Wayne State University

Aim Higher

The IOG depends on the members of its Board of Visitors to connect our research and education with the community and to help us raise funds and awareness so our work can continue.


Thomas Trainer – Chair
Attorney, Kemp Klein Law Firm

Barbara Kopasz – Vice Chair
Associate Vice President, Health Allliance Plan (Retired)

Lynn Alexander
Vice President of Public Affairs, Presbytarian Villages of Michigan

Bob Allison
Broadcast Host, Ask Your Neighbor radio show

Eugene Baron, M.D.
Ophthalmologist (Retired)     

Michael J. Damone
President, Damone Construction

Carol Edwards
Community Educator (Retired)     

Robert W. Gillette
Chief Operating Officer, American House Senior Living Residences
Co-chair, American House Foundation

Michael Gilliam
President and CEO, Quality Home Care Services of Michigan

Georgeanne Herbert
Content and Community Engagement, Detroit Public TV

Lois Hitchcock
Older Adult Advocate

Ted Hitchcock
Community Volunteer

Esther Howell – Co-chair Emeritus
Commissioner, Michigan Department of Community Health
Commission on Services to the Aging (Retired)

David Howell – Co-chair Emeritus
CPA, Principal, Schroeder, Howell & Trefzer, P.C. (Retired)

Ruth LoPrete
Attorney and Trustee, The Westerman Foundation

Louise M. Morman
Founder, EldercareLearnings.com

Roger Myers
Chief Executive Officer, Presbyterian Villages of Michigan

Frances Shani Parker
Eldercare Author and Consultant, Detroit Public School Principal (Retired)

William Paskoules
Senior Services Program Director, Henry Ford Health Systems

Gene Pisha
AARP Senior Advocate for Michigan

David Sengstock, M.D.
Program Director, Geriatric Medicine Fellowship, Oakwood Hospital and Medical Center

James Schuster
Certified Elder Law Attorney

Jean Villa
Community Volunteer

John Villa
Manager, General Electric Company (Retired), Community Volunteer, La Sed

Betty Welsh
Professor Emerita, Wayne State University

Emeritus BOV Members

Thomas Boaks
Senior Partner, Towne Centre Financial Services, Inc

Karl Gregory, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Oakland University