AARP FOUNDATION, INC.
WASHINGTON, DC

AARP Foundation earns high rating for accountability from a leading charity evaluator. “Business as usual” approaches are not sufficient to address our nation’s senior poverty crisis. We need a larger response and a whole new way of thinking and acting. AARP Foundation wants to move beyond current safety net solutions to build permanent pathways out of poverty. We’re pairing real needs with innovative solutions that don’t just put a patch on the problem, but transform lives. Partner To Help More Seniors Innovation requires taking risks and trying new approaches. To be effective stewards of donor dollars, AARP Foundation approaches innovation in a rapid but disciplined manner that includes research, concept design, and testing for every new program. AARP Foundation is creating opportunities for people of all ages to join us by volunteering to create a better future for older adults. Each year 3 million providers, hard workers and community members regain control of their futures thanks in part to the help of 36,000 volunteers. Lisa Marsh Ryerson is president of AARP Foundation, AARP’s affiliated charity. At the helm of the charity since the fall of 2013, she sets the Foundation’s strategic direction and leads its social impact initiatives. She is also a member of AARP’s Executive Leadership Team, which directs the nation’s largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working on behalf of the 50+ population. Ms. Ryerson joined the Foundation after 18 years as the president and CEO of Wells College in Aurora, New York. Her many accomplishments there include increasing enrollment by 45 percent – revitalizing the economy of the surrounding community – and launching an endowed Center for Business and Entrepreneurship. She has brought that same innovative flair to her work at the Foundation, whose mission is to create and advance effective solutions to help vulnerable older adults meet their basic needs. Under her leadership, the Foundation has embarked on new relationships with high-profile organizations to serve older adults struggling with poverty and the related issues of unemployment, insufficient food, inadequate housing and social isolation. A multiyear collaboration with the NFL’s Miami Dolphins, announced in 2014, shines a national spotlight on the plight of older Americans while enlisting thousands of volunteers – including Dolphins players, coaches and fans – to deliver services and opportunities to the South Florida community, where one in seven seniors lives in poverty. Such collaborative efforts are the hallmark of Ms. Ryerson’s approach to the Foundation’s mission. Reflecting her expertise in higher education, Ms. Ryerson has built new links between the Foundation and community colleges to increase employment opportunities for older adults. In support of that effort, during her first year at AARP Foundation she helped procure a $3 million federal grant from the Social Innovation Fund to expand the Foundation’s “Back to Work 50+” re-training program for the long-term unemployed. Other achievements include the release of a ground-breaking report on the state of housing for America’s older adults, and implementing an “innovation pipeline” to generate, test and analyze new ideas to help low-income 50+ Americans. AARP Foundation Executive Leadership Team You are leaving AARP.org and going to the website of our trusted provider. The provider’s terms, conditions and policies apply. Please return to AARP.org to learn more about other benefits. AARP Foundation Back Row (L to R): Jaime P. Gutierrez, David Adame, Diane D. Miller, Neal Lane, Harry E. Johnson Sr., Tim Kelly Front Row (L to R): Ann G. Daw, Lloyd Johnson (Chair), AARP Foundation President Lisa Marsh Ryerson The all-volunteer Board of Directors is the governing body of AARP Foundation. ) of Charlotte, North Carolina, is managing director and global chief audit executive with Accenture. He has more than 25 years' experience in auditing, finance, accounting, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and risk management with large corporations. Prior to Accenture, his career experience included senior finance positions with automobile electronics and components maker Delphi, Emerson Electric and Sara Lee Corporation. He began his career as an accountant at Coopers & Lybrand. He serves on the volunteer board at the United Way of Central Carolinas, where he chairs the audit committee and sits on the finance and executive committees. He also serves as a member of the Blumenthal Performing Arts Board of Trustees, where he chairs the governance committee and sits on the executive committee. In 2014, Mr. Johnson was appointed to the AARP Foundation Board of Directors and currently serves as the board chair. of Phoenix, Arizona, was appointed to the AARP Foundation Board of Directors in 2016. He is president and CEO of Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc., (CPLC) the largest community development corporation (CDC) in Arizona and the third largest Hispanic CDC in the country. Mr. Adame began at CPLC in 1985 before leaving to hold positions at several organizations, including JP Morgan Chase, Fannie Mae, and McCormack Baron Salazar. As senior deputy director for Fannie Mae in their Arizona Partnership Office he worked to form a comprehensive housing investment strategy to provide $15 billion in affordable mortgage financing. , MBA, of Olympia Fields, Illinois, spent 38 years at the RR Donnelley Company, beginning as a factory worker and advancing to the level of president of its largest unit. After retiring from RR Donnelley, he served as president and CEO of Oce' USA Holdings and was a member of the board of directors of the parent company, Oce' N.V. of the Netherlands, until 2004. He serves on the board of U.S. Cellular and formerly served on the boards of Loyola University of Chicago, Executive Service Corps of Chicago, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Metropolis Strategies and SuperValu. Mr. Daly previously served on the AARP Foundation board from 2012 to 2014 and was reappointed in 2016.