Meet the Executive Council
By: Source: AARP.org Date Posted: 2008-01-22 13:40:19.123047-05:00
Many prominent Delawareans serve on AARP's Executive Council in the first state. As council members, they participate in issue training, association-wide committees and task forces as well as represent AARP on state-wide boards and commissions. These dynamic community leaders have made great strides as innovators for AARP. They envision many goals for 2008.
Rita Landgraf
Named state president in 2006, Landgraf has brought a range of experience including working with elected officials and community organizations. She has provided dynamic leadership for the state, and often travels to AARP's national headquarters in Washington, DC to serve on a variety of committees.
Landgraf spent much of her career at the Arc of Delaware, serving as executive director for 12 years. In that role, she developed new program initiatives, including an employment program, self-determination training, development of real estate for people with mental retardation and created a spin-off trust known as the Delaware CarePlan. Her goals for 2008 include further developing the new Executive Council and working to ensure that the Divided We Fail campaign is front and center in the state.
Lucretia Young
Since 2005, Young has been state director of AARP in Delaware. Prior to AARP, Young was director of organizational development and director of agency services for Big Brothers Big Sisters of America and also executive director of the YMCA Delaware's Walnut Branch. During her four years with AARP, Young has raised the bar on visibility, partnership outreach and the advocacy agenda for the state office.
Dennis Christie
Dennis Christie has been a familiar face among AARP volunteers for years. He now serves as associate state coordinator for the AARP Driver Safety Program in Delaware.
Christie has championed transportation issues in the state and provided guidance for other programs such as the 50+ Worker's Campaign. He teaches Business Administration and Human Resources Management at Wilmington College. Christie retired from DuPont in 1991, after spending 30 years in manufacturing, organizational management and engineering research. In 2008, he will continue his role as Executive Council member and represent AARP on the WILMAPCO committee in Wilmington.
George Meldrum
George Meldrum has spent most of his career as an advocate, serving Delaware in a number of ways. He is now senior policy analyst for the Nemours Health and Prevention Services Division of the Nemours Foundation. Previously, he worked as deputy director of the Delaware Council on Gambling Problems and as youth development administrator for the Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth and Families. Among other roles, he currently serves on the Governor's Commission on Volunteerism and Community Services. AARP has benefited greatly from his service.
Catherine (Cathy) Weaver
Cathy Weaver is superintendent of schools for the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington.
She has served on the nominating committee for the AARP Andrus Awards and has volunteered with the AARP 50th anniversary school grant contest. Her areas of interest include educational leadership, human resources management, curriculum review and revision, and community service. Throughout her term, she has volunteered in the areas of care giving and educational community programming.
Jeanne D. Nutter, Ph.D.
Dr. Nutter is widely known for her innovative films documenting over 50 hours of oral histories of African Americans in Delaware. Her full length documentary, A Separate Place: the Schools P.S. DuPont Built, aired on WHYY-TV and won an Honorable Mention in the 2003 Wilmington Film Festival. She also has an extensive background in training and development with a particular focus on multicultural issues; much of her experience in this area has been as a consultant to numerous organizations around the country. For two years she worked as special assistant to Mayor James H. Sills, Jr. arranging a variety of international activities and events. Dr. Nutter has offered support and leadership for diversity programs, and is chair of AARP's 50th anniversary committee in Delaware.
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