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Bruce Chernof, MD President and Chief Executive Officer, The SCAN Foundation

Prior to heading The SCAN Foundation, Bruce Allen Chernof, MD, FACP, was director and chief medical officer for the L.A. County Department of Health Services. He has also served as the Department’s senior medical director for clinical affairs, regional medical director for California health programs at Health Net, and an academic general internist in the VA system, as well as at Olive View UCLA Medical Center, serving as a UCLA faculty member. Dr. Chernof earned his medical degree from UCLA and completed his undergraduate work at Harvard University. Currently, he is an adjunct professor of medicine at UCLA where he is the founding director of UCLA’s five-year combined MD/MBA Program. In 2002, the Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA recognized Dr. Chernof with the Award for Excellence in Education for these innovative programs. bchernof@thescanfoundation.org www.thescanfoundation.org

Secretary Diana S. Dooley California Health and Human Services Agency

In 2011, Governor Jerry Brown appointed Diana Dooley to lead the California Health and Human Services Agency, where she provides leadership to 12 departments and one board. She also serves as a member of many boards and commissions, including the newly created California Health Benefit Exchange Board, the Olmstead Advisory Committee, the State Council on Developmental Disabilities, and the Strategic Growth Council. Prior to leading CHHS, Ms. Dooley was President and Chief Executive Officer of the California Children’s Hospital Association, which provides 40 percent of all inpatient care for children in the state. She has also served as Governor Brown’s legislative director and as general counsel and vice president at Children’s Hospital Central California. www.chhs.ca.gov

Speakers Biographies

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Jane Ogle Deputy Director, Health Care Delivery Systems, California Department

of Health Care Services (DHCS)

Jane Ogle joined the Department of Health Care Services in May 2011 as Deputy Director to provide leadership to several components of health care reform in California including low income health plans that expand eligibility to low income childless adults; the mandatory enrollment of seniors and persons with disabilities into managed Medi-Cal; demonstration projects for California Children’s Services and the integration of Medicare and Medi-Cal with behavioral health and long term services and supports into an organized delivery system. Prior to joining DHCS, Ms. Ogle was the first COO at Santa Clara Family Health Plan beginning in July, 2006. She was responsible for operating departments including Member Services, Network Management, Medical Management, Information Systems, Facilities, and Human Resources. She was also responsible for managing the implementation of a Medicare line of business. Prior to joining SCFHP, Ms. Ogle spent five years in business development at Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System focused on the operations and development of Valley Health Plan. Ms. Ogle’s previous experience includes business development for Valley Radiology and Pacific Imaging, two large radiology group practices with locations throughout the Bay Area. jane.ogle@dhcs.ca.gov www.dhcs.ca.gov

Will Lightbourne Director, California Department of Social Services

Will Lightbourne was appointed Director of the California Department of Social Services by Governor Jerry Brown in April of 2011. Having served as the director of three county social services agencies as well as being a member of numerous commissions, councils, boards and nonprofits, over the past three decades, he has been deeply involved in a wide range of social welfare issues in California. Prior to coming to the California Department of Social Services, Will served as Director of the Social Services Agency of the County of Santa Clara for more than ten years. He also served as Executive Director of the Human Services Agency of the City and County of San Francisco, and as Director of the Santa Cruz County Human Services Agency. Before his role in the public human services field, Will served as General Director of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, one of the oldest and largest private human services organizations in the Bay Area. will.lightbourne@dss.ca.gov www.dss.ca.gov

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Lora Connolly Director, California Department of Aging

Lora Connolly is the Director of the California Department of Aging (CDA). In this role, she advises the Governor and the Secretary of the Health and Human Services Agency on aging and long term services and support policy issues. CDA administers programs and services authorized and funded through the federal Older Americans Act, the Department of Labor, the Older Californians Act, and the Medi-Cal program. Over the past twenty years, Ms. Connolly has worked on various aging and long term services and support initiatives at the Departments of Aging, Health Services, and the Health and Human Services Agency. lora.connolly@aging.ca.gov www.aging.ca.gov

Adam Dorsey Principal Program Budget Analyst, California Department of Finance

Adam Dorsey is the Principal Program Budget Analyst on the Department of Health Care Services assignment at the California Department of Finance. Mr. Dorsey began working at the Department of Finance in 2008 as a Finance Budget Analyst for programs within the Health and Human Services unit where his assignments included the Department of Social Services and the Department of Health Care Services. He left the Department of Finance in 2011 to become an Assistant Secretary for Program and Fiscal Affairs at the Health and Human Services Agency before returning to Finance in May of 2012 to assume his current role. Prior to working at the Department of Finance, Mr. Dorsey worked at the California Medical Association. Adam.dorsey@dof.ca.gov www.dof.ca.gov

