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.