Nathan J. Smith, MD is Professor of Pediatrics and Orthopedics (Sports Medicine) Emeritus at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle. He is a Fellow of the American College of Pediatrics and the American College of Sports Medicine.
Bonnie Roberts, PhD is Professor and Director of the Nutritional Sciences Program at the University of Washington, Seattle. She has swum competitively and is the top ranked age-group tennis player in the Pacific Northwest.
Mark Renneker, MD, ABFP, is a Diplomat, American
Family Practice, Member of the American Teachers of Preventive
Medicine, the American Cancer Education and The Surfer's Medical
Association (founder and president).
Morrie Shechtman is a psychotherapist, a teacher, a counselor, and now runs a successful management consulting company.
Arleah Shechtman is a psychotherapist with a clinical specialization and works with adolescents, small groups and with people experiencing grief and loss.
Alvin R. Mahrer, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus at the School of Psychology at the University of Ottawa. A fellow of the American Psychological Association and past president of its Psychotherapy Division, Dr. Mahrer has published eleven books on experiential psychotherapy and holds dozens of lectures, and workshops each year in Africa, Asia and Europe.
Sandra Cusack and Wendy Thompson have won awards for their work in this field: 1997 Research Award for Innovative Programming; 2004 Educators Award from Delta Kappa Gamma International; 2005 Mind Alert Award from the American Society on Aging and the National Council on Aging.
Sandra Cusack, Ph.D. is Guttman-Gee Research Fellow and Adjunct Professor in Educational Gerontology at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada and the author of numerous research papers in Third Age Education. She is a member of the American Society on Aging and the National Council on Aging.
Wendy Thompson, M.A. is an educational gerontologist and the author of five books. A former Olympic speed skater, she has encouraged thousands, as a speaker and trainer, to create extraordinary lives whether they are 33 or 103.
Kathleen Regan, RN, BSN, MHA, joined Cambridge Health Alliance in 2001 as Nurse Manager for the Child Assessment Unit. She was instrumental in the process of steering the unit toward humane, trauma-sensitive care for troubled children. The unit has won a number of awards including the 2003 Psychiatric Services Award for Service Excellence from the American Psychiatric Association.
Karen Gail Lewis, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist in private practice in Washington, D.C. She leads seminars and workshops for single men and single women and weekend retreats for couples. She is the author of four professional books.
D. Jeanne Roberts, MA is a social worker who holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration. She and her sister, Rebecca Blain, shared caregiving responsibilities during the illness of their mother and experienced all of the devastation that accompanies Alzeheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. Reflection after her mother's death enabled Mrs. Roberts to develop this program, which has been implemented in hospitals, nursing homes and adult day health centers.
