Resource Specialists

Paul Leggett became the Division Director of Salt Lake County Aging & Adult Services in January 2017. In this role Paul oversees the services provided to older adults in Salt Lake County. Prior to this position Paul was the Executive Director of Community Action Partnership of Utah where he worked hand in hand with Utah's Community Action network to provide solutions to poverty and effect change. Paul also previously chaired the statewide Earn it. Keep it. Save it. coalition and directed CAP Utah's statewide Asset Development initiative. Paul currently serves on the Alzheimer’s Association Utah Chapter Board, the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging Board, the Lt. Governor's Commission on Service & Volunteerism and is the chair of the Utah Association of Area Agencies on Aging. Paul, originally from Northampton, England, earned a bachelor's degree in behavioral sciences from the University of Northampton and a master's degree in management from the University of Leicester.

Christy Allen has served on the State Board of Aging and Adult Protective Services for the Division of Aging and Adult Services (DAAS) for 8 years, most currently as the Chair. During this time, she has had the opportunity to learn about and help solve gaps in services for aging adults across Utah. Christy works for Utah Transit Authority as the Manager of the Coordinated Mobility Department. This department uses Federal funds to work with community partners to fill transportation gaps within communities on the Wasatch Front for aging adults and persons with disabilities. Over 75 specialized transportation vehicles have been awarded to agencies/non-profits to provide much needed trips to a variety of services. Projects, such as a volunteer driver/voucher program, have been implemented so aging adults have more flexibility to meet their transportation needs. Christy is dedicated to continuing to serve the aging adults of Utah.

Kate is a gerontologist and a Certified Dementia Practitioner with 20+ years of experience within the long-term care industry, dementia care, and family caregiver support.  Kate has published articles and numerous trainings on dementia topics for the Alzheimer’s Association and the long-term care companies for which she has worked.  Kate serves as the Caregiver Support Program Manager for the State of Utah/Division of Aging & Adult Services, overseeing the support offered to family caregivers by the Area Agencies on Aging throughout the state.  Having served as a family caregiver herself, she understands the role of a caregiver well.  As a gerontologist, Kate is devoted to supporting and advocating for older adults as well as caregivers throughout Utah. Kate received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the College of Wooster and a Master of Gerontological Studies degree from Miami University, both in Ohio.

Kristy Russell is a Health Program Specialist for the Utah Department of Health and Human Services, focusing on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD). In this role, Kristy coordinates the ADRD State Plan and Coordinating Council to ensure that the goals and objectives within the plan are met and to reduce duplication of efforts throughout Utah. Kristy provides statewide education and assists individuals in accessing resources available to those with dementia and their caregivers and loved ones. Kristy also assists in producing and maintaining the public awareness campaign for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, and serves as the Public Relations Chair for the Utah Society for Public Health Education. Kristy has 15+ years in prevention, endoscopy and long-term care and was a personal caregiver for a loved one with dementia.  Kristy has a bachelor’s degree in Health Education from Utah Valley University, a master’s degree in Health Leadership from Western Governors University and is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES).  

Kristy Cottrell is formerly the Deputy Director of Senior Services for the Davis County Health Department. She oversaw the Department’s Senior Services Division and the local Area Agency on Aging. Prior to this position, she served as the Department’s Family Health & Senior Services Division Director beginning in 2013. Cottrell came to the Davis County Department from Salt Lake County, where she worked in a variety of programs, including aging services, immunizations, pediatrics, and women’s health, with a primary emphasis on increasing access for underserved populations. Through her academic pursuits, particularly at the graduate level, Cottrell emphasized learning about leadership, research, evaluation, and policy analysis. While still in nursing school, she realized the value of prevention, and focused her entire professional career in public health and keeping people healthy. She enjoys problem solving, and working together to make communities a better place to live, work, play, and age. Cottrell received her undergraduate degree in nursing from Westminster College and obtained her Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the University of Utah.

