These leading professionals in the senior health field will assist in the development of NASHP programs and services.

Lura Ahearn
Lura is the manager for the health improvement department for PacificCare/Secure Horizons, one of the nation's largest Medicare HMO's. She is a delegate council member of the Health Promotion Institute, a constitute unit of the National Council on Aging. She has worked in the fitness industry with the senior population. Her education includes a degree in Physical Education and a Masters in Business Administration.

E-mail: lura.ahearn@phs.com

Pat Browne
Pat is an Account Executive for the National Retiree Services at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. She coordinates activites and program expansion for the BCBS/National Council of Senior Citizens partnership. She also conducts presentations on vital senior health issues to BCBS members. She has over twenty-five years experience in the healthcare and marketing fields.

Teresa Yingling Burns
Teresa is the Director of the National Association of Senior Friends. This association is a national membership organization which promotes healthy living for adults age 50 and over, employed and retired, through education, social events, and fitness/nutrition programs. There are more than 300,000 Senior Friends members at over 200 chapters sponsored by hospitals across the country.

Lisa Dieter
Senior Manager
Pfizer

Karl Knopf, Ed.D.
Karl is the founder and executive director of Fitness Educators of Older Adults, a professional organization that provides workshops which are approved for Senior Fitness Association continuing education credit. He is a professor of adaptive physical education, and lectures and teaches activity-based courses that address physical fitness programming for older adults. He is the author of three exercise books and numerous published articles including a column in the Senior Fitness Bulletin of the American Senior fitness association. He has been a speaker at many conferences including the American Society on Aging and the Aquatic Exercise Association.

Website: www.fitnesseducators.com

Jan Montague, M.G.S.
Jan has been involved in wellness and health promotion for over 20 years. She has operated Fitnique Physical Fitness Systems, Inc., consisting of four full-time facilities, ten corporate locations, and over thirty community sites, since 1976. Her Master of Gerontological Studies degree focused on wellness program design for older adults. She serves on the Advisory Board for the Keiser Institute on Aging, Cincinnati State College's Health Technologies Division, Greater Cincinnati Joint Council on Geriatric Care; and co-chairs the American Society on Aging's health promotion and wellness committee. Her lifelong work in wellness and health promotion has resulted in the development of nationwide consulting services, for the design, development, and implementation of wellness centers and programs for the older adult market.

E-mail: montaguejm@aol.com

York Onnen
York is the former program director for the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. He has been involved in various national programs including, the Health American Fitness Leader program, the Presidential Sports Award program, National Physical Fitness and Sports Month.

E-mail: pvb_yoma@bellsouth.net

Cindy Porteous
Cindy, the executive director of the National Association for Health and Fitness (NAHF), is a senior level, certified fund raising executive with over 20 years experience in not-for-profit management and fund development fields. She has worked with not-for-profit organizations whose primary goals are to enhance quality of life and promote healthy lifestyles. She represents NAHF at the Centers for Disease Control in helping to develop policies such as the Youth Activities Guidelines for Physical Activity, AIM 2010 and the March Into May campaign and is a board member with the National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity.

John Rude
John is President of John Rude & Associates, a business that provides expertise in the field of industrial gerontology as it related to product development, marketing strategies and communications. With advanced degrees in both business and gerontology, he has a blend of expertise which spans 25 years of experience working directly with mature adults. He is an author for business and professional journals, and is a speaker at national conferences.

Website: www.agedynamics.com