AROHE | Officers and Board Members

Bobbie Boyd Lubker, President

Bobbie Boyd Lubker is retired from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she held a joint appointment in the School of Education and Allied Health Sciences, School of Medicine. She served two terms as president of the UNC-CH Retired Faculty Association and at present is the liaison between RFA and UNC-CH administration. Dr. Lubker holds a master's degree and national certification in speech-language pathology. She earned a Ph.D. in public health epidemiology. Her research interests continue to be on the epidemiology of childhood disability, language-learning profiles of chronically ill children, and hospital school services and administrative models. In 2009 she received the first Outstanding Leadership Award given by the UNC-CH RFA. Also in 2009, she and three colleagues received the Editor's Award for an article appearing in Contemporary Issues in Communication Sciences and Disorders, a publication of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Dr. Lubker has lectured in the U.S. and abroad on communication disorders and on the confluences of public health and public education. She is also an award winning memoir writer. She collects sterling silver forks and napkin rings during world travels. Dr. Lubker and her husband have hosted international students from 24 countries.

Sue Barnes, Vice President—President Elect

Sue Barnes has served as the Program Manager at the University of California at Davis Retiree Center for the past eighteen months. Her past work experience includes twelve years as the Manger of the UC Davis Craft Center, where she oversaw an extensive volunteer program, and two years as the Recreation Director for the University Retirement Community in Davis. She holds a B.S. degree in visual communication from Western Washington University.

Janette C. Brown, Executive Director

Janette Brown is Executive Director of the USC Emeriti Center and Emeriti College as well as Executive Director of the non-profit organization, AROHE, (Association of Retirement Organizations in Higher Education) located at the University of Southern California. Dr. Brown has conducted survey research since 2001 for both USC and the National Society for Experiential Education (NSEE), a non-profit university-affiliated organization. This research was published in the Fall 2002 NACE Journal and presented at conferences in the U.S. and Germany. The AROHE survey, instigated in September 2007, is the first online research instrument to gather extensive data on retiree programs and services at universities in the US and Canada. It also examines privileges conferred upon retired university staff and faculty and organization best practices. The survey aims to provide retiree organizations with useful data to promote, advocate for, serve, and engage increasingly valuable retiree populations in higher education.

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Jerome B. Walker, Vice President—Membership

Jerome Walker serves as the Director of the Emeriti College at the University of Southern California. Prior to joining the Emeriti College he held the position of Associate Provost at the University of Southern California where he served as an Accreditation Liaison Officer to the Western Association of Schools and Colleges from 1986 to May 2008. He holds a B.A. in Political Science and a Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration and Policy Analysis from Stanford University. He also served as Executive Director, Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, 1981-2001; Assistant Provost, University of Southern California, 1981-1986; Director of USC’s Centennial Celebration, 1980-1981; Special Assistant to the President for Development, USC, 1977-1980; Director, Office of Research and Program Coordination, Office of the Vice President, USC, 1973-1981 and Assistant to the Executive Vice President, USC, 1972-1973. Dr. Walker also served as Legislative Assistant to the Honorable Julia Butler Hansen, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington D.C., 1966-1968 and Assistant to the Clerk, Foreign Operations Committee, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington D.C., 1965-1966. He is a founding member of The Clarke Prize Executive Committee which awards outstanding achievement in water science and technology and a member and former President of the Santa Monica Oceanaires Chorus.

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Bob Coffey, Treasurer

Bob Coffey is Professor Emeritus of Management and Organization of the USC Marshall School of Business where he served on the faculty from 1963 to 1998. He was an early Director of USC's Entrepreneur Program, Director of the M.B.A. Program, and served twice as Department Chair. He co-authored two textbooks on organization and management, was president of the USC Faculty Senate, served several years on the Executive Board, and was elected to the Fellows of the Academy of Management. Although Professor Coffey retired from the USC faculty in 1998, he remained an Independent Management Consultant until 2001. He is the current President of the Palos Verdes Sunset Rotary Club, a Board Member of the Peninsula Symphony, and a former President of the Retired Faculty Association at USC.

Linda Pearson, Secretary

Linda Pearson is interested in educational programs for adults and older adults and in work related retiree programs. While at Indiana University Bloomington she helped to establish Emeriti House, an on-campus center for faculty retirees. She serves on the AROHE Board of Directors and helped to create and implement the recent survey of Higher Education Retirement Organizations. Her current position is as Adjunct Faculty member at Ivy Tech Community College.