Ed Blake has been involved with Salt Lake Valley Habitat for Humanity for 15 years and has been a strong advocate for decent and affordable housing. He has carried his message to Washington DC, local municipalities and the private sector in an effort to bring awareness and solutions to one of the most basic of needs, safe shelter.

TantaLisa Clayton has been a member of the Utah State Bar since 1980. She is currently an attorney at Utah Legal Services, where she specializes in elder law. At Utah Legal Services, she has served as the Senior Task Force Chair since 2001 and has supervised all activities under contracts with the Area Agencies on Aging.

Ms. Clayton is currently the Project Director under Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime Project, “Innovative Remedies to Reduce Elder Abuse and Financial Exploitation”. Ms. Clayton has been the Project Director on several other elder law projects including the Model Approaches Grant/Utah Senior Legal Helpline, Senior Lawyer Volunteer Project, Emeritus Attorney Pro Bono Indigent Guardianship Project, and the Brookdale Foundation Relatives as Parents Program.

She is currently a Board Member of the Guardianship Signature Program and is a member of the WINGS (Utah Working Interdisciplinary Network of Guardianship Stakeholders) committee. She served as a Commissioner on Utah Commission on Aging (2005-2006), and was a Past Chair and has been Member of the Elder Law Section of the Utah Bar Section (previously called the Needs of the Elderly Committee) since 1995.

Ms. Clayton served as Corporate Trust Counsel for over 15 years for First Security Bank of Utah, specializing in municipal bond and equipment lease financing.

Camille Collett was raised in Colorado and came to Utah in 1975 to attend Westminster College in Salt Lake City. I graduated from the University of Utah Medical Center (UUMC) in 1983. Camille completed a Family Medicine Residency at Holy Cross Hospital with the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine (DFPM) at the University of Utah in 1986. She joined the faculty at the UUMC – DFPM and began my medical career training teaching young family medicine physicians. Camille continues to hold a faculty appointment at the medical school and helped to start a new Family Medicine Residency Program in 1994 that is now based at St. Mark’s Hospital. We train four new family physicians a year and many of our graduates have chosen to become geriatricians and palliative care/hospice care specialists. At the age of 60, she decided to go back to complete my Masters of Public Health (MPH) at Westminster College. Camille will graduate from Westminster College in May of 2018 with updated knowledge to continue to train family medicine physicians. Her research area is dealing improving advance care planning so our goals and wishes can be followed at the end of life. She still see patients of all ages and delivered babies for 27 years. Camilla loves being a family physician in Utah. Her husband is a physics professor at Westminster College, and my 31-year-old son is completing his Master’s degree in music in May 2018 at Steinhardt Graduate School of Music at New York University. In her spare time, she loves singing, hiking, swimming, skiing, and bicycling.

Douglas K. Cummings is the founding member of Cummings Law Firm, LLC. His practice includes issues related to tax and estate planning, business entities, asset protection, veterans' planning, special needs trusts, trust and estate administration, guardian/conservatorship, and elder law. Douglas currently serves on the Salt Lake Community College Planned Giving Committee, and as Counsel for the Trustee of The Utah Pooled Trust, associated with Turn Community Services. He is prior Chairman of the Estate Planning Section of the Utah State Bar, and the Salt Lake Estate Planning Council, a former member of Primary Children's Medical Center Planned Giving Committee, and has also served as a member of the Board of Trustees of The Arc of Utah, and the Foundation for Homecare and Hospice, sponsored by Intermountain Health Care. He has been selected as Utah's Legal Elite, presented by Utah Business Magazine. Prior to attending law school, Douglas was an accountant with Arthur Anderson in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Timothy Farrell is Associate Professor of Medicine and Adjunct Associate Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine, and is a Physician Investigator at the VA Salt Lake City Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center. Dr. Farrell received his A.B. from Dartmouth College and his M.D. from the University of Massachusetts, followed by family medicine residency and geriatric medicine fellowship training at Brown University. He currently serves as Director of the University of Utah Health Interprofessional Education Program, which trains approximately 1500 students per year from the Schools of Dentistry and Medicine and the Colleges of Health, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Social Work, and was named as a Student Hotspotting Hub by the National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs. A 2010-2015 recipient of a HRSA Geriatric Academic Career Award (GACA) and a co-investigator on a HRSA Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement (GWEP) grant, Dr. Farrell’s main academic interest involves transitions of care. With HRSA support, he developed the Geriatric Transitions Objective Structured Objective Video Examination (GT-OSVE), an online care transitions teaching and assessment tool for individuals and interprofessional teams that has been used by medical educators in the US and internationally. He serves as a member of the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) Ethics Committee, as Co-Chair of the AGS Care Transitions Special Interest Group, as a member of the Utah-Intermountain West Partnership to Improve Surgical Care Transitions (U-IMPACT), as a member of the VA Decision Making Capacity Education Planning Group, as a Fellow of the University of Utah Academy of Health Science Educators, and on the Geriatrics Review Syllabus and Journal for Healthcare Quality editorial boards. Dr. Farrell was also named a 2016-17 Leadership Scholar by the Tideswell/AGS/ADGAP Emerging Leaders in Aging Program.

