2021-present     Founder and Co-Chair, Health Profession Education Special Interest Group, Society for Medical Anthropology 

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2021-present    Advisory Board, Cuido60 Observatorio de Envejecimiento, Cuidos y Derechos (Cuba) 

 

2020-present    Technical Advisor, Los Angeles Alliance for Community Health & Aging (LAACHA) Innovations and Data Outcomes Subcommittees

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2020-2022        Founder and Chair of the Long Beach Aging Services Collaborative, a networking organization of health and social services providers serving largely low-income older adults 

 

2019-2023        Steering Committee Member, Long Beach Age-Friendly Action Plan, Long Beach, California

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2015-2018        Board Chair (2017-2018) & Board Member, Alliance for Aging, Inc. (Area agency on aging Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties in Florida providing $35 million in services through 28 providers and 86 meal sites)

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2014- 2016       President, Association of Anthropology, Gerontology and the Life Course (global network for the study of ageing and the life course)

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2014-2015        Member, Comité de Ética de Salud y Población, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, (Tijuana, Mexico)

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2013-2017        Member, Steering Committee, Age Friendly Initiative Miami-Dade County

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2011-2012        Board Member & Secretary (2011-2012), Florida Chapter of the American Federation for Aging Research

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2006-2007        Commissioner for the Baltimore City Commission on Aging and Retirement Education 

 

2003-2008        Founding Member, Health Committee for the Latino Providers Network, Baltimore,

                         Maryland