Experience

NYC Department for the Aging

• United States
• Government Administration
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Assistant Commissioner - Change Management

  • Aug 2023 - Present

  United States



Bay Ridge Center

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director, Innovations

  • May 2019 - Aug 2023

  Brooklyn, New York, United States



IANet

• Co-Founder

  • 1994 - Aug 2023

  NYC This non-profit, strategic consultancy seeks to build the capacity of the "Aging Network" so that we can meet the demand for services by an increasingly complex and complicated population in a compassionate and quality manner. Our approach is through collaboration, incubation and advisory services. We'd be delighted to work with you to positively transform the way we age.



Selfhelp Community Services

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Executive Director, Selfhelp Innovations

  • Sep 2012 - Dec 2018

  Greater New York City Area

• Administrator, Technology Services

  • May 2011 - Sep 2012

  520 Eighth Avenue, NY, NY In this role, I assist this large, 75 year old social service agency deliver quality care to over 20,000 vulnerable older New Yorkers through the use of effective and efficient technological solutions. That means I provide strategic advice to the leadership, manage client centered technologies, such as the acclaimed Virtual Senior Center program, and manage the team that supports 450 professional workstations.



LeadingAge - CAST

• Commissioner

  • 2013 - 2016



Institute for Medication Optimization

• Co-Founder

  • Sep 2012 - Apr 2014

  New York, NY The Institute for Medication Optimization (I4MO) is a new non-profit venture pulling together the research, experts, and data systems involved in the care of people with chronic diseases to create a safe, collaborative space for professionals to automate, standardize, measure and therefore improve the practice and processes to optimize medication therapy. I4MO is the next stage of a 15 year journey initiated by the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists Foundation to reduce medication… Show more The Institute for Medication Optimization (I4MO) is a new non-profit venture pulling together the research, experts, and data systems involved in the care of people with chronic diseases to create a safe, collaborative space for professionals to automate, standardize, measure and therefore improve the practice and processes to optimize medication therapy. I4MO is the next stage of a 15 year journey initiated by the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists Foundation to reduce medication related problems among older adults. I4MO acquired Monitor-Rx, LLC from the ASCP Foundation and IANet in 2012 and re-launched the product as MedOptz.com, an MTM practice management service, in February 2013. Show less



Older Adults Technology Services

• Board Member

  • 2009 - Feb 2014



Monitor-Rx,. LLC

• Principal

  • Nov 2008 - Sep 2012

  The Interactive Aging Network and the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists have joined forces to create a social enterprise to improve the quality of life for older adults by fostering appropriate, effective and safe medication use. The proceeds from this venture support research by the Foundation to better understand pharmaceutical care of older adults and their best medication therapies.



NPower

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant

  • 2003 - 2004



The National Council on the Aging

• National Director

  • Oct 2000 - Aug 2003

  I led the team that launched BenefitsCheckUp, an online decision support service that identifies public and private benefit programs for older adults. At last check, over 2 million older adults and their caregivers have used the service with an average person, who is eligible to receive a benefit, eligible for benefits worth 2,000. Check it out at BenefitsCheckUp.org for yourself your, a friend or for a family member...it's free.



NCOA Development Corporation

• Executive Vice President

  • Sep 1996 - Sep 2000

  I operationalized this start-up venture for the National Council on the Aging to develop online decision support software. The primary product was the Long-term Care Cost Calculator, which became the core application for a new business, Vital Aging. This venture was initially funded by NY Life.



VitalAging

• Co-Founder

  • 1998 - 2000



NYC Department for the Aging

• Consultant

  • 1991 - 1995