Civic Ventures :: Catching the Wave - The Journalists' Guide

Expert Sources

Marc Freedman – Founder and President of Civic Ventures, Freedman led the effort to create Experience Corps, the nation's largest national service program engaging Americans 50 and above. A frequent commentator in the national media, Freedman has testified before numerous committees of the U.S. Congress and the British Parliament on the aging of America, retirement, and volunteering. Author of Primetime and Encore: Finding Work that Matters in the Second Half of Life. 415-222-7480; mfreedman@civicventures.org. – [VIEW]
Alicia H. Munnell – Munnell is the Peter F. Drucker Professor of Management Sciences at Boston College's Carroll School of Management. She also serves as the Director of the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. Before joining Boston College in 1997, Munnell was a Member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers (1995-1997) and Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy (1993-1995). (2007) – [VIEW]
Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes Ph.D., Director of the Center of Aging and Workplace Flexibility at Boston College – Pitt-Catsouphes is Co-Director of the Center on Aging & Work/Workplace Flexibility at Boston College and an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Social Work. Currently the co-principal investigator of the National Study of Business Strategy and Workforce Development and the Study of Aging and Work in Industry Sectors. 617-552-4033 – [VIEW]
Hedrick Smith – Smith is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and editor and Emmy award-winning producer/correspondent and a producer at Frontine at PBS. See http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/. His 2006 Emmy-winning documentary, Can you afford to retire? is an investigation of the looming financial crisis for the middle class. (2007) – [VIEW]
Greg O'Neill – O'Neill is Director of the National Academy on an Aging Society, specializing in the demographics of aging, baby boomers, work, leisure, civic engagement, and the future of retirement. 202-842-1275; goneill@agingsociety.org. – [VIEW]
Rosabeth Moss Kanter – Moss Kanter is the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, specializing in strategy, innovation and leadership for change. Advisor to major corporations and governments worldwide and author and co-author of 16 books. 617-495-6053; rkanter@hbs.edu. – [VIEW]
Linda Fried – Dr.Fried is Dean of the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. Prior to her current position she served as head of Geriatric Medicine and the Center on Aging and Health at Johns Hopkins University. Fried is a co-creator of Experience Corps. – [VIEW]
Robert B. Friedland, Ph.D - Director of the Center on an Aging Society at Georgetown University – Friedland is the founding Director of the Center on an Aging Society. He was Chief Economist for Maryland's Medicaid program; Director of the American Association of Retired Person's Public Policy Institute; and Economist on the staff of the U.S. Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care, better known as the Pepper Commission. – [VIEW]
Thomas Endres – Endres is the director of NCOA's Civic Engagement Initiative and the leader of RespectAbility - a multiyear project to expand volunteer and work options for older adults that lead to continuing contribution and community improvement. thomas.endres@ncoa.org – [VIEW]
Bill Novelli – Novelli is Executive Director and CEO of AARP, a membership organization of over 35 million people age 50 and older. His book, 50+: Igniting a Revolution to Reinvent America was published in 2006. 202-434-2560 – [VIEW]
Jim Firman – Firman is president and CEO of the National Counsel on Aging, a national network of organizations and individuals dedicated to improving the health and independence of older persons and increasing their continuing contributions to communities, society, and future generations. james.firman@ncoa.org. – [VIEW]
Erwin Tan – Internist and Geriatrician; Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; engaged in researching volunteerism and healthy aging; 2003/2004 White House Fellow in Veterans Affairs. 410-502-0150; erwin.tan@jhmi.edu. – [VIEW]
Phyllis Moen – Moen is a professor at the University of Minnesota, focused on life-course transitions, aging and gender stratification, and family policy. Author of The Career Mystique 612-625-5483 ; phylmoen@umn.edu. – [VIEW]
