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Academic and Policy Council

Academic and Policy Council
The Center for the Future of Aging's Advisory Board Academic and Policy Council convenes prominent experts from a range of disciplines to advance policies and practices that improve the lives of older adults.
Elizabeth Blackburn

Elizabeth Blackburn

Nobel Laureate; Professor Emeritus, Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

Alice Bonner

Alice Bonner

Adjunct Faculty and Director of Strategic Partnerships for the CAPABLE Program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing

Kathleen Brown

Kathleen Brown

Former California State treasurer

Laura Carstensen

Laura Carstensen

Professor of Psychology and Farleigh S. Dickinson Jr. Professor in Public Policy, Stanford University; Director, Stanford Center on Longevity

Angelique Chan

Angelique Chan

Associate Professor & Executive Director, Centre for Ageing Research and Education, Duke NUS Medical School

Pinchas Cohen

Pinchas Cohen

Dean, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology

Joseph Coughlin

Joseph Coughlin

Founder and Director, Massachusetts Institute of Technology AgeLab

Ken Dychtwald

Ken Dychtwald

President and CEO, Age Wave

Ruth Finkelstein

Ruth Finkelstein

Rose Dobrof Executive Director & Professor of Urban Public Health, Brookdale Center for Aging, Hunter College, City University of New York

Marc Freedman

Marc Freedman

Founder and CEO, Encore.org

Linda Fried

Linda Fried

Dean and DeLamar Professor of Public Health, Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health

Teresa Ghilarducci, PhD

Teresa Ghilarducci, PhD

Lynn Goldman

Lynn Goldman

Michael and Lori Milken Dean, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University

Jennie Chin Hansen

Jennie Chin Hansen

Past CEO of the American Geriatrics Society

Michael Hodin

Michael Hodin

CEO, Global Coalition on Aging; Managing Partner, High Lantern Group

Yves Joanette

Yves Joanette

Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Director, Digital Health Consortium, University of Montréal

Becca Levy

Becca Levy

Professor of Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health; Professor of Psychology, Yale University

Jennifer Molinsky

Jennifer Molinsky

Project Director, Housing an Aging Society Program

Andrew Scott

Andrew Scott

Professor of Economics, London Business School; Co-Founder, The Longevity Forum; Author, “The 100-Year Life”

Nirav Shah

Nirav Shah

Senior Scholar, Stanford University

Rodney Slater

Rodney Slater

Co-Chairman, Transportation, Shipping and Logistics Practice, Squire Patton Boggs; Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation

Trent Stamp

Trent Stamp

CEO, The Eisner Foundation

Fernando Torres-Gil

Fernando Torres-Gil

Professor of Social Welfare and Public Policy and Director, Center for Policy Research on Aging, University of California, Los Angeles