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FHNN BOARD AND STAFF

Board Members

Constance Row, President

A retired hospital and health systems CEO, Constance became involved in the aging field while serving as the long-time Executive Director of a good-cause national nonprofit working to bring medical house calls to the frail elderly, the American Academy of Home Care Medicine. The Academy is at the forefront of widening options for seniors to age in place at home. A founder of FHNN with others in 2015, she is now also working with other Villages to create a new nonprofit administrative organization to assist existing Villages, and help create new ones in underserved areas of Montgomery County.

Evan Smith, Vice President, Treasurer

Evan is a corporate and structured finance attorney who was a Member of the law firm of Winston & Strawn in New York and Of Counsel to the law firm of Garofalo, Goerlich & Hainbach in Washington, DC. He participated in the founding and management of several companies that modified jet airliners to comply with the federal noise rules. He has served in elected and appointed positions on public school boards in New York, on the board of Abbott House, a foundation for neglected children, and on the board of the Irene Tenants Association. He and his wife, Linda, have been in Friendship Heights since 2007.

Pat Donovan

After college, Pat held a series of jobs in the news industry, including at Newsweek, the Voice of America, and NBC’s Huntley-Brinkley Report. In 1972, Pat joined the Guttmacher Institute, a nonprofit research and policy organization that is committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights worldwide through research, evidence-based advocacy and strategic communications. During her 40 years at the Institute, Pat served as an editor, director of publications and vice president of the publications and communications division. Pat moved to Friendship Heights in 2008. She has been a member of the FHNN board since 2019.

Kathleen McGuinness

Kathleen started her career as an executive with a Fortune 500 company for 20 years (Trans World Airlines). Then she moved to new role as a Senior Leader with a foreign government in the British West Indies for 14 years. In 2018 she took a leadership role with a homecare company in Montgomery County until she retired in late 2023. She has given talks globally, on a variety of topics, Scuba Diving, Aging in Place, Destination Management, Caregiver Tech Tips and Safe Aging Programs in MoCo on TV, Radio and in person throughout the USA to audiences in the 1000’s with excellent reviews! Kathleen has lived in the Carlton since 2019.

She was the primary caregiver for both her parents who lived in Va & Md. She cared for her parents for six years locally while they aged in place, until they could not. In 2015, she began another caregiver role for her husband who was diagnosed with Parkinsons, & Dementia until he passed in 2020. Kathleen now offers Consulting Services for those trying to Age in Place. She recently began serving a 3-year term, 2023-26, as Commissioner, Commission on Aging for Montgomery County, advocating for older adults. Putting the pieces together!

Nancy Peavy

Nancy Peavy was a high school history teacher before beginning a 20-year career at the National Council on Aging (NCOA), a non-profit organization that advocates for services and initiatives to improve the lives of older Americans. At NCOA, Nancy was responsible for evaluating potential job discrimination affecting older workers, pursuant to the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. She also facilitated educational programs through conferences and seminars, including an annual 3,000-person NCOA meeting which she coordinated.

Her most recent job was at the Alliance for Health Reform, another non-profit organization, dedicated to helping all people gain access to quality, low-cost health care. She was the Alliance’s Director of Operations and coordinated numerous briefings on Capitol Hill to help Congressional staff, the press, and policymakers learn about the components of both proposed and passed legislation on health reform. She worked at the Alliance for 22 years.

Nancy and her husband Bob have lived in Friendship Heights since 2001. She has been an FHNN board member since 2018.

David L Rabin

Dr. Rabin is retired from Georgetown University School of Medicine where he was of Health Services

Research in the Dept. Of Community and Family Medicine and Departmental acting and interim chair. David is an MD, MPH with research interests in the use of health services domestically and internationally and the impact of out-of-pocket costs on medical service use and people’s health. He also has interests in long term care and Medicare having worked in Congress on those issues, lectured Congressional Staff about health insurance, led the American Public Health Association section on Gerontology, and served on the Boards of several area agencies providing in-home and residential services for the elderly. David is a collector of Native American Art an interest developed after working on the Navajo Reservation.

FHNN BOARD AND STAFF

Board Members

Constance Row, President

Evan Smith, Vice President, Treasurer

Pat Donovan

Kathleen McGuinness

Nancy Peavy

David L Rabin

FHNN Staff

Louise Smoak, Programs Director

George Feise, Operations Director

FHNN BOARD AND STAFF

Board Members

Constance Row, President

Evan Smith, Vice President, Treasurer

Pat Donovan

Kathleen McGuinness

Nancy Peavy

David L Rabin

FHNN Staff

Louise Smoak, Programs Director

George Feise, Operations Director ﻿﻿﻿

George Feise, Operations Director