Our Statewide Priorities
Statewide Leadership Council Representation
- Engaging professionals across all 12 regions to guide strategy, collaboration, and sector advancement.
Governance & Board Development
- Strengthening organizational leadership to ensure accountability, sustainability, and statewide growth.
Knowledge & Resource Infrastructure
- Developing a centralized platform to connect senior centers, share best practices, and elevate standards of excellence.
Professional Development & Mentorship
- Expanding training pathways designed specifically for senior center leaders and staff.
Strategic Partnerships & Advocacy
- Cultivating public and private partnerships that position senior centers as vital community institutions.
What We’re Building Together?
GASC is intentionally laying a strong foundation focused on long-term sustainability, equity, and statewide impact.
Through strategic partnerships, training opportunities, leadership development, and advocacy, GASC is working to:
Strengthen senior center leadership and workforce capacity
Promote shared learning and innovation across communities
Elevate the visibility and value of senior centers statewide
Build a resilient network that supports both current and future generations of senior center professionals
Why Georgia Needs GASC?
Across Georgia, senior centers face common and pressing challenges:
Increasing demand for programs and services with limited staffing and resources
Rural and underfunded centers lacking access to training, technical assistance, and professional development
Senior center professionals in need of a unified voice, peer network, and leadership pipeline
Inconsistent sharing of innovative practices, data, and program models across regions
GASC exists to address these gaps, creating alignment, fostering collaboration, and ensuring that no senior center and no senior center professional stands alone.
GASC was established from a clear purpose driven calling: to strengthen senior centers statewide and ensure the professionals who lead them are supported, connected, and equipped to serve with excellence.
With more than 15 years of senior services leadership, I served with Clayton County Senior Services, two years as Assistant Director and thirteen years as Director overseeing countywide senior center operations. During that time, I led three centers through National Institute of Senior Centers (NISC) Accreditation and guided the department to multiple Program of Excellence recognitions for innovation and quality service.
My work has included testimony before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging on combating loneliness and social isolation, national public media contributions through Minnesota Public Radio, and recognition by the National Council on Aging as a Trailblazer in Aging.
Senior centers are essential community infrastructure and through GASC, we are building the statewide framework to ensure they remain strong for generations to come.