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Barry R. Culhane, Past President

Barry Culhane is Executive Assistant to the President at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Dr. William W. Destler. He is a graduate of the University of Windsor, Canada, and received his Doctorate in Psychology from the University of Rochester in 1976. He served in the United States Army as a medic from 1969-1971. He has been with RIT since 1974, a tenured faculty member and Associate Professor since 1981. He served as the President of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial of Greater Rochester, Inc., 1987-2006. In 1995, he received the RIT President's Award for Excellence and Roger Robach Award for his work on the Vietnam Memorial. In 1996, he was named the individual community Volunteer of the Year as the recipient of the United Way of Greater Rochester and J.C. Penney Co. Golden Rule Award. He served as President of the national University and College Ombuds Association (UCOA), 1997, and is a founding member of the national Association of Retirement Organizations in Higher Education (AROHE). In 2004, Dr. Culhane received the RIT Four Presidents Award for Distinguished Public Service. He is married to Dr. Christine Licata, Senior Associate Provost at RIT and his two daughters, Katie and Cari are RIT alums.

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Ram Chugh

Ram Chugh is Executive Director of the SUNY Retirees Service Corps (RSC), State University of New York. He retired in 2002 from SUNY Potsdam as a Distinguished Service Professor of Economics after thirty-four years of service. He served as Executive Assistant to campus presidents for several years and later as Special Assistant for Public Service and as Director of the Rural Services Institute. During his career at SUNY Potsdam, Chugh was instrumental in developing numerous programs to improve the economy of the region. He has received a number of honors and awards for his service to the University and the community. Upon retirement from Potsdam, Chugh worked on several projects for SUNY System Administration on a voluntary basis. They included serving on a panel responsible for examining the economic and social impact of the State University of New York on the state's economy. Chugh chaired the SUNY University Faculty Senate task force that led to the creation of the SUNY RSC. The Senate honored Chugh by recognizing him as "Senator Emeritus" for his service to SUNY and University Senate.

Patrick Cullinane

Patrick Cullinane is the Director at the Retirement Center, University of California at Berkeley. Cullinane has been active in community health development for over forty years, including the following activities: community mental health development program; comprehensive health systems planning; service on the Illinois legislature's joint committee on implementation of a statewide network of detoxification facilities, later chairing the state advisory council; developing Illinois's first care coordination unit for 2,000 frail elders to allow them to remain safely at home. At the American Society on Aging (ASA), he was a contributing author to The Blues: Not a Normal Part of Aging, developer of ASA's CD-ROM on late-life depression and suicide, and Director of a SAMHSA/CSAP inaugural study of an alcohol prevention intervention with at-risk older drinkers. Cullinane directed ASA's national civic engagement program which recognizes and supports older adults' capacity for continued growth and value in addressing community needs. He also directed training contracts for the California Department of Alcohol and Drugs and chaired the Aging Workgroup of the Older Californian Traffic Safety Task Force. He was the staff liaison to ASA's constituent groups, the Forum on Religion, Spirituality and Aging and the Lifetime Education and Renewal Network. He is a past President of the Board of Trustees for the Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley. Cullinane currently serves on the Coordinating Council of Age4Action, a national collaborative focused on tapping the talents and resources of the fifty plus population in work, service, learning and leadership. Cullinane has a master's degree in community development from Southern Illinois University and a bachelor's degree in psychology from St. Louis University.

David Ewert

David Ewert is the Chair of the Emeriti Association at Georgia State University. He is Professor Emeritus of Finance and Director Emeritus of the Executive M.B.A. program at Georgia State University. Ewert serves as chair of GSU's Emeriti Association. He previously taught at San Jose State University and Purdue University. He has taught graduate courses and executive seminars in Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, and South America for the University of California-Berkeley, Purdue University, and others. He has served on a number of academic, corporate, and community boards. He received a Ph.D. from Stanford University, an M.S. from the University of Minnesota, and a B.S. in industrial engineering from Iowa State University.

Jeri Frederick

Jeri Frederick is Director, UC Irvine Center for Emeriti and Retirees (CER), UC Irvine. As the Founding Director for the UC Irvine Center for Emeriti and Retirees, Frederick's adventure began with no office space, no staff, no budget, no communications, and no programming! Within three years, all of these items were developed, in-place, and functioning. As the difficult economic conditions hit, it has been a unique challenge to keep a fledgling entity up and running, calling for even more innovation. Frederick came to this position after managing a UC Irvine department which grew from nineteen to fifty-five employees within six years. Prior to this time she held the position of Manager for Conferences and Events at the Greater Los Angeles World Trade Center Association. She is currently pursuing a master's degree in gerontology.

