Reinventing Aging
Harvard School of Public Health—MetLife Foundation Initiative on Retirement & Civic Engagement

 


 

Boomers and Civic Engagement: Opportunities & Challenges

Graham Center
 Florida International University

Miami, Florida

April 27, 2007


Program Agenda

  Registration and Lunch
  Welcome and Introductory Remarks:
 

Jay Winsten, Ph.D.
Associate Dean and
Frank Stanton Center Director
Center for Health Communication
Harvard School of Public Health

Sibyl Jacobson, Ph.D.
President and CEO
MetLife Foundation


Linda Schotthoefer

Executive Director
Center on Nonprofit Effectiveness (C-One)

Pat Morris

President and CEO
Hands On Miami

Wendy Spencer

CEO
Governor's Commission on
Volunteerism and Community Service
(Volunteer Florida)
 
 

Panel Presentations:

 

How Boomers Envision Their Future
Robert H. Prisuta, Ph.D.

Research Director
AARP

Engaging Boomers: Opportunities and Challenges
Tess Scannell

Director, Senior Corps
Corporation for National and Community Service

Recruiting Boomers: Lessons from the Marketplace
Margaret Mark

President
Margaret Mark Strategic Insight

From Promising to Best Practices in Civic Engagement
Thomas Endres

Vice President, Civic Engagement
Director, RespectAbility
National Council on Aging

Boomer Volunteers: Lessons from the Community We Serve
Evelyn Jordan

Elderly Programs Division Director
Miami-Dade County Community Action Agency

The Nuts and Bolts of Engaging Volunteers
John R. Gargotta

Executive Director
Senior Volunteer Services, Inc. of Broward County

Q & A

  Closing Remarks:
  Harve A. Mogul
President and CEO
United Way of Miami-Dade
  Networking Reception with DOVIA (Directors of Volunteers in Agencies)

 

 


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