The AARP Foundation Board of Directors
Members of the AARP Foundation Board of Directors are elected to serve two-year
terms. Serving from 2010 to 2012 are:
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Maeona Mendelson (Board Chair)
Mae Mendelson, Ph.D., of Kailua,
Hawaii, was appointed to the AARP
Foundation Board of Directors in 2010
and was appointed to the AARP Board
of Directors in 2006. Dr. Mendelson is
president of Travel & Learn, an intergenerational study tour company. She is also
a professor in residence at Chaminade
University of Honolulu to develop their
Intergenerational Center.
Joan Ruff (Treasurer, Finance Chair)
Joan Ruff, J.D., of Mission Woods, Kansas,
was appointed to the AARP Foundation
Board of Directors in 2008. She recently
retired after more than 30 years in the private sector. Ms. Ruff spent the last ten years
of her professional working life as assistant
vice president of knowledge development
for H&R Block and as executive vice president for corporate development at Zurich
Financial Services-North America.
George Rowan (Vice Chair)
George Rowan, Ph.D., of East Lansing,
Michigan, was appointed to the AARP
Foundation Board of Directors in 2006,
he is also a member of the AARP Board of
Directors, Class of 2012. Dr. Rowan currently
is a professor at Michigan State University
(MSU) and holds an extension appointment. Previously, he was director of the
David Walker Research Institute at MSU and
assistant dean for external relations.
Sandra Ulsh (Audit Chair)
Sandra Ulsh, M.B.A., of Novi, Michigan, was
appointed to the AARP Foundation Board of
Directors in 2010. She is currently president
of Ulsh & Associates, consulting for both
not-for-profit and for-profit companies.
Previously, Ms. Ulsh served as director
of public policy and interim executive
director of the Responsible Information
Management Council for the Ponemon
Institute.
