ASA/APA Summit on Livable Communities: Planners and Aging Network Professionals Working Together to Plan Livable Communities for All Ages

James M. Drinan, J.D., is the Executive Director of the American Planning Association and the American Institute of Certified Planners, and serves as President of the APA Foundation. His responsibilities include leading the APA staff, representing the association, advancing the goals and objectives of the planning profession, and partnering ... Read More

James M. Drinan, J.D., is the Executive Director of the American Planning Association and the American Institute of Certified Planners, and serves as President of the APA Foundation. His responsibilities include leading the APA staff, representing the association, advancing the goals and objectives of the planning profession, and partnering with member leaders on the strategic direction of the association. His career has focused on association leadership, governance, and strategic planning. He has had executive responsibility for associations, foundations and many related organizations. He has served as general counsel, lobbyist, and spokesperson for associations at the state and federal levels, and began his career as a federal attorney for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. A native of Boston, Jim received a B.A. in Political Science from Providence College and a J.D. from the DePaul University School of Law. He has written and lectured on association management, government relations, and legal issues. Drinan has served on, and chaired, boards and committees in numerous legal and association management organizations, as well as his college alumni association and condominium association. His interests include travel, golf, and helping the Boston Red Sox win the World Series Read Less

Robert (Bob) Stein, President and CEO, American Society on Aging. Robert Stein is a leader in nonprofit association management and brings to his new position more than thirty years of experience with a range of organizations in healthcare and philanthropy. Prior to joining ASA in March 2007, served as Executive ... Read More

Robert (Bob) Stein, President and CEO, American Society on Aging. Robert Stein is a leader in nonprofit association management and brings to his new position more than thirty years of experience with a range of organizations in healthcare and philanthropy. Prior to joining ASA in March 2007, served as Executive Director of the American Academy of Ophthalmic Executives (AAOE), the practice management partner organization of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Previously he was Executive Vice President for Northern California Grantmakers, a regional association of foundations who join with foundations throughout California to award $1 billion in grants annually to non- profit organizations. For 22 years, Bob worked for The Healthcare Forum, a membership association and think tank that served hospitals and healthcare systems throughout the United States and in countries around the world. When the Forum was acquired by the American Hospital Association, Stein continued there for four more years. Early in his career he was Director of Public Relations and Fund Development for the Cerebral Palsy Center for the Bay Area and remains active on the organization’s board of directors. Stein holds a master’s degree in business administration from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, and a bachelor’s degree in public relations from the San Jose State University School of Journalism and Mass Communications. In addition, he has earned the Certified Association Executive (CAE) designation of the American Society of Association Executives, the nation’s leading organization for association professionals. ASAE named Stein a Fellow in 1992, recognizing his talents for innovative and dynamic leadership in association management. Read Less

KC Communities for All Ages Project Manager, Mid-America Regional Council Read More

KC Communities for All Ages Project Manager, Mid-America Regional Council Read Less

Stephanie Firestone is a Senior Strategic Policy Advisor for Health and Age-friendly Communities with AARP International. In this role she collaborates with international and national organizations, to advance healthy aging and planning livable communities for all ages, and to combat ageism. Stephanie was previously Director of Livable Communities at the ... Read More

Stephanie Firestone is a Senior Strategic Policy Advisor for Health and Age-friendly Communities with AARP International. In this role she collaborates with international and national organizations, to advance healthy aging and planning livable communities for all ages, and to combat ageism. Stephanie was previously Director of Livable Communities at the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a). As a 2015-2016 Health & Aging Policy Fellow, she worked with the US Department of Housing and Urban Development and the American Planning Association. Stephanie also led social and environmental justice efforts in Israel, founding the country’s first Jewish-Arab environmental nonprofit organization, and coordinating the Israel’s sustainability agenda with representation at the United Nations. Stephanie holds a Master of Urban Planning degree from the University of Virginia. Read Less

