To view the brochure please click here.
Continuing Education Units
LeadingAge Arizona is requesting continuing education units (CEU’s) from the following:
- Board of Examiners of Nursing Care Institution Administrators & Assisted Living Facility Managers (NCIA)
CEU’s listed with the concurrent session descriptions in this brochure are based on units requested. The actual number of units granted will be determined by the board listed above.
Individual Registration Information
Individual registration fee includes the following:
- All Conference Materials
- Exposition
- General Sessions
- Educational Sessions
- Cocktail hour(s) 2
- Networking Dinner
- Exhibitor Luncheon
- Awards Dinner
- Continental Breakfasts
- Breaks
Registration Instructions
To register, please visit our website at www.leadingageaz.org and click on “32nd Annual Conference and Expo”. Each individual will need to register and complete one Individual Registration Form and indicate session choices. Please indicate if you will be attending the Awards Dinner and Networking Dinner. This will ensure an accurate account of attendees.
Pricing
- The individual registration fee for the annual conference is $425 ($550 for non-members) for the first four (4) attendees from a facility.
- For the next 5-9 registrants from a facility, the registration fee will be $150 for members ($300 for non-members).
- For 10+ registrants from a facility, the registration fee will be $125 for members ($200 non-members).
- Students: Full time students may register for the conference for $200 for the entire 3-day conference.
- One day attendee for the conference is $250 for members ($350 non-members) and includes all meals and special events for that day.
Networking Dinner – Poker Night
Join us Wednesday, June 3rd for dinner and an evening of food, friends, and entertainment. The Networking Dinner is included in your registration fee. Entertainment this year will be interactive brain challenge. Please email Sheila Noble at for all the details. We will also be hosting our annual Poker Tournament benefiting LeadingAge Arizona Foundation. Exciting prizes for 1st -3rd place. Buy-In to play is a $40 donation and will be accepted at the casino on Wednesday night. No need to register. Just arrive with cash. Good Luck.
Deadlines
- Registration deadline: May 15, 2015 – close of business 5:00 pm.
- $100 late registration fee per person will be added for registrations after this date.
Cancelation deadline: May 22, 2015 – NO REFUNDS AFTER THIS DATE.
Featured Speakers
Nancy Noonan
Based upon 25 years of studying Mastery, professional speaker Nancy Noonan, M.A. is sought out by organizations to re-energize and re-focus their people. Using workplace research along with her natural Irish humor and colorful storytelling abilities, she helps her audiences develop their own sense of Mastery to unleash their greatest potential, achieving personal and organizational excellence to produce extraordinary results.
Guided by Mastery in her own life, Nancy earned the Master Teacher Award (“Oscar” of academia) for teaching college art history, as well as the Excellence Award from the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development. Honored in Cambridge Who’s Who, Nancy received her B.A. at the U. of Maryland and her M.A. at the U. of Kentucky. The author of The Art of Writing about Art (internationally published by Harcourt Brace) and How to Be a Super Achiever: 12 Strategies for Unleashing Your Success, she is also a contributing author to the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series. Her book Stepping Stones to Success, is co-authored with Deepak Chopra and Jack Canfield.
Stan Szpytek
Back by Popular Demand.
Stan Szpytek is the president of Fire and Life Safety, Inc. (FLS) and a founding member of the Emergency Management Alliance (EMA). FLS is a consulting firm that provides life safety, risk management and emergency preparedness programs for providers of all types with special focus on long-term care facilities and senior-living properties. Mr. Szpytek is a former deputy fire chief and fire marshal with a Chicago area fire department having served the community for 26 years and honorably retired in 2003. He is also the Life Safety / Disaster Planning Consultant for the Arizona Health Care Association (AzHCA) and California Association of Health Facilities (CAHF).
Dr. Robin Stone
Dr. Robyn I. Stone, a noted researcher and leading international authority on aging and long-term care policy, joined LeadingAge to establish and oversee the LeadingAge Center for Applied Research. Stone came to LeadingAge from the International Longevity Center-USA in New York, NY, where she was executive director and chief operating officer. Previously, she worked for the Federal Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (now known as the Agency for Health care Research and Quality). Stone also served the White House as deputy assistant secretary for disability, aging and long-term care policy and as acting assistant secretary for aging in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the Clinton administration. She was a senior researcher at the National Center for Health Services as well as at Project Hope's Center for Health Affairs. Stone was on the staff of the 1989 Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care and the 1993 Clinton administration's Task Force on Health Care Reform. Stone holds a doctorate in public health from the University of California, Berkeley.
Hotel Room Reservations
Please register online for your hotel room. The Code for LeadingAge Arizona is: 1505LEADNG to get the discounted negotiated price of $99.00 per night! The hotel cut-off date for this discounted rate is May 27, 2015 so make your reservation as soon as possible! Invite your spouse to join you – there is plenty to do while you are at the conference and exhibit!
Resort Amenities Include:
- Full Service Spa and 24-Hour Fitness Center
- Outdoor Heated Pool
- On-Site 36-Hole We-Ko-Pa Golf Course, named one of the “Top Ten Best New Golf Courses” in the US – Golf Magazine, January 2007.
On-Site 24-Hour Fort McDowell Casino offering live casino games, 775 slot machines and poker tournaments. Plenty of shopping nearby with shuttle service available. For additional information, visit www.radissonfortmcdowellresort.com.
