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Officers & Directors

Bonnie H. Salamon - Founder & Board Member
Thomas D. Boykin
- AgeLess President; Director, Deloitte Consulting LLP
Steven J. Salamon
- Vice President of Marketing
Debra S. Kuhl
Janet Taylor
- GRI and Associate Broker
Victoria L. Collier
- AgeLess Secretary
Joyce Dillon
, RN, M.N.
Colleen Saringer
- ATC, Med., Manager, American Cancer Society
Rabbi Scott B. Saulson, Ph.D.
Nadirah Sabir

Advisory Board

Vivian Daigle - PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology
Kathryn Fowler
- Executive Director
Timothy F. Lytle
- PhD, Associate Professor of Philosophy & Religion
Kathleen McCormack
, M.S. – Human Resource Development
Caroline Dott
, Ph.D., LCSW, CGP


Bonnie H. Salamon
Founder and Board Member

Bonnie has over 35 years of business experience. She was the Founder and President of Rand Associates, a commercial collection agency and accounts receivable management company. She actively participated in all areas of the business including sales, marketing, administration, human resource management, finance, and client relations and services. Prior to Rand, she served at Scientific Atlanta as Credit Manager for two divisions. She also serves as an independent consultant for many businesses in these areas, as well as the establishment and development of new businesses. She is a noted guest lecturer, teacher and award winner in the business community from Sales and Marketing Executives International and the Atlanta City Sales Club. Bonnie received her Bachelor of Arts in interdisciplinary studies (sociology, psychology, and women's studies) from Piedmont College, graduating Summa Cum Laude.

Bonnie's experience in the non-profit arena includes service as Treasurer and Board Member of her religious congregation. She has moved into the non-profit arena with the creation of the original concept for AgeLess, developing it through inception to its current successes. She serves as AgeLess' first President and leader and also is a facilitator for AgeLess programs. She has been instrumental in all phases of AgeLess including strategic planning, fundraising, program development, design and delivery, communications, and Board leadership and management.


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Thomas D. Boykin - AgeLess President
Director, Deloitte Consulting LLP

Thomas has over 20 years of experience as a Strategy and Operations business consultant, primarily focusing on the consumer business and manufacturing industries. He has assisted clients in formulating comprehensive business and Supply Chain strategies, and in reengineering distribution and manufacturing operations to reduce costs, improve customer service and drive revenue. Thomas has represented a premier list of clients including Adidas USA, AmerisourceBergen, Andersen Windows, Bacardi, Briggs & Stratton, Dunlop, DuPont, Ford, Gillette, GM, Nabisco, Ralston Purina and Rubbermaid. He is a graduate of Georgia Tech with a Bachelors degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering.

Thomas also has a passion for community service. He has assumed leadership roles in many of Deloitte’s community service activities including serving as the firm’s United Way campaign chairman, sponsoring the Annual Ralph McGill Spelling Bee (to tutor and prepare elementary students for the annual basic skills test), managing the School-to-Work Day initiative (designed to expose high school students to the consulting profession), and leading the firm’s restart of it’s Junior Achievement initiative.


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Steven Salamon - AgeLess Vice President of Marketing
President and Executive Creative Director, Salamon & Assoc. Inc.
Steve is the founding principal of Salamon Associates, a full-service marketing communications agency. He is responsible for the administration/management, strategic planning and budgeting, account supervision, creative direction, creative production, media planning/buying, and new business development of the company. Steve also works part time as a kitchen designer for Lowes.

Steve previously worked as an Adjunct Instructor for North Georgia Technical college teaching courses in Entrepreneurship and Business Law. He also worked as a producer/director in television and an announcer/producer in radio. He has been a writer/producer and account executive in advertising, sales and sales management organizations. Steve received a Bachelor of Science in Mass Communications from the University of Florida.

Steve participated with his wife, Bonnie, in the founding and development of AgeLess, creating the entity's image and marketing materials and working with programming and joint venture opportunities. He has also done a great deal of pro-bono marketing for other non-profit agencies. He has been active in the community as a member of the Theater Committee of SNCA, Assistant Team Leader for Flying Doctors of America, Treasurer of the Association for Mentally Retarded Offenders, and mentor with the White County Mentoring Program. He was President and a Board Member of the Atlanta City Sales Club, on the Board of Sales & Marketing Executives International, and PR Counsel for Meeting Planners International. He has also been active with the National Association of Television Arts & Sciences and the Japan America Society.


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Debra S. Kuhl, CPA
Co-Founder and Partner, InBalancePartners, Inc.
Debbie Kuhl has over 20 years of involvement in the Atlanta business community. She is the co-founder and a partner in a professional search firm, InBalancePartners, which specializes in recruitment and retained searches in the accounting and finance professions. Debbie started her career in public accounting with Peat Marwick (now KPMG) and, in addition to accounting, has held a variety of positions with professional search firms. She obtained her accounting degree from West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, and maintains her Georgia CPA license.

Debbie has been active in the non-profit arena her entire professional life. Her Atlanta volunteer experience includes President and Board Member for the Partnership Against Domestic Violence and Finance Committee Member for the Girl Scout Council of Northwest Georgia. She has been actively involved with Junior Achievement, Buckner Manor, and the Board of Directors Network. She has also served as a Board Member for the Georgia Executive Women's Network.


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Janet Taylor
Janet has been licensed as an Associate Broker in real estate sales and management since 1986. As an Associate Broker for a large international real estate company, she has worked as a mentor, teacher and negotiator. Janet's credentials include the Graduate Realtors Institute, and Accredited Staging Professional. She is currently working on the Senior Real Estate Specialist designation.

