Seat on Council | Council Member |
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AGE Secretary and Council Chair | Robin Lipson, Secretary, Executive Office of Aging & Independence (AGE) |
DPH Commissioner or designee | Dr. Jessica Zeidman, Deputy Commissioner/Chief Medical Officer, DPH |
MassHealth Assistant Secretary or designee | Pavel Terpelets, Director of Institutional Programs, Office of Long Term Services and Supports (OLTSS), MassHealth |
Long Term Care Ombudsman Program | Carolyn Fenn, State Ombudsman and Director of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program, EOHHS |
House Chair of the Joint Committee on Elder Affairs, designee | Representative Tom Stanley |
Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on Elder Affairs, designee | Senator Patricia Jehlen |
Appointee of the Senate President | Senator Mark Montigny |
Appointee of the House Speaker | Matt Salmon, CEO - SALMON Health and Retirement |
Appointee of the Senate Minority Leader | Tara Gregorio, President - Massachusetts Senior Care Association |
Appointee of the House Minority Leader | Fmr. Representative Mathew Muratore |
Resident or family member of a resident at an ALR #1 | Kathleen Lynch Moncata |
Resident or family member of a resident at an ALR #2 | TBD* |
At-Large | Beth Anderson, EPOCH Senior Living, Treasurer Mass-ALA |
Representative of the MassNAELA | Liane Zeitz, Owner – Law Office of Liane Zeitz |
Representative of LeadingAge MA | Elissa Sherman, President - LeadingAge MA |
Representative of MassALA | Brian Doherty, President & CEO – MassALA |
Representative of AARP Massachusetts | Jen Benson, Executive Director – AARP MA |
Representative of the New England Chapter of the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association | Katherine Ladetto, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing - Simmons University |
Representative of the Alzheimer’s Association | Lainey Titus Samant, Senior Advocacy Manager Alzheimer's Association, MA/NH Chapter |
Representative of MassPACE | Dr. Jennifer Maynard, Executive Director – MassPACE |
Representative of Greater Boston Legal Services | Lindsay Mitnik, Staff Attorney, Elder Law - Greater Boston Legal Services |
*Pursuant to the statute, 3 members are appointed by the Governor, 2 of whom shall be residents or family members of residents at an assisted living residence.