Esther Greenhouse is a unique professional. She is an environmental gerontologist—a specialist in the impact of the built environment on older adults--and a designer. A nationally recognized expert in Universal Design and Aging in Place, her focus has expanded to include multigenerational community planning--a key approach to creating successful ... Read More

Esther Greenhouse is a unique professional. She is an environmental gerontologist—a specialist in the impact of the built environment on older adults--and a designer. A nationally recognized expert in Universal Design and Aging in Place, her focus has expanded to include multigenerational community planning--a key approach to creating successful Age-Friendly Communities. An award-winning and enthusiastic instructor and speaker, she advises clients to view the built environment as a missing variable in public health, infrastructure, and social services. This is key to enabling greater independence and well-being. A catalyst for change, Ms. Greenhouse applies the Enabling Design Approach in her work with communities as they evolve to meet the needs of both seniors and younger generations. Ms. Greenhouse has served on the American Planning Association’s Aging in Community Policy Guide Task Force, co-authoring the Housing, Zoning, and Transportation sections, has written portions of the Livable NY Resource Manual, and teaches the NAHB/AARP Certified Aging in Place Specialist (CAPS) courses (for which she was awarded CAPS of the Year). Her innovative perspective has resulted in invitations to contribute to the book Independent for Life, the 4-part PBS series “Design for a Lifetime”, and the design of the nation’s first elder-focused emergency department. She has designed private residences, and her latest endeavors include graphic facilitation and expanding her role with the Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures. At Cornell University, she was the first design student to pursue the Gerontology certificate, and has worked as a research associate in the Cornell Institute for Translational Research on Aging (CITRA). Ms. Greenhouse’s B.S., M.S., and doctoral studies were in the departments of Design & Environmental Analysis and City & Regional Planning at Cornell University, where she has been, and continues to be, an interim lecturer and advisor. Read Less

Dr. Rodney Harrell is a researcher, blogger, international speaker and solution creator for livable communities. He is currently Director of Livability Thought Leadership at AARP and leads AARP Public Policy Institute’s Livable Communities work. His research on housing preferences, neighborhood choice and community livability are integral to the world-renowned ... Read More

Dr. Rodney Harrell is a researcher, blogger, international speaker and solution creator for livable communities. He is currently Director of Livability Thought Leadership at AARP and leads AARP Public Policy Institute’s Livable Communities work. His research on housing preferences, neighborhood choice and community livability are integral to the world-renowned Livability Index that measures the livability of every US neighborhood, which he and his team created. He also serves as AARP’s housing expert and leads the Future of Housing initiative. Prior to joining AARP, he worked as a research and evaluation consultant, a researcher and instructor for the University of Maryland, and a Governor’s Fellow in the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development and Maryland Heritage Areas Authority. Dr. Harrell was born and raised in Washington, DC and Prince George’s County, Maryland, where he currently resides. He graduated summa cum laude from the honors program at Howard University; earned dual master’s degrees in public affairs and urban and regional planning from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University; and received a PhD in urban planning and design from the University of Maryland, and was named to the the initial class of Top Influencers in Aging for his work. Read Less

Laura Keyes, Ph.D., an ACIP certified planner, holds a position of Lecturer in Nonprofit Management for the Department of Public Administration at the University of North Texas. Her doctoral dissertation examined Age Friendly Cities: the bureaucratic responsiveness effects on age friendly policy adoption. Prior to embarking on doctoral studies ... Read More

Laura Keyes, Ph.D., an ACIP certified planner, holds a position of Lecturer in Nonprofit Management for the Department of Public Administration at the University of North Texas. Her doctoral dissertation examined Age Friendly Cities: the bureaucratic responsiveness effects on age friendly policy adoption. Prior to embarking on doctoral studies, Dr. Keyes served as the Manager of Community Planning and Development in Atlanta’s Area Agency on Aging. She served in multiple planning capacities in the areas of transportation, housing and aging. She recently published her research specific to aging policy in Public Administration Quarterly (2017), the Journal of Administrative Theory and Praxis (2016), Journal of Ageing in Emerging Economies (2015), and Journal of Aging & Social Policy (2014). Read Less

