Speakers at the 2023 LeadingAge Leadership Summit
Our speaker line-up is designed to share valuable expertise within our field and offer new perspectives on issues that affect us all.
Randi Hamill
- 14-C. Methods for Expanding Your Workforce Pipeline
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
1:45 – 3:15 p.m.
Methods for Expanding Your Workforce Pipeline
Recent estimates suggest that the field of aging services will need an additional 1.2 million caregivers within the next 10 years to provide the services and supports that a growing older population will need. Given demographic shifts and the impact of COVID-19 on team members, providers of aging services have no choice but to explore every avenue possible to bolster their workforces. This session will explore a variety of methods for building the workforce pipeline, such as recruiting students and refugees, establishing and nurturing community partnerships, and implementing innovative staffing models. Presenters will review recruitment messaging for each audience, identify key influencers who can deliver those messages, and offer tips on the best way to talk to potential employers, as demonstrated by research conducted through LeadingAge’s Opening Doors to the Aging Services Workforce initiative.
Ethan Handelman
- 15-C. Policy Update: Affordable Housing Policy and Operations
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
1:45 – 3:15 p.m.
Policy Update: Affordable Housing Policy and Operations
The affordable senior housing sector just completed a year filled with ups and downs. Washington, DC insiders will be on hand during this policy update to help you make sense of it all. They’ll offer their take on housing development and preservation resources available from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), describe how LeadingAge is working to expand senior housing as a platform for service delivery, share opportunities for investments in multifamily housing, and discuss opportunities to offer residents greater broadband internet access. Speakers will offer updates on HUD’s Section 202, Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance, and Low-Income Housing Tax Credit programs. They’ll also provide a glimpse of future legislation and guidance, discuss appropriations and operations strategies, and explore HUD’s oversight of its housing portfolio and Congress’s oversight of HUD.
Laiya Haywood-Rollins
- 14-C. Methods for Expanding Your Workforce Pipeline
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
1:45 – 3:15 p.m.
Methods for Expanding Your Workforce Pipeline
Recent estimates suggest that the field of aging services will need an additional 1.2 million caregivers within the next 10 years to provide the services and supports that a growing older population will need. Given demographic shifts and the impact of COVID-19 on team members, providers of aging services have no choice but to explore every avenue possible to bolster their workforces. This session will explore a variety of methods for building the workforce pipeline, such as recruiting students and refugees, establishing and nurturing community partnerships, and implementing innovative staffing models. Presenters will review recruitment messaging for each audience, identify key influencers who can deliver those messages, and offer tips on the best way to talk to potential employers, as demonstrated by research conducted through LeadingAge’s Opening Doors to the Aging Services Workforce initiative.
Christie Hinrichs
- 6-B. Capital Projects: Staying on Track in an Era of Uncertainty
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Capital Projects: Staying on Track in an Era of Uncertainty
Does slow and steady always win the race? Not necessarily, especially when you’re trying to move a new initiativeu2014including an expansion, renovation, or repositioningu2014from concept to reality. While nonprofit providers of aging services have a reputation for moving slowly and being risk adverse, these qualities can be a particular disadvantage in a tumultuous business climate like ours. During this session, a panel of LeadingAge business members will present best practices for keeping a variety of capital projects on track and on budget, even in the face of such impediments as labor market shortages, inflation, rising interest rates, inflationary construction costs, declining home values, and the shrinking value of stock portfolios. Get great advice from business experts who partner closely with a wide range of LeadingAge members.
Carrie Hughes
- 20-D. The 118th Congress u2013 Hopes and Expectations
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
3:45 – 5:15 p.m.
The 118th Congress u2013 Hopes and Expectations
From immigration policy to staffing ratios to hospice reform to telehealth — and every health and long term care issue in between, LeadingAge members look to the 118th Congress for answers and solutions. Join this lively panel of experienced staff from both sides of the aisle in the House and Senate. Hear which issues they are working on and expect to face over the coming year. LeadingAge staff will get the discussion rolling with our top health and long-term care legislative goals and panelists will let us know where Congressional leaders stand and what they are planning to do to help mission focused providers survive and thrive. Panelists will talk about the u201cmust passu201d legislative measures, like the debt ceiling and funding to keep the government open u2013 and how critical aging services funding and solutions can fit in and around those measures.rnrnThis session is closed to the press. Learn more: leadingage.org/press
Stuart Jackson
- 6-B. Capital Projects: Staying on Track in an Era of Uncertainty
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Capital Projects: Staying on Track in an Era of Uncertainty
Does slow and steady always win the race? Not necessarily, especially when you’re trying to move a new initiativeu2014including an expansion, renovation, or repositioningu2014from concept to reality. While nonprofit providers of aging services have a reputation for moving slowly and being risk adverse, these qualities can be a particular disadvantage in a tumultuous business climate like ours. During this session, a panel of LeadingAge business members will present best practices for keeping a variety of capital projects on track and on budget, even in the face of such impediments as labor market shortages, inflation, rising interest rates, inflationary construction costs, declining home values, and the shrinking value of stock portfolios. Get great advice from business experts who partner closely with a wide range of LeadingAge members.