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Nicole Vazquez Principal Consultant, Assembly Budget Committee,

California State Assembly

Nicole Vazquez is a principal consultant to the California State Assembly Budget Committee. She is responsible for the budgets in the human services arena, including CalWORKs, CalFresh, SSI/SSP, In-Home Supportive Services, aging services, developmental services, child support, and alcohol and drug programs. Prior to this, she was a consultant with the Senate Health Committee, where she analyzed legislation and staffed various bills in a range of health areas, including long-term care and chronic disease. Nicole has also worked as the legislative director for the California Primary Care Association and as a legislative aide. Prior to moving to Sacramento, she was a research analyst with the City of Los Angeles Charter Reform Commission and a John Gardner Public Service Fellow with the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Board of Education and Office of Government Relations. She is a native of inner-city Los Angeles. nicole.vazquez@asm.ca.gov www.asm.ca.gov

Diane Van Maren Health Policy Consultant, Office of the President pro Tempore

Darrell Steinberg, California State Senate

Diane is the lead health and mental health policy consultant to Senator Darrell Steinberg, President Pro Tempore of the California State Senate. Prior to this appointment, she worked in the budget arena for over 23 years, including 18 years with the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee. She holds Masters Degrees in both Public Administration and Special Education.

diane.vanmaren@sen.ca.gov www.sen.ca.gov

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Gretchen E. Alkema, PhD Vice President, Communications and Policy, The SCAN Foundation

Prior to joining The SCAN Foundation, Gretchen Alkema was a John Heinz/Health and Aging Policy Fellow and an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow, in the office of Senator Blanche L. Lincoln. Dr. Alkema collaborated with legislative staff to advise Senator Lincoln on aging, health, mental health and long-term care policy. She is also a licensed clinical social worker who has practiced in government and non-profit settings including community mental health, care management, adult day health care, residential care, and post-acute rehabilitation. galkema@thescanfoundation.org www.thescanfoundation.org

Brenda Lynch Senior Partner, Rogers Finn Partners

Brenda provides strategic counsel and crisis communication guidance for some of the agency’s top-tier clients including Bosch Home Appliances, Dole Packaged Foods, Whole Foods Markets, and the Jim Henson Company. Brenda also serves as a media training and coaching resource for senior executives conducting on-camera interviews as well as community presentations for companies such as eBay, Disney Online, The Los Angeles Fire Department, and the Fairplex, among others. She works with clients to communicate their “brand” in a competitive marketplace that often has political and community implications. Brenda has been recognized with numerous CIPRA, Prisms, and MARCOM public relations industry awards. She currently serves as an Adjunct Professor in the Graduate Program at Annenberg School for Communications & Journalism at USC, teaching ethics in PR and crisis communications. She also is published in PR News Media Training Guidebook, contributing the chapter “Good Quotes Come from Good Key Messages.”

brenda@finnpartners.com www.finnpartners.com

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Victoria R. Ballesteros Director of Communications, The SCAN Foundation

As Director of Communications for The SCAN Foundation, Victoria Ballesteros directs national and statewide strategic communications programs that advance the Foundation’s mission. Prior to joining The SCAN Foundation, Ms. Ballesteros was Communications Officer for the City of Long Beach Redevelopment Agency and Department of Development Services. She has also served as Director of Communications for California’s Senate Majority Leader, and served as staff to U.S. Congressman Esteban Torres (Ret). Ms. Ballesteros has developed award-winning communications campaigns and programs, and has worked both behind the camera as Executive Producer and in front of the camera as host for award-winning public affairs programs.

vballesteros@thescanfoundation.org www.thescanfoundation.org

Neal D. Kohatsu, MD, MPH Medical Director, California Department of Health Care Services

