Consulting Program by and for Older Detroiters

Tam E Perry¹, Vanessa Rorai¹, Joann Smith¹+5

• ¹Tam E. Perry, PhD, MSSW, is an associate professor at the Wayne State University School of Social Work and a co-leader of the NIH-funded Community Liaison and Recruitment Core of the Michigan Center for African American Aging Research. Vanessa Rorai, MSW, is program coordinator for the Healthier Black Elders Center (part of the Community Liaison and Recruitment Core of the Michigan Center for African American Aging Research) and a research assistant at Wayne State's Institute of Gerontology. JoAnn Smith has been a Detroit Community Advisory Board (CAB) member for more than 20 years, served as a benefits outreach coordinator and a MMAP volunteer coordinator/certified trainer for the Detroit Area Agency on Aging for 14 years. James R. Bridgforth, MBA, has been a bank loan advisor, commercial credit analyst, and an auditor and manager as well as a CAB member for more than 20 years. Adelia Cooley, MS, is a retired health service director and has a combined three years as an active CAB member and a dedicated Healthier Black Elder Research Assistant Wayne State's Institute of Gerontology. Brenda F. Evans, a retired family nurse practitioner, joined the CAB in Spring 2022. Jamie Mitchell is an associate professor at the University of Michigan School of Social Work, and a co-leader of the Community Liaison and Recruitment Core of the Michigan Center for African American Aging Research. Kent Key directs the Office of Community Scholars and Partnerships at Michigan State University's Division of Public Health at the College of Human Medicine, and is a co-leader of the Community Liaison and Recruitment Core of the Michigan Center for African American Aging Research.