Joint Hearing of Senate
Aging and Youth
Appropriations
Health and Human Services
and
Intergovernmental Operations Committees
Examining the Proposed Consolidation of the Departments of Aging, Drug and Alcohol Programs, Health, and Human Services
May 1, 2017, 11 am
University of Pittsburgh
Parking Map
11:00 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.
Opening Remarks
- Committee Chairs
11:10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Panel I
- Rich Fitzgerald, Allegheny County Executive
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Panel II
- Roy Afflerbach, Principal, The Afflerbach Group, LLC
- Krista Geer, Executive Director, Active Aging, Inc.
- Julian Gray, Esquire, Julian Gray Associates Pennsylvania Association of Elder Law Attorneys – Combined Testimony
- Carol Sikov Gross, Esquire, Sikov & Love, P.A. Pennsylvania Association of Elder Law Attorneys – Combined Testimony
- Art DiLoreto, Deputy Director, Pennsylvania Association of Area Agencies on Aging
12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Panel III
- Dave Black, President/CEO of the Harrisburg Regional Chamber and Economic Development Corporation
- Rick Russell, Senior Advisor, State Street Advisors
Combined Testimony of Dave Black and Rick Russell
12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Panel IV
- Sarah Kirkle, Review Director, Texas Sunset Advisory Commission
1:15 p.m. – 1:35 p.m.
Panel V
- Zach Shamberg, Dir. Of Advocacy & Leg. Affairs Pennsylvania Health Care Association
- Ron Barth, President & CEO, LeadingAge PA
1:35 p.m. – 2:05 p.m.
Panel VI
- Elizabeth Mulvaney, Southwestern Pennsylvania Partnership for Aging – Combined Testimony
- Kimberly Pirilla-Scalise, Southwestern Pennsylvania Partnership for Aging – Combined Testimony
- Ray Landis, Advocacy Manager, American Association of Retired Persons
- Estella Hyde, Pennsylvania Council on Aging
2:05 p.m. – 2:25 p.m.
Panel VII
- David Cottington, Business Operations Manager, BeHome Partners, Inc. Member Pennsylvania Homecare Association
- Brenda Dare, Independent Living Supervisor, TRIPIL
2:25 p.m. – 2:35 p.m.
Panel VIII
- Cheryl Andrews, Executive Director, Washington Drug and Alcohol Commission
2:35 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Panel IX
- Nancy Kukovich, CEO, Adelphoi