Leadership
Board Members
Jim Towey
Founder & CEO
Jim Towey was a trusted advisor and personal friend of Mother Teresa of Calcutta for 12 years and did the first reading at her Mass of Canonization in St. Peter’s Square. He has been pro…
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Guy Smith
Chairman and Founding Director
Smith has had a distinguished corporate career overseeing long‑term care facilities in the United States and Canada and most recently was the cofounder of Harmony Living Centers, a family‑focused network of 19 assisted living facilities…
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E. Zimmermann Boulos
Vice-Chairman and Founding Director
Boulos is the president of Office Environments & Services, Jacksonville, Florida, a company he has led for over 40 years, and also serves on the Board of Directors of American Forests.
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Robert M. Brochin
Founding Director
Brochin is a partner of the Miami, Florida, office of Morgan Lewis. He served as deputy general counsel to the governor of Florida and later as its inspector general.
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Patricia Russell
Secretary and Founding Director
Russell is certified in clinical pastoral care through Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, Illinois, and is involved in elder care and hospice advocacy in her home state and southwest Florida.
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James C. Capretta
Director
Capretta holds the Milton Friedman Chair and is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, as well as a senior adviser to the Bipartisan Policy Center, both in Washington, D.C.
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Mary McElroy
Director
McElroy is the senior vice president of hospice services with Community Hospice & Palliative Care, Jacksonville, Florida, one of the nation’s largest non-profit hospice providers, where she has served since 2009.
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Tonja Myles
Director
Myles is the co-founder and executive director of Set Free addiction recovery services and the Set Free Indeed ministry in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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Ron Retzke
Director
Retzke is president of Retzke & Associates, Inc. in Wisconsin and has served as a consultant to multiple health and long-term care providers and also to nonprofit organizations. He is also on the board of…
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John Scalia
Director
Scalia serves as general counsel for Barton & Associates, Inc., a national health care staffing firm. He is based in its West Palm Beach, Florida, office.
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Paul Malley
Aging with Dignity President
Malley is president of Aging with Dignity and directs its day-to-day activities and oversees its education, research and training programs. He has served Aging with Dignity since 1998.
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Joanne Eason
Five Wishes President
Eason is president of Five Wishes. Since 2014, she has led the marketing, sales and promotion efforts for Five Wishes and is the principal liaison with leading health care, hospice and human resource officers and…
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Dave Simison
Aging with Dignity Vice President of Operations
Simison has served as Vice President of Operations since 2005 and manages the financial, information technology and sales order fulfillment activities.
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Ed Towey
Vice President of Communications
Ed Towey is Aging with Dignity’s Vice President of Communications. Since 2008, he has been responsible for communications, media relations and website management.
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Jamie Towey
Vice President of Advocacy
Jamie develops strategic partnerships and membership services to amplify AWD’s voice on better end-of-life care, and against the threats of assisted suicide and artificial intelligence. He is a former consultant with a big-four accounting firm after…
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