Bonner, Alice
SecretaryExecutive Office of Health and Human Services
- Agency Executive Office of Health and Human Services
- Division Executive Office of Aging and Independence
- Title Secretary
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Address
One Ashburton Place, 5th Floor
Boston, MA 2108 - Phone 617-727-7750
- Reports To Secretary Mary Lou Sudders
Official Record
- Years in Current Position 1
- Job Description Alice Bonner, Secretary of the Executive Office of Elder Affairs for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, has been a geriatric nurse practitioner caring for older adults and their families for over 28 years. From 2009-2011, Dr. Bonner was the Director of the Bureau of Health Care Safety and Quality, at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. From 2011 to 2013, she served as Director of the Division of Nursing Homes in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Bonner has been an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, Bouve College of Health Sciences and a Faculty Associate in the Center for Health Policy at Northeastern University. Her research interests include quality and safety in health care systems and community-based settings; elder abuse; falls prevention; improving dementia care and reducing unnecessary antipsychotic medication use; and improving care transitions.
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Education & Career
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Previous Employment
- Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, Bouve College of Health Sciences and a Faculty Associate in the Center for Health Policy at Northeastern University. Director of the Division of Nursing Homes in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in Baltimore, MD (2011-2013)
- Director of the Bureau of Health Care Safety and Quality at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (2009-2011).