AgeLess - Exploring Options for Conscious Aging

     



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Officers & Speakers Bureau

Officers

Speakers Bureau


Officers

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
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
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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Janet Taylor

Janet has over 20 years of experience in traditional and alternative healthcare research, community development, patient care, and teaching. She worked for the University of Kentucky Medical Center in the field of genetic research and brought healthcare services to the mentally and physically challenged in Eastern Kentucky through grants from the National Institute of Health. As a registered nurse, she worked in metropolitan Atlanta hospitals in the departments of adolescent psychiatry, surgery, pharmacy, and emergency medicine. Janet was also the founder of Creative Wellness, LLC, a program-based wellness company educating the public about traditional and alternative ways to improve the quality of life. She has also been an instructor at the Atlanta School of Massage after receiving her credentials as an Accredited Massage Therapist. Currently, Janet organizes wellness tours to Costa Rica where she is a part time resident.

Another passion of Janet’s is community involvement. She has been a board member of the Atlanta Regional Health Forum, President-Elect of Atlanta Women’s Network, secretary of the Atlanta Symphony Associates, treasurer of the Brookhaven Park Place Homeowner’s Association, volunteer with Twilight Brigade/Compassion in Action and a current member of Women’s Commerce Club. Janet is currently a docent at the High Museum of Art.


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Speakers Bureau

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, M.N.

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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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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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 providing counsel, support, and mediation to enable families to lay the groundwork of effective elder care (www.MovingParents.org).  Through MovingParents.org, he also offers seminars and workshops on elder care, leaving spiritual legacies, and leave-taking.  Related to these endeavors, Scott is a past president of
Sr. Connections, a non-profit providing services to seniors to enable their independent living; he still serves on that board.  Scott is also a support group facilitator for the Alzheimer's Association of Georgia.

In addition, Scott serves Congregation Beth Israel of Gadsden, Alabama, as its rabbi, the Atlanta Rabbinical Association as the dean of its Introduction to Judaism Cooperative, Nediv Lev: the Free Synagogue of Atlanta as its founding spiritual leader, as well as Vitas and Compassionate Care hospices as an adjunct chaplain.


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