n4a Board Officers
July 2012 – July 2015
- President: Nick Beamer
- 1st Vice President: Joseph Ruby
- 2nd Vice President: Jaklyn DeVore
- Secretary: Annette Graham
- Treasurer: Mary Beals Luedtka
- Immediate Past President: Dawn Simonson
Introducing n4a Staff
We devote our energy to advocating on behalf of our members at the national level, providing training and technical assistance and coordinating the numerous programs to carry out our mission.- Angela Brown Transportation Specialist, Eldercare Locator
- Joanetta Bolden Associate Director, Communications JBolden@n4a.org
- Carlos Dávila Information Specialist, Eldercare Locator
- Virginia Dize Program Manager/Assistant Director, NCST vdize@n4a.org
- Tom Endres
Director,
The Aging Network’s Volunteer Collaborative tendres@n4a.org - Mark Fetterhoff Manager of Marketing and Special Projects mfetterhoff@n4a.org
- John E. Gonzales
Team Lead Information Specialist,
Eldercare Locator - Amy E. Gotwals
Senior Director,
Public Policy and Advocacy AGotwals@n4a.org - Maria Gonzales Jackson
Program Manager,
Consumer Outreach Programs Mgjackson@n4a.org - Neal Karkhanis Manager, Public Policy nkarkhanis@n4a.org
- Mary Kaschak Program Manager mkaschak@n4a.org
- Martin Kleffner Comptroller MKleffner@n4a.org
- Melisa Lopes
Caregiver Specialist/
Counselor, Eldercare Locator - Sandy Markwood Chief Executive Officer SMarkwood@n4a.org
- Dinellie Mascoll
Information Specialist,
Eldercare Locator - Lynn Winchell-Mendy Program/Technical Assistant Associate, NCST LWinchell-Mendy@n4a.org
- Liza Michel
Information Specialist, Eldercare Locator - Ashley Morris
Information Specialist, Eldercare Locator - Jacqueline Oliver
Call Center Operations Supervisor,
Eldercare Locator joliver@n4a.org - Mary Osborne
Program Manager,
Eldercare Locator mosborne@n4a.org - Patricia Reid Program Assistant preid@n4a.org
- Sarah Satcher
Information Specialist, Eldercare Locator - Rhoda Seay Executive Assistant RSeay@n4a.org
- Melody Spencer
Information Specialist,
Eldercare Locator - Jennifer Thompson
Resource Specialist,
Eldercare Locator - Elvey Watson
Information Specialist, Eldercare Locator - Kristine Wilcox
Information Specialist, Eldercare Locator
n4a Member Benefits
Members have opportunities to:
Have a national voice- Visible representation & advocacy on Capitol Hill
- Committed leadership of colleagues from every U.S. region
- Powerful grassroots network vital to having a national impact
- Direct access to staff who work diligently on behalf of members and aging Americans
- Link to members from the n4a homepage
- Legislative analysis of federal policy
- Advocacy tools and Calls to Actions that make an impact
- Notification of funding opportunities
- Networking, training and advocacy at the Aging Policy Briefing
- Most sought-after network for national aging research
- Agency capacity-building through the annual Leadership Institute
- Access to the n4a Older Americans Disaster Relief Fund
- Annual awards that spotlight members’ innovative programs
- Local and national promotion through n4a media outreach