Dr. Kohatsu is Medical Director for the California Department of Health Care Services. He is charged with advancing population health and improving clinical quality and is coordinating the development and implementation of the Department’s Quality Strategy. Dr. Kohatsu received his A.B. in Human Biology from Stanford University; M.D. from the University of Pittsburgh, and M.P.H. from the University of Minnesota. He completed a fellowship in cardiovascular epidemiology and prevention at Stanford University. Dr. Kohatsu is board-certified in Public Health and General Preventive Medicine. He is a past president of the American College of Preventive Medicine and is on the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

neal.kohatsu@dhcs.ca.gov www.dhcs.ca.gov

Lisa R. Shugarman, Ph.D. Director of Policy, The SCAN Foundation

Lisa R. Shugarman is the Director of Policy for The SCAN Foundation, managing state and national policy activities. Prior to joining the Foundation, Dr. Shugarman was a health policy researcher with the RAND Corporation where her research focused broadly on the needs of vulnerable populations, including seniors and people with disabilities. Her research includes estimating the impact of special payment policies within Medicare, developing measurements for and evaluating

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the quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries, palliative care policy, demographic and geographic disparities in end-of-life care, identifying policy options to support those needing long-term services and supports, and designing assessment tools and information systems to support the integration of home- and community-based services. Dr. Shugarman has written more than 40 peer-reviewed publications, and she teaches courses in program evaluation. She was a National Institute on Aging Health and Aging Fellow and currently serves on the editorial board for the Home Health Care Services Quarterly. lshugarman@thescanfoundation.org www.thescanfoundation.org

Victor Tabbush Professor Emeritus, UCLA Anderson School of Management

Victor Tabbush, PhD, is Professor Emeritus at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. He has been director of the Office of Executive Education Programs and has served as Senior Associate Dean and Director of the School’s Fully Employed MBA and the Executive MBA programs. He specializes in healthcare economics and in healthcare leadership and management capacity building. He is the program director and founder of the UCLA Management Development Institute that builds management and leadership capacity of health systems in sub Saharan Africa and of the Johnson & Johnson Health Care Executive program that serves U.S. community clinics and AIDS service organizations. He has been a core faculty member in both the Blue Shield Foundation Clinic Leadership Institute Program and the California Health Care Foundation Leadership Program since the inception of both programs. He has won Outstanding Teaching Awards in all three of UCLA’s MBA programs -- in the Full-Time MBA Program (2000), the UCLA Executive MBA program (1998), and the Fully-Employed MBA program (1996).

victor.tabbush@anderson.ucla.edu www.anderson.ucla.edu

Erin Westphal, MS Program Officer, The SCAN Foundation

Erin Westphal currently serves as a Program Officer for The SCAN Foundation. Ms. Westphal’s work focuses on supporting the dissemination and assessment of promising new program models that inform and strengthen long-term care policy development. Prior to joining the Foundation, Ms. Westphal was the special project coordinator for the City of Los Angeles Department of Aging. In this role, she developed

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community based programs for seniors and caregivers in the City of Los Angeles. Additionally, Ms. Westphal has served as director of research for the Beverly Foundation and project coordinator for the Orange County Elder Abuse Forensic Center. ewestphal@thescanfoundation.org www.thescanfoundation.org

Laurel Mildred, MSW Principal, Mildred Consulting and Advocacy

Laurel Mildred, MSW, is Principal of Mildred Consulting and Advocacy, a Sacramento, California-based policy consulting firm. She has broad experience in California health and human services and is knowledgeable about state and county-based systems, having previously worked in the California state Senate, the non-profit sector, and at the county level. She has written influential reports on systems reform and has demonstrated success in crafting best practices into policy initiatives, including legislation to reform California's seclusion and restraints policies and statewide mental health projects.

laurel.mildred@mildredconsulting.com www.mildredconsulting.com

Sarah Steenhausen, MS Senior Policy Advisor, The SCAN Foundation

As Senior Policy Advisor for The SCAN Foundation, Sarah Steenhausen provides counsel and guidance regarding state-level initiatives and policy opportunities as well as recommendations for raising awareness and educating state policymakers on the development of a sustainable continuum of long term care for California’s seniors. Ms. Steenhausen joined The SCAN Foundation after serving as Assistant Secretary for Long Term Care at the California Health and Human Services Agency. More recently, Ms. Steenhausen worked as the Assistant Director for Strategic Planning at the California Department of Developmental Services. Ms. Steenhausen’s legislative experience includes serving as Consultant to the Senate Subcommittee on Aging and Long Term Care and as consultant to the Senate Health and Human Services Committee. ssteenhausen@thescanfoundation.org www.thescanfoundation.org

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Maya Altman Chief Executive Officer, Health Plan of San Mateo

