Together We Thrive: ASA’s Strategic Plan Discussion
Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Start time: 9 AM Pacific | 12 PM Eastern
End time: 10 AM Pacific | 1 PM Eastern
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Description:
Join us for an exclusive member event with ASA’s CEO, Leanne Clark-Shirley, and Board Chair, Robert Espinoza, as they share highlights from our new strategic plan. Learn about our core pillars: Building Resilience, Ending Ageism, and Strengthening Our Future—and how your voice helps shape ASA’s path forward.!
Presenters:
Leanne Clark-Shirley is ASA's President & CEO. Clark-Shirley is a social gerontologist with nearly 20 years of experience working in aging-related nonprofit, consulting and academic environments. Before joining ASA, she was AARP’s Senior Evaluation Advisor, responsible for strategic planning, building internal evaluation research capacity and applying impact measurement expertise at the departmental and enterprise levels. Prior to that, she led the Aging and Disability research practice at IMPAQ International, a think-tank and policy research firm. Clark-Shirley is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, teaches courses on policy and aging and regularly mentors students interested in non-academic careers in aging. She received her doctorate in Gerontology from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Robert Espinoza is the Chief Executive Officer at the National Skills Coalition, which fights for state and federal policies that promote inclusive, high-quality skills training so that more people have access to a better life and more local businesses see sustained growth. In addition, Robert serves as a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and sits on the board of directors for the National Academy of Social Insurance, the FrameWorks Institute, and the American Society on Aging, where he holds the position of Board Chair. In 2020, Robert was selected for the inaugural CARE100 list, recognizing him as one of the most forward-thinking individuals reshaping the landscape of caregiving in America, and as one of Next Avenue's 2020 Influencers in Aging. Since 2023, he has hosted A Question of Care, a widely syndicated podcast exploring the many challenges facing our country's caregiving system.