I am a Senior Program Officer and Director of Research & Evaluation at RRF Foundation for Aging in Chicago, Illinois. I have worked in the combined fields of gerontology and public health for over 20 years and have held a variety of positions in both academic and community-based settings. I am passionate about working to advance equitable opportunities for older adults to achieve and maintain high levels of dignity and quality of life. I am an Ambassador for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, a Fellow of The Gerontological Society of America, and I hold Adjunct appointments at Northwestern University in the Feinberg School of Medicine, Departments of Medical Social Sciences and Preventive Medicine, and at the University of Illinois at Chicago, in the School of Public Health.