Maya Altman has been the CEO of the Health Plan of San Mateo (HPSM) since 2005. HPSM is a government sponsored health plan serving more than 100,000 members in San Mateo County. The Health Plan was founded in 1987 as a County Organized Health System (COHS) for Medi-Cal beneficiaries. Over 40% of HPSM’s Medi-Cal members are seniors or persons with disabilities. Maya led the implementation of CareAdvantage, HPSM’s Medicare Special Needs Plan (SNP), which serves 8,500 members eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid. HPSM’s current initiatives include development of a Duals Demonstration Program that integrates long term care services and supports as well as behavioral health and substance use services. The State has also designated HPSM as one of five California Children’s Services (CCS) pilots. Before joining HPSM, Maya served as the Director of Finance and Administration for the San Mateo County Health Department, where she provided budget and financial leadership for the county hospital, public health, family health, mental health, and aging and adult divisions. maya.altman@hpsm.org www.hpsm.org

Lisa Mancini Director, Aging & Adult Services, San Mateo County

Lisa Mancini has served as Director of San Mateo County’s Aging and Adult Services (AAS) since 2003 and has served in its leadership for over 25 years. Her extensive background in county government includes providing executive level leadership to multidisciplinary meetings at the San Mateo Medical Center for patients who face extreme challenges because of social, medical, and financial instability and leading AAS to long-term integration for San Mateo County’s older adults and people with disabilities. As Director, Ms. Mancini is also responsible for oversight of the Area Agency on Aging, the Commission on Aging, the Commission on Disabilities, and the In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority Advisory Committee. lmancini@smcgov.org smchealth.org

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Joy Sarraga Health Services Manager, Aging & Adult Services, San Mateo County

Joy Sarraga has been with Health Services Manager at San Mateo County Aging and Adult Services, with primary responsibilities as the IHSS Program Manager for the past 5 years. Prior to her work with the County, she held managerial positions with the City of Oakland, Easter Seals of the Bay Area, and Regional Center of the East Bay. She has 20 years of experience with non-profit community based organizations in the Bay Area serving diverse communities and clients that includes coordinating and monitoring federal, state and local contracts, developing program and service innovation, and creating community partnerships. jsarraga@co.sanmateo.ca.us smchealth.org

Margaret Tatar Chief, Medi-Cal Managed Care Division,

California Department of Health Care Services Margaret Tatar has been the chief of the Medi-Cal Managed Care Division at the Department of Health Care Services since January 2012. From 2003 until her appointment with the Department of Health Care Services Ms. Tatar was the executive director of public affairs at CalOptima. She was the planning manager for the Orange County Office on Aging from 2001 to 2003, a staff member at the district office for Assembly member Lynn Daucher from 2000 to 2001 and a senior legislative attorney at the Colorado General Assembly, Office of Legislative Legal Services from 1993 to 1998. margaret.tatar@dhcs.ca.gov www.dhcs.ca.gov

Alice Lind, RN, MPH Senior Clinical Officer and Director, Center for Health Care Strategies

Alice R. Lind is Senior Clinical Officer at the Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS). She plays an integral role in the organization's efforts to improve care for high-need, high-cost populations, with a special emphasis on those who are dually eligible for Medicaid and Medicare and those in need of long term supports and services. Ms. Lind has extensive clinical and Medicaid program development expertise through her 15 years of work in Washington State. She was previously chief of the Office of Quality and Care Management in the Division of Healthcare Services, Health and Recovery Services Administration for Washington State,

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where she was responsible for the development and implementation of integrated care and care coordination programs for Medicaid beneficiaries with chronic conditions and disabilities. She has also held clinical positions in occupational health, hospice home care, and intensive care, and managed a long-term care program in a residential setting for terminally ill persons with AIDS. alind@chcs.org www.chcs.org

Gary Passmore Vice President, Congress of California Seniors

Gary Passmore has been with the Congress of California Seniors (CCS) since December of 2002. He oversees the CCS Sacramento office where he heads an active advocacy program in the State Legislature, Congress, and before state regulatory and administrative agencies. He also coordinates advocacy work with many other groups and serves on coalitions in health care, long term care, affordable housing, and nursing home reform. Before joining CCS, Passmore headed a public affairs consulting firm for ten years after serving as Chief of Staff to the Governor of Missouri. He was State Budget Director of Missouri and served as a state budget official in both Illinois and North Carolina. garyp@seniors.org www.seniors.org

Rigo J. Saborio President & Chief Executive Officer, St. Barnabas Senior Services

