Episode 4: Aging Unbound with Hon. Lance Robertson, Jeromy Buchanan and Karen Poteet

Host Marilyn Olson has a conversation with Oklahoma Aging services directors both past and present on Oklahoma's Master Plan for Aging: Aging Unbound, and just what that means for aging Oklahomans.

https://oklahoma.gov/okdhs/services/cap/mpa.html

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Jeromy Buchanan is the Director of Community Living, Aging and Protective Services (CAP) for Oklahoma Human Services. In this capacity, Buchanan manages an array of programs and services
designed to increase options for older adults to live safely and independently, improve stability of residents in long-term care facilities, meet basic nutritional needs of older adults, and increase job
opportunities for adults through expanded workforce programs.
Jeromy holds a master’s degree in Organizational Leadership and is a Lean Six Sigma black belt. Jeromy’s personal mission is help build an Aging system that connects Oklahomans to the services and
supports they need to stay connected to and thrive in their community.

 

The Honorable Lance A. Robertson is the former US Assistant Secretary for Aging and Administrator of the HHS Administration for Community Living (ACL).  Nominated by the President and confirmed by the US Senate, he was responsible for over three dozen programs that served and represented the needs of 140 million older Americans and persons with disabilities.  Prior to federal service, from 2007 to 2017, he served as the Director of Aging Services for the State of Oklahoma.  He started his career in higher education and served as an administrator for twelve years at Oklahoma State University.  He is a US Army Veteran. 

 

Karen A. Poteet received her Master of Public Administration degree from Baylor University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Southern Nazarene University. She had over 36 years of experience in
human services in two state systems, Illinois and Oklahoma, prior to her retirement from the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS) in 2020. She held positions of increasing responsibility within OKDHS. From 2006-2010, she served as the Post Adoption Programs Manager and as the Oklahoma Administrator of the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance. From 2010-2013, she was the Project Manage of two federally funded grants which developed innovations to find and keep foster parents and support kinship caregivers.
She completed her human services career by serving as the Director of Aging Services from 2017 through 2020 where she had oversight over the Medicaid waiver which serves the most individuals in
Oklahoma as well as multiple additional federal and state funded programs. Under her tenure, the Oklahoma Caregiver Coalition was created and launched. She currently serves as the Chief Grants Officer of her alma mater, Southern Nazarene University.