Past Board Members

2012–2013 Executive Council

President
Ronni Chernoff, PhD, RD, LD, CSG, FADA
Arkansas GEC University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Slot 798, 4301 W. Markham,
Little Rock, AR 72205
Phone: (501) 257-5537
Ronni Chernoff is the Director of the Arkansas GEC.

Vice President/President Elect
Thomas V. Caprio, MD, MPH, FACP
Finger Lakes GEC
University of Rochester, Division of Geriatrics & Aging
435 East Henrietta Road
Rochester, NY 14620
Phone: (585) 760-6364
Thomas Caprio is the Co-Director of the Finger Lakes GEC.

Secretary
Angela Rothrock, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham GEC
University of Alabama at Birmingham
933 19th Street South
CH 19, 218S
Birmingham, AL 35294
Phone: (205) 975-6649
Angela Rothrock is the Associate Director for the University of Alabama at Birmingham GEC

Treasurer
Stacy Barnes, MGS
Wisconsin GEC
Marquette University
College of Nursing, Clark Hall 368
P.O. Box 1881
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881
Phone: (414) 288-3709
Stacy Barnes is the Director of the Wisconsin GEC.

Immediate Past President
Robert Roush, EdD, MPH
Texas Consortium GEC
Baylor College of Medicine
1 Baylor Plaza, MS 230
Houston, TX 77030-3411
Phone (713) 798-4611
Robert Roush is the Director of Texas Consortium GEC.

Board Member, 2010 – 2013
Jan Yonker, MSA
GEC of Michigan
A210 West Fee Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing MI 48824
Phone (517) 353-7828
Jan Yonker is the Deputy Director of the GEC of Michigan.
She also edits the Pipeline, the NAGE and NAGEC newsletter.

Board Member, 2010 – 2013
Judith A. Metcalf, APRN, BC, MS
University of New England, Maine GEC
University of New England
Center for Community and Public Health
716 Stevens Avenue
Portland, ME 04103-2670
Phone: (207) 221-4459
Judy Metcalf is the Director of UNE Maine GEC.

Board Member, 2010 – 2013
Edwin Olsen, JD, MD, MBA
The Miami Area GEC
University of Miami
1695 NW 9th Avenue, Suite 3208 (D-101)
Miami, FL 33136
Phone: (305) 355-9123
Edwin Olsen is the Director of the Miami Area GEC.

Board Member, 2011 – 2014
Beverly Lunsford, PhD, RN, CNS-BC
Washington DC GEC Consortium
George Washington University
2-030  M Street NW, Suite 302
Washington, DC 20037
Phone: (202) 994-6726
Beverly Lunsford is the Director of the George Washington GEC.

Board Member, 2012 – 2015
Betty Shiels, PhD-C, MSSW, LCSW
Ohio Valley Appalachia Regional GEC
University of Louisville
426 West Bloom Street
Louisville, Ky 40208
Phone: (502) 852-8003
Betty Shiels is the Co-Director of the Ohio Valley Appalachia Regional GEC at the University of Louisville.

Board Member 2012 – 2015
Leland “Bert” Waters, PhD
Virginia GEC
Virginia Center on Aging
Virginia Commonwealth University
P.O.Box 980229
Richmond, VA 23289-0229
Phone (804) 828-1525

Board Member 2013 – 2015
Jan Busby-Whitehead, MD
Carolina GEC
Division of Geriatric Medicine/Center for Aging & Health
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
5003 Old Clinic
CB# 7550
Chapel Hill , NC 27599-7550
Phone (919) 966- 5945 ext. 266

2008–2009 Executive Council

President
Judith L. Howe, PhD
Consortium of New York GECs
Mt Sinai School of Medicine
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development
JJ Peters VAMC GRECC
130 W Kingsbridge Rd, 4th Floor
Bronx NY 10468
Judy Howe is the Director of the Consortium of New York Geriatric Education Centers.

Vice President/ President Elect
Jane Potter, MD
University of Nebraska GEC
981320 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha NB 68198
Jane Potter is Director of the University of Nebraska Geriatric Education Center. She looks forward to the opportunity to serve as President Elect.

Secretary
Jan Yonker, MSA

GEC of Michigan
B215 West Fee Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing MI 48824
Jan Yonker is the Project Director of the GEC of Michigan She also edits the Pipeline, the NAGE and NAGEC newsletter.

Treasurer
Patricia Swager, MEd
Nevada GEC
411 W. Second Street
Reno, NV 89503
Patti Swager is the Director of the Nevada Geriatric Education Center.

Immediate Past President
Linda Redford, RN, PhD
Central Plains GEC
Kansas University Medical Center
3901 Rainbow Blvd.
Kansas City, KS 66160
Linda Redford is the Director of the Central Plains Geriatric Education Center.
NAGE Board Members

President
Judith L. Howe, PhD

Consortium of New York GECs
Mt Sinai School of Medicine
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development
JJ Peters VAMC GRECC
130 W Kingsbridge Rd, 4th Floor
Bronx NY 10468
Judy Howe is the Director of the Consortium of New York Geriatric Education Centers.

Vice President/ President Elect
Jane Potter, MD
University of Nebraska GEC
981320 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha NB 68198
Jane Potter is Director of the University of Nebraska Geriatric Education Center. She looks forward to the opportunity to serve as President Elect.

Secretary
Jan Yonker, MSA

GEC of Michigan
B215 West Fee Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing MI 48824
Jan Yonker is the Deputy Director of the GEC of Michigan.

Treasurer
Patricia Swager, MEd
Nevada GEC
411 W. Second Street
Reno, NV 89503
Patti Swager is the Director of the Nevada Geriatric Education Center.

Immediate Past President
Linda Redford, RN, PhD

Central Plains GEC
Kansas University Medical Center
3901 Rainbow Blvd.
Kansas City, KS 66160
lLinda Redford is the Director of the Central Plains Geriatric Education Center.

Board Member, 2009-2010
Melen McBride, RN, PhD

Stanford GEC
1215 Welch Road, Modular B
Stanford, CA 94304-5403
Melen McBride is the Associate Director (Emerita) of the Stanford Geriatric Education Center.

Board Member, 2006-2009
Arleen Johnson, PhD

Ohio Valley Appalachia Regional GEC
658 South Limestone Street
Lexington, KY 40506
Arleen Johnson is the Director of the Ohio Valley Appalachia Regional Geriatric Education Center.

Board Member, 2007-2010
Thomas Teasdale, DrPH

Oklahoma GEC
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
920 Stanton L Young Blvd
WP1215
Oklahoma OK 73104
Thomas Teasdale is the Director of the Oklahoma Geriatric Education Center.

Board Member, 2007-2010
Edwin Olsen, JD, MD, MBA
Miami Area Geriatric Education Center
University of Miami
PO Box 016960 (M-865)
Miami, FL 33101
Edwin Olsen is the Director of the Miami Area Geriatric Education Center.

Board Member, 2007-2010
Rosellen Rosich, PhD
Alaska GEC
University of Alaska-Anchorage
2702 Gambelt St Suite 103
Anchorage AK 99503
Rosellen Rosich is the Director of the Alaska Geriatric Education Center.

Board Member, 2008-2011
Christine Arenson, MD

Jefferson InterProfessional Education Center
Thomas Jefferson University
1015 Walnut Street, Suite 401
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Christine Arenson is the Co-Director of the Jefferson InterProfessional Education Center.

Board Member, 2008-2011
Phil Clark, ScD

Rhode Island GEC
Phil Clark is the Director of the Rhode Island Geriatric Education Center.