Kenneth Brummel-Smith, M.D.
Professor and Chair, Dept. of Geriatrics

Prior to coming to the FSU College of Medicine as the founding chair of the department of geriatrics, Dr. Brummel-Smith served as the medical director to the PACE Elderplace program in Portland, Ore. He also served as Bain Chair of the Providence Center on Aging and as professor of family medicine at the Oregon Health Sciences University. He has served as the Section Chief for Geriatrics, Department of Family Medicine at University of Southern California, and Division Chief, Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University. He is past-president and immediate past chairman of the board of the American Geriatrics Society.

Margaret Lynn Duggar received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Florida State University.  She travels statewide, nationally and internationally to offer presentations on issues of aging and leadership. She has served on the Boards of Directors of Barnett Bank, NationsBank, the Chamber of Commerce, the Advent Christian Village and The Tallahassee Museum of History and Natural Science.  She chaired the Board of the United Way of the Big Bend.  She is a past President of the Junior League of Tallahassee and past Chair of the Leadership Tallahassee Board of Governors.  Margaret Lynn's public service positions have included founding Executive Director of an aging services agency in Tallahassee, founding Executive Director for the Area Agency on Aging for North Florida; and state Director of Aging and Adult Services under Governors Bob Graham and Bob Martinez.  In 1989, recognizing a need to assist private businesses and public agencies better serve the growing aging population, Margaret Lynn established an independent consulting firm which specializes in developing products, services and marketing for older adults.  Her firm, Margaret Lynn Duggar & Associates, also provides strategic planning and organizational leadership training to numerous Boards of Directors each year.

E. Bentley Lipscomb
AARP Florida State Director

AARP Florida State Director Bentley Lipscomb has been at the forefront of the elder services field throughout his career.  Her served in Washington as the Staff Director of the United States Senate Special Committee on Aging from 1979 to 1982, then served as Staff Director of the United States Senate Budget Committee from 1983 to 1989.  Lipscomb became the inaugural secretary of Florida's uniquely structured Department of Elder Affairs in 1991 and spent the next eight years leading Florida's governmental efforts on behalf of elders, working to introduce business-like management methods to elder-service agencies, to use free-market dynamics to hold down costs while keeping frail elders in their homes and communities, and to heighten awareness to the "aging tidal surge" that is transforming Florida's demographics, economy and entire society.  In January 1999, Lipscomb resigned from state service and accepted his current position at AARP.  He has a master's degree in social work with a specialization in gerontology, which he received in 1966 from Florida State University.

Now a Tallahassee resident, Maguire was born in 1918 and grew up in Orlando. She earned her bachelor's degree from Memphis Teachers College in 1940 and her medical degree in 1944 from the University of Arkansas, where she was the only woman in her class. In 1949, she was appointed director of the Orlando Child Health Clinic. From 1947 to 1956, she served as chief of staff for the Central Florida Division of Children's Home Society of Florida and became the first woman president of the Florida Pediatric Society in 1952. She served as a delegate to the World Health Conference in London in 1957, working directly with Prince Phillip who was the honorary chair. She then served as chief of the department of pediatrics at Mercy Hospital in Orlando from 1965 to 1968. Maguire helped create the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, now operating as the Department of Health and the Department of Children and Families. She founded the Irish and American Pediatric Society in 1965 and in 1970 was honored with the Distinguished Achievement Commendation by London's Two Thousand Women of Distinction. She was one of the highest ranking women in the federal government under the Nixon Administration as assistant secretary of health and scientific affairs for the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare in Atlanta. She returned to Florida in 1975 to take a position as medical services director for HRS in Tallahassee. From 1980 to 1987, Maguire was a member of the clinical staff in the department of pediatrics at the University of Florida. A life membership in the Florida Medical Association was conferred upon Maguire in 1981. In addition, she was named International Woman of the Year in 1992-93 by the International Biographical Centre in Cambridge.

T. Byron Thames, M.D.

T. Byron Thames, M.D. had his undergraduate education at the University of Florida with a BS degree and an MD degree from Duke University, class of 1955.  He practiced family practice and Occupational Medicine in Orlando, Fl. for 41 years.  He is a Past President of the Florida Medical Assoc., the Florida Academy of Family Physicians, and the Florida Occupational Medical Assoc.  He served on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Family Physicians.  He was the Medical Director for many corporations including Walt Disney World, Lockheed Martin, CocoCola Company, Food Division, etc.  Currently he works part time in Occupational Medicine and serves on the National Board of Directors of AARP speaking extensively around the country on senior issues. Among his many honors are the Art Of Medicine Award from The Florida Academy of Family Physicians and The Distinguished Alumnus Award from Duke University.