Our Board

We have a fabulous founding board, all with strong connections to Ibis Collaborative’s Mission.

Meet our Board Members.

Learning and mastering new topics is a lifelong commitment. It's energizing, expanding, and enlarging.
The 1950s. The 50’s period of "good feeling" in the US after WW2, and life was a lot simpler than it is now. The modern American lifestyle took shape during this decade, and was a time of growth scientifically and politically.
I have four decades’ experience as an organizational leader having led enterprises focused on a diverse range of missions. I was also a political appointee at the US Labor Department, worked with the nation’s governors at the National Governors Association, and served on the Admissions Committee at the Harvard Kennedy School where I was Assistant Director of the Master’s in Public Policy program. I am also a news and history junkie, consuming from 2 to 3 hours a day of content from a range of sources.

At this juncture in American and world history, any thoughtful forum for reflecting, learning and discussion is invaluable. For those of us 55+ learning together and extending our knowledge, values, and skill is the essence of meaning and purpose.
1750 - 1820s. Despite all the extreme inequities and dangers of this time - the country and the world were alive with humanistic energy, values and ambitions. I would have liked to glory in that beauty and sacred aliveness without ongoing sadness about damage and loss.
As a leadership coach, I’ve taught, trained, consulted and coached many leaders of the nation’s top corporations, non-profits, and government agencies, and small businesses. I’m a multidisciplinary thinker who applies my extensive studies of management and leadership, ecology, literature, psychology and spirituality to my life and work.

I saw firsthand with my father, Jim, how valuable continuing education is. He took classes for years at his college's Center for Learning in Retirement focused on history, politics, art and technology. This was his passion in the last 15 years of his life allowing for creativity, purpose and wonderful social engagement. Through his example, he taught his family to never stop learning and caring about the world.
The 1960s and Civil Rights Era. While born in the 60s, I'd like to have been old enough to cover the fight for Civil Rights as a reporter. I also like to think I'd have seen the Beatles perform live.
My background is in journalism, and Alzheimer's advocacy and research. Once a reporter always a reporter, so I love constantly learning new things. And as an aging and health advocate and researcher, I know how important it is for our brain health to keep learning and engaging in our communities and the world.

Learning is a life-long process. And should never stop until you stop being. Participation in forums like Ibis stimulates my mind, stretches my imagination, and also creates a community of socialization that adds to my sense of well-being and belonging.
2070s. I would like to be a fly on the wall about fifty years into the future. I would like to know how and what my loved ones are doing. And I am also so curious as to how we will have solved our ecological, social and political problems, how technology has evolved, and whether AI is working for us or we are working for it.
I am a Live-Longer-Stronger Activist. Known as the ‘Memory Lady,’ I am the author of Where Are My Keys?, creator of the ‘Love Memory Method,’ and I teach people of all ages fun and easy-to-learn memory strategies. High on my brain-friendly lifestyle checklist is: Learn something new each and every day.

I am a senior investigative reporter for The GBH News Center for Investigative Reporting and a multi-award winning journalist. Honors include the 2019 National Edward R. Murrow Award for Investigative Reporting, the National Society of Professional Journalists 2017 Sigma Delta Chi award for Best Investigative Reporting and the 2014 national Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Investigative Reporting. I was part of a team of reporters that was honored in 2002 with a George Foster Peabody Award to NPR for coverage of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the U.S.

As a former AARP employee for nearly 30 years, I’ve seen how engaged and wise this population is. So many are thirsty for ways to expand their awareness of current events and share a love of history, as it’s often intertwined with their own stories.
1960s. I was truly a child of the 60s but too young to be engaged and active in all the incredible movements that emerged from that decade. Though it colored my political views and my career choices, it would have been fascinating to be part of it as an advocate.
I have a law degree but have always worked for non-profits on consumer protection advocacy rather than more traditional legal work. Much of my work involved gaining public support for issues such as affordable health care, anti-fraud legislation, auto safety, and environmental protection. This group will foster a continuation of these ideals and build awareness of issues that are now at the forefront of public policy.

To keep our minds engaged, open and honest, facilitated discussions allow people 55 and over to connect with and learn from each other in a safe space about topics they might not ordinarily discuss with others in just casual conversations.
Civil Rights Era. I would be an adult instead of a very young child in the Civil Rights Era so that I could have marched with people I've only been able to admire through written words in history books. The rights and freedoms I have today are all because of those who marched and protested.
I typically work with adults in their 50s and older who are caregivers and we discuss strategies for success as caregivers and for aging well! I also use a methodology called LEGO Serious Play to help seniors with dementia and their caregivers to build joy and hope and to inspire them to find joy in every minute of life. We discuss laws and bills that relate to caregivers and illnesses.