Crittenden speaks with MPBN about program to improve leadership skills of older adults
Jennifer Crittenden, assistant director of the University of Maine Center on Aging, and Lelia DeAndrade, director of grant-making services at the Maine Community Foundation, were recent guests on the Maine Public Broadcasting Network’s “Morning Edition.” They spoke about ENCorps, a program that helps older adults with leadership skills. Crittenden is ENCorps’ program manager, and DeAndrade leads the staff. The pair spoke as part of a monthlong series that focuses on the challenges faced by Maine’s increasing population of older adults and how public policy is addressing them. Crittenden, DeAndrade and other guests in the series contributed to the Maine Policy Review’s “Special Issue on Aging.” The publication is produced by the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at UMaine. Crittenden and DeAndrade wrote the essay, “Never Too Old to Lead: Activating Leadership among Maine’s Older Adults.”