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ReServe News July 6, 2010 ReServe Remembers Dr. Robert Butler 
Dr. Robert Butler, a member of ReServe's Board of Directors since 2007, died on July 4, 2010. He was a towering pioneer who did so much to make the world recognize what may be the most important development of the last century: the transformation of human longevity. More than 30 years ago, he won the Pulitzer Prize for his book, "Being Old in America." He was the first head of the National Institute of Aging. He founded the first department of geriatrics in the country. He identified and indelibly labeled the social malady of "ageism" and the therapy called life review. He created, built and grew the monumental research structure called the International Longevity Center which now has offices in 12 countries. Starting in 2000, he partnered with The New York Times and, this year, with Atlantic Philanthropies, in conducting the annual Age Boom Academy, an institute for journalists from around the country. Throughout, he worked ceaselessly to combat the stereotypes associated with aging. As he wrote 40 years ago, "Older people are as diverse as people in other periods of life, and their patterns of aging vary according to the range they show from health to sickness, from maturity to immaturity, activity to apathy, useful constructive participation to disinterest, from the prevailing stereotype of aging to rich forms of creativity." Tall, restless, white hair waving in the wind, he personified those words. We are proud of our long association with him, his work and his lasting contributions to the world.
June 24, 2010 ReServe Welcomes Three New Board Members ReServe® is pleased to announce that three new members have joined the ReServe Board of Directors. Elected at the June 23, 2010 meeting of the ReServe Board of Directors were Ms. Ana Oliveira, Mr. Daniel Reingold and Ms. Phyllis Segal. The three members join eleven members of the Board of Directors as they lead ReServe as the foremost alternative to civic engagement for adults 55+ and a valuable resource for nonprofit organizations and public agencies. The biographies of ReServe’s three new Board members are listed below.
February 15, 2010 Jack Rosenthal, ReServe’s co-founder and Chairman writes, in the American Aging magazine, about how Americans are living longer and stronger and how ReServe’s model works to help nonprofit organizations tap into a community of experienced adults age 55+, who are motivated to serve their communities. October 19, 2009 The Wall Street Journal discusses ReServe's program in New York City and its plan to expand nationally in 2010. A video can also be found here. September 25, 2009 "Getting Your Money's Worth," a public access/cable program hosted by Judith West will broadcast an interview with Mary S. Bleiberg, ReServe's Executive Director, Sunday September 27, 2009 at 8:30 a.m. The show airs on Time Warner Cable, Channel 34 and RCN Channel 83 and Verizon Channel 33. Mary discusses ReServe and the extraordinary value ReServists bring to nonprofits through their experience and skills. The show can also be seen on the web at: http://www.gettingyourmoneysworthnyc.com/GYMW-Show.php?item=064a June 17, 2009 ReServe's Health Navigators program, which connects ReServists with at-risk older adults who have recently been discharged from hospitals, was showcased on Terry Nagel's blog at Encore Careers. April 9, 2009 BusinessWeek highlighted program officer Scott Kariya's post-retirement transition from information technology recruiting to the nonprofit sector. March 20, 2009 Executive director Mary Bleiberg responded to a New York Times article about the flood of unemployed workers who have started volunteering with a letter describing the experience, skills, and wisdom which retired professionals provide to the nonprofit sector. July 8, 2008 The New York Times featured an article on encore careers and mentioned board member Marc Freedman's book, "Encore: Finding Work That Matters in the Second Half of Life". June 11, 2008 Board member Marc Freedman was featured in the New York Times. Read it here. May 22, 2008 As part of the 50+ program, Peace Corps has hired older returned volunteers to work as regional recruiters, and produced recruitment materials that feature older volunteers in the field. For Americans who continue to be young at heart, who have a spirit of adventure and want to make a positive difference, there can be no better opportunity than the Peace Corps. For more information, visit www.peacecorps.gov/50plus or talk to a recruiter by calling 800.424.8580. May 14, 2008 Read about ReServe on the Second Fifty Years Website. ReServe will be on ExperienceTalks Tuesday, April 1 from 2-3pm PDT. You can listen to the stream at KPFK.org. Click here for more information. ReServe now has a blog! Check it out at ReServeInc.blogspot.com ReServe has been chosen as a winner of the BreakThrough Award, a new award sponsored by Civic Ventures and funded by the MetLife Foundation. More than 80 organizations were nominated; ReServe is one of