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Welcome to the 2022 Age Boom Academy 
Use this page to access all conference information including agenda, session links,
speaker and fellow bios, and our comprehensive video and publication library. 


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SESSION RECORDINGS
Session 1 - https://youtu.be/yqTj97yDOQQ
Session 2 - https://youtu.be/biChVqBGuL0
Session 3 - https://youtu.be/fzHbZpiBTZo
Session 4 - https://youtu.be/WzC9vuBkLy0

If you have any questions or issues during the Academy, please email us at:
nell@romelaprodutions.com

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AGENDA
FELLOWS
SPEAKERS
VIDEO LIBRARY
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THE AGENDA
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Session I: Welcome - WATCH THE RECORDING
Thursday, October 13 | 11am-1pm ET

WELCOME | Caitlin Hawke
Associate Director, Programming, Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center

KEYNOTE | Our Ace in the Hole: Public Health, Prevention, and Preservation of the Third Demographic Dividend
Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH, Director, Age Boom Academy
Dean and DeLamar Professor of Public Health
Director, Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center
Columbia Mailman School of Public Health
 
Informal Caregiving, Aging & Your Beat: Raising the Untold and Unseen, Seeding the Solutions
Bruce Shapiro, Co-director, Age Boom Academy
Executive Director, The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, Columbia Journalism School

Plenary Discussion
Moderator: Richard Eisenberg | Senior Journalist

Panel Discussion | Demographics & Preparedness: More Elders, Fewer Offspring – Who Cares?
Anne Basting, PhD
| Founder, TimeSlips.org; Professor of English, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
John Beard, MBBS, PhD | Director, ILC-USA and faculty member, Columbia Aging Center; Professor, University of New South Wales; and former Director of Ageing and Life Course, The World Health Organization
Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH | Dean and DeLamar Professor of Public Health, Director, Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health
Sarah Tom, PhD, MPH | Assistant Professor of Neurology and Epidemiology, Columbia University
Moderator: Richard Eisenberg | Senior Journalist

Plenary Discussion: The Stories to Pursue
Moderator: Bruce Shapiro | Executive Director, The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, Columbia Journalism School
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Session II: The Costs - WATCH THE RECORDING
Friday, October 14 | 11am-1pm ET

Two Sides of the Same Coin: How Supporting Direct Care Workers and Family Caregivers are Soldered
Keynote: Obverse Side - Building a Workforce Equitably
Ai-jen Poo | President, National Domestic Workers Alliance; Executive Director, Caring Across Generations
Keynote: Reverse Side - The Needs of the Informal Family Caregiver
Jason Resendez | President and CEO, National Alliance for Caregiving
Moderator: Paula Span | Author and Columnist, The New York Times; Faculty, Columbia Journalism School

Plenary Discussion
Moderator: Paula Span | Author and Columnist, The New York Times; Faculty, Columbia Journalism School

Panel Discussion | Unpacking $500 Billion Worth of Opportunity Costs and Valuing the Invaluable
Robert Espinoza | Executive Vice President of Policy, PHI
Yulya Truskinovsky, PhD | Assistant Professor of Economics, Wayne State University
Jennifer Wolff, PhD | Eugene and Mildred Lipitz Professor, Johns Hopkins University
Moderator: Carol Hymowitz | Journalist and Author

Plenary Discussion
Moderator: Carol Hymowitz | Journalist and Author

"Ask Me Anything" Interviews
Tuesday, October 18 | Various times
Speakers from the first half of our sessions will be available for 1:1 interviews. Fellows will reserve their top choices on Friday,
​October 14. 
ON THE DAYS OF THE EVENT, CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE LIVE SESSIONS ON ZOOM

Session III: Workplace Equity and Health Futures
Thursday, October 20th | 11am-1pm ET

Panel Discussion | Questions of Caregiving Equity and How Stress Gets under the Skin
Jennifer Olsen, DrPH | CEO, Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers
Martin Picard, PhD | Associate Professor and Director, Mitochondrial Psychobiology Group, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Sheria Robinson-Lane, PhD, MSN, MHA, RN | Assistant Professor, University of Michigan School of Nursing
Moderator: Julia Yarbough | Communications Consultant/Broadcast Journalist/Family Caregiver; Magid, Keeping it REAL Caregiving

Plenary Discussion
Moderator: Julia Yarbough | Communications Consultant/Broadcast Journalist/Family Caregiver; Magid, Keeping it REAL Caregiving