Fanchon (Fancy) Funk

Fanchon "Fancy" Funk is Professor Emerita of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, College of Education, The Florida State University. "Fancy" is a Past President of the FSU Association of Retired Faculty and serves on six boards in her community. She has co-authored nine books and has written numerous articles for professional journals. She has also presented professional programs for public and private organizations in more than twenty-five states, the Caribbean, South Africa and Europe. The President of the United States, George H.W. Bush, recognized Dr. Funk as a "Point of Light" for her volunteer work with Tennis With a Different Swing, Inc. (September 20, 1991, Point #543). She has received "The Governor's Presidential Daily Point of Light" Award for groundbreaking research with captive swans (November 14, 2005, Point Number #3072). She is Co-Chair for the AROHE 2011 Meeting@Sea, April 9-14, 2011.

Len Gordon

Len Gordon, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, is the Dean of the Emeritus College at Arizona State University. Professor Gordon joined the ASU faculty in 1967 and has served as Chair of the Sociology Department and Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. He was a member of the Emeritus College Steering Committee and participated in writing the proposal for the establishment of the College. Professor Gordon is a member of the College's creative writing program. He earned his Ph.D. at Wayne State University in 1966 (sociology), his M.A. at the University of Michigan in 1958 (history), and his B.A. at Wayne State University in 1957 (history). His research grants include those from the National Science Foundation (1962) and from the Rockefeller Foundation (1970). His publications include Sociology and American Issues (Houghton Mifflin, 1978). He is a past president of the Pacific Sociological Association (1980).

Helene Lang

Helene Lang is a retired Professor, University of Vermont. In 2005, she ended a fifty-year teaching career in literature and literacy. She taught primarily at UVM, including in U.S. public schools, in Cuba and Sicily. The teacher-turned-actress now teaches informally. She can be seen and heard in Vermont Humanities Council venues, leading book discussions, and presenting living histories of Beatrix Potter, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, and Agatha Christie. She has been a literary guide for Notch Above Tours on Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. She leads the Emeriti Board, lectures in the Osher Program, and travels extensively, including to South Africa, where she continues her interest in race and culture. Lang earned her B.S. from Worcester State and her Master's and Doctorate degrees from Boston University.

Cathie Logan

Cathie Logan has served as the Director of WSU Retiree Center, Winona State University, Winona, Minnesota, since December 2005. She has been instrumental in providing a variety of programming for retirees in education, service, and social environments. Cathie was elected to the AROHE Board in 2008 and serves as Newsletter Editor. She holds both a B.A. and a Master's Degree in Professional Development from Winona State.

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David Longbrake

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John R. Meyer

John Meyer is President of the national College and University Retirees Association of Canada (CURAC) and is Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Windsor. He has enjoyed twelve years of retirement after a long career as a teacher, educator, and researcher. He is a change agent and specialist in higher education and organizational development. Meyer is the former executive and President of the University of Windsor's Retirees' Association and has taught in five Canadian and three U.S. universities.

Nan Partlett

Nan Partlett is the Director of the Emeritus College at Emory University since November 2008, following Founding Director and former AROHE President, Gene Bianchi. Partlett graduated from Randolph-Macon Woman's College with a B.A. in psychology and George Washington University with an M.A. in education. She has worked in higher education in both the U.S. and Australia, serving as a lecturer and an administrator. Partlett developed a Teacher Education Program at Washington and Lee University prior to moving to Emory University.

Lucy Rollin

Lucy Rollin is Professor Emerita, Clemson University. Professor Rollin received her Ph.D. from Emory University in Interdisciplinary Studies. She taught first at the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga, then joined the faculty at Clemson University, teaching children's and adolescent literature and publishing books and articles on those subjects, usually with a psychoanalytic focus. She served on many University and departmental committees including the Faculty Senate. She retired from Clemson University in 2002 but has continued to write and publish as well as volunteer at a local community theatre and at a free clinic. She served on the first Advisory Board when Clemson's Emeritus College was established and in 2006–08 served as President of the Board. She represented Clemson at the 2008 AROHE conference.

Larry Sawyer

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