Episode S3:02: Dr. Kathy Black
Dr. Kathy Black, Age-Friendly Communities Consultant for AARP Florida
“Everyone is a stakeholder in our aging society.”
Dr. Black is a Next Avenue Top 50 National Influencer in Aging, a Hartford Geriatric Faculty Scholar, and a Fellow in the Gerontological Society of America.
Dr. Black led Florida’s first Age-Friendly Community and is an Age-Friendly Communities Consultant for AARP Florida. Dr. Black serves in an advisory role on aging to four state departments including the Florida Department of Elder Affairs, Departments of Health and Transportation and the Florida Consensus Center.
In 2020, Dr. Black was selected by the World Health Organization to help launch their Decade of Healthy Ageing Leaders programme.