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2013 AARP ANNUAL REPORT — 48
Barbara O’Connor.
Barbara O’Connor,
PhD, is a
communications
professor from
Sacramento,
California. She is a member of the
Audit and Finance Committee and
the AARP Foundation Board of
Directors. She is an emeritus
professor of communications and
emeritus director of the Institute for
the Study of Politics and Media at
California State University, and
director and secretary of the
California Emerging Technology
Fund. Previously, she was assistant
director of debate at the University
of Southern California and a
summer debate instructor at
Georgetown University. She has
served as chair and founding board
member of the Alliance for Public
Technology, chair of the California
Public Broadcasting Commission
and was a founder of the Capital
Public Radio network.
John C. Penn. Jack
Penn, MBA, is
chairman and CEO of
Intek Plastics Inc. He
divides his time
between Scottsdale,
Ariz., and Spring Green, Wisc. He
serves on the Audit and Finance
Committee and the AARP Services
Inc. Board of Directors. Previously,
he was vice chairman and CEO of
Satellite Companies; CEO and
president, Centers for Diagnostic
Imaging; CEO and president,
Benson Optical Co.; president,
Arctic Enterprises; and a consultant
with Arthur Andersen and Co. His
volunteer work includes service as
chairman of the Evangelical
Lutheran Good Samaritan Society.
Previously, he was director of the
Good Samaritan Society
Foundation and president of Cross
View Lutheran Church.
Diane Pratt. Diane
Pratt, MA, of
Washington, D.C., is
president and CEO of
DP Consultants, Inc., a
public affairs
management firm. She chairs the
AARP Nominating Committee and
serves on the Member and Social
Impact Committee. She previously
served as staff director for the
District of Columbia Office of the
Deputy Mayor for Economic
Development; special assistant for
special projects, D.C. Office of the
Deputy Mayor for Economic
Development; economic
development specialist, Center for
Community Change; and city
planner for the Chicago
Department of Planning, City and
Community Development. She
serves on the board of the Henry C.
Gregory III Family Life Center
Foundation.
Charles E. Reed.
Charley Reed is a long-
term care consultant
from Olympia,
Washington. He serves
on the Member and
Social Impact Committee, the AARP
National Policy Council and the
AARP Services Health Products
Quality Review Committee. He is a
long-term care consultant for his
firm, C.E. Reed and Associates. He
was previously deputy secretary of
Washington State’s Department of
Social and Health Services and
assistant secretary of Washington’s
Administration of Aging and Adult
Services. He also served as chair of
both the National Academy for
State Health Policy’s Long-Term
Care Committee and the
Washington State Home Care
Quality Authority.
Joan R. Ruff. Joan
Ruff, J.D., is an
executive, human
resources consultant
and attorney from
Mission Woods,
Kansas. She is a member of the
Member and Social Impact
Committee and the AARP National
Policy Council. Previously, she
served as treasurer of AARP
Foundation’s Board of Directors.
After more than 10 years as a tax
attorney, she joined William M.
Mercer, Inc., where she consulted on
employee benefits and
compensation. She then held
executive management positions at
Zurich Financial Services and H&R
Block. Her leadership on numerous
nonprofit boards and committees