ChangeAGEnts Hawaii – Aging Dynamically
Enhance personal well-being, community engagement, independence, financial and economic security and wisdom as we age..
Board of Directors, Officers
PRESIDENT: Dolores Foley, Ph.D.
PRESIDENT: Dolores Foley, Ph.D.
PRESIDENT: Dolores Foley, Ph.D.
Dolores is a community planner and activist with especial interest in homelessness, housing and aging issues.
Dolores is also working hard on promoting new ways to address Active Aging. Professor Foley is retired from the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Hawai`i.
VICE PRESIDENT: Carole Mandryk, Ph.D.
PRESIDENT: Dolores Foley, Ph.D.
PRESIDENT: Dolores Foley, Ph.D.
Carole continually improves and expands educational and social opportunities for our Kupuna.
She is the Director of the
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
at UH Mānoa (OLLI-UHM).
Carole lives in Kaimuki and spends
as much time as possible at
Diamond Head Beach.
SECRETARY: Shirley Kidani, MPH
PRESIDENT: Dolores Foley, Ph.D.
TREASURER Michiyo Tomioka
Shirley enjoys bringing people together to address community issues.
She believes in the power of collaboration, tapping into strengths of young and old alike, and taking action. Shirley retired after a career that included State government and non-profit service agencies, focusing on community health planning and aging issues. She is now a dedicated community volunteer working on aging and equity issues.
TREASURER Michiyo Tomioka
TREASURER Michiyo Tomioka
TREASURER Michiyo Tomioka
Michiyo is an Evaluation Coordinator at the University of Hawaii at Manoa Center on the Family. Since 2005, she has co-led the evaluation and coordination of the Hawaii Healthy Aging Partnership, a consortium of professionals from Hawaii’s State Unit on Aging, Area Agencies on Aging, and elder care and public health agencies dedicated to increase evidence-based health promotion programming for older adults. She has co-authored several publications related to translation of evidence-based health promotion programs to Hawaii’s multicultural population and has participated in numerous conferences nationwide to present her evaluation findings.
TREASURER Michiyo Tomioka
board members at large
Cullen Hayashida, Ph.D.
Cullen Hayashida, Ph.D.
Cullen Hayashida, Ph.D.
Cullen is an Active Aging advocate. Believes that by contributing, serving and by finding purpose beyond themselves,
Boomers can remain well and do good for their communities. While trained as an academic, Cullen has proposed, built, and delivered over 50 eldercare services in healthcare and community settings locally, nationally, and in East Asia
Barbara Yamashito
Cullen Hayashida, Ph.D.
Cullen Hayashida, Ph.D.
I retired at the end of 2016. My goal in retirement is to “be off my rocker”--by staying physically and mentally active and to continue learning, experiencing new things and meeting new people. Change AGEnts has allowed me to embrace life long learning, meet new friends and to work on projects that support a feeling of contributing to a greater good and making a collective difference.In addition to Change AGEnts, I am a member of Soroptimist International of Waikiki Foundation; a Board member of the Bobby Benson Center; a member of the State Executive Office on Aging, Policy Advisory Board and a volunteer at Kuakini Health Systems.
Mae Mendelson, MSW, PhD
Cullen Hayashida, Ph.D.
Mae Mendelson, MSW, PhD
Maeona (Mae) Mendelson, MSW, PhD, is the Vice President of the Hawaii Intergenerational Network (HIN).
She has been a volunteer docent at the Honolulu Museum of Art (HOMA) since 1985. She has also served as an interpretative guide at Shangri-la, the Doris Duke Museum of Islamic Art. She believes that art is a powerful tool for social change.
Mae’s previous volunteer activities include the National Board of AARP, Chair of the national AARP Foundation, and President, AARP-Hawaii, (2004-2012)
Our Focus
WE STRIVE TO
- Embrace the talents, skills, knowledge and experience acquired over our lifetimes
- Learn, explore and enjoy the gifts we have been given
- Debunk the myths and misconceptions of aging
- Involve other members of our community to accelerate changes important to our economy and society
- Serve as resources for Hawaii’s active aging community by offering workshops, seminars, and subject matter experts to organizations throughout Hawaii.