INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY WELL-BEING
Network
Leadership
NETWORK CO-LEADS
Ernest Gonzales, PhD
Associate Professor
New York University
geg2000@nyu.edu
Jennifer Greenfield, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Denver
jennifer.greenfield@du.edu
Cal Halvorsen, PhD
Assistant Professor
Boston College
cal.halvorsen@bc.edu
Jacquelyn James, PhD
Research Professor
Boston College
jacquelyn.james@bc.edu
Christina Matz, PhD
Associate Professor
Boston College
christina.matz@bc.edu
Nancy Morrow-Howell, PhD
Faculty Director
Washington University in St. Louis
morrow-howell@wustl.edu
Michelle Putnam, PhD
Professor
Simmons University
michelle.putnam@simmons.edu
STRATEGIC ADVISORS
Brian Lindberg, Executive Director,
Consumer Coalition for Quality
Healthcare
Linda Harootyan, Co-principal,
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Bob Harootyan, Manager of
Research, Senior Service America
LOOKING BACK
During the past five years, members of the Advance Long and Productive Lives network
and their colleagues have:
• Published two concept papers on increasing
productive engagement in early and later life
• Presented at dozens of conferences and
events, including the Gerontological Society
of America, National Academy of Medicine,
Actuarial Society of America, Drexel University,
and Age Strong @ Work
• Delivered webinars on Engagement and
Entrepreneurship Research and COVID -19
and Age: Risks and Opportunities
• Commented widely in the national media,
including Reuters, Next Avenue, The New
York Times, The Boston Globe, Curbed, The
Huffington Post, and The Associated Press
• Contributed a regular column to the
AGE-SW newsletter, "Spotlight on Advancing
Long and Productive Lives"
• Authored more than 120 articles, books,
chapters, reports, and briefs on topics related
to the Grand Challenge, including a special
issue of the Clinical Social Work Journal and
the book, Current and Emerging Trends in
Aging & Work
• Secured more than a dozen grants, including
from the National Institute on Aging,
U.S. Social Security Administration, AARP
Foundation, RRF Foundation for Aging, and
Sloan Foundation, to examine work and
retirement trajectories, workforce training,
and health
• Directed studies on best practices for
intergenerational programs and the effects
of tutoring on older adults' well-being
• By invitation, joined the Committee on
Understanding the Aging Workforce and
Employment at Older Ages sponsored by the
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering,
and Medicine
• Testified before a committee of the National
Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and
Medicine on developing a behavioral and
social sciences research agenda for the next
decade on Alzheimer's disease and related
dementias, and civic engagement in later life
• Advanced to the finals of the Stanford
Center on Longevity's 2018 - 2019 Longevity
Design Challenge
• Advocated for enacting universal paid
family and medical leave in the U.S. and
strengthening the Social Security 2100 Act
• Developed a letter in support of paid family
leave legislation in the U.S. signed by over 100
academics from all over the U.S.
• Led economic analysis efforts that
contributed to the passage of paid family and
medical leave and paid sick days in Colorado
• Investigated age discrimination in the
workplace and studied the implications of
tying Medicaid eligibility to work
LOOKING AHEAD
Network members have articulated the following objectives for the Grand Challenge to
Advance Long and Productive Lives over the next five years:
• Continue to advocate for their policy
recommendations:
1. Create flexible and transitional
employment arrangements
2. Provide financial support to caregivers
3. Expand the Corporation for National
and Community Service's support for
engaging older adults
• Elevate intersectionality and inequality in
productive aging discourse
• Continue to produce the AGE-SW Productive
Aging Spotlight
• Publish empirical articles on intersectionality
as well as reconceptualize productive aging
• Present at the Gerontological Society of
America on ageism, age-inclusive universities,
and older workers amidst COVID -19
• Involve more policy makers, practitioners,
advocates, educators and students
• Secure scholarship funding to recruit more
racial and ethnically diverse undergraduates
and master's students into the field
• Translate research into evidence-based
practice interventionsAn Impact Report at Year 5 of the 10-Year Initiative | 17