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Delphi, Emerson Electric and Sara
Lee Corporation. He began his
career as an accountant at Coopers
& Lybrand, CPA’s. He serves on the
volunteer board at the United Way
of Central Carolinas, where he
chairs the audit committee and sits
on the finance and executive
committees. He also serves as a
member of the Blumenthal
Performing Arts Board of Trustees,
where he chairs the governance
committee and sits on the executive
committee.
Timothy M. Kelly. Tim
Kelly is a retired
newspaper executive
from Lexington,
Kentucky. He retired in
2011 as president and
publisher of the Lexington Herald-
Leader, a position he held for nearly
15 years. Before that, he held key
news and editorial management
positions in several top newspaper
companies. Following his
retirement, he became senior
adviser to the CEO of Volar Video
Inc. (formerly iHigh.com), a video
website for youth activities. He is
also a consultant for Youngs, Walker
& Company, a Chicago executive
search firm that specializes in
media. He served three terms on
the board of the YMCA of the
U.S.A. and has been involved in two
dozen civic and charitable
organizations.
Doris Koo. Doris Koo,
MSW, of Seattle,
Washington, recently
retired from a 13-year
career with Enterprise
Community Partners, a
leading national nonprofit
specializing in affordable housing
advocacy and development, having
served in a variety of executive
roles, including that of president
and CEO. Earlier, she spent seven
years with the Seattle Housing
Authority, leading efforts to build or
preserve affordable housing units,
overseeing bond financing and
asset and portfolio management,
and serving as director of
development. She founded and
led, as executive director, Asian
Americans for Equality, taking it
from an all-volunteer organization
to the biggest owner and developer
of low-income housing in New York
City’s Chinatown and Lower East
Side neighborhoods.
Neal Lane. Neal Lane,
MSW, of Wynantskill,
New York, has been an
AARP volunteer since
2007. Prior to joining
the AARP Board he
served as AARP New York State
President and chaired the AARP
New York Executive Council. He is a
partner and analyst with
consultancy Optimum Partners,
working on projects including care
systems for HIV/AIDS; dental
systems for high-risk and low-
income children; helping
communities and schools with
troubling behavior of youth; and
long-term care systems, especially
those for older persons and young
people with disabilities. He was
director of the New York State
Office for the Aging from 2005-
2007, and executive deputy director
before that. In 2005, he led the New
York state delegation to the White
House Conference on Aging.
Barbara O’Connor.
Barbara O’Connor,
PhD, is a
communications
professor from
Sacramento,
California. She is an emeritus
professor of communications and
emeritus director of the Institute for
the Study of Politics and Media at
California State University. She
serves as a director and officer of
the California Emerging Technology
Fund. Previously, she coached
debate at the University of Southern
California, Georgetown University
and California State University. She
has served as chair and founding
board member of the Alliance for
Public Technology, chair of the
California Public Broadcasting
Commission and is the founder of
the Capital Public Radio network.
She is a nationally recognized
expert in the fields of political
communication, and
telecommunications policy and
applications.
John C. Penn. Jack
Penn, MBA, divides his
time between
Scottsdale, Arizona,
and Spring Green,
Wisconsin. He is
chairman of Northcott Hospitality,
based in Chanhassen, Minnesota.
Previously, he was chairman of Intek
Plastics, vice chairman of Satellite
Companies, CEO of Centers for
Diagnostic Imaging, CEO of Benson