Structure of the Master Plan for Aging

Overview

The Master Plan for Aging Council is chaired by Adam Herbst, Deputy Commissioner for the Office of Aging & Long Term Care at NYSDOH. Greg Olsen, Director of NYSOFA, is vice chair. Together this interagency team is bridging the collective expertise of NYSDOH and NYSOFA in supporting the needs of older adults across the lifespan, from community-based, preventive programs that support aging in place to health care provider and residential long term services and age-friendly health systems.

Master Plan for Aging Council

Through a Master Plan for Aging Council, NYSDOH and NYSOFA are coordinating the long-time work of partner state agencies in addressing the needs of aging New Yorkers across programs and policies, from housing to mental health, the built environment to transportation, social participation to economic development, and more.

Members of the Master Plan for Aging Council

Department of Health (NYSDOH)
Office for the Aging (NYSOFA)
Department of Financial Services (DFS)
Department of Labor (DOL)
Division of Budget (DOB)
Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services (DHSES)
Department of State (DOS)
Department of Transportation (DOT)
Division of Veterans’ Services (DVS)
Empire State Development (ESD)
New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR)
Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS)
Office of the Chief Disability Officer
Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS)
Office of Faith-Based Community Development Services
Office of Mental Health (OMH)
Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA)
Office of Victims Services (OVS)
Office for New Americans (ONA)
Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD)

Stakeholder Advisory Committee

Working with the Master Plan for Aging Council, an advisory committee of stakeholders will ensure that the leading experts and the public at large have strong input into the plan and ultimately help establish guidelines for age-friendly policies to provide opportunities for New Yorkers of all ages. Representatives include health care and support service providers, consumers, informal caregivers, older adults, health plan companies, labor and community-based organizations, employers, experts on aging, and academic researchers, among others.

The process will also include focus groups and opportunities for public engagement throughout New York State.

Members of the Stakeholder Advisory Committee

Jessica Bacher, Pace Land Use Law Center
Stephen Berger, Odyssey Partners
Dr. Jo Ivey Boufford, Clinical Professor of Global Health, NYU School of Global Public Health
Courtney Burke, Rockefeller Institute of Government
Dr. Thomas Caprio, Finger Lakes Geriatric Education Center
Ann Marie Cook, LifeSpan of Greater Rochester
Imran Cronk, Founder and CEO, Ride Health
Sara Czaja, PhD, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medicine
Emma DeVito, VillageCare
Ruth Finkelstein, PhD, Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging
Dr. Linda Fried, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health
Doris Green, New York State Caregiving & Respite Coalition
Kathryn Haslanger, Jewish Association Serving the Aging
Linda James, Former Kinship Caregiver
Stuart C. Kaplan, Selfhelp Community Services
Scott LaRue, ArchCare
Stephanie Lederman, American Federation for Aging Research
Lora Lee La France, St. Regis Mohawk Office for the Aging
Raj Mehra, Sage
George Nicholas, African American Health Equity Task Force
Allison Nickerson, LiveOn NY
Karen Nicolson, Center for Elder Law and Justice
Wade Norwood, Common Ground Health
Nora Obrien-Suric, Health Foundation for Western and Central New York
James O'Neal, AARP New York
Dennis Rivera, Former Chairman of Medicaid Re-Design Team
Dan Savitt, VNS Health
Helen Schaub, 1199/SEIU
Timothy Seymour, Herkimer County Dept. of Social Services