Long Term Services and Support at UMass Archives - LeadingAge https://leadingage.org/departments/long-term-services-and-support-at-umass/ Fri, 27 Oct 2023 13:20:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 https://leadingage.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/LA_Favicon_0.png Long Term Services and Support at UMass Archives - LeadingAge https://leadingage.org/departments/long-term-services-and-support-at-umass/ 32 32 Jenna Kellerman https://leadingage.org/staff/jenna-kellerman/ Mon, 21 Nov 2022 19:42:27 +0000 https://leadingage.org/?post_type=staff&p=169773 As Director of Workforce Strategy and Development, Jenna Kellerman is responsible forguiding our efforts to improve the recruitment, retention and sustainability of a diverse, quality […]

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guiding our efforts to improve the recruitment, retention and sustainability of a diverse, quality aging services caregiving workforce. Jenna Provide project leadership, management, technical assistance and guidance in the development of new workforce programs; evaluating state and national workforce programs to identify new grants,
strategies or partnerships.

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]]> Natasha Bryant https://leadingage.org/staff/natasha-s-bryant/ Tue, 04 Jan 2022 14:10:55 +0000 http://35.232.102.50/staff/natasha-s-bryant/ Natasha manages select grant-funded research proposals and projects. Provides senior level research expertise to the study design, implementation, analysis and publication of projects in line […]

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]]> Adrienne Ruffin https://leadingage.org/staff/adrienne-ruffin/ Tue, 04 Jan 2022 14:10:55 +0000 http://35.232.102.50/staff/adrienne-ruffin/ As the Vice Presdient and Head of Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Strategic Initiatives and Operations, Adrienne Ruffin collaborates closely with the Robyn Stone, our Senior Vice […]

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]]> As the Vice Presdient and Head of Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Strategic Initiatives and Operations, Adrienne Ruffin collaborates closely with the Robyn Stone, our Senior Vice President, Research and other senior leaders to oversee and support the development of LeadingAge’s diversity, equity and inclusion workforce activities; an integrated LeadingAge member survey process; the on-going growth and development of the LeadingAge-UMass Boston LTSS Center collaboration; and, an expanded and integrated LTSS Center dissemination strategy (e.g., new website, social media, and focused expansion using other venues).

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]]> Robyn Stone https://leadingage.org/staff/robyn-i-stone/ Tue, 04 Jan 2022 14:10:55 +0000 http://35.232.102.50/staff/robyn-i-stone/ Dr. Robyn Stone, a noted researcher and leading authority on aging and long-term policy, is the Senior Vice President of Research, LeadingAge and Co-Director, LeadingAge […]

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Dr. Robyn Stone, a noted researcher and leading authority on aging and long-term policy, is the Senior Vice President of Research, LeadingAge and Co-Director, LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston. LTSS’ mission is to create a bridge among the policy, practice and research communities to advance the development of high quality services. It also provides a forum for the health, supportive services and housing communities to explore and develop policies and programs to meet the needs of an agin society. The LTSS signature areas are: advancing quality, educating consumers, developing a quality workforce and creating affordable housing with services.
Stone came to LeadingAge from the International Longevity Center-USA in New York, NY, where she was executive director and chief operating officer.
Previously, she worked for the Federal Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (now known as the Agency for Health care Research and Quality).
Stone also served the White House as deputy assistant secretary for disability, aging and long-term care policy and as acting assistant secretary for aging in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the Clinton administration.
She was a senior researcher at the National Center for Health Services as well as at Project Hope’s Center for Health Affairs. Stone was on the staff of the 1989 Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care and the 1993 Clinton administration’s Task Force on Health Care Reform.
Stone holds a doctorate in public health from the University of California, Berkeley.

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]]> Amma Addo https://leadingage.org/staff/amma-addo/ Tue, 04 Jan 2022 14:10:52 +0000 http://35.232.102.50/staff/amma-addo/ Recommend

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]]> Verena Cimarolli https://leadingage.org/staff/verena-cimarolli-phd/ Tue, 04 Jan 2022 14:10:49 +0000 http://35.232.102.50/staff/verena-cimarolli-phd/ As the Director, Health Services Research and Partnerships, Verena Cimarolli will work with the Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Center’s staff to design and conduct […]

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]]> As the Director, Health Services Research and Partnerships, Verena Cimarolli will work with the Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Center’s staff to design and conduct applied research related to the finance and delivery of quality long-term care and supportive services for older adults, and the dissemination of the Center’s work to LeadingAge members, other providers, researchers and relevant stakeholders.

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