Alan R. Morse, JD, PhD, is President and Chief Executive Officer of The Jewish Guild for the Blind and its subsidi-aries where he has worked since 1968 and a member of the Board of Directors of CCLC. Since its founding in 1914, The Guild has been assisting visually impaired, blind and multidisabled people of all ages through a wide range of programs designed to support and enhance physical, emotional and intellectual functioning.

The Guild offers a broad range of programs that include: medical, vision, low vision, psychiatric and rehabilitative services, managed long-term care, residential services, day health programs, schools and educational training programs for independent living. Dr. Morse is currently a trustee of the Healthcare Association of New York State and is a past member and vice-chair of The Greater New York Hospital Association’s Board of Governors, as well as a past member of the Board of Directors of the New York State Association of Homes and Services for the Aging. He is an active member of the American Public Health Association and numerous other professional organizations including the American and Massachusetts Bar Associ-ations; American Psychological Asso-ciation, Gerontological Society of America, American Academy of Optometry, the American Society on Aging, and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.

His research interests include aging and vision with an emphasis on the implications of vision loss; visual loss and dementia; techniques for early identification of visual dysfunction; optimiz-ing the effective delivery of vision and healthcare services.