Disrupt Aging: AARP’s CEO Jo Ann Jenkins
Harvard Kennedy School DC Alumni Council, in partnership with AARP, presents this special breakfast, where AARP CEO Jo Ann Jenkins shares her vision for looking at aging in a bold new way.
Disrupt Aging: AARP’s CEO Jo Ann Jenkins
May 19, 2016
Harvard Kennedy School DC Alumni Council, in partnership with AARP, presents this special breakfast, where AARP CEO Jo Ann Jenkins shares her vision for looking at aging in a bold new way. As the US population changes, aging has become an issue of critical relevance, not only for individuals, but also for social policy. Jo Ann will discuss ideas and information from her new book, Disrupt Aging: A Bold New Path to Living Your Best Life at Any Age.
Thursday May 19th - 8am – 9:30am
AARP Innovation Lab, Terrell Place South, 575 7th St NW, Washington DC (5th floor) (steps from Gallery Place metro)
$22.00 per ticket includes breakfast and the book
Tickets at http://www.hksdc.org/#!blank/q79cd
Questions: info@hksdc.org
Join us for breakfast, network with fellow Harvard alumni, and participate in a lively discussion. Moderating the Q&A will be HKS alumna Nancy Bearg of Reboot Partners LLC, who has co-authored books on moving to your next chapter. This breakfast could be where you get ideas about the societal and policy implications of 77 million Baby Boomers, or about your own next life adventure — at any age.
Jo Ann Jenkins is a nationally recognized leader and dynamic change agent with a 25-year track record of growth and innovation at some of the nation’s largest public and nonprofit organizations. As CEO of AARP, she is at the helm of the world’s largest nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization, helping the more than 100 million Americans 50 and older achieve health security, financial resilience and personal fulfillment. Her signature rallying cry to “Disrupt Aging” is designed to revolutionize society’s views on aging by driving a new social consciousness and sparking innovative solutions for all generations.
Jo Ann is one of the NonProfit Times’ Power and Influence Top 50 for 2013, 2014 and 2015, as well as winner of SmartCEO’s 2015 BRAVA award honoring top female chief executives. Washington ife LMagazine named her one of its Power 100 in 2015.