Project Partners
Project Consultants
Advisory Committee
Interviews
Additional Thanks
National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts
Kenneth Cole, Associate Director
National Center for Creative Aging
Susan Perlstein, Founder and Director of Education and Training
National Center for Creative Aging
Gay P. Hanna, Executive Director
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
Desirée Urquhart, Former Vice President of Arts Education
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
Donna Bost White, Director of Education and Special Projects
Management and Writing: JMB Arts Management
Evaluation: Performance Results, Inc.
Editing: Ellen Hirzy
Design: fuszion
Spanish Translation: Julia Cisneros Fitzpatrick, C.T.
fitztrans@aol.com
Gene Cohen, M.D., Director, Center on Aging, Health, and Humanities, George Washington University
Roy Ernst, Professor Emeritus, Eastman School of Music, and Founder
New Horizons Music
Beverly Ferry, Executive Director
Wabash County Council on Aging, Inc. (representing the National Institute of Senior Centers )
Maria Genné, Artistic Director
Kairos Dance Theatre
John McEwen, Executive Director
New Jersey Theatre Alliance
Robin Middleman, Arts Education Coordinator
New Jersey State Council on the Arts
Harry R. “Rick” Moody, Director of Academic Affairs
AARP
Patricia A. Polansky, Assistant Commissioner, Division of Aging and Community Services
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
Lisa Shaw, Former Director of Adult Programs
Levine School of Music
Unless otherwise noted, all quotations are from phone interviews conducted with leaders in the arts and aging field between November 2006 and January 2007 and in July and August 2007. The project partners would like to thank the following individuals for their time and advice:
Alzheimer’s Poetry Project
Gary Mex Glazner, Director
gary@alzpoetry.org
Arts for the Aging, Inc
Janine Tursini, Executive Director
info@aftaarts.org
ArtAge Publications / The Senior Theatre Resource Center
Bonnie Vorenberg, President
bonniev@seniortheatre.com
Center for Elders and Youth in the Arts / Institute on Aging
Jeff Chapline, Administrative and Artistic Director
jchapline@ioaging.org
Creative Aging Cincinnati
Mary Kay Morris, Former Executive Director
Drum Circle Facilitators Guild
Nelli Hill, Secretary (Founder, Playful Spirit Adventures)
playfulspirit@mac.com
Elder Craftsmen, Inc.
Janet Langlois, Former Executive Director
Elders Share the Arts
Carolyn Zablotney, Executive Director
czablotny@estanyc.org
EngAGE: The Art of Active Aging
Maureen Kellen-Taylor, Vice President
maureen@engagedaging.org
Evergreens Senior HealthCare System
Janie Johnson, Renaissance Director
jjohnson@eshc.org
The Golden Tones
Maddie Sifantus, Founder and Director
msifantus@aol.com
Foundation for Quality Care
Ed Graham, Former President
Intergeneration Orchestra of Omaha
Chris Gillette, Co-Founder
Chris.Gillette@hhss.state.ne.us
Kairos Dance Theatre
Maria Genné, Artistic Director
info@kairosdance.org
Levine School of Music
Lisa Shaw, Former Director of Adult Programs
Liz Lerman Dance Exchange
John Borstel, Humanities Director
borstelj@danceexchange.org
Luella Hannan Memorial Foundation
Pam Halladay, Senior Program Officer
phalladay@hannan.org
Memories in the Making
La Doris “Sam” Heinly, National Program Consultant
sheinly@sbcglobal.net
National Coalition of Creative Arts Therapies Associations
c/o American Music Therapy Association
Laura Greenstone, Chair
lauragreenstone@gmail.com
National Endowment for the Arts
Barry Bergey, Director, Folk and Traditional Arts
bergeyb@arts.endow.gov
National Institute of Senior Centers
Beverly Ferry, Executive Director
Wabash County Council on Aging, Inc.
bpferry@yahoo.com
New Horizons Music
Roy Ernst, Founder
royernst@aol.com
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
Pat Polansky, Assistant Commissioner, Division of Aging and Community Services
Patricia.Polansky@doh.state.nj.us
Tina Wolverton
Tina.wolverton@doh.state.nj.us
Director, New Jersey Office of Area Agency on Aging Administration
New Jersey Intergenerational Orchestra
Susan Peterson, Vice President and Administrative Director
info@njio.org
The OASIS Institute
Marcia Kerz, President
mkerz@oasisnet.org
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute National Resource Center
Kali Lightfoot, Director
kalil@usm.maine.edu
Roland Corporation U.S.
Lynda Smith
musicforlife@rolandus.com
The Seasoned Performers
Martha Haarbauer, Executive Director
mail@seasonedperformers.org
SPIRAL Arts, Inc.
Jean Badran, Director of Elder Arts
Priscilla Dreyman, Executive Director
Stagebridge Senior Theatre Company
Stuart Kandell, Director
director@stagebridge.org
TimeSlips
Anne Davis Basting, Founder and Director
Basting@uwm.edu
Yamaha Corporation of America
Mike Bates, Director, Institutional and Commercial Services, MMG
mbates@yamaha.com
Arts and Inspiration Center
Alzheimer’s Association—Heart of America Chapter
Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music
