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The Gerontology Program of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
invites you to attend, sponsor, exhibit, and advertise at our 5th annual one-day summit.



Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Cone Ballroom, Elliott University Center, UNCG
Registration Check-In at 8:30 a.m.
Presentations 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Click here for a Registration form!

Speakers for the 2010 Summit
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David L. Carroll
received his B.A. Magna Cum Laude from Harvard University and worked for an M.A. in archaeology at Columbia University. Since then he has written and produced 15 network TV programs including a series of three one-man shows for PBS, and the EMMY Award winning adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front for the Hallmark Hall of Fame. Mr. Carroll has written more than 30 published books.

As consultant for ECC films at the University of Medicine and Dentistry in Newark, and for IEC films in New York City, Mr. Carroll has written a number of health-related videos, as well as pharmaceutical company seminars, business reports and special events.

Over the past several years he has worked as consultant for DW Turner Public Relations in Albuquerque, New Mexico, writing PR and advertising copy. His most recent book, There's Always a Way (Wiley, 2009), is written with Home Shopping Network personality and entrepreneur, Tony Little. He specializes in self-help, health related books, and consumer-oriented education.

845-365-0371 dcarroll19@verizon.net


David Carroll


Harry R. Moody, PhD, is currently Director of Academic Affairs for AARP.

Dr. Moody is the author of over 100 scholarly articles and book chapters, as well as a number of books including: Abundance of Life: Human Development Policies for an Aging Society (Columbia University Press, 1988); Ethics in an Aging Society (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992); and Aging: Concepts and Controversies, a gerontology textbook now in its 3rd edition. His most recent book, The Five Stages of the Soul, was published by Doubleday Anchor Books (1997) and has been translated into seven languages worldwide.

A graduate of Yale (1967) and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Columbia University (1973), Dr. Moody taught philosophy at Columbia, Hunter College, New York University, and the University of California at Santa Cruz. From 1999 to 2001 he served as National Program Director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Faith in Action and, from 1992 to 1999, was Executive Director of the Brookdale Center at Hunter College. Before coming to Hunter, he served as Administrator of Continuing Education Programs for the Citicorp Foundation and later as Co-Director of the National Aging Policy Center of the National Council on Aging in Washington, DC.

Harry Moody is known nationally for his work in older adult education and recently stepped down as Chairman of the Board of Elderhostel. He has also been active in the field of biomedical ethics and holds appointment as an Adjunct Associate of the Hastings Center.

202-434-6363 hrmoody@yahoo.com 
Visit Moody's web page at
http://www.hrmoody.com/index.html

Rick Moody


Edward G. Rogoff
is a Professor in the Department of Management of the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College, The City University of New York. He is also Chair of the Department of Management.

He received a B.A., M.B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University where he wrote his thesis under the supervision of Nobel Laureate William Vickrey. Dr. Rogoff has
served as the Academic Director of the Lawrence N. Field Center for Entrepreneurship at Baruch College, teaches, and conducts research in entrepreneurship, particularly relative to minority and later-life issues.

He is the author of Bankable Business Plans and co-author of The Entrepreneurial Conversation. His upcoming book, The Second Chance Revolution: Working for Yourself after 50, co-authored with David Carroll, will be published in the fall of 2009. He has published in such journals as The Journal of Business and Entrepreneurship, The Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, Family Business Review, and Journal of Small Business Management. Dr. Rogoff was a 2003 Guest Co-Editor of the Journal of Business Venturing. In 2007, he is Guest Co-Editor of the Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship. He has written articles for the New York Times, Forbes, and Newsday, as well as having been a guest on CNN. He has trained and worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs in many industries.

646-312-3632 edward.rogoff@gmail.com
Visit Rogoff's web page at http://zicklin.baruch.cuny.edu/faculty/profiles/rogoff.html

Ed Rogoff

Diane Welsh
, SPHR, PhD is Charles A. Hayes Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship in the Bryan School of Business and Economics at UNCG.

A recognized scholar in international entrepreneurship and franchising; she is co-editor of the first comprehensive volumes on global franchising in emerging and industrialized markets. Dianne is the author of over 100 published manuscripts that have appeared in the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Small Business Management, and others. Current research interests are social entrepreneurship, family business, international franchising, and international entrepreneurship sustainability issues.

She is the Past President for the U.S. Association for Small Business & Entrepreneurship (USASBE) and was a Presidential Appointee to the Board of Visitors for the U.S. Air Force Academy and a member of the Defense Advisory Committee for Women in the Services (DACOWITS).

336-256-8507 dhwelsh@uncg.edu
Visit Welsh's web page at http://www.uncg.edu/bae/people/welsh/index.html


Diane Welsh

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Thanks to previous Aging Is Good Business summit sponsors, exhibitors, and advertisers
whose support generated participation by over 125 registrants
from over 90 organizations,
65 cities and 12 states!

2009 Aging is Good Business: The Silvering Workforce
2008 Aging is Good Business: Silver Technologies
2007 Aging is Good Business: Residential Choices and the Boomers Coming of Age
2006 Aging is Good Business: Silver Technologies

Direct questions to:
The UNCG Gerontology Program
336-256-1020
gerontology@uncg.edu


 

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