W. Lee Hammond
AARP PRESIDENT-ELECT
W. 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. He previously chaired the National Nominating Committee and was a member of the Governance Review Committee. During the 2004-2006 biennium, Mr. Hammond served as board vice chair and co-chair of the 2006 National Leadership Forum. Prior to that, he was a member of the Board Audit and Finance Committee and the National Nominating Committee, and co-chaired the 2004 National Leadership Conference Planning Committee.
Mr. Hammond, a retired educator, began his 30-year career in education in Wicomico County, Maryland, 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.
Before becoming a board member, Mr. Hammond served as president of the Maryland Retired Teachers Association and as AARP State President. Currently, he serves on the Maryland Commission on Aging; the board of directors of the Maryland Rural Health Association and is vice chair of M.A.C. Inc., an Area Agency on Aging serving four Maryland counties; and the board of directors and chairs the supervisory committee of the Board of Education Employees Federal Credit Union. Mr. Hammond is also an ordained elder and liturgist in the Wicomico Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Hammond's earlier volunteer service included charter membership with the Maryland Intergenerational Coalition; work on the U. S. Attorney's Health Care Fraud Task Force; being a board member and is a past president of the Holly Foundation, a nonprofit organization working to improve the lives of developmentally challenged persons.
In recognition of his career accomplishments, Mr. Hammond received the Governor's Citation for Work in Education and an Honorary Life Membership in the Maryland Congress of Parents and Teachers. In recognition of his volunteer service, Mr. Hammond received the Governor's Salute to Excellence and was elected to the Maryland Senior Citizens Hall of Fame.
