Affiliations

National Organizations:    

Consumer Consortium Advancing Person-centered Living (CCAL)                Chair  2010 - current; Advisory Board 2006-2010; Vice-chair 2003-2005

Center for Excellence in Assisted Living (CEAL), a collaborative of 11 national organizations including AARP, NCB Capital Impact, and American Seniors Housing Association; Board Member; Vice-chair 2011- current.

Long-Term Quality Alliance (LTQA), conceived by Dr. Mark McClellan, Director of the Engelberg Center for HealthCare Reform, Leonard D. Schaeffer Chair for Health Policy Studies.  This national alliance includes private and public purchasers of care, foundations, think tanks, and agencies of the federal government, providers, health service and researchers, evaluators and quality experts. Outreach/Public Awareness Workgroup 2011-current

American Society on Aging, 2003-current
                                             
National Task Forces:                   

AHRQ-CEAL Disclosure Collaborative, 2008-current

CEAL-UNC Medication Management National Workgroup, 2007-current 

National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 2004

Assisted Living Workgroup – U.S. Senate Committee on Aging, 2001-2003
 

State Agencies/Org:                       

NJ Assembly Budget Committee – Testimony re: Medicaid Nursing Home         Reimbursements, June 2008

Administrators’ Panel – NJ Dept. of Health & Senior Services, 2007 - current  

HealthCare Association of NJ (HCANJ), Advisory Council, 2003 - current
 

University Affiliation:                    

Rutgers University School of Social Institute for Families, Instructor, Continuing Ed. Gerontology Program, 2010 - current

Rutgers University School of Social Work, Gerontology Program 
Advisory Council, 2007 - current