Dr. Elna Tymes has a private practice in Alzheimer's and other dementias and works on senior health policy issues in Silicon Valley. She was a participant in creating the California Master Plan on Aging and has a special interest in technology and aging.

Richard Adler has spent more than three decades introducing older adults to new technologies. He is currently Chair of Age-Friendly Cupertino and has been helping to lead the Santa Clara County Digital Inclusion Workgroup. He is also a member of the Santa Clara County Senior Care Commission and the Advisory Council for Sourcewise, the county’s Area Agency on Aging. As an advocate and a researcher, Richard has written extensively on issues related to aging. He served as guest editor for an issue of Generations, the journal of the American Society on Aging, on “The Future of Aging.” 

Sean Thomas is the Manager of Executive Operations at the National Council on Aging. He is responsible for leading the support for the executive office of NCOA, specifically focused on supporting the integration of all departments and overall oversight for operational and administrative alignment, as well as management of NCOA’s national Board of Directors.

Prior to NCOA, Sean was the Special Assistant and Chief of Staff at the Fashion Institute of Technology Foundation, where he oversaw the advancement initiatives in sustainability, strategic philanthropy, and social impact investment to support the Fashion Institute of Technology’s unique and unconventional heritage.

From 2012 to 2017, Sean served as the Manager of Administration at Safe Kids Worldwide, where he helped develop the strategic direction of the organization by providing oversight of administration and operations and leading the advancement of priority programmatic objectives for child safety initiatives.

Sean has also held various leadership roles at Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy, Malaria No More, and Tiffany & Co. He is an inspirational corporate social responsibility leader that has had success guiding and building nonprofit organizations specializing in administration, operations, and board governance and has worked extensively throughout the United States, Europe, and Africa on several sustainable health and economic development programs. He is also a former Peace Corps volunteer serving in Kyrgyzstan from 2006-2007.

Sean holds a BA in International Studies from Hawaiʻi Pacific University and an MA in International Affairs from the New School University.