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PHOTO GALLERY: Ina Jaffe "Continuous Inspiration"


  • By Harriet Sokmensuer
  • | 5:00 a.m. February 12, 2014
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PHOTO GALLERY: Ina Jaffe "Continuous Inspiration"
Ina Jaffe was the keynote speaker at this year's International Conference on Positive Aging
Ina Jaffe was the keynote speaker at this year's International Conference on Positive Aging
Deborah and John Dart
Deborah and John Dart
Institute for the Ages President and CEO Tom Esselman with Harry Hobson, president and CEO, Plymouth Harbor on Sarasota Bay
Institute for the Ages President and CEO Tom Esselman with Harry Hobson, president and CEO, Plymouth Harbor on Sarasota Bay
Connie Goldman talks with Rick Moody
Connie Goldman talks with Rick Moody
AARP Director of Academic Affairs Rick Moody, Institute for the Ages Board Chair Nancy Schlossberg, Connie Goldman, President and CEO of Institute for the Ages Tom Esselman, Ina Jaffe and Plymouth Harbor on Sarasotas Bay President and CEO Harry Hobson
AARP Director of Academic Affairs Rick Moody, Institute for the Ages Board Chair Nancy Schlossberg, Connie Goldman, President and CEO of Institute for the Ages Tom Esselman, Ina Jaffe and Plymouth Harbor on Sarasotas Bay President and CEO Harry Hobson
Jan Hively, Susan Jackewics, Moira Allan and Debbie Drinkard Grovum
Jan Hively, Susan Jackewics, Moira Allan and Debbie Drinkard Grovum
Barbara Karro and Cyd Charrow
Barbara Karro and Cyd Charrow
AARP Director of Academic Affairs Rick Moody, Institute for the Ages Board Chair Nancy Schlossberg, public radio producer Connie Goldman and Ina Jaffe
AARP Director of Academic Affairs Rick Moody, Institute for the Ages Board Chair Nancy Schlossberg, public radio producer Connie Goldman and Ina Jaffe
Ina Jaffe, Institute for the Ages Board Chair Nancy Schlossberg, public radio producer Connie Goldman and AARP Director of Academic Affairs Rick Moody made up the panel
Ina Jaffe, Institute for the Ages Board Chair Nancy Schlossberg, public radio producer Connie Goldman and AARP Director of Academic Affairs Rick Moody made up the panel
Bob Schlytter and Jim Hartman
Bob Schlytter and Jim Hartman
Monica Stynchula, Bevan Rogel and Kitty Preziosi
Monica Stynchula, Bevan Rogel and Kitty Preziosi

 

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