1. Briefly describe your interests and any previous involvement in Division 20. Our members would be interested in knowing if you are a member or fellow of the division and if you have been active in any way in Division 20. Are you involved in other professional organizations devoted to the psychology of adult development and aging?

I have been concerned with life span development since my early graduate school training. My direct membership in a professional psychological organization is through the Division17 special interest group on aging. We started as a special interest group with the intent of becoming a Section when there are enough of us. I am not a member of Division 20.

2. Briefly describe any professional or scholarly interest you have in issues related to the psychology of aging. Naturally, we are interested in a wide range of professional activities, including practice, consulting, supervising, research, and teaching.

I have been involved with life span development for thirty years. My interest began with gender issues and grew from there. I was involved in setting up the Adult Student office at my university. I taught a course in which we developed a program called "Warm Line" a telephone outreach counseling service to older adults. The Office for Adult Students currently reports to me and we have added resources to that office. A scholarship, in my named, for an adult student is housed at the Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis, a local non-profit agency focused on helping women and children reach their full potential. I have chaired the Board of this organization for the past two years.

3. Is aging part of your platform or agenda for your presidential year? If so, please describe briefly.

My campaign theme is Exclusion is Easy, but Inclusion is Power. We must draw a big circle of inclusion for all psychologists if we are to address the major issues of this society. We must support our practitioners and scientists as they collaborate to intervene around aging issues. As you know, our nation has failed on 6 of the 10 targets set for the health of older adults. Three of those six, physical exercise, nutrition and weight are behavioral problems about which psychologists have knowledge and experience. 90% of depressed older adults receive no treatment or inadequate treatment. There are not enough trained professionals who can treat our aging population. Psychologists can intervene if we have practitioners and scientists working together to bring solutions to the public and to the profession. So my campaign theme exhorts us to come together to use our power, people and purse to solve problems that matter and one of those problems is the health of older adults.