Deb is the Director of Adult Programs for the Utah Pride Center.  The largest program of the Pride Center is SAGE, which provides service and advocacy for LGBTQ+ elders. Deb has a background in gerontology, LGBTQ+ aging issues, Alzheimer’s, hospice/palliative care, as well as non-profit management. Deb is part of several boards and board committees including UTA Diversity and Inclusion advisory board, Department of Aging and Adult Services, Alzheimer's Dementia and Related Dementia Coordinating Council, among others.

Jeremy has over twenty years of experience in public administration and municipality services. He is currently the Associate Director for Salt Lake County Aging and Adult Services. He has worked for the division for over five years in a few different roles. Before coming to Aging and Adult Services he worked for over 15 years with Salt Lake County Parks and Recreation with a variety of job responsibilities. Jeremy loves serving the community and providing resources that enhance people’s lives.

Deborah Parker currently serves as the Director of Nursing at BrightStar Care, a Joint Commission accredited Home Care Agency in Murray, UT providing both unskilled and skilled hourly care to seniors and others in their homes. Deborah received her Bachelor’s in nursing from Towson University, her Master’s in Public Administration from University of Hawaii and most recently a Graduate Certificate in Gerontology from University of Utah. She is also a certified Care Transitions Intervention Nurse, Certified Case Manager and has Advanced Professional standing in the Aging Life Care Association, which is the national professional organization for Geriatric Care Managers.

Deborah has a great passion for providing high quality health care to seniors in the community and to this end a penchant for working with partners, providers and caregivers across the health care spectrum. Deborah has been passionate about senior health care since nursing school days and has always LOVED working with aging persons in the community, in clinics, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, senior independent living settings, care homes and private homes. Some areas of particular interest to Deborah are creating good endings to lives well lived, reducing and preventing falls among seniors, reducing hospital admissions and re-admissions among Medicare recipients, and the provision of high quality dementia care in the home.

Deepthi Rajeev is the Director of Patient Safety and Innovation for Comagine Health. She leads the Adult Immunizations project for the Comagine QIN-QIO serving Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, and Utah and oversees quality improvement initiatives in nursing homes, home health agencies, hospitals, and pharmacies in Utah. Her areas of interests include quality improvement, advance care planning, personal health records, and public health surveillance and reporting. She has worked on several projects that have involved modeling of healthcare data using standards and vocabularies, research design, workflow analysis, usability testing, and evaluation. She co-leads an advance care planning advisory group that hosts an annual end of life care summit in Utah. Dr. Rajeev has a Ph.D. in Biomedical Informatics from the University of Utah, a Masters in Statistics from Brigham Young University, and a Masters in Computer Science from Osmania University, India. She was awarded a fellowship from the National Library of Medicine during her doctoral research. She has published in prominent medical informatics forums, including the Journal of American Medical Informatics Association and the Proceedings of the American Medical Informatics Association. She serves on the Utah Commission on Aging Board and the Utah Department of Health Institutional Review Board. She is a member of the Steering Committee for The Utah Chapter of the Conversation Project and is a member of the electronic POLST steering committee in Utah.

