Gail Gibson Hunt

Gail Hunt is President and CEO of the National Alliance for Caregiving, a nonprofit coalition of over 40 national groups, which conducts national research, outreach, and public awareness programs to support family caregivers of older and disabled people. Until 1996, Ms. Hunt was President of Gibson-Hunt Associates, a Washington management consulting firm established in 1982, specializing in aging issues.

In 1993, working with the American Occupational Therapy Association, Ms. Hunt developed an award-winning video and training package for Alzheimer’s caregivers, “A Part of Daily Life,” that described how to structure the home environment to support family life with a person with Alzheimer’s. Prior to this endeavor, she was a Senior Manager at KPMG Peat Marwick in Washington D.C.

Her work on eldercare has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Working Woman, American Demographics, The New York Times, Parade Magazine, CNN, MSNBC, and other media. She attended Vassar College and graduated from Columbia University with a degree in English. She also attended the International Graduate Institute at Oxford University in England.

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