Amanda May

May, Amanda

August 2010 Amanda May graduated with a M.S. in Gerontology. Today she is Director of Access to Services for Senior Resources of Guilford, ensuring older adults and their caregivers obtain community services. She coordinates the Family Caregiver Support Program and supervises the Social Work Case Assistance Program and the SeniorLine… Continue reading…

Misty Wolfe

Wolfe, Misty

May 2007 Misty Wolfe’s graduated with a M.S. in Gerontology. Administrators with the Randolph County School system (her employer and placement site for her first internship on grandparents raising grandchildren) were so impressed by Wolfe’s internship accomplishments and passion for community outreach, they hired her as a counselor. Wolfe’s other… Continue reading…

Jill Yesko

Yesko, Jill

May 2009 Jill Yesko graduated with a Certificate in Gerontology. She is a Program Coordinator with Community Health Integrated Partnership (CHIP) in Maryland. CHIP is a non-profit that provides essential business services and support to nine federally-qualified health care centers throughout Maryland. At CHIP, Yesko is managing the Community HealthCorps… Continue reading…

Pat Cleary

Cleary, Pat

December 2006 Pat Cleary graduated with a Certificate in Gerontology. Today Pat engages his skills as Program Director at River Landing within the Adult Center for Enrichment, a non-profit adult day health center serving 50 people from age 27 to 95. Sixty percent of their clients have dementia. Forty percent… Continue reading…

Erin Russell

Russell, Erin

December 2006 Erin Russell graduated with an M.S. in Gerontology. Today she is Senior Research Associate with the North Carolina Division of Aging and Adult Services (NC DAAS). While working in community services for a continuing care retirement community in Chapel Hill, she began work on an MS in Gerontology… Continue reading…

Syble Solomon

Solomon, Syble

May 1990 Syble Solomon, Founder of Lifewise, graduated with a Certificate in Gerontology. In 2001, she returned to teach Life Planning for the Third Age, a graduate course to prepare students for a future of successful aging for themselves, their employees and their clients.Solomon is Founder/Speaker/Consultant with LifeWise and creator… Continue reading…