Robin A. Barr, DPhil
“I am looking forward very much to working closely with GSA members and its staff as I work on a project to integrate aging into the study of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.”
Prior to joining GSA, Barr was the director of the Division of Extramural Activities at the National Institute on Aging (NIA) within the National Institutes of Health (NIH), where he retired in after 33 years. He focused on shaping NIH policies toward new and early stage investigators and managed NIA’s National Advisory Council on Aging. In 2014, Barr became the founding editor of the NIA blog for the extramural community (Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers).
He also served on multiple NIH committees focused on research training and early career researchers and helped develop the NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) and the Early Stage Investigator designation. He worked with multiple foundations to bring the Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging program to NIA. This provides awards to aspiring leaders among early-stage health scientists who have a focus on aging and geriatrics. Barr continued to shepherd the program through multiple transitions at NIH.
In recent years, as NIA received a substantial infusion of funds for Alzheimer’s disease research, he led new approaches aimed at expanding the field rapidly, including guiding the creation of an administrative supplement program across NIH to stimulate research in this area.
Richard Browdie, MBA, FGSA
"My whole career has always been involved with designing programs and services to meet the needs of low-income older people. I hope to work with GSA leaders to develop ways to increase the dialogue between program developers and system managers and researchers and policy analysts."
Browdie recently retired after 16 years as president/CEO of the Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging. Previously, he served as Pennsylvania’s secretary of aging and executive director of the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging. Browdie’s work focuses on developing ways to increase the dialogue between program developers and system managers and researchers and policy analysts to improve services to older people.
Kevin Crain
“I am excited to partner with the GSA team on advancing their work on ageism and their effort to advance the cause of healthy and productive aging — as evidenced by their leading the national conversation about the positive impact of the longevity economy, countering ageism, and promoting age-friendly communities.”
Crain has worked with GSA over the last several years as he served in various leadership positions at Bank of America, from which he recently retired as head of retirement research & insights. He also is a former chairperson of the NYC Age Friendly Commission.
Terri Harvath, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA
“GSA has been my professional home since 1986. I am excited to work with GSA staff and my colleagues in GSA to develop resources that will help health care professionals work more effectively with family caregivers.”
Harvath, a past GSA president and board chair, recently retired from her position as a clinical professor at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing, where she was also the associate director for clinical science and practice in the Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation. Previously, she was the director for the Family Caregiving Institute at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at the University of California, Davis. Her professional career is dedicated to improving the health and health care of older adults and their family caregivers through the integration of theory, practice, and research.