To view the brochure please click here.
Continuing Education Units
LeadingAge Arizona is requesting continuing education units (CEU’s) from the following:
- Board of Examiners of Nursing Care Institution Administrators & Assisted Living Facility Managers (NCIA)
CEU’s listed with the concurrent session descriptions in this brochure are based on units requested. The actual number of units granted will be determined by the board listed above.
Individual Registration Information
Individual registration fee includes the following:
- All Conference Materials
- Exposition
- General Sessions
- Educational Sessions
- Cocktail hour(s) 2
- Networking Dinner
- Exhibitor Luncheon
- Awards Dinner
- Continental Breakfasts
- Breaks
Registration Instructions
To register, please visit our website at www.leadingageaz.org and click on “32nd Annual Conference and Expo”. Each individual will need to register and complete one Individual Registration Form and indicate session choices. Please indicate if you will be attending the Awards Dinner and Networking Dinner. This will ensure an accurate account of attendees.
Pricing
- The individual registration fee for the annual conference is $425 ($550 for non-members) for the first four (4) attendees from a facility.
- For the next 5-9 registrants from a facility, the registration fee will be $150 for members ($300 for non-members).
- For 10+ registrants from a facility, the registration fee will be $125 for members ($200 non-members).
- Students: Full time students may register for the conference for $200 for the entire 3-day conference.
- One day attendee for the conference is $250 for members ($350 non-members) and includes all meals and special events for that day.
Networking Dinner – Poker Night
Join us Wednesday, June 3rd for dinner and an evening of food, friends, and entertainment. The Networking Dinner is included in your registration fee. Entertainment this year will be interactive brain challenge. Please email Sheila Noble at for all the details. We will also be hosting our annual Poker Tournament benefiting LeadingAge Arizona Foundation. Exciting prizes for 1st -3rd place. Buy-In to play is a $40 donation and will be accepted at the casino on Wednesday night. No need to register. Just arrive with cash. Good Luck.
Deadlines
- Registration deadline: May 15, 2015 – close of business 5:00 pm.
- $100 late registration fee per person will be added for registrations after this date.
Cancelation deadline: May 22, 2015 – NO REFUNDS AFTER THIS DATE.
Featured Speakers
Nancy Noonan
Based upon 25 years of studying Mastery, professional speaker Nancy Noonan, M.A. is sought out by organizations to re-energize and re-focus their people. Using workplace research along with her natural Irish humor and colorful storytelling abilities, she helps her audiences develop their own sense of Mastery to unleash their greatest potential, achieving personal and organizational excellence to produce extraordinary results.
Guided by Mastery in her own life, Nancy earned the Master Teacher Award (“Oscar” of academia) for teaching college art history, as well as the Excellence Award from the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development. Honored in Cambridge Who’s Who, Nancy received her B.A. at the U. of Maryland and her M.A. at the U. of Kentucky. The author of The Art of Writing about Art (internationally published by Harcourt Brace) and How to Be a Super Achiever: 12 Strategies for Unleashing Your Success, she is also a contributing author to the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series. Her book Stepping Stones to Success, is co-authored with Deepak Chopra and Jack Canfield.
Stan Szpytek
Back by Popular Demand.
Stan Szpytek is the president of Fire and Life Safety, Inc. (FLS) and a founding member of the Emergency Management Alliance (EMA). FLS is a consulting firm that provides life safety, risk management and emergency preparedness programs for providers of all types with special focus on long-term care facilities and senior-living properties. Mr. Szpytek is a former deputy fire chief and fire marshal with a Chicago area fire department having served the community for 26 years and honorably retired in 2003. He is also the Life Safety / Disaster Planning Consultant for the Arizona Health Care Association (AzHCA) and California Association of Health Facilities (CAHF).
Dr. Robin Stone
Dr. Robyn I. Stone, a noted researcher and leading international authority on aging and long-term care policy, joined LeadingAge to establish and oversee the LeadingAge Center for Applied Research. Stone came to LeadingAge from the International Longevity Center-USA in New York, NY, where she was executive director and chief operating officer. Previously, she worked for the Federal Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (now known as the Agency for Health care Research and Quality). Stone also served the White House as deputy assistant secretary for disability, aging and long-term care policy and as acting assistant secretary for aging in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the Clinton administration. She was a senior researcher at the National Center for Health Services as well as at Project Hope's Center for Health Affairs. Stone was on the staff of the 1989 Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care and the 1993 Clinton administration's Task Force on Health Care Reform. Stone holds a doctorate in public health from the University of California, Berkeley.
Hotel Room Reservations
Please register online for your hotel room. The Code for LeadingAge Arizona is: 1505LEADNG to get the discounted negotiated price of $99.00 per night! The hotel cut-off date for this discounted rate is May 27, 2015 so make your reservation as soon as possible! Invite your spouse to join you – there is plenty to do while you are at the conference and exhibit!
Resort Amenities Include:
- Full Service Spa and 24-Hour Fitness Center
- Outdoor Heated Pool
- On-Site 36-Hole We-Ko-Pa Golf Course, named one of the “Top Ten Best New Golf Courses” in the US – Golf Magazine, January 2007.
On-Site 24-Hour Fort McDowell Casino offering live casino games, 775 slot machines and poker tournaments. Plenty of shopping nearby with shuttle service available. For additional information, visit www.radissonfortmcdowellresort.com.
