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AARP Seeks Board Candidates
If you are highly motivated, qualified, and believe in AARP's mission and goals, consider applying to be a member of the AARP Board of Directors. More details and the application are available on this Web site.
Jennie Chin Hansen
Jennie Chin Hansen, R.N., M.S., F.A.A.N., of San Francisco, California, was elected by the Board to serve as AARP President for the 2008-2010 biennium.
Yash Aggarwal
Yash Aggarwal, Ph.D., J.D., is a financial planner and risk manager from Costambar, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.
Gail E. Aldrich
Gail E. Aldrich is an experienced professional in the insurance and professional services industries from Carson City, Nevada.
Cora L. Christian
Cora L. Christian, M.D., is a practicing family physician from Frederiksted, Virgin Islands.
Bonnie M. Cramer
Bonnie M. Cramer, M.S.W., of Raleigh, NC, was elected by the Board to serve as Board Chair for the 2008-2010 biennium and in that capacity, chairs the Board Governance Review Committee. She is an experienced budget and human services expert.
Allen Douma
Allen Douma, M.D., is a medical practitioner and business professional from Ashland, Oregon.
Leobardo Estrada
Leobardo Estrada, Ph.D., is a professor of urban planning from Playa del Rey, California.
William J. Hall
William J. Hall, M.D., is a physician, professor and geriatric specialist from Rochester, New York.
W. Lee Hammond
Lee Hammond of Salisbury, MD, was elected by the Board to serve as president-elect for the 2008-2010 biennium and will automatically succeed to AARP President in 2010. Mr. Hammond, a retired educator, began his 30-year career in education as a classroom teacher and then served as a school administrator.
Hubert H. Humphrey III
Hubert H. Humphrey III is an executive and professor from Golden Valley, Minnesota.
Jacob Lozada
Jacob Lozada, PhD, is a retired Colonel of the United States Army Medical Department and former Assistant Secretary at the Department of Veterans Affairs from Fairfax, Virginia.
Mara Mayor
Mara Mayor, Ph.D., is an educator focused on extending learning opportunities in both formal and informal settings from Bethesda, Maryland.
Maeona Mendelson
Maeona (Mae) Mendelson, Ph.D, is a professor of Intergenerational Studies and founder of Travel & Learn from Kailua, Hawaii.
J. David Nelson
J. David Nelson is a nonprofit association executive from Old Greenwich, Connecticut.
N. Joyce Payne
N. Joyce Payne, Ed.D., is an academic, executive and authority on women's issues from Rocky Mount, North Carolina.
Robert Romasco
Robert Romasco, M.B.A., of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, has been elected by the Board as Secretary-Treasurer and as such chairs the Audit and Finance Committee. He is a corporate operations and financial management expert.
T. Byron Thames
Thomas "Byron" Thames, M.D., is a physician and medical director for several companies from Orlando, Florida.
F. John "Phil" Zarlengo
F. John "Phil" Zarlengo, Ph.D., of Jamestown, Rhode Island, has been elected by the Board as Vice Chair of the Board for the 2008-2010 biennium and in that capacity also chairs the Member Value/ Social Impact Committee. He is a national consultant for developing and evaluating innovative staff training programs for urban school systems.
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