Passing the Baton: New Deputy Assistant Secretary for Aging

ADvancing States is absolutely thrilled to share that the Administration for Community Living (ACL) has announced the appointment of Kari Benson as the next Deputy Assistant Secretary for Aging. Her appointment is the culmination of an entire career dedicated to advancing the aging network to support older Americans, their families, and caregivers. Kari's experience has run the gamut — from her beginnings as a nursing assistant in a nursing home, to directing the Minnesota Department of Human Services Aging and Adult Services Division (DHS) and the Minnesota Board on Aging (MBA), where she has managed Minnesota’s state and federally funded home and community-based services programs and critical services such as the Senior LinkAge Line®...