Trent is one of America's leading experts on healthy aging and the benefits of intergenerational programs. He has recently been published on intergenerational issues in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, The Stanford Social Innovation Review, and The Hill, and has presented at SXSW and the American Society on Aging's annual conference, among others. He serves as a board member for Grantmakers in Aging and is on the Milken Institute's Center for the Future of Aging's Board of Academic and Policy Advisors. In 2015, Trent oversaw The Eisner Foundation's shift to become the only U.S.-based foundation exclusively focused on intergenerational efforts. Trent is a leader in the non-profit world and an expert on charitable and philanthropic best practices. He serves as a member of the Board of Advisors for The Center on Philanthropy & Public Policy at USC, The Board of Directors at Eisner Health Foundation, and the international organization Portsmouth in the Community. He has taught Nonprofit Management and Leadership at the Price School of Public Policy at USC, consults for the Committee on the Arts at The Aspen Institute, and previously chaired the audit committee for the Board of Directors of Southern California Grantmakers. Trent received his Master's in Public Policy from Duke University and his B.A. in Law and Society from the University of California, Santa Barbara.