The Heinz Family Foundation is pleased to announce the selection of Lynn Friss Feinberg, M.S.W. as the 2007-2008 John Heinz Senate Fellow in Issues of the Aging.  Ms. Feinberg will serve her fellowship in the office of United States Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA). 

Ms. Feinberg comes to the fellowship from the San Francisco-based Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA), where she has worked since 1985.  Most recently, she was deputy director of FCA’s National Center of Caregiving, established in 2001 to advance the development of high-quality, cost-effective policies and programs for family and informal caregivers in every state in the country.   Ms. Feinberg has over 25 years experience in the field of aging, with a focus on caregiving and long-term care issues.  She has authored or co-authored over 50 publications and is currently on the Board of Directors of the American Society on Aging and a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America.