Doug Jacobs
- 29-F. Strategies for Shaping Medicare’s Next Decade
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Strategies for Shaping Medicare’s Next Decade
Managed care plans are becoming the dominant source of payment for the care provided to Medicare beneficiaries. As a result, however, many providers of aging services are receiving inadequate reimbursements while also feeling the pressure of heightened expectations and increased administrative burdens. This session will offer an overview of the managed care-related challenges outlined in a 21-page comment letter that LeadingAge sent to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in 2022. Panelists will review the changes that LeadingAge and its members believe must be made to Medicare and Medicare Advantage and Special Needs Plans to ensure provider survival and beneficiary access to care. LeadingAge members will be on hand to describe their experiences in managed care programs and to explain how they are adapting to the growing number of accountable care models. Hear how policymakers view the future of Medicare and accountable care.
Kirsten Jacobs
- 3-A. Untangling Ageism and Ableism to Promote Inclusion
Monday, April 17, 2023
3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Untangling Ageism and Ableism to Promote Inclusion
Examples of the stigma associated with aging and disability abound in the field of aging services. Older adults may suggest that their peers shouldn’t bring walkers into a community’s dining room; people of all ages may underestimate the abilities of older adults and people living with dementia. Negative attitudes toward aging (ageism) and negative attitudes toward different physical and cognitive abilities (ableism) are closely connected and can affect our beliefs about growing older or living with a disability. Join this engaging exploration of ageism and ableism and discover ways to identify, understand, and then disrupt these common forms of discrimination. Consider how ageism and ableism affect our ability to promote meaningful inclusion and belonging in senior living communities.
Kristin Jacobson
- 26-F. Leveraging Data and Tools to Navigate Unprecedented Risk and Opportunity
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Leveraging Data and Tools to Navigate Unprecedented Risk and Opportunity
The viability of aging services organizations depends on the ability of their leaders to navigate the growing complexity, shifting markets, and economic uncertainty of our current operating environment. Successful leaders can address these challenges by integrating data metrics and diagnostic insights into their core systems for strategy development and execution, risk appetite and taking, and operational alignment, clarity, and focus. This session will drive home the necessity of unlocking the right data to help you understand key industry trends and your own internal performance, and tools to carry out better and faster decision making. Presenters will help you identify key insights, industry analytics, and diagnostic tools that are most relevant to the health of your organization. Learn how to establish decision-making processes that are rooted in data. Discover how this shift could improve organizational outcomes today while establishing a path for future success.
Nina Janopaul
- 2-A. Finding Your Path to an Equitable and Inclusive Culture
Monday, April 17, 2023
3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Finding Your Path to an Equitable and Inclusive Culture
Creating a more inclusive culture within your organization must start with listening to the opinions and needs of residents, clients, and team members. Goodwin Living, a senior living organization near the nation’s capital, set out to improve both its workplace and resident cultures by creating an internal Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) committee led by staff and residents. Working together, this group brought about seemingly small changes that had a huge impact on the organization’s culture. Listen as staff, residents, senior leadership, and a board member describe how they started their organization’s DEI journey and how DEI initiatives were supported by the organization’s leadership and board. Learn about the organization’s successes, challenges, and setbacks. There’s no u201cone size fits allu201d guidebook for tackling DEI issues, but this session will provide valuable insights from one community that developed its own path.
Jennifer Jimenez Marana
- 17-D. Mission Expansion through Outreach to Communities of Color
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
3:45 – 5:15 p.m.
Mission Expansion through Outreach to Communities of Color
Providers of aging services looking to expand their missions and grow their bottom lines must begin working to identify new consumers from diverse backgrounds who will want to take advantage of their programs and services. Attendees at this session will hear from three providers who launched innovative outreach programs designed to do just that. Get details on a three-year pilot designed to better understand the desires and values of a variety of older adult populations, an Ambassador Program that works with local communities of worship to provide food, social engagement, and transportation options to underserved older adults; and an intergenerational congregate meal service that provides food, transportation, and other services to people of the Islamic faith. Representatives of all three organizations will discuss why they are doing this work, the barriers they have encountered, and their strategies for overcoming those barriers.
Matt Johnson
- 26-F. Leveraging Data and Tools to Navigate Unprecedented Risk and Opportunity
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Leveraging Data and Tools to Navigate Unprecedented Risk and Opportunity
The viability of aging services organizations depends on the ability of their leaders to navigate the growing complexity, shifting markets, and economic uncertainty of our current operating environment. Successful leaders can address these challenges by integrating data metrics and diagnostic insights into their core systems for strategy development and execution, risk appetite and taking, and operational alignment, clarity, and focus. This session will drive home the necessity of unlocking the right data to help you understand key industry trends and your own internal performance, and tools to carry out better and faster decision making. Presenters will help you identify key insights, industry analytics, and diagnostic tools that are most relevant to the health of your organization. Learn how to establish decision-making processes that are rooted in data. Discover how this shift could improve organizational outcomes today while establishing a path for future success.