Panel Discussion | The Employer’s Role When Workers Must Moonlight as Informal Caregivers
Catherine Collinson, MBA | President & CEO, Transamerica Institute and Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies
Claudia Fine, LCSW, MPH | Chief Professional Officer, eFamilyCare
Joseph B. Fuller, MBA | Professor of Management Practice and Co-director, Project on Managing the Future of Work, Harvard Business School
Moderator: Kerry Hannon | Author/Senior Columnist, Yahoo Finance

Plenary Discussion
Moderator: Kerry Hannon | Author/Senior Columnist, Yahoo Finance

Session IV: The Policies
Friday, October 21st | 11am-1pm ET
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Panel Discussion | Home is the Future, The Future is Now: Community-Based Caregiving
David C. Grabowski, PhD | Professor of Health Care Policy, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School
Derenda Schubert, PhD | Executive Director, Bridge Meadows
Robyn I. Stone, DrPH | Senior Vice President, Research and Co-Director, LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston
Moderator: Chris Farrell | Columnist, PBS Next Avenue; MPR; APMG

Plenary Discussion
Moderator: Chris Farrell | Columnist, PBS Next Avenue; MPR; APMG

Panel Discussion | The Policy Toolkit for Structural Change
Greg Link, MA | Director, Office of Supportive and Caregiver Services, US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living (ACL) Administration on Aging (AoA)
Susan C. Reinhard, RN, PhD, FAAN | Senior VP and Director, AARP Public Policy Institute; Chief Strategist, Center to Champion Nursing in America and Family Caregiver Initiatives
John Schall, MPP | CEO, Caregiver Action Network
Moderator: Michelle Cottle | Editorial Writer, The New York Times
 
Plenary Discussion
Moderator: Michelle Cottle | Editorial Writer, The New York Times

Conclusions
Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH | Director, Age Boom Academy
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Bruce Shapiro | Co-director, Age Boom Academy
Moderator: Michelle Cottle | Editorial Writer, The New York Times

"Ask Me Anything" Interviews
Tuesday, October 25 | Various times
Speakers from the second half of our sessions will be available for 1:1 interviews. Fellows will reserve their top choices on Friday,
​October 21. 




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Side Events
In addition to the above sessions, the following events are also planned.
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Mixer 1: Meet the Fellows
Sept. 29 | 7-8pm ET      
Fellows are invited to join Age Boom Academy’s Caitlin Hawke, Bruce Shapiro, and Jennifer Ware for a 101 on the Academy and to get to know one another for this informal and informational online Happy Hour.
 
Mixer 2: Meet the Mentors
Oct. 10 | 7-8pm ET
Mentors Richard Eisenberg, Carol Hymowitz, and Paula Span will discuss their particular perspectives on caregiving and then break out with Fellows to get to know you and your interests in the topic.
 
Mixer 3: Meet the Caregivers
Oct. 19 | 7-8:15pm ET                 
A traditional highlight of our Academy, this mixer is your opportunity to meet people who are living the experience of informal caregiving from many backgrounds and perspectives.
ON THE DAYS OF THE EVENT, CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE LIVE SESSIONS ON ZOOM

