Meetings & Events
2025 Membership Meetings
Meetings are held via zoom on the 4th Friday of each month from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm, unless otherwise noted. For questions or more information, please send an email to [email protected].
2025 Meeting Dates
April 25, 2025
May 16, 2025 (Adjusted for Memorial Day weekend)
June 27, 2025
No Meeting in July
August 22, 2025
September 26, 2025 (Annual Meeting, in-person)
October 24, 2025
December 5, 2025 (Combined November and December meeting)
Past Membership Meetings
March 28, 2025 Membership Meeting
Special Guest: Dr. Dev Sangvai, Secretary of the NC Department of Health and Human Services
Meeting Recording
February 28, 2025 Membership Meeting
Meeting Recording
Member Spotlight: Melinda Munden, Director and Deputy Commissioner – NC Dept of Insurance, Seniors’ Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP)
Slides
January 28, 2025 Membership Meeting
Meeting Recording
Meeting Minutes
Member Spotlight: Kathie Smith Senior VP of Home Care and State Relations, Association for Home and Hospice Care of NC
Presentation One: Andy MacCracken, Director, NC Center on the Workforce for Health, Health Care Workforce Stabilization
Slides
Presentation Two: Demarcus Andrews, Associate State Director of Advocacy, AARP NC, State Facilitated Privately Operated Retirement Savings Program
Handout
Slides
Presentation Three: Jeff Horton, Executive Director, NC Senior Living Association, Special Assistance Rates Rebase
Handout 1 and Handout 2
Slides
January 10, 2025 Health Equity Committee Meeting
Meeting Recording
Presentation: Lindsey Golden, Director of State Affairs, Alzheimer’s Association of NC, Alzheimer’s/Dementia and Health Equity
Slides
December 6, 2024 Membership Meeting
Meeting Recording
Meeting Minutes
Membership Spotlight: Dylan Bondy, Head of Outreach for Solace Health
Slides
Presentation: David McLennan, Professor of Political Science, Meredith College and Director of the Meredith Poll, 2024 Elections and Implications for N.C. and National Politics
Slides
November 8, 2024 Health Equity Committee Meeting
Meeting Recording
Presentation: Kylie Foley, Digital Inclusion Initiative Specialist from the Institute for Emerging Issues, Digital Inclusion Throughout the State
Slides
October 25, 2024 Membership Meeting
Meeting Agenda
Membership Spotlight: Heather Hooper, Executive Director of Dementia Alliance of North Carolina
Slides
Presentation: Sarah Maness- Richardson, Adult Services Program Manager for the NC Division of Social Services, NC Adult Protective Services Program
Slides
September 13, 2024 Health Equity Committee Meeting
Meeting Recording
Presentation: Tara Muller, Disability Rights Attorney, DRNC’s Role in Advancing Health Equity for Older Adults
Slides
August 23, 2024 Membership Meeting
Meeting Recording
Membership Spotlight: Stephanie Watkins-Cruz, Director of Housing Policy for the NC Housing Coalition
Slides
Presentation: Gina Upchurch, Executive Director for Senior PharmAssist, Senior PharmAssist- The Senior PharmAssist Model, Replication, and Relevant Medicare Policies
Slides
June 28, 2024 Membership Meeting
Meeting Recording
Membership Spotlight: Nadia Mazza, Senior Project Manager for Healthy Aging NC at the NC Center for Health and Wellness
Slides
Presentation: Ellen Bailey, Senior Project Manager for Falls Prevention with the NC Center for Health and Wellness & Divya Venkataganesan, Section Chief, Planning with the Division of Aging, NC Falls Prevention Coalition –Standing Strong NC: It Takes a Village to Prevent Falls- Learn how it is working to unite NC for falls prevention
Slides
May 28, 2024, Consumer Fraud
Meeting Recording
Presentation: John Maron, Director, of Investor Protection & Education Services Secretary of State’s Office, Guarding Your Assets in a Scary
World
Slides
May 17, 2024 Membership Meeting
Meeting Recording
Membership Spotlight: Kay Castillo, Executive Director Friends of Residents in Long Term Care
Slides
Presentation One: Toni Gingerelli, Director of Policy and Advocacy with the National Alliance for Caregiving, National Strategy for Caregiving
Slides
Presentation Two: Amanda Swanger, Family Caregiver Support Program Consultant with the Division of Aging, Programs Available through the NC Division of Aging to Support Family Caregivers
Slides
May 10, 2024 Health Equity Committee Presentation
Meeting Recording
Presentation: Dalton Bailey, Research and Data Manager NC Rural Center, Older Adult Trends
Slides
April 26, 2024 Membership Meeting
Meeting Recording
Presentation: Mary Bethel, Coalition Board Chair, May 7, 2024 Aging Advocacy Day Orientation
Presentation: Laura Wells, CEO Hope NC, Inclusive Communities-What Are They and Why Are They Needed in NC?
Slides
April 26, 2024 The Legislative Process
Meeting Recording
Presentation: Chris Brandenburg, Manager of State and Federal Advocacy with AARP NC, The Legislative Process
Slides
March 22, 2024 Membership Meeting
Meeting Recording
Presentation: Jan Withers, Director- Division of Services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing NCDHHS, Communication Equity for Older Adults with a Particular Focus on How Hearing Loss Impacts an Individual
Slides
Meeting Agenda
March 8, 2024 Health Equity Committee Presentation
Meeting Recording
Presentation: Joseph Wheeler, Professional Consultant on DEI Training/Formerly with SAGE, Why older LGBTQ+ adults learned to distrust the healthcare system, current views of health equity, and how the system can work to overcome the myth and the reality of the system moving forward.
February 23, 2024 Membership Meeting
Meeting Recording
Presentation: Dr. Bryle Henderson Hatch, Director of People, Culture and Belonging at NC DHHS, Building Belonging: Exploring the Principles of DEI
Slides
January 26, 2024 Membership Meeting
Meeting Recording
Presentation: Dalton Bailey, Research and Data Manager, NC Rural Center a Look at the State’s Older Rural Population,
Slides
December 1, 2023 Membership Meeting
Meeting Recording
Presentation: Accessing and Paying for Long-Term Care.
October 27, 2023 Membership Meeting
Meeting Recording
Presentation One: NC LIFTSS Program
Slides
Presentation Two: Kelly Crosbie, Director, NC Division of Mental Health,
Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Services
Slides
August 25, 2023 Membership Meeting
Meeting Recording
Presentation: Sabrena Lea, Deputy Director, Long-term Services and Supports, NC Division of Health Benefits
Slides
June 23, 2023, Membership Meeting
Meeting Recording
Presentation: Dr. Anne Dickerson, Director of Research for Older Adult Driving Initiative, Professor at East Carolina University
Slides
Plan For the Road Ahead
May 19, 2023, Membership Meeting
In-person meeting at AARP-NC
Presentation: Governor’s Executive Order 280, Joyce Massey-Smith, Director, NC Division of Aging and Adult Services
April 28, 2023, Membership Meeting
Meeting Recording
Presentation: Maggie Denning, Argisafe-NC Outreach Specialist from North Carolina Agromedicine Institute
March 24, 2023, Membership Meeting
Meeting Recording
Presentation: Lisa Finaldi, Community Engagement Leader from Family Forward NC
Slides
February 24, 2023, Membership Meeting
Meeting Recording
Presentations:
DeLon Canterbury, Pharm.D.,President, Chief Executive Officer of GeriatRx
Gina Upchurch, RPh, MPH, Founding Executive Director of Senior PharmAssist