Area Agencies on Aging Welcome More New Directors

ALBANY, N.Y. - May 17, 2013 - PRLog -- During the past few month, a few new Area Agency on Aging directors/commissioners have been appointed in New York State.

Recent appointees include: Anne McManus-Grant, Aging Director at Tioga Opportunities and Kallen Martin, St. Regis-Mohawk Office for the Aging. Randall Hoak, who served as interim director for several months, has also been named permanent Commissioner of Erie County Department of Senior Services.

During the winter months, Chemung County Department of Aging and Long Term Care named Pam Brown Director and the Montgomery County Office for the Aging named David Jordan Executive Director.

"The new wave of Office for Aging directors/commissioners continues,” said Laura Cameron, Executive Director of the NYS Association of Area Agencies on Aging, an umbrella organization for New York’s local offices for the aging and aging network organizations. “We are featuring these individuals in a series of articles to introduce them to the aging services network and learn a bit about them and the agencies they lead.”

Stay tuned for the new directors' stories. For previous new director profiles, go to http://www.agingny.org/AboutUs/NewDirectors.aspx

About Us

The New York State Association of Area Agencies on Aging supports the state’s local offices for the aging and the broad network of 1,500 public and private organizations working in partnership to provide long term services and supports to an ever-expanding population of older New Yorkers. The Association is dedicated to strengthening and expanding community-based services with the goal of allowing New Yorkers to age in place. We provide professional development for individuals in the field of aging with an education agenda that includes the annual Aging Concerns Unite Us (ACUU) conference, webinars on aging issues, regional caregiver forums and a fall Leadership Institute. A core philosophy is to work in collaboration with other agencies, which is accomplished through the Aging Alliance, a coalition of organizations representing older New Yorkers. Looking to the future, the Board of Directors has approved a new name, the Association on Aging in New York, to better reflect the goal of creating a more cohesive and inclusive network of aging-related organizations. For more information, go to http://www.nysaaaa.org