Fernando Torres-Gil, Ph.D., MSW, of Los Angeles, is a professor of social welfare and public policy, and director of the Center for Policy Research at UCLA. He serves on the Member and Social Impact Committee. Previously, he chaired the Ph.D. in gerontology program at the Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center at the University of Southern California, where he remains an adjunct professor. As a public servant, he was assistant secretary for aging at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and staff director for the U.S. House Select Committee on Aging. He is a former White House Fellow and has received three presidential appointments, most recently to serve on the National Council on Disability.
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Fernando Torres-Gil
Member, AARP Board of Directors Class of 2016
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