Boomers Today

Dr. Nancy A. Taylor is founder and CEO of Taylormade Senior Advocacy and Consulting LLC. As an advocate she helps older adults and their families navigate the complex maze that is our national healthcare system. She provides a guiding hand with Medicare Education including choosing drug plans, Provider and Care Coordination, Comprehensive Clinical Medication Reviews, and Medication Therapy Managem...

Darra Wray is a business professional, senior care consultant, and software developer with more than 30 years of practical business and finance experience and an MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA. She also has over 30 years of personal experience as a family caregiver and patient advocate and has had a life-long interest in healthcare. An unexpected family medical crisis made her realize that h...

Mike Briggs is with Keystone Hospice has been working in healthcare since March of 2004. He loves to provide solutions to patients and families that need help in the community he loves. Mike is extremely passionate about hospice care and enjoys helping people understand why it’s such a great benefit. Sponsor: www. SeniorCareAuthority.com

Jaime Sarche’s goal is helping people be less afraid of death. A seasoned speaker, Jaime brings deep experience in death care to a broad range of audiences around the country, sharing insights and approaches on how to have those difficult conversations and how to address sensitive issues. Extending well beyond death and dying, her message resonates across industries and individuals, bridging her p...

Odelia Goldberg, Esq. was born in Israel and moved to the United States when she was six years old. She was educated in the United States and received her Juris Doctorate and graduated Cum Laude. Odelia regularly lectures to attorneys, CPAs and seniors throughout New York State and South Florida on Elder Law and how to protect your assets and leave money to heirs. She has established herself as a...

Deborah Carr is a professor of sociology and director of the Center for Innovation in Social Science at Boston University. She is author of more than 100 academic articles and chapters, and several books including the award-winning 'Golden Years? Social Inequality in Later Life.' She studies end-of-life issues including bereavement, advance care planning, and death quality. She has also written wi...

Professor Wendy Moyle’s research focuses on finding evidence for best practice in care of older people and those with dementia. She has a keen interest in technologies, and, within a social robotics laboratory, she develops and evaluates assistive technologies and social robots. She works with a multidisciplinary team of researchers from Australia and internationally, from the UK and Japan. She ha...

Keren Etkin is the best-selling author of The AgeTech Revolution - a book about the intersection of technology and aging. Etkin is the founder of TheGerontechnologist.com, a media platform that covers the global agetech ecosystem and The AgeTech Academy which offers online AgeTech education for entrepreneurs and elder care professionals. Etkin is a sought-after public speaker and advisor to AgeTec...

Dr. Amanda Leggett is an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Gerontology and Department of Psychology at Wayne State University and an adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan. She received her M.S. and PhD in Human Development and Family Studies from Penn State and is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America. Her research program focus...

Jackie Cara is the founder and owner of Cara Law. Based on Long Island in New York, Cara Law provides clients with highly personalized estate planning and elder law services. With over 30 years of experience, Cara Law brings clients the options and tools they need to protect themselves, their families and their assets. Sponsor: www. SeniorCareAuthority.com

Kevin Svagdis spent most of his career helping clients and his team members to live their best lives. It’s how he has managed high performance teams and it’s why he founded Nurizon at Home. His devotion to caring for and serving people was first ignited as a 16 year-old, working in food service at a local hospital. From there he took on the first of many leadership roles, progressing through the h...

Miryam Rabner is the Cultural Sensitivity Liaison & Outreach Coordinator for MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care. She was born and raised in Switzerland in a multilingual family. She is a graduate of Yeshiva University (B.A.) and the City University Graduate Center (M.Phil.). A resident of Riverdale, NY, she has worked in this field in Manhattan and the Bronx for the past 16 years. Sponsor: www. Seni...

Larry Gifford is President and Co-Founder of PD Avengers. He was diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson’s disease in August 2017 at the age of 45. Larry is active with the Parkinson’s Society British Columbia and sits on the board of directors for the Pacific Parkinson’s Research Institute. He believes in the power of storytelling hosting, "When Life Gives You Parkinson’s," a podcast that documents...

