Board of Directors
The Pioneer Network is a grassroots movement to change and transform the culture of aging in America. It is shaped and sustained by the work, interest, and support of a broad community of elders and those who work with them.
Carter Catlett Williams, MSW (Convener)
Rochester, New York
We have an all-volunteer Board of Directors that meets twice a year and represents the great geographic and experienced diversity of the Pioneer Network.
Charlene Boyd, BA, MBA (President/Treasurer)
Administrator
Providence / Mt. St. Vincent
Seattle, Washington
Nora Gibson, MSW (Vice President)
Executive Director
ElderHealth Northwest
Seattle, WA
Megan Hannan, MS (Vice President)
Senior Change Leader
Action Pact, Inc.
Columbia, Missouri
Joanne Rader, RN, MN, FAAN (Secretary)
Independent Consultant
Associate Professor
Oregon Health Sciences University
School of Nursing
Portland, Oregon
Barry Barkan, BA
Co-Director
Live Oak Institute
El Sobrante, California
Sr. Pauline Brecanier, BA, MA, MS, Honorary Doctorate Gerontology
Administrator
Teresian House Nursing Home
Albany, New York
David Farrell, MSW
Director, Care Continuum
Lumetra
San Francisco, CA
Jeff Jerebker, BA, MS
President
Pinon Management
Lakewood, CO
Neyna Johnson, BS, MS
State Long Term Care Ombudsman
Illinois Department on Aging
Springfield, Illinois
Anna Ortigara, RN, MS, FAAN
Director, Communications and Outreach
The Green House Project - NCB Capital Impact
Tinley Park, IL
Jim Roberts, MD
Independent Consultant
Sequim, WA 98382
