Leadership Council
Marlys Barry
Director of Senior Adult Ministries
St. Luke's United Methodist Church
Jane Bavineau
Vice President
Sheltering Arms Senior Services Division
Neighborhood Centers Inc.
James Booker, M.A.
Regional Director
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
Adult Protective Services
Rogene Gee Calvert
Director, Outreach Strategists
Kim Campbell
Senior Manager, Customer Advocacy
TXU Energy
Lynda Collins, LMSW-ACP
Community Volunteer
Barbara Davis
Assistant Deputy Director, Intellectual Disabilities Authority Services
Mental Health Mental Retardation Authority of Harris County
Jane Davis
Executive Director
Vosswood Nursing Center
Salil Deshpande, MD
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Texas
Janet Ikpeme
Program Manager
Medicaid for the Elderly and People with Disabilities
Patrick Leung, Ph.D.
Professor of Social Work
University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work
Chi-mei Lin, M.A., C.V.E.
Executive Director
Chinese Community Center
Barbara McGinity, LMSW
Program Director
Better Business Bureau Education Foundation
Whitney L. Mills, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Center for Innovation in Quality, Effectiveness, & Safety
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Deborah Moore, MBA
Bureau Chief
Harris County Area Agency on Aging
Kelley Moseley, Dr.P.H
Professor Emeritus
Texas Woman's University
Aanand D. Naik, MD
Investigator and Chief, Education and Training Core
Houston Health Services Research and Development Center for Excellence
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine
Gary Nakamura
Community Volunteer
Linda O'Black
Vice President of Community Impact
United Way of Greater Houston
Rachel Portnoy, LMSW
Resource and External Relations Specialist
Adult Protective Services
Ilana Reisz, Ph.D.
Principal
HEALTH CONTEXT LLC
Janina Sodus
Regional Director of Community Services
Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS)
Paulette W. Wagner
Community Volunteer
Paula Wehrman, RN, MHS
Independent Healthcare Consultant
Stephen L. Williams, M.Ed., M.P.A.
Director
Department of Health and Human Services
City of Houston
Nancy L. Wilson, M.A., LMSW
Baylor College of Medicine Department of Medicine-Geriatrics
Huffington Center on Aging
HSR&D Center of Excellence Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Nyla K. Woods, M.A., C.P.A.
President and CEO
Family Services of Greater Houston
Care for Elders Staff
Josh Reynolds
Director
Tammy Mermelstein
Manager
Elizabeth DeLozier
Administrative Coordinator