Actively involved in community affairs, Janet has been a board member of the Atlanta Symphony Associates, Atlanta Women's Network, Georgia Regional Health Forum, CURE (Children's United Research Efforts), and the Buckhead Brokers Advisory Council. Through grants from the National Institute of Mental Health, Janet established community clinics to service the developmentally disabled in Eastern Kentucky.


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Victoria L. Collier, J.D.
President, The Elder & Disability Firm of Victoria L. Collier, P.C.
Victoria L. Collier founded the Elder & Disability Law Firm of Victoria L. Collier, PC to serve the legal needs of senior citizens when their health care needs increase. She obtained her J.D. degree from the University of Nebraska, College of Law. Victoria previously worked as a nurse's aide in both nursing and private homes, served six years of active duty in the Air Force, and served three years in the Army Reserves, JAG Corps.

Victoria was the Chair of the Elder Law Committee of the Atlanta Bar Association (2004-2005), is a Charter Member of Georgia ElderCare Network, is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Inc., and is the Vice Chair of the steering committee to organize and implement the Georgia Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.

Victoria spends a lot of time in the community educating families and health care providers on the specific legal issues surrounding aging and disability. Her philosophy is that each person is an individual who deserves respect and the highest quality of life possible, regardless of age or ability.


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Joyce Dillon, RN, MN CEO of Healthy Living and Balance
Joyce Dillon, RN, M.N., is a life and wellness coach, facilitator for groups and author who helps people achieve their goals efficiently, and in a balanced, healthy manner. As CEO and founder of Healthy Living and Balance, Joyce helps people gain insight into what is truly important to them, while encouraging each person to step beyond self-imposed limitations and realize their full potential.

Her cutting-edge company works with executives, entrepreneurs, and small business owners in person, in groups, and by phone. Joyce’s experience as an event consultant to Fortune 500 Corporations helps her to easily lead seminars, retreats and workshops on coaching, meditation, personal development and life-transforming strategies. She is a certified coach from the Institute for Life Coach Training and The Circle of Life Wellness Training program. She has certification from The Harvard Institute of Mind-Body Medicine, and The Center of Mind Body Medicine.

Joyce combines a Masters Degree of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Consultation and Education from Emory University with twenty-five years business knowledge, clinical experience and extensive training in mind-body medicine, meditation, energy medicine and personal development training.

Joyce is involved in several non-profit organizations that empower women and children, Futures for Children, and Alumnae Women of Emory. She recently, launched empowerment retreats in Costa Rica a program that help women rejuvenate, relax and redesign their life.


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Colleen Saringer, ATC, Med., - Manager, American Cancer Society
Colleen has nine years of direct experience working in the field of health and wellness. A Certified Athletic Trainer through the National Athletic Trainers Association, a Certified Personal Trainer through the National Strength and Conditioning Association, and a Masters Degree in Exercise Science, Colleen has held professional positions that focused in sports medicine, cardiac rehabilitation, and corporate wellness; she continues to teach fitness classes at health clubs in the Atlanta area.

Colleen’s non profit experience comes from working for the American Cancer Society. She started in the Ohio Division working as a field representative in the Cuyahoga County area and then relocated to the National Home Office in Atlanta, GA where her work efforts are dedicated to employee wellness.

Colleen is an active member of the Junior League of Atlanta – a non profit organization with a mission dedicated to serving women and children. This is her first experience serving as an active board member.


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Rabbi Scott B. Saulson, Ph.D.
Rabbi Saulson is a community rabbi and the founder, facilitator and consultant of Moving Parents: a Sandwich Generation Service (www.movingparents.org). He also serves Congregation Beth Israel of Gadsden, Alabama, as its rabbi, the Atlanta Rabbinical Association as the dean of its Introduction to Judaism Cooperative, Congregation Shema Yisrael as a spiritual leader and Vitas Hospice as an adjunct chaplain.

Scott has also been past president of Sr. Connections, a non-profit providing services to seniors to enable their independent living; he still serves on that board as well as on the board of the ACLU of Georgia.


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Nadirah Sabir
Nadirah Sabir is an award-winning, multimedia journalist and consultant with more than 10 years experience as a writer, editor, producer and columnist in print and online media including stints at Black Enterprise, Money and Azizah magazines, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Associated Press and The Africa Channel. Her career has taken her around the world as she reports on current events, pluralism, multiculturalism and interfaith. Some of her columns were published in the 2005 tome, Shattering the Stereotypes: Muslim Women Speak Out (Interlink Publishing). An essay was published in Be the Change: Change the World, Change Yourself (2006). Her 2006 World Affairs Fellowship with the International Center for Journalists, Washington, D.C. , took her to Ghana, West Africa, where she researched African American expat life and enterprise. She is an alum of the Atlanta Women's Foundation's Destiny Fund and the Community Foundation's World Pilgrims. Nadira h also volunteers in her community with the International Community School and Men Stopping Violence.


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Vivian Daigle
Piedmont College


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Kathryn Fowler
Athens Community Council on Aging


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Timothy F. Lytle
Piedmont College


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Kathleen McCormack, M.S. - Human Resources Development
Katleen is a Certified Gerontologist and has worked with career and lifestyle change for more than 20 years. Clients include Aetna, Contel, GE, Metropolitan Life, and Prudential.


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Caroline Dott
Caroline is a Midlife Specialist, and Professional Speaker, in private practice in Atlanta.  A specialist in family dynamics and in the recognition and management of trans-generational depression and anxiety, she brings 35 years of experience to adults, couples, families and groups.  Included in those years were 10 years of involvement in the care and final passage of her 95-year-old mother.  She is a strong advocate for self-care at every life stage.  She teaches the importance of maintaining balance with a goal-directed personal plan, and emphasizes living life well and long.


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