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Edwin L. Walker
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Programs
Edwin L. Walker serves as Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Policy and Programs with the Administration on Aging
(AoA), and is responsible for cross-cutting policies, programs
and initiatives aimed at improving the lives of older people.
Prior to joining AoA, Edwin served as the Director of the Missouri
Division of Aging responsible for administering a comprehensive
set of human service programs for older persons and adults with
disabilities. These included the Older Americans Act; the Alternative
Services Program for home and community-based care; the Institutional
Services Program for licensing, surveying and certifying long-term
care facilities; and the Protective Services Program for the investigation
of complaints of abuse, neglect, and exploitation. His experience
prior to this time was with the Missouri Department of Social
Services and included administrative law and rulemaking, policy
development and analysis, legislation, advocacy, planning and
evaluation.
He received a J.D. degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia
School of Law and a B.A. in Mass Media Arts from Hampton University.
He has served on a number of boards, commissions and advisory
councils in the human services arena. As a spokesperson and Secretary
of the Board of Directors for the National Association of State
Units on Aging, he represented the interests of States before
Congress during hearings on the reauthorization of the Older Americans
Act.
A proud grandfather, he resides in Ft. Washington, Maryland.
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