2019-2020 Executive Council

President
Katherine Bennett, MD
Northwest GWEP
Phone: (855) 744-9114
Katherine Bennett is the Education Lead for the Northwest Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Center.

Immediate Past President
Catherine P. Carrico, PhD
Wyoming GWEP
Phone: (307) 766-6687
Catherine Carrico is the Associate Director of the Wyoming GEC.

Vice President/President – Elect
Marla Berg-Weger, PhD
Gateway GEC
Phone: (314) 977-2151
Marla Berg-Weger is the Executive Director of the Gateway GEC

Treasurer
Leland “Bert” Waters, PhD
Virginia GEC/GWEP
Phone (804) 828-1525
Leland Waters is the Assistant Director of the Virginia GEC.

Secretary
Jennifer J. Severance, PhD
Univ. of North Texas Health Science Center GWEP
Phone  (817) 735-0469
Jennifer Severance is the Administrative Director of WE HAIL.

Board Members

Thomas Caprio, MD, MPH, FACP
Finger Lakes GEC/GWEP
Phone: (585) 760-6364
Thomas Caprio is the Co-Director of the FACP Finger Lakes GEC/GWEP.

Maura Brennan, MD, AGSF, FAAHPM, FACP, HMDC, PD
Baystate Health GWEP
Phone  (413) 794-3147
Maura Brennan is the Program Director of the Geriatric Medicine Fellowship.

Jan Busby-Whitehead, MD, CMD, AGSF FACP
Carolina GEC/GWEP

Tara Cortes, PhD, RN
NYU GWEP
Phone: (212) 998-5320
Tara A. Cortes is the Executive Director of the The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing
and Professor at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing

Catherine Taylor, BA
Rhode Island GWEP
Phone: (401) 258-0840
Catherine Taylor is Senior Advisor for Policy, Partnerships and Community Engagement for the Rhode Island GEC.

Anna Faul, PhD
Louisville GWEP
Phone (502) 588-4340
Anna Faul is the Executive of Director of the Traeger Institute.

Linda Edelman, RN, PhD
Utah GWEP
Phone (801) 585-9187
Linda Edelman is the Project Director of the Utah Geriatric Education Consortium.