Browse “Founder”

Ashton Applewhite

Ashton Applewhite is an author and activist dedicated to combating ageism and making age a part of diversity. She has published numerous books, including her most recent, This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism, published …

Anne Basting

Artist, Author, Founder, Scholar

Anne Basting is the founder and director of Timeslips at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts. She is a playwright, artist and author of/contributor to many articles and three books, as well …

Eric Booth

Artist, Author, Consultant, Director, Educator, Founder, Speaker, Teacher, Teaching Artist, Writer

From ericbooth.net: “…In arts learning, [Eric Booth] taught at Juilliard (12 years), Stanford University, NYU, Tanglewood and Lincoln Center Education (for 40 years, where he is now a co-Founder of the Teaching Artist Development Labs), …

Dominic Campbell

Advocate, Festival Organizer, Founder, Producer

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. …

Tim Carpenter

Entrepreneur, Founder, Producer

Tim Carpenter is the founder and CEO of EngAGE and a catalyst for the creation of the Burbank Senior Artists Colony. As a presenter and collaborator of several arts and aging conferences, he has been …

Marc Freedman

Advocate, Author, Entrepreneur, Founder, Speaker

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 …

Ed Friedman

Administrator, Advocate, Founder, Writer

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

Advocate, Founder, Speaker

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

Advocate, Festival Organizer, Founder, Producer

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 …

Liz Lerman

Founder, Performer, Speaker, Teacher, Teaching Artist

Liz Lerman is a choreographer, performer, writer, teacher, and speaker. She founded Liz Lerman Dance Exchange in 1976 and cultivated the company’s unique multi-generational ensemble into a leading force in contemporary dance until 2011. Her, …

Maura O’Malley

Administrator, Educator, Founder, Speaker

Maura O’Malley, Co-Founder and CEO of Lifetime Arts, leads the development of Lifetime Arts’ national programming models, training programs and resources for Creative Aging stakeholders including teaching artists. Named a 2017 Influencer in Aging by …

Susan Perlstein

Administrator, Advocate, Author, Founder

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 …

Diantha Dow Schull

Advisor, Author, Consultant, Founder

Diantha Dow Schull is Principal and Founder of DDSchull Associates LLC, providing advisory and training services for museums, libraries, foundations and nonprofits. She is also a cultural organization program specialist and has led the development …