Policy Roundtable
Dialogue on Legislative Affairs Impacting Aging
Policy Committee Chair
Robert Freeman, Vice President of Public Policy, Alzheimer's Association
Policy Committee Vice Chair
Kimelyn Knight, Director of Aging Services, Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
2025 Contributors
Rajean Moone, Associate Director of Policy, Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation, University of Minnesota
Dawn Simonson, President and CEO Trellis (Minnesota Association of Area Agencies on Aging)
Adrián Rafael Magaña, Director of Public Policy and Community Relations
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
Sean Burke, Senior Consultant
O'Connell Consulting LLC and
Consultant, Minnesota Elder Justice Center
Tory Merhar, Associate Vice President Older Adult Services
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota
Jarrod Peterson, Public Policy Chair
Minneapolis Area Senior Workers Association
and St. Paul Senior Workers Association
Anni Simons, Senior Government Affairs Specialist, Fredrikson and
Consultant, MN Home Care Association