VCPEA Board of Directors Meetings

The Virginia Coalition for the Prevention of Elder Abuse welcomes anyone to join them at their scheduled Board of Directors Meetings. Meetings are currently held virtually. Contact VCPEA for details.

More information on joining the VCPEA Board of Directors.

All meetings are held from 10:30 to 12:30 unless otherwise specified.

The 2025 meeting schedule is as follows:

  • January 17

  • March 12

  • July 9

  • September 10

  • November 12

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Board of Directors

Officers

Sydney Palinkas, LMSW, President

RAFT Dementia Education and Outreach Coordinator, Regional Older Adult Facilities Mental Health Support Team

Marjorie Marker, MA, Vice President

Case Reviewer / Trainer, Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services, Adult Protective Services Division

Stephanie Edwards, Secretary

AS/APS Supervisor, York-Poquoson Social Services

Melissa Harper, MSN, APRN, SANE-A, SANE-P, AFN-C, Treasurer

Coordinator, Ultra Health PEDS Forensic Nursing; Forensic Nurse, SAFE Center of SWVA

Board of Directors

Alexa van Aartrijk, Manager of Aging and Disability Resources, Chesterfield County

reed bohn, Project Manager, Virginia Center on Aging

John Childrey, Chief Section Counsel, Healthcare Fraud and Elder Abuse Section, Office of the Attorney General

Gary Cody, Director of Development, Southwest Virginia Legal Aid Society

Frank DeGaetani, Legal Assistance Developer, Virginia Department of Aging and Rehabilitative Services

Judy Hackler, Executive Director, Virginia Assisted Living Association (VALA)

Emily M. Hardy, Elder Law Attorney, Virginia Poverty Law Center

 Diane Hartley, VP Care Coordination, Peninsula Agency on Aging

Victor Little, MPA, QMHP, Family Services Worker, Adult Protective Services, Department of Social Services, City of Richmond

Courtney O’Hara, MS, Director, Abuse in Later Life Project, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Virginia Center on Aging

Irene Osei, MSW, Director, Lifeline Home Care, Inc.

Michele Sorenson, RN, JD, Adjunct Professor, Regent University School of Law, Bio-ethics

Katie-Marie Serola, Long-Term Care Ombudsman, The Span Center