2020-2021 Executive Council

President
Marla Berg-Weger, PhD, LCSW
St Louis University
Phone: (314) 977-2151
Marla Berg-Weger is the Executive Director of the Gateway GEC

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

Vice President/President Elect
Anna Faul, PhD
University of Louisville
Phone (502) 588-4340
Anna Faul is the Executive of Director of the Traeger Institute.

Secretary
Michelle Newman, MPH
RUSH University
Phone (312) 942-0417
Michelle Newman is the Program Director of CATCH-ON.

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

Immediate Past President
Maura Brennan, MD, AGSF, FAAHPM, FACP, HMDC, PD
Baystate Health GWEP
Maura Brennan is the Program Director of the Geriatric Medicine Fellowship.

NAGE Board Members

Board Member
Maura Brennan, MD, AGSF, FAAHPM, FACP, HMDC, PD
Baystate Health GWEP
Maura Brennan is the Program Director of the Geriatric Medicine Fellowship.

Board Member 
Thomas V. Caprio, MD, MPH, FACP
University of Rochester, Division of Geriatrics & Aging
Phone: (585) 760-6364
Thomas Caprio is the Co-Director of the FACP Finger Lakes GEC/GWEP.

Board Member
Catherine P. Carrico, PhD
University of Wyoming
Phone: (307) 766-6687
Catherine Carrico is the Associate Director of the Wyoming GEC.

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

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

Board Member
Jennifer Severance, PhD
University of North Texas Health Science Center
Phone  (817) 735-0469
Jennifer Severance is the Administrative Director of WE HAIL.

Board Member
Monica Long, MSN-ED, CDP, RN
University of Chicago GWEP
Phone: (773) 702-9638
Monica Long is is the Nurse Educator/Project Site Coordinator for for the University of Chicago GWEP.