Browse “Advocate”
Beth Bienvenu
Beth Bienvenu is the director of the Office of Accessibility at the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), devoted to making the arts accessible to people with disabilities, older adults, veterans, and people in institutional …
Dominic Campbell
Dominic Campbell is a co-founder of Creative Aging International and an Atlantic Fellow for Equity and Brain Health at the Global Brain Health Institute. He was named a 2018 Influencer in Aging by Next Avenue. …
Gene D. Cohen
Advocate, Author, Gerontologist, Researcher, Scholar, Writer
The late Gene D. Cohen, MD, PhD, founded the GW Center for Aging, Health and Humanities in 1994 and served as its director as well as held professional positions in Health Care Sciences, Psychiatry and …
Ruth Finkelstein
Ruth Finkelstein, ScD, is the Rose Dobrof Executive Director of the Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging at Hunter College as well as a professor at Hunter College’s School of Urban Public Health. In 2018, she …
Marc Freedman
Marc Freedman, the President, CEO and Founder of Encore.org, is a renowned social entrepreneur, thought leader and writer. Marc’s leadership at Encore.org has pioneered innovative programs and sparked a growing movement in the United States …
Linda Fried
Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH, Dean of Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health since 2008, is a leader in the fields of epidemiology and geriatric medicine. Since 2006, Dr. Fried has served as a …
Ed Friedman
Ed Friedman is a Co-Founder and former Executive Director of Lifetime Arts. He is instrumental in the coordination and implementation of multiple national initiatives for Lifetime Arts and speaks about the organization’s work at conferences …
Stuart Kandell
Stuart Kandell has been called a “global pioneer in the field of creative aging” and is nationally known for his leadership of Stagebridge, which he founded in 1978 and ran until 2013. He currently travels …
Bea Kelleher
Bea Kelleher is an Executive Producer and marketer. She has been working in arts and communications for over 25 years. As the Executive Producer, she helped set up Spiegelworld LLP in the USA, and her …
Susan Perlstein
Susan Perlstein is considered the “grandmother” of the creative aging movement. She founded and directed the National Center for Creative Aging (2001- 2007) and Elders Share the Arts ESTA (1979- 2003). Currently she is a …
Francesca Rosenberg
Francesca Rosenberg is the Director of Community, Access, and School Programs. She has played a key role in implementing programs that serve people living with dementia and their care partners at the Museum of Modern …
