OAA Title III-D Coordinator Convening: Strategic Collaboration with Area Agencies on Aging and Other Partners to Address Community Needs

Kathleen Cameron, BSPharm, MPH, has more than 25 years of experience in the health care field as a pharmacist, researcher, and program director focusing on falls prevention, geriatric pharmacotherapy, mental health, long-term services and supports, and caregiving. Cameron is Senior Director of the NCOA Center for Healthy Aging, where she provides subject matter expertise on health care programmatic and policy related issues and oversees the Modernizing Senior Center Resource Center.

Melissa Donegan is the Director of the Healthy Living Center of Excellence (HLCE) at AgeSpan. Melissa assists in the overall management and dissemination of healthy living evidence-based programs in clinical and community settings across the state of Massachusetts. Melissa is the National Director of the Healthy IDEAS Program, an Evidence-based Program that works 1:1 with older adults to identify and reduce the symptoms of depression. Melissa is a National ReFraming Aging Facilitator and a subject matter expert on ageism. Melissa leads initiatives to promote overall wellness in aging which include health equity, social isolation and loneliness, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and anti-ageism efforts. Melissa began her career at AgeSpan in 2004, healthy living is a passion for Melissa both personally and professionally.