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2013 AARP ANNUAL REPORT — 49
includes service as chair of the
Mid-Continent Girl Scouts’ Human
Resources and Capital Campaign
Committees. She has also
contributed expertise to Habitat for
Humanity and the Kansas City
Red Cross.
Eric J. Schneidewind.
Eric Schneidewind,
J.D., is an energy
attorney from Grand
Rapids, Michigan. He
serves on the
Governance Committee and the
AARP National Policy Council.
Previously he served as state
president of AARP Michigan. A
partner in the Varnum LLP law firm,
he specializes in energy law. As a
public servant, he was chair of the
Michigan Public Service
Commission, deputy director of
policy and consumer protection for
the Michigan Insurance Bureau and
attorney for the Michigan State
Housing Authority. His volunteer
roles include service as state
president of AARP Michigan,
secretary for the Great Lakes
Renewable Energy Association and
more than 20 years of volunteering
at local homeless shelters.
Fernando Torres-Gil.
Fernando Torres-Gil,
PhD, MSW, of Los
Angeles, California, is
a professor of social
welfare and public
policy, and director of the Center
for Policy Research at the University
of California at Los Angeles. He
serves on the Member and Social
Impact Committee. Previously, he
chaired the PhD in gerontology
program at the Ethel Percy Andrus
Gerontology Center at the
University of Southern California,
where he remains an adjunct
professor. As a public servant, he
was assistant secretary for aging at
the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services and staff director
for the U.S. House Select
Committee on Aging. He is a
former White House Fellow and has
received three presidential
appointments, most recently to
serve on the National Council
on Disability.
Edward A. Watson.
Ed Watson is a retired
corporate executive
from Reno, Nevada.
He serves on the Audit
and Finance
Committee and on the AARP
Services Inc. Board of Directors. He
was with Minneapolis-based
International Dairy Queen from
1971 to 2007, rising from district
manager to chief operating officer
and service on its board of
directors. Before his food service
career, he served in the U.S. Army.
He serves on the board of Best Bath
Systems of Coldwell, Idaho.
Previous governance experience
includes service on the boards of
the Children’s Miracle Network and
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the
Greater Twin Cities. His volunteer
service includes raising scholarship
funds for Nevadans attending the
University of Nebraska.