CORE I: ADMINISTRATIVE CORE

Core Director: Rafael A. Lantigua, M.D.
Core Co-Director: Jeanne Teresi, Ed.D, Ph.D.

The Administrative Core of the Columbia Center for the Active Life of Minority Elders(CALME) serves as the main focus for coordination and implementation of a broad and inclusive program of mentoring, research, and knowledge dissemination in the field of minority aging. The Core Director is a minority investigator with strong experience in working within the minority community of Northern Manhattan. The organization of the Center presents a multi disciplinary mixture of minority and majority investigators with experience in the field of minority aging research.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Rafael Lantigua, M.D.	Columbia University	Principal Investigator and Center Director
Jeanne Teresi, Ed.D, Ph.D.	Columbia University	Co-Center Director
Ralph Sacco, M.D., M.P.H.	Columbia University	Executive Committee Member
Steven Shea, M.D., M.S.	Columbia University	Executive Committee Member
Douglas Holmes, Ph.D.	Hebrew Home for the Aged	Executive Committee Member
Mindy Fullilove, M.D.	Columbia University	Executive Committee Member
Bruce Link, Ph.D.	Columbia University	Executive Committee Member
Richard Mayeux, M.D., M.S.	Columbia University	Executive Committee Member
Mildred Ramirez, Ph.D.	Hebrew Home for the Aged	Executive Committee Member

The principal internal advisory group in the CALME is the Executive Committee. This committee meets monthly immediately after or jointly with the meeting of the Directorate. At this meetings each core presents a progress scope of the assigned work.