Allie Spangler began her career in long term care as a Certified Nursing Assistant while in high school. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in International Business Management, and a Masters of Business Administration in Healthcare Management. Allie has worked for the Utah Healthcare Association for 3 years and enjoys the chance to work with members and help them provide better care and services to residents. She organizes all educational events for the members, works with associate business members who provide services and/or products for long term care, and ensures the members have the tools and services they need to be successful.

Bob Wassom is a freelance writer and blogger who specializes in writing about adaptive outdoor recreation. Previously he was an advertising agency writer/producer, writing and creating award-winning campaigns for well-known brands like McDonald’s, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, the Utah Office of Tourism, Park City Chamber of Commerce, Deer Valley Resort, Aramark (Lake Powell Resorts & Marinas), Rio Tinto Kennecott, the University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics and others. Bob was Creative Director at Harris and Love Advertising and later Executive Vice-President at Riester-Robb Advertising before embarking on his freelance career. He also taught advertising copywriting as a guest instructor at Westminster University in Salt Lake City. He is a volunteer and consultant for AARP Utah, providing communications expertise on selected projects. He has also been a volunteer member of the marketing committee at the National Ability Center and a team captain for the Multiple Sclerosis Society’s MS 175 Bike Ride. A Tooele native, Bob earned his degree in Journalism from Utah State University. While he values his formal education, some of his most powerful lessons in life came as a result of a life-changing spinal cord injury he sustained in a diving accident, while a senior at USU. Initially paralyzed from the neck down, he regained the use of his arms and legs, allowing him a second chance at living life to the max. His passion is pursuing any and all outdoor recreation, from cycling and golf to alpine and Nordic skiing, utilizing whatever adaptive equipment is necessary. When he can’t get out and do it, he’s most likely writing about it. You can find out more about Bob on his website: www.SpinningMyWheels.net.

Nels Holmgren is the Director of the Division of Aging and Adult Services at the State of Utah, which oversees programs mandated by the Older Americans Act to promote healthy and secure lifestyles for Utah’s growing senior population. Working with local partners, the Area Agencies on Aging, and other interested parties in the Aging network, the Division provides critical services to empower Utah’s seniors to remain independent in their own homes. Additionally, the Division oversees Utah’s Adult Protective Services which investigates cases of abuse, neglect, and exploitation among Utah’s seniors and vulnerable adults, and works to resolve protective needs.

Emily Christensen is a nationally board-certified music therapist who has been working with older adults since 2009. Completing a bachelor’s degree in music therapy and a master’s degree in gerontology, she divides her work life between the two disciplines. Emily owns Crescendo Music Therapy, where her company contracts with hospice agencies and care facilities across Utah to provide music therapy services to their clients. Additionally, she serves as the Arts and Aging Coordinator for Jewish Family Service of Utah. Here she connects older adults to a variety of arts-based experiences, including the Gleeful Choir, a chorus for those living with dementia and their care-partners.

The mission of the Women’s Leadership Institute is to elevate the stature of female leadership in the state of Utah. The organization was formed in January, 2015 through the visionary efforts of key business leaders to address Utah’s deficiencies in the presence of women at top levels of corporate and political leadership.

Jones was tapped as CEO because of her background and expertise in the business and political worlds as well as her ability to engage, collaborate and lead.

As co-founder and former President of Dan Jones & Associates, a successful public opinion and market research firm for 35 years, Jones helped lead and manage the company while serving on numerous community and company boards. Jones is an experienced and highly-regarded researcher, specializing in qualitative research, having conducted hundreds of focus groups throughout the country for a variety of industries since 1980.

