Dr. Sandra Timmermann, New York

Dr. Sandra Timmermann is a Representative to the United Nations for the International Federation on Ageing.  Actively involved in furthering IFA’s agenda at the UN, she is a member of the NGO Committee on Ageing, NY,  and serves as co-chair of the Program committee and the chair of the Intergenerational Task Force.  She has been serving as IFAs liaison to the UN Department of Global Communications.

Dr. Timmermann  has held senior positions in the field of ageing for over 45 years and is nationally recognized for her work in ageing, education, retirement, and the application to business. She served as a Vice President at MetLife and the Founder and Director of the MetLife Mature Market Institute, a research and education center on retirement and ageing. Prior to that, she held senior positions at the American Society on Aging  (Director of Education), AARP (Director, Institute of Lifetime Learning) and SeniorNet (Director of Education).

A writer and speaker, she was a columnist for the Journal of Financial Services and a contributor to Retirement Daily.  She has been interviewed by various media including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Kiplinger’s, Reuters, Financial Planning, Time-Japan and many others.

Her numerous volunteer leadership roles have included serving as the chair of the National Alliance for Caregiving and the Business Forum on Aging, and on the Boards of the American Society on Aging, the American Foundation for the Blind, the National Aging in Place Council and others.

She is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, and holds the American Society on Aging Award for lifetime contributions to research, advocacy and administration in the field of ageing  and the Cavanaugh Award for Excellence in Education. She received a BA from the University of Colorado and MA and EdD degrees from Columbia University. Dr Timmermann lives in Fairfield, CT.