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Katie Smith Sloan: A Voice for Older Adults

Katie Smith Sloan has built a career on tireless advocacy for older adults, working to improve their health, protect their rights, and elevate their quality of life. Widely recognized for her accomplishments within the field, the president and CEO of LeadingAge is now being honored by Rogerson Communities with a Lifetime Achievement Award, and will deliver the keynote address at Rogerson’s annual Welcome Home Gala. Early in her career, Katie had an experience that set the direction for her professional life. As a young staffer working in the U.S. Senate, she sat in hearings of the Special Committee on Aging….

Jeffrey Sacks Takes on the Challenge of Affordable Housing

Since the early days of his legal career in Boston, Jeffrey Sacks, partner and senior counsel at the law firm Nixon Peabody, has worked with Rogerson Communities in its efforts to develop affordable housing for older adults. This September, Rogerson will gratefully recognize Jeff and Nixon Peabody for that longstanding dedication with the Charles E. Rogerson Award, the organization’s most prestigious honor. Jeff’s passion for community-building, however, began even earlier in his life. “The origin of my interest in this work is really growing up in a city,” Jeff reflects, “and being a city person and thinking about what makes…

Rogerson Communities and UMass Boston Announce Affiliation to Deepen Organization’s Impact on Older Adults

Rogerson Communities is excited to announce an affiliation with the University of Massachusetts Boston Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences that will bolster the organization’s mission of improving the well-being of older adults. Partnerships with students from the Manning College are already underway. This summer, one student double-majoring with the Urban Public Health and Exercise and Health Sciences Departments is assisting Rogerson’s Fitness First program with survey development, data collection, and grant writing. Beginning in the fall, a graduate faculty member and student from the Department of Gerontology will be working with Rogerson on the design, implementation, and analysis…

Katie Smith Sloan, President and CEO of LeadingAge, to Deliver Keynote at Rogerson Communities’ Annual Gala

Rogerson Communities is proud to announce that Katie Smith Sloan, president and CEO of LeadingAge, the national association of nonprofit and mission-driven providers of aging services, will be the Keynote Speaker at its annual Welcome Home Gala. The organization will also honor Katie with a Lifetime Achievement Award for her storied career of advocating for older adults across the country. “Katie has been an important partner of Rogerson for years and is a passionate steward of our mission,” says Walter Ramos, President and CEO of Rogerson Communities. “We are thrilled to celebrate her and hear from her at our annual…

Jeffrey Sacks, Senior Counsel at Nixon Peabody, to be Honored with Rogerson Communities’ Highest Recognition

Rogerson Communities is proud to announce that Jeffrey W. Sacks and Nixon Peabody will be recognized with the Charles E. Rogerson Award, the organization’s most prestigious honor. Jeff Sacks’s career spans more than forty years of dedicated service in affordable housing, during which he has been an important attorney for, and great friend to, Rogerson Communities. Since his first work for Rogerson in the 1980s at Peter Faneuil House, the Joy Street Residence, and Beacon House, his work has positively impacted older adults across the region. He is a household name in affordable housing and a more-than-deserving honoree of this…