Senator Jones served in the Utah Legislature for 14 years, serving in leadership positions 12 of those years. She was a member of the Utah House of Representatives from 2000-2006 and was elected to the Utah Senate in 2006-2014, serving eight years there, including serving as the first female leader in either party and in either House. While in the Utah Legislature, Jones was a member of various committees, including Public Education, Higher Education, Health and Human Services, Judiciary, Economic Development, Law Enforcement, Government Operations and Executive Appropriations. A University of Utah graduate in Communications (magna cum laude), Jones currently serves on the Utah Board of Regents, the Board of Governors of the Salt Lake Chamber, Zions Bank Board, Chair of Intermountain Healthcare Community Care Foundation, Dominion/Questar Advisory Board, the Transportation Governance & Funding Task Force, Chair of Mental Health Working Group for the Board of Regents, a Commissioner on the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education, Garff Foundation Success in Education Board, and on the National Advisory Board of the University of Utah School of Dentistry. Jones has served on the boards of United Way of Salt Lake, Zions Bank Women's

Financial Group, Utah Symphony and Opera, St. Mark’s Hospital, Hale Centre Theatre, Columbus Community Center, University of Utah Alumni Association, Coalition for People with Disabilities, This is the Place State Park, Utah Commission on Aging, and the Coalition for the Understanding of Substance Abuse Disease.

Pat Jones’ interests are many, but she prefers to move rather than sit. She enjoys exercising, biking, skiing, playing pickle ball, tennis, watching sports (especially basketball and football), reading, politics, cooking, having fun with her children and grandchildren and traveling. Her least favorite thing to do is to wait in long lines.

Patricia is married to Dr. Dan E. Jones and has four children and 10 grandchildren.

Margene is the president of Equity Income Incorporated and Plaza 1100, local real estate companies. She is the past owner and administrator of Hospice of Hope, and owner and manager of Personal Care Services. She recently retired as a nurse after serving in various nursing positions for 43 years. Previously she served as Secretary and Membership Co-Chair of The Utah Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. She worked with the Miss Utah Scholarship Pageant system as Co-Director and Judges Chairperson. Margene served on the Governors Initiative for Families, Senator Hatch’s Senior Conference Committee, St. Marks Integrative Care Committee, Spirituality and Healing in Medicine Institute member and as a volunteer Chaplain at Primary Children’s Hospital. She is an original founding member and current board member of the non-profit 501c3, The Utah Coalition for Caregiver Support. She is a past Board member of the University of Utah project, Neighbors Helping Neighbors and currently serving on the community advisory board. She is a Certified Grief Support Specialist and Community Education Coordinator with Premier Funeral Services.

I am a Physical Therapist and owner/operator of Western Summit Rehabilitation, a therapy services staffing and consulting agency. I am a former president of the Homecare and Hospice Association of Utah, a member of the Utah Falls Prevention Alliance and a recipient of a falls prevention grant from the NIH. I received the Excellence in Home Health Therapy Leadership Award from the Home Health Section of the APTA in 2020 and the Physical Therapist of the Year from the Utah Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association in 2021.

Sonia Salari, PhD, FGSA is Professor in the Department of Family and Consumer Studies, President-Elect of the Academic Senate, University of Utah and Fellow, Gerontology Society of America; BSS Section. Dr. Salari has taught over two decades at the University of Utah and she has won the Distinguished University Teaching Award. Her research focuses on family violence, elder abuse, diverse aging, formal service use, and public policy. Her work on domestic violence fatalities has been cited by journal articles and news organizations across the U.S. and internationally. As an advocate for victims, she has been a court expert witness focusing on intimate partner violence, as well as exploitation of elder and disabled adults. She is co-founder of the University of Utah Gender-Based Violence Consortium, Project Director on the OVW Campus Prevention Grant and is Chair of Utah Domestic Violence Coalition Board of Directors. She recently published her book Family Violence Across the Life Course: Research, policy and prevention (2021 2nd ed., 456 pgs) and is currently editor of Family Violence and Abuse: An encyclopedia of trends, issues, and solutions, Government, Policy & Issues Division, Reference ABC-CLIO Publishing (forthcoming 2022).