Rigo has over 20 years of experience in the field of aging with an emphasis on public advocacy, diversity outreach, administration, and direct service. He has served on numerous state and local boards, committees and taskforces focusing on advocacy, diversity, and service issues related to aging. Currently, Rigo is the President & CEO of St. Barnabas Senior Services. As such, he is responsible for the organization’s achievement of its mission and financial objectives. Rigo’s other experience includes: Director of Diversity Outreach and Alliance for AARP National Office in Washington DC; State Deputy Director for AARP-California; Director of the University of Southern California’s Los Angeles Caregiver Resource Center; Research Assistant for the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Aging; and Case manager for Alta Med Health Services Corporation, MSSP & SSI programs in Los Angeles. rsaborio@sbssla.org www.sbssla.org

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Val Agostino Vice President, Mercy Housing California

Val Agostino is the Vice President of Mercy Housing California where she has worked for the past 18 years. Based in San Francisco, she works throughout the state of California with all affordable housing types: family, senior, special needs, and supportive housing. She has had a thirty plus year career in affordable, service enriched housing, and senior housing is her first love. vagostino@mercyhousing.org www.mercyhousing.org

Jennifer Wieckowski, MSG Program Director, Care Transitions, Health Services Advisory

Group of California, Inc. Jennifer Wieckowski currently serves as Program Director, Care Transitions, for Health Services Advisory Group of California, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization. In this position, she is responsible for working with communities throughout California to improve care transitions across health care settings and reduce statewide readmissions. Her previous role at HSAG was the Director, Nursing Homes, Patient Safety in which she directed and implemented quality improvement activities with nursing homes throughout the state. Prior to joining HSAG, Ms. Wieckowski managed several federal Administration on Aging and National Council on Aging research projects of the California Health Innovation Center at Partners in Care Foundation investigating the delivery of evidence-based disease prevention programs throughout California. Jennifer’s passion for the aging field began at the age of eleven when she began volunteering in adult day health care programs and nursing homes.

www.hsag.com

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Lisa Kodmur, MPH Program Director, Services for Seniors and People with Disabilities,

L.A. Care Health Plan Lisa Kodmur works with L.A. Care Health Plan to improve access to quality healthcare for seniors and people with disabilities (SPD). L.A. Care Health Plan is a public agency in L.A. County that offers free or low-cost health insurance programs for people with Medi-Cal and Medicare and is the nation’s largest public health plan with more than one million members including more than 160,000 seniors and people with disabilities. Prior to joining L.A. Care, Lisa worked with the Saban Free Clinic coordinating a chronic disease management program, and was the assistant director of an academic center on religion and health. In Boston, she managed the member services department for Community Medical Alliance, a Medicaid health plan for people with significant physical disabilities or HIV/AIDS. Lisa has also worked as a consultant to managed care plans and a private family foundation.

www.lacare.org lkodmur@lacare.org

Denise J. Likar, MSW Director of Programs, Independence at Home, a division of SCAN Health Plan

Denise Likar is the Director of Programs for Independence at Home (IAH), a division of SCAN Health Plan, where she has primary oversight responsibility for all home and community based programs. Ms. Likar has been with IAH for ten years and current programs under her leadership include the largest Multipurpose Senior Services Program (MSSP) in California, Family Caregiver Support Program (FCSP). She is the current President of the MSSP Site Association where she provides leadership and coordination of legislative and policy efforts. Ms. Likar also serves as a member of the California Community Transitions Advisory Board. dlikar@scanhealthplan.com www.independenceathome.org

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Brenda Premo, MBA Director of the Harris Family Center for Disability and Health Policy,

Western University of Health Sciences

Brenda Premo is a champion for disability rights. She came to Western University after four years as director of the California Department of Rehabilitation where she was also deputy director of the independent living section. Her advocacy work began in earnest when she was director of the Dayle McIntosh Center in Orange County, from 1977 to 1991. President Ronald Regan named her to the National Council on Disability in 1986 where she wrote language for the Americans with Disabilities Act. She continued her ADA work at the State Department of Rehabilitation. Premo holds a BA from Cal State Long Beach and an MBA from Pepperdine. bpremo@westernu.edu www.westernu.edu

