Advisory Committee
In 2023, NAEJI created an advisory committee of elder justice professionals to provide guidance on project activities and deliverables. Specifically, our advisory committee members:
- Serve as subject matter experts for developing new content.
- Provide preliminary feedback on new products developed as part of this grant.
- Advise project staff on the means for distributing new products and announcements.
- Assist with identifying new resources, best practices, research, and information applicable to Indian Country and sharing with resource center staff.
- Identify and advise on opportunities for improvements in project operations.
Our advisory committee consists of:
- Lori Michaud – APS Caseworker, St. Regis Mohawk Tribe, New York
- Carrie Lindsey, BSW, CSW – Long Term Care Case Management Program Manager, Oneida Comprehensive Health Division, Wisconsin
- Ron Redday – Program Director, Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Tribe Department of Elderly Affairs, South Dakota
- Mary Weston – AAA Program Manager, Inter Tribal Council of Arizona
- Nichol Brewer-Lowry (Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina) – Site Director of Native American Lifelines, Boston
- Mashell Sourjohn (Muscogee Nation) – Associate State Director of Community Outreach at AARP Oklahoma City
- Hallie Bongar White, JD – Executive Director, Southwest Center for Law and Policy (SWCLAP) National Tribal Trial College, National Indian Country Clearinghouse on Sexual Assault, Co-Director Sexual Assault Forensic Examinations, Services, Training, Access, and Resources – SAFESTAR
- Alicia Nevaquaya (Choctaw) – National Center for Victims of Crime, Victims Assistance to Support Tribes (VAST)
- Lori Mars – Director, National Center for Elder Abuse (NCEA)
- Jennifer Spoeri – Executive director, National Adult Protective Service Assocation (NAPSE)
- Rebecca Morgan (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) – Former Project Manager, National Indian Council on Aging (NICOA)
- Susan Lynch, JD, DrPH – Senior Counsel for Elder Justice at the United States Department of Justice, Adjust Professor at the George Washington University Law School
- Melissa Brown (Shawnee Nation), JD, BA – Clinical Professor of Law, McGeorge School of Law, and Director of Elder & Health Law Clinic
- Lisa Nerenberg, MSW, MPH – Executive Director, California Elder Justice Coalition
- Sandy Markwood – Chief Executive Officer, USAging
- Wambli Sina Win (Lakota) – Associate Professor and Director of the Criminal Justice Studies Dept. at Bacone College