Mike Hollingshaus is a Senior Demographer at the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, where he researches, writes, and presents on Utah demographics. He is an expert in population projections, birth rates, death rates, racial and ethnic demographics, and the aging population.

Dr. Hollingshaus holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Utah, with certificates in Demography and Diversity. He previously worked as a researcher at the Utah Population Database in the Huntsman Cancer Institute, identifying genetic and social factors contributing to human health and behavior. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses at the University of Utah, including Social Statistics, Epidemiology, Family Health History, and Demographic Methods. He has published several pieces of applied research specific to Utah, and also in multiple peer-reviewed scientific journals.

Dr. Hollingshaus designs, programs, maintains, and operates Utah’s demographic projection modeling system. He is a member of the Federal-State Cooperative for Population Projections where he is proud to represent Utah. This group convenes researchers from the Census Bureau and state demography offices to improve research and communication of the country’s future population trends

University of Utah, BS Mathematics

After working for over 30 years in the Computer Industry Bonnie retired from Hewlett Packard and became the caregiver for her husband Ned who was diagnosed with Frontotemporal Degeneration (FTD), Ned died in 2011. The experience of being a primary caregiver of a dementia patient motivated her to engage in awareness and support of all families dealing with a loved ones Dementia. Bonnie worked on the Utah State Governor’s Task Force that developed the first State plan for ADRD which resulted in the State plan approval and ultimate passage and funding. Bonnie has served on the National Board of Directors of the Association of Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD) and the Utah Alzheimer’s Association. Bonnie wishes to remove the stigma of Dementia in our state and create a dementia friendly community. Bonnie has facilitated a monthly Caregiver’s support group for Dementia since 2007 to provide hope and support.

Dr. Mueller-Planitz is an occupational therapist who has specialized in neurology and fall prevention. She has been involved with the Utah Fall Prevention Alliance since the beginning of the task force. Florentina has presented at state and national conferences on fall prevention, interdisciplinary collaboration, evidence-based practice and continuous improvement. Her clinical background includes acute care, home health and in-patient rehabilitation settings. She works for Intermountain Medical Center and was an instructor at Ameritech College of Healthcare and lectured at the University of Utah and Salt Lake City Community College.

Deborah Brown is a professional guardian employed at Guardian & Conservator Services in Salt Lake City, Utah. Deborah has been certified nationally through the Center for Guardianship Certification (CGC) as a Master Guardian. She is currently a committee member of CGC and has also served on their board. Education about ethical guardianship as well as alternatives to guardianship remain a priority as she works with community and clients to improve understanding about the need to serve vulnerable adult surrogate decision-making.

Marti Lythgoe is a freelance writer and a “self-taught’ expert on caregiving. She cared for her aging father for 10+ years and for her husband who had Alzheimer’s—both now deceased. For nine years she has researched and written a monthly blog for a home healthcare company. She loves to help others and herself by sharing what she has learned.

Marti graduated from the U. of U. with a BS in Education, completed the nine-week Stress-Busting Course for Family Caregivers sponsored by the Salt Lake County Aging & Adult Services Caregiver Support Program, and counsels with people in her local church congregation who need caregiving resources or just someone to talk to.

Melissa Mauchley, LCSW, MSW, provides dementia care to individuals and caregivers. She has personal and professional experience supporting individuals with dementia. In her profession, she meets with patients and caregivers providing education, advance planning, counseling, resources, and support in individual and family settings. She also facilitates support groups and teaches dementia education classes to family and professional caregivers in the community.

She graduated from the University of Utah with her Master of Social Work in 2018. Currently, she works in the University of Utah’s Cognitive Disorders Clinic and is a field instructor for the University of Utah’s College of Social Work. She is a member of the state’s ADRD Coordinating Council (Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias) and a member of its sub-committee, Supported and Empowered Family Caregivers.

