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Optical Company, CEO of Arctic
Enterprises and a consultant with
Arthur Andersen and Company. His
volunteer work includes chairman of
the Evangelical Lutheran Good
Samaritan Society.
Janet E. Porter. Janet
E. Porter, PhD, of
Hilton Head, South
Carolina, has 35 years
of experience as a
hospital administrator,
teacher, association executive,
consultant, public health leader and
patient advocate. She joined
Stroudwater Associates in 2012 and
serves as a part-time strategy and
operational consultant to academic
medical centers, specialty hospitals,
physician practices, pharmaceutical
companies and national
associations. Previously, she
managed large health care facilities,
including the Dana-Farber Cancer
Institute, where she was chief
operating officer from 2006-2012.
She has served on several nonprofit
community, state and national
boards.
Diane Pratt. Diane
Pratt, MCRP, of
Washington, D.C., is
president and CEO of
DP Consultants Inc., a
government and
public affairs management firm. 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 and became chair of
the board of the AARP Foundation
in June 2014.
Libby Sartain. Libby
Sartain, MBA, of
Bastrop, Texas, is an
independent advisor,
working with
companies on human
resource issues. With more than 30
years of experience in human
resources, she is also an author and
frequent speaker, using her human
resources leadership and
management experience at
companies in technology,
transportation and manufacturing.
She led human resources
operations at Yahoo! and at
Southwest Airlines during
transformative periods. Both
companies were among Fortune
magazine’s “Best Places to Work”
during her tenure. She is the former
board chair of the Society for
Human Resource Management and
is on the board of Manpower
Group.
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 UCLA. 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 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 is 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
work includes raising scholarship
funds for Nevadans attending the
University of Nebraska.