{"id":501,"date":"2026-08-30T10:36:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T10:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/about-2-2\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T07:55:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T07:55:19","slug":"leadership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/about\/leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"501\" class=\"elementor elementor-501\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12ecec7f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"12ecec7f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b6c4ade e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2b6c4ade\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fcec10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6fcec10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SGS Leadership<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10e71ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10e71ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Southern Gerontological Society is a network of the South&#8217;s most respected gerontology professionals. Southern Gerontological Society (SGS) members are educators, aging network personnel, researchers, health professionals, and policy makers. SGS provides the bridge between research and practice, translating and applying knowledge in the field of aging.<\/p><p>The Area to be served by this Society includes, but is not limited to, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington, D.C., West Virginia, and Texas.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb18660 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fb18660\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f39f031 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f39f031\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-902a4d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"902a4d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">SGS Executive Director<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42075a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42075a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Amanda James<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5114551 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5114551\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ecef11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9ecef11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2025-amanda-james-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-976\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2025-amanda-james-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2025-amanda-james-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2025-amanda-james.jpg 413w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ce1b9b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1ce1b9b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63922a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63922a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ms. James has been the Executive Director for the Georgia Gerontology Society (GGS) since 2016. She holds a Masters Degree is in Public Administration with a Non-Profit emphasis, which she attained from Georgia Southern University. Prior to her position as GGS, Amanda worked as a Forensic Special Initiatives Unit Program Coordinator with the Georgia Department of Human Services. Ms. James lives in Stone Mountain, Georgia. We are so delighted to welcome Amanda to our team and are absolutely certain that SGS will be in exceptionally good hands and we transition to her leadership.<\/p><p>Amanda is here to be of assistance to you. Should you need help with any facet or function of SGS, she may be reached at:<\/p><p><a href=\"mailto:admin@southerngerontologicalsociety.org\">admin@southerngerontologicalsociety.org<\/a><br \/>(866) 920-4660<br \/>PO Box 80786, Conyers, GA 30013<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-736eb3d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"736eb3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f95832 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2f95832\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19859b6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"19859b6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41354a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41354a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Immediate Past-President<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7b3af8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f7b3af8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Dr. Ethlyn Gibson, DNP, MSN, RN-BC<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a644bd7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a644bd7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f27ae3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6f27ae3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ethlyn-gibson-256x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1003\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ethlyn-gibson-256x300.jpg 256w, https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ethlyn-gibson.jpg 436w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1f6207 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f1f6207\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23ad25c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23ad25c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Ethlyn McQueen-Gibson hails from Yorktown, Virginia. Gerontology is a field of study and service that is important to Dr. McQueen-Gibson for many reasons. The importance of bridging research and practice is the key to addressing health disparities for older adults as we approach the next century. She currently serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, VA focusing on Alzheimer\u2019s research and holds appointments as adjunct professor at Old Dominion University School of Nursing in Norfolk, VA, and Norfolk State University School of Nursing.<\/p><p>From August 2019 until January 2023, she served as an associate professor at Hampton University\u2019s School of Nursing and Inaugural Director for the Center for Gerontology Excellence and Minority Aging. She holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from Ursuline College Breen School of Nursing in Cleveland, OH, a Master of Science degree in Nursing from the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, GA, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Ursuline College Breen School of Nursing. She is a Victor W. Marshall Fellow in Applied Gerontology conferred by the Southern Gerontological Society. She has practiced nursing for over 40 years to include clinical and administrative positions and am a proud veteran having served as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps on active and reserve duty; retiring at the rank of lieutenant colonel.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7753f8a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"7753f8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c50460b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c50460b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5da27f1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5da27f1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-781b1f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"781b1f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">SGS President<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ce2893 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9ce2893\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Dr. Abby J. Schwartz, MGS, MSW<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6615ddd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6615ddd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d1a056 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5d1a056\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Abby-Schwartz-2025.