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13 <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />Susan Adams <br />Volunteer Application <br />Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br />Name: <br />Name Called: <br />Home Address: <br />Phone (Day): <br />Phone (Evening) <br />Phone (Cell): <br />Email: <br />Place of Employment: <br />Job Title: <br />Year of OC Residence: <br />Township of Residence: <br />Zone of Residence: <br />Sex: <br />Ethnic Background: <br />Ms. Susan Adams <br />211 Hogan Woods Circle <br />Chapel Hill NC 27516 <br />919- 357 -5541 <br />919- 357 -5541 <br />jaseradams @gmail.com <br />Self- employed <br />Consultant <br />2004 <br />Chapel Hill <br />Carrboro City Limits <br />Female <br />Caucasian <br />Community Activities /Organizational Memberships: <br />IFC - Orange County Homeless Shelter, Galloway Ridge - Volunteer, Care Ministry - <br />Newman Center, Coastal Pines of North Carolina - troop 862 - Adult Volunteer, Treasurer <br />2007 -2012, AARP, GSA - Gerontological Society of America <br />MAC Committee - Mandarin Advisory Council for the Dual Language Program for Chapel <br />Hill Carrboro City School District, Newman center outreach care ministry, MAC -dual <br />language for Mandarin Chinese advisory board for school system, NAHB - National Home <br />Builders Association Orange , Chatham and Durham counties - remodeler s council, <br />National Gerontology Society, AARP, <br />Past Service on Orange County Advisory Boards: <br />Boards /Commissions applied for: <br />Advisory Board on Aging <br />Background, education and experience relevant to this board: <br />I am energized by solving problems and taking on challenges. With over 1 person turning 50 <br />every second due to the dramatic achievements in public health, Orange County is poised to see <br />a 67% increase in persons over 65 and a 43% increase in persons over 85 in the next 10 <br />years. This trend continues through 2030 when persons over 65 will again increase by 42% and <br />over 85 by 70 %. Orange county is a leader in serving its senior population and I want to <br />contribute to preparing and meeting these needs throughout the next 20 years. <br />Although I worked as a chemical engineer for 15 years, I recently returned to school to get a BA <br />in Multidisciplinary studies, with an emphasis on social sciences and the Socio- Ecological Model <br />which shows that the health of an individual is based not just on the person but withing the <br />greater context of his relationships, his community and his society. Because of my interest in the <br />aging process, I am currently completing a Masters in Gerontology from the University of <br />Southern California. Through this program I have been able to receive the training and tools that <br />will aid me in pursuing my goal of improving the disparity in the aging experience between the <br />