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The Family Caregiving Advisory Council and Faculty

The impact of the nation’s aging population on state budgets and policies cannot be addressed without understanding the needs of family caregivers. Under the RAISE Act, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services must develop a national Family Caregiving Strategy that recommends actions that different stakeholders can take to support family caregivers and meets their diverse needs. The RAISE Act also requires the secretary to convene a Family Caregiving Advisory Council to help inform and shape the strategy by providing recommendations to the secretary.

The council is charged with preparing a report for the secretary that includes effective models of family caregiving and support to family caregivers, as well as opportunities to improve coordination across federal government programs. The secretary will incorporate the council’s report in the strategy, in addition to identifying best practices and other information to support family caregivers. The RAISE Act requires the council to be made up of to 15 voting members who reflect the diversity of family caregivers and care recipients, as well as non-voting representatives from federal departments and agencies who play a role in this issue.

Jesse Bracisco

Jonathan Cottor, MBA, MPH

Lynn Gall

Felicia Gibson

J. Neil Henderson, MS, PhD

Sharon L. McDaniel, PhD, EdD, MPA

Daniel Murphy, PMP

Denise Myler

Nancy C. Richey, BA

Gloria J. Sanchez

Kezia Scales, PhD

Deborah Stone-Walls, MA

Jennifer L. Wolff, PhD

Carol Zernial, MA

Carmen Sanchez
U.S. Department of Education

Courtenay Simmons
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Helen Lamont, PhD
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

Jan Newsome 
AmeriCorps

Jennifer Bishop
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health

Joan Weiss, PhD, RN, CRNP, FAAN
Health Resources and Services Administration

Jodie Sumeracki; Melissa L. Harris (Alternate)
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

John Omura
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Jolie Crowder, PhD., MSN, RN, CCM
Office of Quality Indian Health Service

Kathryn (Katie) Capanna; Diane Mitchell, MD (Alternate)
Food and Drug Administration

Liliana Chakrabarti 
Administration for Children and Families

Lisa Schifferle
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Margaret (Meg) Kabat 
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Melissa Gerald, PhD
National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health

Rosemary Payne, MSN, RN,
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Sarah J Glynn
U.S. Department of Labor

Alice Bonner
Senior Advisor for Aging
Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Rashida Brown
Program Director
Health & Human Services, National Association of Counties

Susan Engels
Office Chief
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services

Lynn Friss Feinberg, MSW
Family Caregiving Advocate

Laura Gitlin, PhD
Dean, College of Nursing and Health Professions
Drexel University

Robyn Golden, LCSW
Associate Vice President of Population Health and Aging
Rush University Medical Center

Nicole Jorwic
Chief of Advocacy and Campaigns
Caring Across Generations

Jill Kagan
Director
ARCH National Respite Network and Resource Center

Kathleen Kelly, MPA
Executive Director
Family Caregiver Alliance

Nancy Nikolas Maier
Director, Aging & Adult Services
North Dakota Department of Human Services

Sandy Markwood
Chief Executive Officer
N4A

Greg Olsen
Acting Director
New York State Office for the Aging

Jennifer Olsen
Executive Director
Rosalyn Carter Institute

Bea-Alise Rector
Director
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services

Susan Reinhard, RN, PhD, FAAN
Senior Vice President and Director
AARP Public Policy Institute

David Reuben, MD
Director, Multi-campus Program in Geriatrics Medicine and Gerontology
Chief, Division of Geriatrics,
University of California, Los Angeles  

Amy Robins
Director of Public Policy and Advocacy
PHI

Connie Siskowski, RN, PhD
Founder and President
American Association of Caregiving Youth

Mary Sowers
Executive Director
National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services

Didier Trinh
Director of Policy and Advocacy
Diverse Elders Coalition

Anne Tumlinson
Founder
Daughterhood

Michael Reese Wittke, MPA
Vice President, Research & Advocacy
National Alliance for Caregiving

Jennifer Wolff, PhD
Eugene and Mildred Lipitz Professor and Director
Roger C. Lipitz Center for Integrated Health Care
Johns Hopkins University 

For more information, contact Wendy Fox-Grage.

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