THE FELLOWS 
PAMELA APPEA | Independent Journalist
CARLOS BALLESTEROS | Staff Reporter, Injustice Watch
LIZA BERGER | Editor, McKnight's Home Care
ANDREA KING COLLIER | Freelance Journalist and Author
SABRINA CREWS | Digital Editor, Next Avenue
ZACHARY FLETCHER | Freelance Journalist, Kitsap Sun/USA Today, The World, Next Avenue
PATTI GRECO | Freelance Journalist, Health, Bustle, Glamour
SARA HARRISON | Freelance Journalist
J.O. HASELHOEF | Journalist, The Haitian Times
HADLEY HITSON | Rural South Reporter, Montgomery Advertiser
DARTINIA HULL | Freelance Journalist, Next Avenue, ASA, NCALA
NINA KECK | Senior Reporter, Vermont Public
SOFIE KODNER | Freelance Journalist
WILLIAM J. KOLE | New England Editor, The Associated Press
JENNIFER LAGEMANN | Freelance Writer, Forbes Health
JEANETTE LEARDI | Freelance Journalist
JIM LENAHAN | Executive Editor, AARP Media
RONNIE LOVLER | Correspondent, Main Street Daily News
SARA LUTERMAN | Caregiving Reporter, The 19th
NORA MACALUSO | Freelance Journalist
LILA MACLELLAN | Writer, Fortune
LAUREN J. MAPP | Caregiving, Senior Care and Indigenous Communities Reporter, The San Diego Union-Tribune
GAIL MARKSJARVIS | Author and Freelance Journalist, Barron’s
BRITTANY MCGEE | Reporter, The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
KAT MCGOWAN | Freelance Journalist, Wired, Popular Science
BETSY MCKAY | Senior Writer, The Wall Street Journal
JAYA PADMANABHAN | Freelance Journalist, Ethnic Media Services
CLAIRE PERLMAN | Editor, Accessibility and Aging in Place, Wirecutter
ROBERT POWELL, CFP | Editor & Publisher, Retirement Daily on TheStreet
KATHY RITCHIE | Senior Field Correspondent, KJZZ News
LAURA RODRIGUEZ PRESA | Senior Bilingual Journalist. Chicago Tribune
CHRISTINE SCHIAVO | Editor, Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley
CARLY STERN | Freelance Journalist
FRANCES KAI-HWA WANG | Communities Correspondent Dearborn/Detroit, PBS NewsHour
YIYAN ZHENG | Reporter, World Journal
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD PDF OF FELLOW BIOS

THE MODERATORS & SPEAKERS
MICHELLE COTTLE | Moderator Editorial Writer, The New York Times
RICHARD EISENBERG | Moderator
CHRIS FARRELL | Moderator Columnist, PBS Next Avenue; MPR; APMG
KERRY HANNON | Moderator Author/Senior Columnist, Yahoo Finance
CAROL HYMOWITZ | Moderator Journalist and Author
PAULA SPAN | Moderator Author/Columnist, The New York Times; Faculty, Columbia Journalism School
JULIA YARBOUGH | Moderator Communications Consultant/Broadcast Journalist/Family Caregiver, Magid, Keeping It REAL Caregiving
ANNE BASTING, PhD | Founder, TimeSlips.org; Professor of English, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
JOHN BEARD, MBBS, PhD | Director, ILC-USA, Columbia Aging Center; Professor, University of New South Wales and former Director of Ageing and Life Course, The World Health Organization
CATHERINE COLLINSON | CEO and President, Transamerica Institute and Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies
ROBERT ESPINOZA | Executive Vice President of Policy, PHI
CLAUDIA FINE, LCSW, MPH | Chief Professional Officer, eFamilyCare
LINDA P. FRIED, MD, MPH | Director, Age Boom Academy
JOSEPH FULLER, MBA | Professor of Management Practice and Co - head of Managing the Future of Work Project, Harvard Business School
DAVID C. GRABOWSKI, PhD | Professor of Health Care Policy, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School
CAITLIN M. HAWKE | Project Lead, Age Boom Academy; Associate Director, Programming, Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center
GREG LINK, MA | Director, Office of Supportive and Caregiver Services, ACL/AoA
JENNIFER OLSEN, DrPH | CEO, Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers
MARTIN PICARD, PhD | Associate Professor and Director, Mitochondrial Psychobiology Group, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
AI-jEN POO | President, National Domestic Workers Alliance; Executive Director, Caring Across Generations
SUSAN C. REINHARD, RN, PhD, FAAN | Senior Vice President and Director, AARP Public Policy Institute; Chief Strategist, Center to Champion Nursing in America and Family Caregiver Initiatives
JASON RESENDEZ | President and CEO, National Alliance for Caregiving
SHERIA ROBINSON-LANE, PhD, MSN, MHA, RN | Assistant Professor, University of Michigan School of Nursing
JOHN W. ROWE, MD | Julius B. Richmond Professor of Health Policy and Aging, Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health
JOHN A. SCHALL, MPP | CEO, Caregiver Action Network
DERENDA SCHUBERT, PhD | Executive Director, Bridge Meadows
BRUCE SHAPIRO | Executive Director, The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, Columbia Journalism School
ROBYN I. STONE, DrPH | Co-Director, LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston
SARAH TOM, PhD, MPH | Departments of Neurology and Epidemiology, Columbia University
YULYA TRUSKINOVSKY, PhD | Assistant Professor of Economics, Wayne State University
JENNIFER WOLFF, PhD | Eugene and Mildred Lipitz Professor, Johns Hopkins University
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD PDF OF MODERATOR AND SPEAKER BIOS
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