Robin Talbert

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AARP Foundation President, AARP Foundation

As President of the AARP Foundation, Talbert provides leadership across the Foundation areas of programs, legal advocacy, and development. The AARP Foundation is the affiliated charity of AARP and serves more than 2 million people per year, utilizing the talents of 38,000 volunteers and the support of one million donors and focusing on women and people of color 50 and older who are at economic risk. Talbert has been at AARP since 1988 serving in a variety of leadership roles.

Prior to joining AARP, she was an attorney with Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation, specializing in consumer law. She has a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a J.D. degree from Washington University in St. Louis, and is a volunteer mediator with the D.C. Superior Court. She has appeared on radio and television, and as a speaker at numerous professional conferences and has authored articles on topics ranging from dispute resolution to consumer rights to philanthropy. She is a member of the Women’s Leadership Board of Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and serves on the Boards of Living Cities and Legal Counsel for the Elderly. Other professional affiliations include the American Bar Association, the American Society of Association Executives, Grantmakers in Aging, the Independent Sector, and the Association Foundation Group.