Dr. Christine Fruhauf is a professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Colorado State University, specializing in adult development, aging, and prevention research. Her research interests include understanding the dynamics of aging families, with a particular focus on grandparent-grandchild relationships, interventions for grandparents raising grandchildren and family caregivers, and community-based initiatives aimed at enhancing resources and programs for healthy aging. Dr. Fruhauf is the director of her department’s Engagement and Extension programs, program coordinator for CSU’s gerontology interdisciplinary minor, and division director of the Prevention Research Center’s – Healthy Aging Division. Dr. Fruhauf’s research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, USDA/NIFA, and the Brookdale Foundation. She is a fellow of both the Gerontological Society of America and the Academy for Gerontology in Higher Education, where she currently serves as chair-elect of the Academy.

Mo-Kyung Sin is a Dr. Lester and Mary Ann Sauvage Endowed Professor at Seattle University College of Nursing (SU CON). She is an experienced educator and a leader, as well as a NIH-funded researcher. Mo has been working at SU CON since 2004. She enjoys interacting with her students and feels privileged to be a part of her students' career development. Mo is currently serving as a chair of the Gerontological Society of America Health Sciences Section, which she enjoys very much and feels grateful for the opportunity. My research focus includes ADRD, biomarkers for cerebral amyloid angiopathy, chronic diseases, and neuropathologies. Mo collaborates with great researchers across the U.S. (and feels blessed). In her spare time, she enjoys movies, spending time with friends, cooking, and walking.

Kimberly D. Acquaviva, PhD, MSW, CSE, FNAP, is the Betty Norman Norris Endowed Professor at the University of Virginia School of Nursing. Kim earned a PhD in human sexuality education from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, an MSW from the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice, and a BA in sociology from the University of Pennsylvania College of Arts and Sciences. She is an AASECT-Certified Sexuality Educator and Licensed Master Social Worker, in addition to being a Fellow at the National Academies of Practice.

Huai Yong Cheng was trained in internal medicine, geriatrics medicine, palliative and hospice medicine, endocrinology-osteoporosis, cardiology, and geriatrics education. He has been dedicated to scholarly teaching scholarship and leadership in geriatrics education for the last 20 years. Currently, he is the associate director of geriatrics education and evaluation and program director of advanced fellowship in geriatrics at the Minneapolis VA Hospital. He is an associate professor of medicine (academic track) at the University of Minnesota. Huai Yong Cheng received a Geriatric Academic Career Award. Teaching activities. He has taught more than 1150 medical students, 750 allied health care professional students, 400 internal medicine residents, 15 geriatrics fellows, and 300 community providers. Regarding scholarly teaching and scholarship, he received three geriatric education grants as a PI. He developed nine new geriatrics curricula using instructional design and assessments, including team-based learning, the escape room, flipped classroom, Ken’s six-step approach, and Gagne’s instructional design principles.

Laura K.M. Donorfio, PhD, FAGHE, is an Associate Professor at the University of Connecticut in Human Development and Family Sciences. Dr. Donorfio presently serves as the AGHE Vice Chair. She is the co-author of the book The Gerontology Field Placement: Internships and Practicums in Aging (2023, Springer). Her present research interests include the impact of educational innovation and intergenerational experiential learning and, most recently, how social processes impact the health and well-being of older SGM populations. Prior to joining UConn, Dr. Donorfio was a corporate gerontologist and director of consumer research for The Hartford Financial Services Group, collaborating with AARP and the MIT AgeLab. In 2011, she started AGHE’s first Teaching Institute, which is now in its 14th year. Dr. Donorfio holds fellow status in AGHE (2014), was awarded the Clark Tibbitts Award (2022), and was awarded AGHE’s Distinguished Teacher Designation (2009).