Staff

Gail Hunt

Gail Hunt is President and CEO of the National Alliance for Caregiving, a non-profit coalition dedicated to conducting research and developing national programs for family caregivers and the professionals who serve them. Prior to heading NAC, Ms. Hunt was President of her own aging services consulting firm for 14 years. She conducted corporate eldercare research for the National Institute on Aging and the Social Security Administration, developed training for caregivers with AARP and the American Occupational Therapy Association, and designed a corporate eldercare program for EAPs with the Employee Assistance Professional Association. Prior to having her own firm, she was Senior Manager in charge of human services for the Washington, DC, office of KPMG Peat Marwick. Ms. Hunt attended Vassar College and graduated from Columbia University in New York. She served on the Policy Committee for the 2005 White House Conference on Aging, as well as on the Advisory Panel on Medicare Education. She is chair of the National Center on Senior Transportation. Ms. Hunt is also on the Board of Commissioners for the Center for Aging Service Technology and on the Board for Long-Term Care Quality Assurance. Additionally, Ms. Hunt is on the Governing Board of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).

Emily Lubin

Emily Lubin is the Alliance’s new Program Assistant. As the Program Assistant, Emily maintains relationships  with   our  members, compiles presentations, and coordinates meetings, along with supporting our various research projects.

Emily recently graduated from Miami University with a B.A. in Gerontology and a minor in History. While in  college Emily interned with the Hamilton County Developmental Disability Services in Cincinnati and planned  age- appropriate activities for older adults. Emily interned at the Jewish Council for the Aging (JCA), in Rockville, Maryland, where she assisted a social group for individuals with early stages of dementia, as well as, assigned cases in the database.

Stien Vandierendonck

Stien moved from Belgium to the US in July 2011. Before joining NAC, she worked at the Oncology Center of the Ghent University Hospital as a research assistant in a study which focused on adolescents and young adults with cancer and their family caregivers. Prior to working as a research assistant she was project assistant at the Flemish Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Brussels where she worked together with school boards to make the transition from a smoking to a non-smoking school. Stien also worked as a communications staff member at the non-profit Association for Alcohol and Other Drug Problems. There, she was responsible for the dissemination of their documentation and research reports.

Stien has a Master in Health Promotion and Health Education from Ghent University and a Bachelor in Nursing from Arteveldehogeschool Ghent (Belgium).