Building the Modern Senior Center & Aligning Social Care and Health Care

June Simmons is President and CEO of Partners in Care Foundation. Over the past two decades, June has pioneered the development and scaling of innovative, evidence-based interventions for management of medications at home, self-management of chronic conditions, coordinated care to improve health outcomes, and care transitions.

Throughout her distinguished career, she has been instrumental in envisioning, creating, funding, and operating forward-looking health and social service programs that meet the mutual needs of patient populations, health care delivery networks and health plans. Her priority is sustainable, cost-effective, patient-driven integration of care across settings, from primary care and hospital to home and community in the 21st century.

Elizabeth Cole is senior vice president and chief human resources officer for Cambia Health Solutions. She provides leadership and strategic direction for all aspects of human resources and brings more than 25 years of experience to her role, with a focus on: strengthening the company's culture of growth and development; building a sense of belonging through diversity, equity, and inclusion; and supporting Camia's mission to do their best work for their customers.

Cole came to Cambia most recently from Marsh, an international global insurance broker company, where she was the chief HR officer for 38,000 employees. Earlier in her career, she was an HR executive vice president at Citizens Financial Group in Boston. She’s also held HR leadership roles at Genworth Financial and General Electric. Cole brings deep institutional knowledge of HR to her role, and a warm and strategic approach to leadership.

Cole graduated with an economics degree from Texas A&M University.

Jill Hall is the Chair of the National Council on Aging’s National Institute of Senior Centers and 2020 recipient of the NCOA’s Trailblazers in Aging NISC Founders Award. She recently relocated to Colorado and started a new position as the Senior Services Manager for the Highlands Ranch Metro District, which has just begun construction on a senior center to serve the district’s older adults. Previously, Jill spent almost 15 years with the Baltimore County, Maryland, Department of Aging where she managed 21 senior centers and 45 nutrition sites, and 10 years as the Supervisor of the City of Rockville’s Senior Center. Jill has a Master’s Degree in Recreation and Leisure Studies from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

Debra Colorado is a public service manager and licensed social worker with 20+ years of experience working with vulnerable populations and diverse communities. She is currently a Social Services Manager for the City of San Antonio's- Department of Human Services, Senior Services Division which operates the City’s senior centers and nutrition sites. She has been an active participant with Successful Aging and Living in San Antonio (SALSA) a collective impact initiative, City of San Antonio Domestic Violence Task Force, and a member of the VIA Metropolitan Accessible Transit Advisory Committee. Debra holds two degrees--Master of Social Work and Master of Public Administration from the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Joe Gavin joined the San Diego Seniors Community Foundation in December 2018. Previously, Joe worked for seven ½ years for Serving Seniors, a San Diego non-profit dedicated to helping seniors in poverty live healthy and fulfilling lives. His last role was Director of Integrated Services with the primary responsibility of oversight of all programs provided by the interdisciplinary team at the organization’s flagship community site, the Gary and Mary West Senior Wellness Center.

At SDSCF, Joe brings a thorough knowledge of the San Diego older adult network and expertise on programs/services, older adult infrastructure and the biopsychosocial gerontological environment. Joe was the lead author of the 2019 SDSCF Senior Center Assessment and the 2022 SDSCF Senior Center Master Plan for San Diego Senior Centers. He leads the grantmaking efforts that have provided critical funding to over 40 San Diego senior centers, community centers, and nonprofit agencies. He is the facilitator of the San Diego Senior Center Coalition and is the foundation’s point person and driver in developing relationships with elected officials, government agencies, and the aging services network.

Joe holds a B.S. in psychology from Governors State University in University Park, Illinois, and a M.S.in gerontology from San Diego State University.

Nikki Kmicinski is the Executive Director for the non-profit Western New York Integrated Care Collaborative (WNYICC) where she oversees this regional network of over 20 agencies working toward sustainability and integrated health care. Nikki has been a Registered Dietitian for 20+ years, was a licensed real estate agent for 10 years, and owns a property management company with her husband. She is a Master Trainer for the Self-Management Resource Center’s Self-Management Programs, and a Diabetes Prevention Program Lifestyle Coach. Nikki has a Master’s degree from Rochester Institute of Technology in Service Management and throughout her professional career she has worked in numerous healthcare and business settings including: hospital, nursing home, restaurant, private practice, real estate, property management, business owner, school, amusement park, hotel, municipal Area Agency on Aging, and non-profit community-based organizations.