board member of  the Visiting Nurse Associations of America, the National Association for Home Care and the California Association for Health Services at Home.

Ms. Handy has received numerous awards including the Leadership Award from the American Society on Aging, the Member of the Year Award from Women Health Care Executives, and the Outstanding Alumni Award from Rutgers University College of Nursing. She was a fellow in the Kellogg Foundation International Leadership Program. Ms. Handy also has been responsible for a nonprofit board governance program series for a senior executive women's association.