Margaret Mark – Mark is president of the consulting firm Strategic Insight. She is co-author of The Hero and the Outlaw: Building Extraordinary Brands through the Power of Archetypes. As part of her social marketing work for Civic Ventures and Temple University's Center for Intergenerational Learning, Mark has explored older adults' attitudes about aging, retirement, and service. mmark@bestweb.net. – [VIEW]
Nancy Henkin – Henkin is Executive Director of the Center on Intergenerational Learning at Temple, an organization working to foster intergenerational cooperation and exchange. 215-204-6970 – [VIEW]
David Walker - Comptroller General of the United States and head of the General Accounting Office – Named to his current position in 1998, Walker previously worked at Arthur Andersen LLP, where he was a partner and global managing director of the human capital services practice. Walker was Assistant Secretary of Labor for Pension and Welfare Benefit Programs from 1987 to 1989. He is the author of Retirement Security: Understanding and Planning Your Financial Future and a co-author of Delivering on the Promise: How to Attract, Manage and Retain Human Capital – [VIEW]
Jay Winstin – Winsten is Associate Dean and the Frank Stanton Director of the Center for Health Communication at the Harvard School of Public Health. 617-432-1038; jwinsten@hsph.harvard.edu. – [VIEW]
Robert Putnam – Putnam is the Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. Author of Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community and Better Together: Restoring the American Community, a study of promising new forms of social connectedness. 617-495-0539 ; robert_putnam@ksg.harvard.edu. – [VIEW]
Gloria Cavanaugh – President and CEO of The American Society on Aging, the largest organization of professionals in the field of aging. 415-974-9601; gloria@asaging.org. – [VIEW]
Laura Carstensen – Carstensen is a professor of psychology and Director of the Stanford Center on Longevity. She is also chair of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on a Research Agenda for the Social Psychology of Aging. llc@psych.stanford.edu – [VIEW]
Peter Cappelli – Professor of management and Director of the Center for Human Resources at The Wharton School. Co-Director of the U.S. Department of Education's National Center on the Educational Quality of the Workforce. 215-898-2722; cappelli@wharton.upenn.edu. – [VIEW]
Laura B. Wilson – Co-editor (with Sharon P. Simson) of Civic Engagement and the Baby Boomers: Research, Policy and Practice Perspectives. (2006)
David Eisner – CEO of the Corporation for National Service, the nation's largest grantmaker supporting service and volunteering. 202-606-6737 – [VIEW]
Sharon P. Simson – Co-editor (with Laura B. Wilson) of Civic Engagement and the Baby Boomer Generation: Research, Policy and Practice Perspectives.
Ken Dychtwald – Psychologist, gerontologist, and author of eleven books on aging-related issues. Frequent guest on national television and radio programs, including 60 Minutes, The Today Show, Good Morning America, CSPAN, PBS, NPR and CNN. 415-705-8014; kendychtwald@agewave.com. – [VIEW]
Donna Butts – Executive Director of Generations United. Butts was a delegate to the 2005 White House Conference on Aging. dbutts@gu.org – [VIEW]
Brent Green – Green is a consultant focused on marketing to boomers. Author of Marketing to Leading-Edge Baby Boomers: Perceptions, Principles, Practices, Predictions. Writes boomer blog http://boomers.typepad.com/ (2006) – [VIEW]
Angela O'Rand – A Duke sociologist, O'Rand is co-author (with Mary Elizabeth Hughes) of the survey The Life and Times of Baby Boomers. Among other findings, the 2004 survey found incredible diversity among baby boomers, particularly in financial status. 919-660-5629; aorand@soc.duke.edu.
Mary Elizabeth Hughes – A Duke sociologist, Hughes is co-author (with Angela O'Rand) of the survey The Life and Times of Baby Boomers. 919-660-5737; mehughes@soc.duke.edu.
Abigail Trafford – Trafford is a Washington Post columnist and the author of My Time: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life. trafforda@washpost.com; mytime@washpost.com
Jeri Sedlar – Sedlar is author of Don't Retire, REWIRE! and Senior Advisor to The Conference Board on Mature Workforce. 212-628-1616; jsedlar@dontretirerewire.com. – [VIEW]
Nancy M. Howell – Professor, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, specializing in elder care, gerontology, productive aging, and depression. 314-935-6762; nancymh@gwbmail.wustl.edu. – [VIEW]
Ellen Freudenheim – Author of An Optimist's Guide to Retirement and The Boomers' Guide to Good Work: an introduction to jobs that make a difference. – [VIEW]

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