Kevin Prindiville Deputy Director, National Senior Citizens Law Center

Kevin Prindiville is the Deputy Director of the National Senior Citizens Law Center. He works primarily on issues impacting dual eligibles and is currently leading NSCLC’s project to employ strategic litigation and administrative advocacy to preserve low income older adults’ access to health care. He is the co-author of a recent series of issue briefs, funded by The SCAN Foundation, on dual eligibles including, "Ensuring Consumer Protection for Dual Eligibles in Integrated Models." Prior to joining NSCLC, Kevin worked as a staff attorney at the Pennsylvania Health Law Project in Philadelphia where he assisted low-income individuals seeking health care services. Kevin is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School and the University of California, San Diego. He is admitted to the California Bar. kprindiville@nsclc.org www.nsclc.org

Abbie Totten Director of State Programs, California Association of Health Plans

Abbie Totten serves as the Director of State Programs for the California Association of Health Plans. In this capacity, she represents California’s health plans participating in the public programs including Medi-Cal and Healthy Families. Ms. Totten oversees CAHP’s regulatory response to proposals and new policies impacting the public programs and health plan operations with the Department of Health Care Services, Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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Prior to serving as Director of State Programs, Ms. Totten was a consultant to CAHP, providing direction, resources, and content for its 2007 – 2010 annual technical seminar series. Ms. Totten also served for three years as the Policy Director for the Local Health Plans of California (LHPC) representing California’s Medi-Cal Managed Care Local Initiative Health Plans. In addition, she served as legislative advocate for Molina Healthcare of California, working in the Legislature to support the interests of California’s Medi-Cal Managed Care Program.

atotten@calhealthplans.org www.calhealthplans.org

Laura Trejo General Manager, City of Los Angeles Department of Aging

Laura Trejo, General Manager for the Los Angeles Department of Aging, is responsible for the overall administration of the department; serves as technical and policy advisor to the Mayor and a fifteen member City Council; and represents the City of Los Angeles before the public, community and private groups on matters affecting senior citizen affairs. Ms. Trejo’s work and commitment to excellence have earned recognition, among the most notable are the Community Health Leadership Award considered the United States’ highest honor in community health leadership and the United States Library of Congress that recognized her accomplishments as a force for social change. laura.trejo@lacity.org aging.lacity.org

Henry Claypool Principal Deputy Administrator, Administration for Community Living

Henry Claypool serves in the dual roles of Principal Deputy Administrator of the Administration for Community Living, as well as a member of the HHS Secretary’s senior staff as Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Disability Policy. Prior to his appointment to Principal Deputy Administrator, Mr. Claypool served as Director of HHS’ Office on Disability, a post he assumed in April 2009 at the beginning of the Obama Administration. Mr. Claypool has 25 years of experience developing and implementing disability policy at the federal, state, and local levels, and he has personal experience with the nation’s health care system from the perspective of an individual with a disability. From 1998-2002, he held various advisory positions at HHS, including senior advisor for disability policy to the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services during the Clinton administration. From 2005-2006, he served

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as a senior advisor in the Social Security Administration’s Office of Disability and Income Support Programs. Mr. Claypool was also appointed by Governor Tim Kaine of Virginia to serve on the Commonwealth’s Health Reform Commission in 2007. www.hhs.gov/acl

John Wren Deputy Administrator for Disability & Aging Policy, Administration

for Community Living

John Wren, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Disability and Aging Policy oversees the strategic planning and policy development for programs that serve both older Americans and persons with disabilities based on their informational and functional needs. Mr. Wren previously served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Planning and Evaluation at the Administration on Aging (AoA). Prior to joining AoA in 2000, Mr. Wren served as Vice President for the National Council on the Aging and the Director of the National Aging Program at the Pew Charitable Trusts. From 1976 to 1995, Mr. Wren worked for the New York State Office for the Aging, where he designed and implemented several major statewide programs for the elderly, including the Expanded In-Home Services for the Elderly Program, the State Health Insurance Counseling and Assistant Program, and the State Family Caregivers Assistance Program. Mr. Wren has served on the Board of Directors for the National Senior Citizen's Law Center and is a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance. www.hhs.gov/acl

Sharon Lewis Commissioner, Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities,

Administration for Community Living Sharon Lewis served as the Senior Disability Policy Advisor to U.S. House Committee on Education & Labor Chairman George Miller. In this capacity, she advised Chairman Miller and members of the Committee on legislative strategy and disability-related policy in education, employment and healthcare. During President Obama’s transition, Sharon served as a member of the Department of Education Agency Review Team. Previously, she worked as a Kennedy Public Policy Fellow for U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Children & Families Chairman Chris Dodd. Prior to her work in Congress, Sharon served on the state level in various disability policy and program roles, and as a grassroots community organizer. www.hhs.gov/acl

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