Joanne Handy
MEMBER, AARP BOARD OF DIRECTORS CLASS OF 2010
Joanne Handy, R.N., M.S., of Boston, MA, is a member of the AARP Board of Directors, Class of 2010. During the 2006-2008 biennium, Ms. Handy serves on the Board Governance Committee and the CEO Evaluation Committee. She also is a liaison for AARP's National Policy Council.
Professionally, Ms. Handy is president and chief executive officer of the Visiting Nurse Association of Boston. She formerly served as the president and chief executive officer of the Institute on Aging in San Francisco, CA, and as assistant director at the University of California/San Francisco - Mount Zion Medical Center.
In her volunteer work, Ms. Handy was board chair and now serves on the executive committee of the American Society on Aging. She also is a board member of the Visiting Nurse Association of America and the Boston Partnership for Older Adults. Ms. Handy previously served on the board of the National Association for Home Care and as board chair of the California Association for Health Services at Home.
Ms. Handy has received numerous awards including the Leadership Award from the American Society on Aging, the Member of the Year Award from Women Health Care Executives, and the Outstanding Alumni Award from Rutgers University College of Nursing. She was a fellow in the Kellogg Foundation International Leadership Program. Ms. Handy also has been responsible for a nonprofit board governance program series for a senior executive women's association.