Ellen Belk is a Silver Living strategist, with over 20 years of operational experience in Senior housing as a holistic Dementia expert, author, trainer and influencer. She brings a unique blend of proficiency in operations, sales, team building, resident experience and innovation to her clients. A dynamic speaker and recognized expert in aging and Dementia, Ellen moves seamlessly from the C-Suite...

Dr. Gary Kaplan, DO, is the founder and medical director of the Kaplan Center for Integrative Medicine, and author of Total Recovery: A Revolutionary New Approach to Breaking the Cycle of Pain and Depression as well as his soon to be released book, Why You Are Still Sick. Dr. Kaplan is one of only 19 physicians in the country to be board-certified in both Family Medicine and Pain Medicine. He crea...

Bradley Schurman, is an expert on demographic change and how it disrupts social, cultural, political, and economic norms across the United States and around the world. His deep understanding of population shifts, coupled with his grasp of emerging trends, makes him an authoritative voice into the future of everything in our aging world. He’s the author of THE SUPER AGE: DECODING OUR DEMOGRAPHIC DE...

Over the past five years, Mike and Kim Barnes found themselves navigating problems they never saw coming from their parents including Alzheimer's, pacemakers, COVID, pneumonia, and the tough decision to move parents into senior living communities. They've learned to balance the many facets of parenting aging parents, including medical, financial, and everyday-life decisions, emotional rollercoaste...

Dean and Kristin Sposato of Orchid Island Management Group have been assisting seniors and their families with bill paying, property management and coordination of daily services through an outsourced model and a professional network. Families of seniors want to enable their loved ones to remain in their properties for as long as possible, yet they are not here to oversee their day-to-day challeng...

For over 30 years, Amy Temperley has committed her work to improving the lives of older adults in some form or fashion. and has served caregivers, individuals with dementia and disabilities, and nonprofit leaders. Amy and her husband, Damien, founded Aging is Cool in 2016 with the dream to create smart, engaging, fun activities for older adults, being passionate about issues related to living a fu...

Michael Gelfgot is the Chief Operating Officer for Activate Brain & Body. His drive to be a different kind of a health club started 20 years ago. Between Gelfgot and his partners, they operated 23 health clubs. Now Mike and his partners are opening first of its kind, Activate Brain & Body, a cutting-edge brain & fitness think-tank growing into a chain of brain health studios. Combining brain train...

Aviva Black is the founder of Family Love Letters. As her family was going through their father’s papers a few days after he passed away, her and her siblings found a sealed letter he’d left for them in the top drawer of his desk. His letter became the inspiration for Family Love Letters. Aviva continues to enjoy her role as a mother, coordinator of her temple's Intergenerational Connect program a...

Mike Maccioli grew up in a home where the kitchen was the center of life for his family. With a kitchen always filled with both familiar and exotic aromas, Mike learned to appreciate many types of cuisines through his travels to Paris, Italy, Germany, South America and Eastern Europe. He loves the fact that Chefs for Seniors allows him and his chefs to bring their knowledge of food and nutrition i...

Joan Price calls herself an advocate for ageless sexuality. She has been called other things by the media: “senior sexpert,” “the woman leading a sex revolution for seniors,” and—her favorite— “wrinkly sex kitten.” Joan is the author of four books about senior sex, including the award-winning Naked at Our Age: Talking Out Loud about Senior Sex and Sex after Grief: Navigating Your Sexuality after L...

Tami Anastasia is a dementia consultant, educator and speaker. She is the author of Essential Strategies for the Dementia Caregiver: Learning to PACE Yourself. Tami holds a Master’s Degree in Counseling, a Certificate in Gerontology, and a Certificate in End of Life. She is an Evergreen Certified Dementia Care Specialist and Certified Senior Advisor. Tami is a sought-after speaker, frequently pres...

Linda Barrett has a long-term commitment to the field of aging. She is an honors graduate of Miami University where she earned a Master of Gerontological Studies degree. Linda has held many diverse positions in management, public relations, and training. After a 33-year career with the Social Security Administration, she taught gerontology courses at Miami University from 2008-2018. In 2019, Linda...