Maeona Mendelson
Source: AARP.org | 2009-03-17
Member, AARP Board of Directors Class of 2012
Maeona (Mae) Mendelson, Ph.D., of Kailua, HI served on the Member Value-Social Impact Committee during the 2008-2010 biennium and also as chair of the National Nominating and National Policy Council Nominating Committees. She also serves on the board of managers of the AARP Global Network. She previously served on the Board Governance Committee and the National Nominating Committee.
Dr. Mendelson is President of Travel & Learn, an intergenerational study tour company. She is also a Professor of Intergenerational Studies in Residence at Chaminade University of Honolulu. Mae is the former Executive Director of the Hawaii Intergenerational Network and adjunct professor at both Hawaii Pacific University and the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where she taught program design for the human services, intergenerational studies, family and social welfare policy.
Prior to election to the Board, Dr. Mendelson was AARP Hawaii State President. Her other volunteer experience includes membership on the International Advisory Board for the World Youth Congress, the United National Association of Hawaii, and Emerging Humanity, a Kenya based non-profit. Dr. Mendelson also is Hawaii coordinator for Sister Cities International and a docent council member of the Honolulu Academy of Arts.
Dr. Mendelson was named a Purpose Prize Fellow by Civic Ventures and recognized as Social Worker of the Year in Gerontology by the NASW Hawaii in 2007. Her other honors include an award from the Kingdom of Morocco for strengthening the cooperative relationship between the Kingdom of Morocco and Hawaii; a resolution commending contributions to international affairs, culture, education, and trade on behalf of Hawaii; and a commendation for leadership of the Millennium Young People's Congress (MYPC) from the Honolulu Department of Economic Development.
