Leadership
Board Members
Jim Towey
Founder & CEO
Jim Towey is founder and Chief Executive Officer of Aging with Dignity, the non-profit organization he established in Tallahassee, Florida in 1996, and today heads its Washington, DC office. The Five Wishes advance directive he…
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Guy Smith
Board Chairman
Mr. Smith has devoted his life and career to improving the lives of seniors and children. Drawing on more than 4 decades of experience in long term care and senior housing, he founded a family-focused…
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E. Zimmerman Boulos
Board Member
Mr. Boulos is President, Office Environments & Services, a Jacksonville, Florida-based family-owned business of over six decades service to Northeast Florida businesses. A former Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) referee, Mr. Boulos is a…
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Robert M. Brochin
Board Member
An attorney with over 30 years of experience, Mr. Brochin is managing partner of the Miami, Florida office of Morgan-Lewis, an international law firm that specializes in litigation, corporate, finance, restructuring, employment and benefits, and…
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James C. Capretta
Board Member
James C. Capretta is a resident fellow and holds the Milton Friedman Chair at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he studies health care, entitlement, and US budgetary policy, as well as global trends in…
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Mary McElroy
Board Member
Ms. McElroy is a compassionate nurse whose life’s work has been to teach, mentor, and train other caregivers how to honor a patient’s wishes. She is a former board member, and longstanding lead clinician with…
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Tonja Myles
Board Member
Ms. Myles is an ordained minister, advocate for the elderly, community activist, peer counselor, veteran, subject matter expert in mental health and untreated trauma, and a proponent for faith-based approaches to substance abuse recovery. She…
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Ron Retzke
Board Member
Mr. Retzke is a Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based health care executive with over 25 years of experience in marketing, customer service, training, and strategic planning. His Retzke & Associates provides guidance to national long term care companies, …
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Patricia Russell
Board Member
Ms. Russell of Chicago, Illinois, is certified in Clinical Pastoral Care. Over the years, Ms. Russell has been a community leader in promoting dignified care at the end of life, particularly through volunteer work with…
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Paul Malley
President
Paul Malley joined Aging with Dignity in 1998 and was named its President in 2002. In addition to directing Aging with Dignity’s day-to-day activities, Malley also has guided the efforts of several aging advocacy groups…
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Joanne Eason
President, Five Wishes
“Years ago, my parents passed without my brother and me really knowing what their wishes were for end of life. For us, we’re closer for the experience. But I’ve seen other families torn apart by…
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Dave Simison
Vice President of Operations
I believe we all have great capacity to love, to find peace, and to grow, even in the most challenging parts of life. Working at Aging with Dignity allows me to help protect and empower…
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Ed Towey
Vice President of Advocacy
“A few years ago, we were at a trade show and one of our fellow vendors came quietly up to our booth. She was a young woman with tears already welling up in her eyes.…
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