W. Lee Hammond
Source: AARP.org | 2009-03-17
AARP President-Elect, Class of 2008
W. Lee Hammond of Salisbury, MD, was elected by the Board to serve as President-Elect for the 2008-2010 biennium and will succeed to AARP President in 2010. Mr. Hammond was elected to the Board in 2002 and served on the Audit and Finance Committee. During the 2004-2006 biennium, he served as Board Vice Chair and chaired the Membership Committee. During the 2006-2008 biennium, Mr. Hammond served as Secretary-Treasurer and chaired the Audit and Finance Committee. He currently serves as chair of the AARP National Policy Council. Additionally, he served in 2005-2006 as a member of the National Nominating Committee and in 2007-2008 as its chair. Mr. Hammond also co-chaired planning committees for the 2004 and 2006 National Leadership Forums.
Mr. Hammond, a retired educator, began his 30-year career in education in Wicomico County, MD, as a classroom teacher. He then served as a school administrator for 25 years, developing administrative and managerial skills while working with diverse student and professional populations. His work enabled him to assume leadership roles in several professional associations.
In addition to his service with AARP, Mr. Hammond also serves as a member of the Maryland Commission on Aging, the Maryland Interagency Committee on Aging Services, and is vice chair of the board of MAC, Inc., a non-profit Area Agency on Aging serving four Maryland counties. He is also a board member and Supervisory Committee chair of the Board of Education Employees Federal Credit Union and is an ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church, serving as a liturgist at Wicomico Presbyterian Church.
Before becoming an AARP Board member, Mr. Hammond served as president of the Maryland Retired Teachers Association and as AARP Maryland State President. Mr. Hammond's earlier volunteer service included charter membership in the Maryland Intergenerational Coalition; the U. S. Attorney's Health Care Fraud Task Force; board member and past president of the Holly Foundation, a nonprofit organization serving the needs of developmentally challenged persons; and board member of the Maryland Rural Health Association.
