Conference Program

National Forum:
A Message to the President on Aging Policy
Sponsored by Compassion and Choices.
Tuesday, March 21 | 1:00–4:00 PM
Regency AB (West Tower, Gold Level)
CEU Credits: 3
Fee: $15 (includes coffee and issue of Generations). Pre-registration is required.
The first hundred days of a new Presidency affords a brief period of good will during which the newly elected leader
can convert the lofty goals and rhetoric of a campaign to a practical plan of action and begin achieving little victories
with both short and long-term initiatives.
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Donald Trump has been in office for two months, busy with forming the cabinet and working with its members and
other policy advisors to tackle major domestic and foreign policy issues. There is, however, one area of domestic
policy that demands renewed vision and action: The very substantial aging of the American population, brought on by
the long-awaited and now-present retirement of the baby boom generation, and the challenges and opportunities that
this demographic cohort presents to American society.
This is the right time for action on aging issues and a great opportunity to champion solutions that appeal not only to
the powerful political constituency of America’s older adults, but to their families who often share their burdens and
who, themselves, face a future of old age. It is also an opportunity to frame a positive message that reinforces core
American values of individual responsibility and self-reliance as well as family support and the importance of family
cohesion and social engagement in successful and healthy aging.
Presenters: Jean Accius, PhD, Vice President, Long-Term Services and Supports Group, AARP Public Policy Institute;
Gretchen Alkema, PhD, MSW, LCSW, Vice President, Policy and Communication, The SCAN Foundation; Larry Atkins,
Executive Director, Long-Term Quality Alliance; Cynthia Banks, Director, County of Los Angeles Workforce Development,
Aging and Community Services; William Benson, Principal and Managing Partner, Health Benefits ABCs; Bob Blancato,
MPA, President, Matz, Blancato & Associates and Chair, ASA Board of Directors; Richard Browdie, MBA, President and CEO,
Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging; Kimberly Callinan, PMP, MPP, Chief Program Officer, Compassion & Choices; Robert
Espinoza, MPA, Vice President of Policy, Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI) National Headquarters; Paul Forte, PhD,
MBA, Chief Executive Officer, Long Term Care Partners, LLC; G. William Hoagland, Senior Vice President, Bipartisan Policy
Center; Cindy Hounsell, JD, President, Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER); James Johnson, PhD, MS,
Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship and Director, Urban Investment Strategies Center, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill; Brian Lindberg, MMHS, Executive Director, Consumer Coalition for Quality Health Care; Cindy Mann, JD,
Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP; John Rother, JD, President and CEO, National Coalition on Health Care; Charles
Sabatino, JD, Director, Commission on Law and Aging, American Bar Association; Robyn Stone, DrPH, Executive Director,
Center for Applied Research, LeadingAge.
Gretchen Alkema
Cynthia Banks
Kim Callinan
Robert Espinoza
Paul Forte
G. William Hoagland
James Johnson
Cindy Mann
John Rother
Robyn Stone
Charles Sabatino
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