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1017\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9d2ab6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c9d2ab6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1da7b60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1da7b60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Abby Schwartz is the Carolyn Freeze Baynes Distinguished Professor in the School of Social Work at East Carolina University. She also serves as the Director of the Office of Healthy Aging and Coordinator of the Gerontology Program. Dr. Schwartz received her Ph.D. in Social Work and MSW degrees from Boston College and her MGS degree from Miami University. She also completed the postdoctoral research training program at the Duke Aging Center. Dr. Schwartz\u2019s research agenda focuses on addressing health disparities by increasing access to healthcare for vulnerable residents and communities in rural Eastern North Carolina to improve health and human service outcomes. She implements a community-engaged approach and develops robust academic-community partnerships that incorporate community leaders and citizens to achieve impactful change in their communities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df01886 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"df01886\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42d09bd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"42d09bd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-186ec48 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"186ec48\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7cd868 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c7cd868\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">SGS President-Elect<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fac0424 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fac0424\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Elizabeth Yost, Ph.D.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1a8ef8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d1a8ef8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01592f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"01592f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Elizabeth &#8220;Libby&#8221; Yost is the Director of the Master of Science in Dementia and Aging Studies program and a Professor of Instruction in the Department of Sociology at Texas State University. A gerontologist and medical sociologist, she received her Ph.D. in Medical Sociology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where she also completed graduate training in gerontology.<\/p><p>Dr. Yost\u2019s work focuses on gerontological education and the social and community dimensions of aging. Throughout her career, she has combined academic work with community engagement, including service on hospital and community health boards and work with nonprofit organizations focused on aging in place, housing accessibility, and community health. She is particularly interested in interdisciplinary approaches to aging and in connecting gerontological education with communities and organizations serving older adults.<\/p><p>Dr. Yost is a Victor W. Marshall Fellow in Applied Gerontology and has been actively involved with the Southern Gerontological Society for many years. Her service to SGS has included serving on the Board of Directors, the Local Arrangements Committee, and for many years as Co-Chair of the Awards Committee.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dd4736 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6dd4736\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4746b14 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4746b14\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e077cd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0e077cd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-037a3f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"037a3f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">SGS Secretary<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c6976e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c6976e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sandi Lane, Ph.D.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1d5630 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b1d5630\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97361c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"97361c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/sandi-lane-242x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1025\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/sandi-lane-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/sandi-lane.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ecef6c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6ecef6c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a957da elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9a957da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Lane is an Associate Professor, MHA Program Director, an ACHE Fellow, and a licensed nursing home administrator. Her operational experience includes acute care, long-term care, and ancillary services. She is an active member of the Southern Gerontological Society and reviewer for the National Association of Long-Term Care Administrator Boards. Dr. Lane has published in Health Care Management and Review, the Gerontologist, Natural Hazards, International Journal of Disaster and Risk Reduction, Journal of Applied Gerontology, and Science of the Total Environment. Her interests&#8217; center around the impact of policy, health system structure, management processes, and financing on quality of care for older adults.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95dfaff elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"95dfaff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d23d68 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9d23d68\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0847121 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0847121\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24dc2be elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24dc2be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">SGS Treasurer<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28da969 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"28da969\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Lee Ann Steffen, Ph.D.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13a222c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"13a222c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75f4cf4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"75f4cf4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"265\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Lee-Ann-Ferguson-265x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1030\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Lee-Ann-Ferguson-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Lee-Ann-Ferguson.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b7d64c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0b7d64c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dc83bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2dc83bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lee Ann Steffen, Ph.D. is the Director of Graduate Programs and a Clinical Assistant Professor. She holds a Ph.D. in leadership and gerontology from Concordia University, Chicago. Her dissertation\u2014Examining the Socio-Environmental Influences on Aging Among Bonacca Cay\u2019s Island Community of Guanaja, Honduras: A Focused Ethnography\u2014illustrates Dr. Steffen\u2019s lens as an Environmental and Geographical Gerontologist and her special interest in conducting research and helping to shape aging policy within Central American and the Caribbean. Dr. Steffen also holds an M.A. degree in Gerontology, a graduate certificate from UNC Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health, and a B.A. in Psychology from the University of South Florida. She is the former executive director of the Southern Gerontological Society whose membership and programming spans the Southern region of the U.S. Throughout her tenure, Dr. Steffen also maintained adjunct and visiting professor appointments at Lenoir Rhyne University, Caldwell Community College, and Appalachian State University. Dr. Steffen actively volunteers in her community in Taylorsville, NC as a program manager and trainer of the Alexander County Community Emergency Response Team.