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BOARD OFFICERS
Carol Raphael
(Board Chair).
Carol Raphael served
as President and Chief
Executive Officer of
the Visiting Nurse
Service of New York (VNSNY), the
largest nonprofit home health
organization in the United States,
from 1989 to 2011. Previously, she
held executive positions at Mt. Sinai
Medical Center and in New York
City government. Ms. Raphael was
appointed by President Obama to
the Bipartisan Commission on Long
Term Care in 2013. The previous
year, she was an Advanced
Leadership Fellow at Harvard
University. Ms. Raphael is a
nationally recognized leader in
health policy who has served on the
Medicare Payment Advisory
Commission (MedPAC) and several
Institute of Medicine committees.
She is chair of the New York eHealth
Collaborative and the Long Term
Quality Alliance. Ms. Raphael serves
on numerous boards in health care,
education and human services, is a
member of the New York City
Age-Friendly Commission, and
edited the book Home-Based Care
for a New Century.
Ronald E. Daly, Sr.
(Board Vice Chair).
Ronald E. Daly Sr.,
MBA, of Olympia
Fields, Illinois, spent
38 years at the RR
Donnelley Company, beginning as
a factory worker and advancing to
the level of president of its largest
unit. After retiring from RR
Donnelley, he served as president
and CEO of Oce’ USA Holdings and
was a member of the board of
directors of the parent company,
Oce’ N.V. of the Netherlands, until
2004. He serves on the board of
U.S. Cellular and formerly served on
the boards of Loyola University of
Chicago, Executive Service Corps of
Chicago, the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra, Metropolis Strategies
and SuperValu.
Joan R. Ruff
(Secretary/Treasurer).
Joan Ruff, J.D., MBA,
is an executive, human
resources consultant
and attorney from
Mission Woods, Kansas. 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
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.
NATIONAL OFFICERS
Jeannine English
(President). Jeannine
English, CPA, MBA, of
Sacramento, California,
assumed the office of
AARP President in June
2014. She has been a member of the
AARP Board of Directors since 2010
and a national officer of AARP since
2012. Previously, she chaired the
AARP National Policy Council and
served as volunteer president of
AARP California. She was a founding
partner of a government relations
and legislative advocacy firm in
California, where she represented a
broad spectrum of clients, including
AARP. Prior, she served as the
executive director for the bipartisan
Commission on California State
Government Organization and
Economy, commonly referred to as
the Little Hoover Commission. She
was the campaign committee
president for the successful
California Redistricting Commission
Initiative and co-chair of the
California Open Primary Initiative.
Eric J. Schneidewind
(President-Elect). Eric
Schneidewind, from
Lansing, Michigan, is a
retired attorney and of
counsel to the Varnum
LLP law firm, where 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 homeless
shelters.