ten to be chosen for "inspiring practices" in hiring and retaining people over age 50 to meet important social needs. For more information, Click here. In September 2006, Civic Ventures announced that ReServe co-founder and board vice chair Herb Sturz was selected as a finalist for the Purpose Prize, a new award given to 10 individuals over the age of 60 who are channeling their creativity and talent to answer critical social problems. The 15 finalists and 55 Purpose Prize fellows have received national recognition for their work. Launched in 2006, the Purpose Prize is the creation of Civic Ventures, with funding from The Atlantic Philanthropies and The John Templeton Foundation. For more information on the prize, see www.civicventures.org. ANNUAL REPORT PRESS
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Ana Oliveira became the President & CEO of The New York Women’s Foundation® in February 2006. She has worked in the health and human services field for over 20 years, developing programs for vulnerable populations throughout NYC. She served as the first woman and Latina Executive Director of Gay Men’s Health Crisis for over seven years, overseeing a complete turn-around of the agency. Before working at GMHC, Oliveira directed innovative community-based programs at Samaritan Village, the Osborne Association, Kings County and at Lincoln Hospitals. Oliveira was a member of the New York City HIV Planning Council and was appointed by Mayor Bloomberg to the New York City Commission on AIDS in 2004. Her awards feature: Mutual Welfare League Certificate, (Osborne Association); Liberty Award, (Lambda Legal & Education Defense Fund); Community Service Award (Empire State Pride Agenda); and Rosie Perez Fuerza Award, (Latino Commission on AIDS). She was profiled in Newsweek (2005) as "America’s Best," a series highlighting ordinary individuals using their extraordinary vision on behalf of others. Oliveira was born and raised in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and resides in Manhattan. She has an M.A. in Medical Anthropology from the New School for Social Research and is a Licensed Acupuncturist.
Daniel Reingold is the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale, in New York City. The Hebrew Home is a non-sectarian, not-for- profit residential healthcare facility that also includes a senior housing community as well as a full spectrum of homecare, rehabilitation, and adult- day and overnight respite programs offered by its ElderServe community services division. The Hebrew Home serves more than 3,000 older people in the Bronx, Manhattan, and Westchester County. In 2005, The Hebrew Home at Riverdale established The Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Center for Elder Abuse Prevention, the nation’s first comprehensive elder abuse shelter. Mr. Reingold serves on the boards of directors of the Continuing Care Leadership Coalition, the Greater New York Hospital Association and the Association of Jewish Aging Services. He has received recognition and awards from numerous communal, educational and religious organizations for his and The Home’s contributions to the care and welfare of the aged, their families and communities. Mr. Reingold received a B.A. from Hobart College, an M.S.W. from Columbia University, and a law degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University. Prior to joining the Hebrew Home in 1990, Mr. Reingold was an attorney in private practice.
Phyllis Segal is Vice President of Civic Ventures, where she leads initiatives aimed at understanding and expanding encore careers as an important source of human talent to meet society’s most pressing needs. These initiatives include: action–oriented research (such as the MetLife Foundation/Civic Ventures papers on Encore Opportunities, Encore Career Survey and Survey of Nonprofit Employers); developing pathways and high-impact opportunities for encore careers in health care and other sectors; and promoting promising encore employer practices. This work builds upon Ms. Segal’s extensive experience in the nonprofit and public sectors – leading organizations, advocating for social justice, teaching and practicing law. She is a Trustee of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, a member of the Board of Overseers of the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, and co–founder of the Eli J. Segal Citizen Leadership Program at Brandeis University. Last year, she served on President Barack Obama’s Transition Team, preparing an Agency Review for the incoming administration. In her earlier career, Ms. Segal was the founding Legal Director of the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, and subsequently served as the Fund’s President. She also served as Chair of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and as a trustee and consultant for other nonprofit organizations. In her prior public service Ms. Segal was Chair of the Federal Labor Relations Authority and Deputy Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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