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34399b1 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"34399b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-901f33a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"901f33a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e91c47b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e91c47b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8247944 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8247944\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">SGS Co-Encore Representative to the Board<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4ebf21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d4ebf21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Graham Rowles<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7907b04 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7907b04\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cd28fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6cd28fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/graham-rowles-231x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1035\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/graham-rowles-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/graham-rowles.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b04023a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b04023a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fdb048 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3fdb048\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Graham D. Rowles is Professor Emeritus at the University of Kentucky. He received his Ph.D. in Geography from Clark University in 1976 and has held faculty appointments at West Virginia University and the University of Kentucky where he was founding director of the Graduate Center for Gerontology. His research focuses on the lived experience of aging and the meaning of place in different contexts. He has conducted in-depth ethnographic research with elderly populations in urban (inner city), rural (Appalachian), and nursing facility environments. His applied research has included leadership of the Kentucky Elder Readiness Initiative (KERI), a statewide project to explore the implications for communities of the aging of the Baby Boom cohort. His publications include Prisoners of Space? Exploring the Environmental Experience of Older Adults, seven co-edited volumes, and more than 100 book chapters and articles. A past President of the Southern Gerontological Society and the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, he is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education. He serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Applied Gerontology and the Journal of Aging and Environment.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fd8b2d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"9fd8b2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52d12c2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"52d12c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57ab8b1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"57ab8b1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-402d9ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"402d9ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">SGS Co-Encore Representative to the Board<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d82ccf0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d82ccf0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Jodi Teitelman<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c7d6e6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2c7d6e6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5aea46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d5aea46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/jodi-teitelman-234x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1036\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/jodi-teitelman-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/jodi-teitelman.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f91029d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f91029d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3b2f1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3b2f1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jodi Teitelman is currently a retired Professor Emerita of the Departments of Occupational Therapy and Gerontology at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, VA. Since 2020, she has served as a Plenary Member of the Geriatric Workforce Education and Preparation project at VCU\u2019s Virginia Center on Aging\/Geriatric Education Center. Prior to these positions, she worked on a contract basis with the (then-named) Virginia Department for the Aging and Virginia Department of Human Services. Jodi earned her doctorate in psychology and a post-baccalaureate Certificate from Aging studies at VCU in 1985. Since that time, her research and service interests have been focused on family caregivers of persons with dementia, including 10 years as an Alzheimer\u2019s Association Board Member and support group co-facilitator. She has been an active and engaged member of SGS since the early 1980\u2019s, presenting regularly at the annual conference and receiving a Gerontologists Rooted in the South (GRITS) award in 2020.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53ce871 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"53ce871\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76a6630 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"76a6630\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7e45a5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d7e45a5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb921f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eb921f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">SGS Student Representative<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5dba4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5dba4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ganette Apeadu Baah<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e31e42 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4e31e42\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d8bf1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1d8bf1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"271\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Ganette-Apeadu-Baah-271x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1041\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Ganette-Apeadu-Baah-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Ganette-Apeadu-Baah.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1be221 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c1be221\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-446190b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"446190b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ganette is a PhD student in Aging and Neurorehabilitation at the University of North Texas. She has academic and clinical training in neuropsychology and cognitive neuroscience from Ghana and England. Her clinical experience includes administering neuropsychological assessments to support the identification and diagnosis of neurodevelopmental and neuropsychological conditions.<\/p><p>Ganette\u2019s research interests focus on understanding the mechanisms that may delay the progression of cognitive decline associated with aging. She is particularly interested in how biological and lifestyle factors interact to support cognitive resilience in later life.