Please join us tomorrow for MAPA Lunch & Learn. Sally Hurme will be joining us
to discuss the changes to the NGA Standards of Practice which will be presented
for approval next month at the annual conference in Dallas, TX. If you have
questions PLEASE plan to join us!! It is quite and honor to have her take the
time to be with us this week.
Here is the link:
https://jacksonco.webex.com/jacksonco/j.php?MTID=m2df94d7756526fd570800d1412a642ec
Sally Hurme is an elder law attorney who has long been involved in advocating
for guardianship improvements. She has served multiple terms on the boards of
both the National Guardianship Association and the Center for Guardianship
Certification. Following the 2021 4th National Guardianship Summit, she took
the lead revising the NGA Standards of Practice to incorporate the Summit
recommendations into the Standards.
(On a personal note, I grew up in Chanute, Kansas and my father was president
of the Kansas Bar Association in the 1960s)
More information provided by Karen Digh-Allen concerning Sally Hurme:
Sally Balch Hurme is an elder law expert and author who has led the national
conversation on many of the legal issues of concern to older persons and their
families. She received her B.A. in Political Science from Newcomb College of
Tulane University and her J.D. from the American University Washington College
of Law.
Sally Hurme's legal career spans public service, private practice,
associations, and a wealth of volunteer commitments. Among other positions, she
has served as a city magistrate in Alexandria, Virginia; an attorney-adviser
with the Office of Intelligence Policy and Review at the U.S. Department of
Justice; and a staff attorney with the American Bar Association Commission on
Law and Aging. She also worked for nearly 25 years for AARP, and she has taught
as an adjunct professor at the American University Washington College of Law
and The George Washington University Law School.
Because of her wealth of knowledge on elder law issues, Sally Hurme is quoted
frequently in The Wall Street Journal, USA TODAY, The New York Times, Money,
and other national media, and she has lectured worldwide on elder abuse and
guardianship. She has written more than 20 law review articles on elder law
topics, and she is the author of the award-winning series of Checklist books
about elder law for consumers published by the American Bar Association and
AARP.
A long-term member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the American
Bar Association, and the Virginia and District of Columbia bars, Sally Hurme
lives in Bridgewater, Virginia, and enjoys kayaking on the Shenandoah River
with her grandchildren.
Hope to see you tomorrow!
CHER CAUDEL
Moniteau County Public Administrator
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respect. To realize the full potential of every individual under guardianship."
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