Advisory Board on Aging

Meetings

  • Meets quarterly on Wednesday at 9 a.m. on the following dates:
    March 15, 2023
    June 21, 2023
    September 30, 2023
    December 20, 2023
  • Meeting dates subject to change due to holidays
  • Location varies

Members


  • Joyce Apperson, District D
    Term expires: October 18, 2019
  • Arlene Callender, District B
    Term expires: June 6, 2020
  • Kimberly Cooke, Baltimore Co.
    Term expires: September 5, 2020
  • Mark DiDomenico, District E
    Term expires: June 6, 2020
  • Anna DiGuardo, District B
    Term expires: June 21, 2019
  • Tammy Fitzgerald, District F
    Term expires: June 21, 2019
  • Lynn Garrison, District C
    Term expires: October 18, 2019
  • Debra Hanley, Disctrict C
    Term expires: October 18, 2019
  • Susan Haviland, District D
    Term expires: June 6, 2020
  • Susan Kelly, District C
    Term expires: October 17, 2020

  • Marjory Kennedy, District C
    Term expires: October 18, 2019
  • Diana Klug, District D
    Term expires: October 18, 2019
  • Patrick Lovett, District C
    Term expires: October 18, 2019
  • Heather Murphy, District F
    Term expires: June 6, 2020
  • Jacqueline Panowicz, District A
    Term expires: June 21, 2019
  • Christel Patton, Cecil County
    Term expires: June 6, 2020
  • Tina Poffenberger, Cecil County
    Term expires: October 17, 2020
  • Faith Rattman, District D
    Term expires: June 21, 2019
  • Kirsten Robb-McGrath, Baltimore Co.
    Term expires: June 21, 2019
  • Claudia Sconion, District A
    Term expires: September 30, 2018

Department support

Karen Winkowski, Administrator | Office on Aging | 410-638-3025
Mary Pagano | Office on Aging | 410-638-3025

About the board

The board was created by Harford County Code, Article IX, Section 9-53. This board advises the Harford County Office on Aging on matters pertaining to our elderly citizens. The board consists of 20 members appointed by the County Executive and confirmed by the County Council in accordance with the county charter. There is one member from each councilmanic district.


Membership

All members shall serve three-year terms. The county executive shall annually designate one of the members as chairperson.

The powers and duties of the board are as follows:
  • Advise the Harford County Office on Aging.
  • Assist the Office on Aging in developing plans for the elderly, including the area plan for services for the elderly.
  • Conduct public hearings.
  • Encourage cooperative relationships and serve as a medium of exchange for organizations interested in the elderly.
  • Generally assist the elderly in the county with their problems in the areas of health, socialization, finances, recreation and environment.
  • Generally assist the elderly in the county with their problems.
  • Review legislation and policy decisions affecting Harford County's elderly and communicate information and concerns about such legislation and polices to the appropriate officials.
  • Review the annual budget of the Office on Aging and make recommendations to the Director of Community Services.
  • Review, evaluate services and programs operated by or funded through the Office on Aging.