Emmie Gardner is CEO for Holy Cross Ministries (HCM), a non-profit social service organization in Salt Lake City Utah that responds to the underserved community’s need for health and well-being. HCM’s programs include early childhood education, health outreach, counseling, and immigration services. Emmie is a mission driven leader with a demonstrated 35-year history of working in non-profit health system as well as mental health care and social service settings. Emmie is a passionate advocate for quality-of-life conversations for those with life limiting conditions at any age. As the daughter of an immigrant, she is also passionate about helping immigrant and underserviced populations and helping them to find their voice. She is a clinical social worker by training who also hold a graduate certificate in mediation and conflict resolution, both from the University of Utah. Emmie and her husband are proud parents of 2 amazing adult daughters who have launched and now live and work in the Pacific Northwest.

Dr. Daniel was born and raised in Utah. She graduated from the University of Utah, then attended the University of Wyoming for graduate school in clinical psychology. She returned to Utah for her clinical internship at the VA Salt Lake City Health Care System and continued her specialized training as a VA Advanced Fellow in Geriatrics. She is Board Certified in Geropsychology. She has previously worked as the Assistant Director of Psychology Training and advocated for geriatric training opportunities for psychology interns and postdoctoral fellows. She is currently living in Southern Utah and continues her professional work with Veterans of Southern Utah. Dr. Daniel is also the Assistant Chief of the Psychology Service.

Dr. Daniel loves the outdoors, and can often be found cycling, hiking, paddle boarding or playing outside in the sunshine with her two children.

Joel is president and CEO of Community Nursing Services, CNS, a non-profit established in 1928, providing home health, hospice, pharmacy/infusion therapy, respiratory and immunization services. A staff of 560 serving communities
throughout Utah. Joel also serves as a trustee and secretary of the CNS board. Prior
to CNS he spent 28 years in senior leadership roles at Intermountain Healthcare; as a
senior operations officer in the Intermountain Medical Group and more recently as
the executive director of Intermountain Homecare and Hospice. His previous
experience also included an administrative role with Bryner Clinic a multiple specialty
physician group. Joel has an MS in gerontology and an MPA. He received the outstanding graduate student in gerontology Anna Dresel Award from the University of Utah College of Nursing. He has volunteered as a long-term care ombudsman, and
he has previously served as a hospice volunteer. He is a founder and director of
Wasatch Hollow Village a non-profit community based organization that supports
aging in place.

Co-founder and president of Applied Technology Foundation dba TechCharities (2013 – present). Former managing director of LDS Welfare Services and president of LDS Charities. Served on the board of directors for Ag Reserves and Utah Legal Services. PhD in Economics from Iowa State University. Taught at Cornell University and Brigham Young University. Worked in Poland, Cambodia, and South America to improve food production. Presently, helping individuals have affordable computer devices and related training to participate in a digital world.

Jeri has worked for the Department of Community and Cultural Engagement in a variety of positions beginning at the Utah Arts Council (Arts and Museums) as the Public Information Officer, Economic Development as Public Information Officer during the 2002 Olympics and currently as Communication Manager at the Utah State Library.

Jeri’s background includes television producer at KUTV where she started the Baby Your Baby program, Wednesday’s Child, Coordinating Producer for SkyTwo helicopter and produced all news programs which include noon, six pm and 10 pm and the early four pm news shows. She also worked at KSL TV and Radio as a long format producer – producing many documentaries on a variety of subjects including Abuse, Elder Abuse and Foster Care. She has earned eight Emmy Awards and a National Iris and other regional and national awards.

I have extensive experience in working on issues related to aging. I started my career at the University of Utah, Rocky Mountain Gerontology Center in 1974. In addition to being a Research Assistant at RMGC, I worked on Bachelors and Masters degrees in Sociology and a graduate certificate in Gerontology. That served as an excellent launch point for becoming the Senior Planner for Salt Lake County Aging Services in the late 70s. While there, I developed an interest and passion for specializing in housing and home and community based services for older people and people with disabilities.

While in graduate school and up until 1985, I did research and was employed as a Health Data Analyst with the University of Utah Department of Family and Community Medicine. Most of my time was spent working with the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute longitudinal national study on hypertension.