Cathy Cress, M.S.W.

Cathy Cress holds an MSW in Organization, Planning and Administration in Aging from U.C. Berkeley. Ms. Cress has worked in the field of aging for twenty- two years. She is the president of Cresscare, a private case management agency in Santa Clara and Monterey, California, which she has owned and directed since 1984. Ms. Cress has extensive experience in private case management programs and she lectures nationally on both the process of ease management and marketing case management. She is the former editor of the Geriatric Care Management Joj4rMj. of the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers (0CM). She published Handbook of Geriatric Care Management Jones and Bartlett, January 2001,the first book on geriatric care management nationally.Ms. Cress is a lecturer in Aging at UC Berkeley’s School of Social Welfare and a lecturer at San Francisco State University in the first geriatric care management concentration in a gerontology master’s in the country.

Margriet DeLange, M.A.

Margriet DeLange earned her B.A. in Psychology from J.F.Kennedy University who recently selected her as Alumni of the Year for their School of Education and Liberal Arts. She teaches for Senior New Ways, offering programs to enhance the meaning, purpose and well-being of seniors. She serves as Vice-Chair on the Advisory Board of the Center for Aging and Spirituality, offering workshops addressing the emerging spiritual and creative needs of today's aging population. She is the Founder of StoriesUnfolding, an organization that offers a variety of services of Life Review for the Older Adult in the greater Bay Area. More information on her work can be found at www.storiesunfolding.com

Cristina Flores, Ph.D.

Cristina Flores has been a registered nurse for 19 years. She graduated with an Associate's Degree in Nursing from City College of San Francisco and a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing for California State University, Dominquez Hills. She has a Master's Degree in Gerontology with a Long Term Care Administration emphasis from San Francisco State University. Her nursing practice has included many aspects of the continuum of care - from skilled nursing homes, to the acute care hospital, and home health care. At present, she practices nursing as the owner of three small residential care homes for the elderly. Cristina has recently (2007) completed her PhD in Nursing Health Policy in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco under the direction Drs. Robert Newcomer and Charlene Harrington. She is a fellow at UCSF's School of Medicine's Institute for Health Policy Studies where she has received further training and experiences in health policy and health services research. She is also the Associate Coordinator of the Long Term Care Administration program at SFSU where she teaches Gerontology and Long Term Care Administration.

David Hahklottube, M.A.

David Hahklottube is the Executive Producer, host and writer of Successful Aging Today, a television program designed to deliver relevant and entertaining information on the topic of aging. He is co-owner and co-administrator of Choctow Houses, cutting edge long-term care facilities, and has worked in a variety of capacities dealing with the issues of aging.

Marc Maisano, M.A.

Marc Maisano earned his BA. in Sociology from Hayward State University and Masters in Gerontology from San Francisco State University. Mr. Maisano presently serves California State Senator Jackie Speier as District Representative. His specialty is working with older adults as an advocate and liaison with local and state agencies that serve this population. He also provides consultation to the Senator on legislation that directly impacts older adults. In addition, he is responsible for annually producing California’s largest health care and legislative update conference for seniors. Mr. Maisano is also a part-time lecturer at San Francisco State University in Gerontology Department. He is responsible for student’s internships and lectures on Qualitative Research Methods in Gerontology.