Jana Lynott is a Senior Strategic Policy Advisor with AARP Public Policy Institute’s Livable Communities team. As a researcher, writer, videographer, and keynote speaker, Jana brings to her work a passion for the role community design and transportation service play in the health and quality of life of people ... Read More

Jana Lynott is a Senior Strategic Policy Advisor with AARP Public Policy Institute’s Livable Communities team. As a researcher, writer, videographer, and keynote speaker, Jana brings to her work a passion for the role community design and transportation service play in the health and quality of life of people of all ages, abilities, and incomes. Her current research explores how “disruptive” technologies may influence the form and delivery of transportation services of the future. Her recent publications cover a variety of topics such as transit-oriented development, human services transportation coordination, accessible street design, and the travel patterns of older adults. Jana was responsible for the development of AARP’s groundbreaking Livability Index, initially released in 2015. This first-of-its-kind online tool measures how well every neighborhood in the United States meets residents’ needs. It uses a scoring system of 60 indicators spread across seven categories of livability: housing, neighborhood, transportation, environment, health, engagement, and opportunity. Jana manages AARP’s transportation research agenda and is responsible for the development of policy related to transportation and other livable communities issues adopted by the AARP Board of Directors and presented in the AARP Policy Book. Prior to her work with AARP, Jana served as director of transportation planning for the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, where she designed and managed a groundbreaking study on the link between land use and the mobility of older adults. She also initiated and managed a travel instruction program to teach older adults how to use transit services. As a land use and transportation planner, Jana brings practical expertise to the research field. She holds a master’s degree in urban and environmental planning from the University of Virginia and a bachelor of arts in global studies from the University of Iowa. She serves on the Transportation Research Board’s Safe Mobility for Older Persons committee and the Transportation Cooperative Research Program’s Development of Open Data Standards for Demand Responsive Transportation Transactions project panel. Between 2009 and 2015, she served as a Transportation Commissioner for Arlington County, VA and as a commissioner representative on the County’s Public Facilities Review Committee and School Multimodal Transportation Committee. Historically an active and busy volunteer, Jana is currently focusing more on her role as a soccer and music mom. Read Less

Brad Winick, AICP, LEED AP, is: • An urban planner and architect, having received both Master of Urban Planning and Policy and Master of Architecture degrees from the University of Illinois at Chicago, • A planning consultant who has managed downtown, community, neighborhood, transportation, waterfront and open space planning projects for a ... Read More

Brad Winick, AICP, LEED AP, is: • An urban planner and architect, having received both Master of Urban Planning and Policy and Master of Architecture degrees from the University of Illinois at Chicago, • A planning consultant who has managed downtown, community, neighborhood, transportation, waterfront and open space planning projects for a range of public and private sector clients, • An Adjunct Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, where he teaches a graduate Urban Planning and Public Health course on planning communities for an aging population, • A Board Director of AgeOptions (The Area Agency on Aging of Suburban Cook County), • A Board Director of Housing Opportunities & Maintenance for the Elderly (H.O.M.E.), • A member of the Age-Friendly Chicago Commission, • The founder of Planning/Aging, a consultancy dedicated to helping communities plan for their aging populations, and • A founder of the Lifetime Communities Collaborative, which takes a regional perspective and a multi -sectoral approach towards developing communities that meet the evolving needs of their residents regardless of their age or ability. He speaks, teaches, consults and writes on this topic, in July 2015 having published “Planning Aging-Supportive Communities” for the American Planning Association. Read Less

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James Drinan, J.D.

Robert Stein, CAE, MBA

Cathy Boyer-Shesol

Stephanie Firestone

Esther Greenhouse

Rodney Harrell

Laura Keyes, AICP

Jana Lynott, AICP

Bradley Winick, AICP