<\/p><p>Ganette hopes to contribute to the development of intervention-focused approaches that promote cognitive health and quality of life for older adults. Through her research and involvement with SGS, she aims to advance understanding of the aging brain and support meaningful connections between research, practice, and the next generation of aging professionals.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ef0b99 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6ef0b99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a73b190 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a73b190\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55c5b5c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"55c5b5c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-329c819 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"329c819\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">SGS Student Representative-Elect<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe45a43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe45a43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Lauren Hultquist<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-003542c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"003542c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2cddd4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e2cddd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"282\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Lauren-Hultquist-282x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1046\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Lauren-Hultquist-282x300.jpg 282w, https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Lauren-Hultquist.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77870ab e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"77870ab\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be9988d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be9988d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lauren Hultquist is an Organizational Science PhD student at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte). She will receive her Masters in Psychology and Graduate Certificate in Gerontology in 2026 from UNC Charlotte.<\/p><p>Her research focuses primarily on personality, age, and groups. Her Master\u2019s thesis is on how dark personality traits (the Dark Tetrad) harms how groups function. In regards to Gerontology, her work is focused on age in workplace settings and domestic and international policy around older adults.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64ff851 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"64ff851\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30484c7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"30484c7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6df5e52 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6df5e52\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a8da74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8a8da74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Journal of Applied Gerontology Editor-in-Chief<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f441ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f441ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Debra Dobbs, Ph.D.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6900abe e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6900abe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35b2e7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"35b2e7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/debra-dobbs-242x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1050\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/debra-dobbs-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/debra-dobbs.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b6eabb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0b6eabb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e72803b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e72803b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Dobbs is an Associate Professor in the School of Aging Studies and the Academic Director of the Center for Hospice, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Studies at the University of South Florida. She previously served as the Associate Editor of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine (GGM). She serves as Vice Chair of Gerontological Society of America, Social Research, Policy and Practice Section. Dr. Dobbs has research interests in palliative, hospice and end-of-life care, and palliative care education in assisted living with a specific focus on providers of persons living with dementia. Dr. Dobbs is also involved in disaster preparedness research and music and mindfulness studies in assisted living and other community-based settings for persons living with dementia and their caregivers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b926795 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"b926795\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c159c4d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c159c4d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b104d1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4b104d1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fd1c36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6fd1c36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SGS Board Members<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f43c87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f43c87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Member \u2013 at \u2013 Large (2025 \u2013 2027)<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Glenna S. Brewster Glasgow, Ph.D., RN, FNP-BC<\/li><li>David Hage, PhD, MSW, LCSW, FACHE, ACSW, C-ASWCM, CDP<\/li><li>Jennifer Craft Morgan, PhD, FGSA<\/li><li>Kim Stansbury, Ph.D., M.S.W.<\/li><\/ul><p><br \/><strong>Member \u2013 at \u2013 Large (2026 \u2013 2028<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Noelle Fields, Ph.D., LCSW<\/li><li>Jeffrey Lentz, PhD, CPG, CDP, FSGS<\/li><li>Tracy McClinton, DNP, AGACNP-BC, APRN, HGET-C, EBP-C<\/li><li>TimMarie Williams, Ph.D., MCG<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7af2928 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"7af2928\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9054962 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9054962\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e65761 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5e65761\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f575cca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f575cca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SGS Past Presidents<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1e926c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a1e926c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>View the Southern Gerontological Society past presidents page.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-464fae4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"464fae4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/about\/past-presidents\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-arrow-right\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M190.5 66.9l22.2-22.2c9.4-9.4 24.6-9.4 33.9 0L441 239c9.4 9.4 9.4 24.6 0 33.9L246.6 467.3c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0l-22.2-22.2c-9.5-9.5-9.3-25 .4-34.3L311.4 296H24c-13.3 0-24-10.7-24-24v-32c0-13.3 10.7-24 24-24h287.4L190.9 101.2c-9.8-9.3-10-24.8-.4-34.3z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">A Part of Our History<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SGS Leadership The Southern Gerontological Society is a network of the South&#8217;s most respected gerontology professionals. 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